Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-10-20
THE KlLLlSG' OF WOOD.
The Radical Plot 60 Xiii FuFbnsh (cos-
OFedl, the Liberal Republicans
sheriff. CuImiBates in the
Heath % an 1nsoeent
BOY.
Additional Facts fren n ThOreus hiy
Reliable s0aFee-The Crime the
ResnIt OF an 0sd Ron
Political Feud.


.
After. going to press yesterday morn
| ing a furiior rsSched US that there was fight
ing going on at Mariana between the Two
I prInci pal political factions resulting from
| The wOunding OF FuIbush with knlie ahq i
| he unfortunate shooting by him Ct No Wood
through a Inlsapprehension that ne " as the
party who had done the cutting: We az ono
dispatched a special correspondent 70 MAIL
ANA, who informed US by telegram yesterday
that All was quiet: that Abrams had been ar
rested who with hOgers had been placed under
bond of i've thousand ooil@rs eaeh LOT t1 1..I
appearance before the examining court Inc
s.xarnfpation OF Furbush before the magis-
trate Is sci for to day at Marisnna He mas
felUgrsphed Captain 9. A. Otey, asklng MIN 10
him. Tnis would seem 10 indicate that ne Is
very confident OF being able 10 clear himself
Of all blame in the unfortunate affair, which
cost Mr.. Wood his life and very hearty the
same for Furbush. II viii be borne IN MIND
by those who are not acquainted win the
facts IN the case that turbnSh-he Is eolored
man-has been the sheriff by appOintInen Of
Governor Baxter, under the act establishing
Lee county about TWO years ago. At the re-
cent election ne was a candldate ior lhe SAME
office again on the Liberal Republican ticket,
and at the same time used his influence 10 de
feat Abrams, the white Radical candidate for
clerk. Furbush was elected by a very large
mai Ority, receiving the votes of nearly all the
white men In the county. It's reportsd there
bad existed an OLD ieud between FurDush and
a man by the name of Rogers, a merchant AZ
Mariana, Tor nearly veal, the resuitO OF some
Difficulty they mad had, and that Rogers had
opposed the reelection of FuTbush, doing all
ne could TO defeat him. On election night,wnen
IL had been ascertained that Furbush was an
doubleday elected, a conspiracy which IL Is
claimed had been formed 10 kill FurpuSh and
POSSIBLY others, was attempted 10 be carried
out bv "A cOiOred man by the name OF Jesse
as the tool OF the cons piratOrs, whoever they
were il any, and which resulted as before
stated, in tiie severe cutting OF Farbush and
tue killing Of Wood, under a mISapprehen-
sion. OF course, every Thing IN regard 70 a
conspiracy Is mere ruInor, aud we give IL Tor
what IL Is worth, as also the connection OF
Rogers ana Abrams with il. We should very
much Regret 10 learn that either OF these gen-
tlemen had, N fact, anything 70 DO win 50
heniOus a crime. That there was some I'M
tempieted, has been Inferred nom the TACT
thai two or three colOred men from Lee eoun-
ty were Ia the siore-roOm OF MessIs. ". +.
Moore * Co, Of this city, on Wednes-
day. the day after the election. when the
news came by telegraph OF the d1fhenlIyS ana
they al once suggested that Jesse was proOa-
Div the man who committed the assault upon
Ful bush. They seemed to have anticipated
the truth, and knew pretty well who was 10
do the deYilish work. Here is more caplt2i
for our southern outrage-manuiaeturefs.
There is nothing in II that can possible be con-
strued into a war OF races, or an assault upon
northern men, but that Is OF little eonse-
qUence; the fact that there was olncuIly
and somebody got hurt Is suEnclent 70 pTeul-
cate another sensational southern outrage
upon for circulation in the north, and the
circumstances can be changed to suit the pur-
poses OF those who see Mt to use II. BE this as
il may, the affair has created no uneaslness
here, and there seems to be general wish
upon the part OF everyone that the whole
guilty, whoever they may be- deserVedly pun
i~led.