Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-02-11
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-, Unfortunate Feeble y Inaea Woman
fxnIed by Another woman.

Through the kindness Of Deputy Sheriff
Isaac Lindsey, OF Monroe county,
we learned the following partcu-
lars OF the murder of woman named
Carter IN that county. The young wo.
man had at one time been engaged to u
young man to be married, but he proving
faithless, she grieved over her lost love
until She lost her reason to some extent
but was, however, perfectly harmless in all
her actions. From the evidence elected
before the Coroner Jury, NIlt lindsey
gives us the following:
q On Friday, January oath, the young
woman went to the house of VIM. PeClers,
neis hbor, for the purpose OF staying all
night, but there being sickness in his
family the refused to take her in She
Keaton, on PeeIeTs' farnn aud While there
She and the female portion OF tic family
bad a dispute. She left the house and
started back to Peclers, being followed by
Kea onls wife and daughter, the latter
having knife in her hand. They caught
up with the crazy girl, and more words
passed between them, when KeatOn's wife
stepped up and slapTcd her in the face,
The girl fell to the ground and said, 80,
Lord, sister, YOU have killed me! You
ought not to have done that; l love you
al.n She then got up and walked into
Peelers house, and left there after mid
night, and it il supposed passed the night
in the woods. On Saturday morning she
was seen by young man, to whom she
said Them women have cut me all t.
pieces"
She next appeared at the house of VIM
Fergerson, naar MadisOnville, who at once
applied for a physician, but without sue.
cess as they were absent from town. On
Sabbath morning he took her to Madison.
Vile to an aunt of hers, where she died
that evening.
y CoronCr's jury was summoned, and
DIR. Joseph Upton made post morlem eX
animation of the body, when it was dis
covered that she came to her death Ivy q
| wound in the stomach inflicted with .
butcher knife. The jury after having
heard the evidence, gave IA verdict to the
effect that the woman came to her death
! ut the hands of the keatOn women, aud
| pronounced it murder in the first decree.
KCalon's wife and daughter were &c
cordingly arrested and brought before JUS
! ticC \. {. Montgomery, who, on hearing
the evidence, released the girl, but bound
the woman over to court in the sum O
| 81 900. The Justice made the bond ligh
as it was a woman, but stated that if it hat
been man he would not accept any bono
at all. But as light as the BOND was made
considering the charge under which she
rests, she failed to give security and tool
| quarters with Silas II. Peace, jailor of Mon
| roe county.
From the evidence elected before the
Justice, it is thought that at the time Mrs
Keaton slapped the poor crazy girl in the
face, she plunged the butcher knife into
her stomach, hence the girl fell and eX
claimed 80 Lord, sister, you have killed
me-" The young woman is said to hav,
| been quite harmless, and her death in sucf
| a tragic manner has caused considerable
| excitement in Monroe county.
DIR. Joseph Upton, who performed the
post norton examination, had a sigh
wound on one of his hands, and poison
was thus communicated to his system
He was soon taken down, and for days hi:
life was dispaired of, but our Informant
says that when he last heard from him he
bad slightly improved, and some little hope
| of his recovery is expressed.