The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-09-11
brutal Murder Of Julia Hayden, in
Tennessee.

Brutal MlHCST OF JULIA LGyOel, IN
Tennessee.
correspondence Cincinnati Commercial
nashville, August Ii, ls.t.
In no section Of the civilized world of
equal Iopu alton, is murder 50 frequent
IN Tennessee. II China and Japan.
where we arc wont TO send missionaries.
the laws are enforced better than in
Tennessee and murder. is far Less fire.
ouent. It is doubtful if Mexico itself.
SUPPOSED to be the NEST laWiess of all
countries. can compare with Tennessee
IN the number OF murders committed in
the past eight moa:hs. intilc past eight
months, in the counties Of Itutllturd,
summer and Gibson, there have been
thirty-nine murders. What arccord is
this for eight months for farce counties,
the aggregate population OF which, al
combined. IS less than one-sCyenth that
Of Hamilton county, Ohio. Il murder
-sh1atI be proporti0Eately as frequent
with you, YOU would have in your coun-
=. since January, 20 murders!
| cannot go into the long, long sick
ming list. bGt there was Il committed
II Tr0Gsdale comfy q few days ago,
which Is OF such particular atrOclry,
that | give = few details. Any man who
ms 4 VIE or i sister, or any man born
oi woman. | might say, who can know
lie facts 81 that murder without chill
Of horror, does 1ot deserve the name Of
Llau.
Julia Hayden vas 4 bright,in:elligent,
and rather handsome girl, from near
Spring Hill, .Naury county. She had
negro blood in her veins, but not more
than one-iourth, if that. She was a
slave before the war. Her family is as
vel behaved as any colored family in
the State. Julia early unaffected u
strong DISPOSITION 10 educate herself,
md for the past two years has attended
;he Central ColGred school in this city,
under Professor Braden. lie got her Z
school in Trousda!c county,at the coun-
seat, Hartsville, as he supposed, but it
turned out tlla; the school was located
Two miles from Hartsville. She lett
here about TIE middle Of the month FOR
the field of her labor. She opened her
school Immediately, having procured
baard al the house Of Hembry Lowe, Il
worthy colore1 man living on the farm
u L. T. Lowe. About two o'clock Fri
day morning, the 21st ut, two white
men, one wearing light suit ofclothes,
rode up to the house Of Hcnbry Lowe
and banged loudly at the door, calling
loudly for that teacher Hembry
went TO the door and asked what they
wanted. They replied We don't
VAN; to hur, you. Uncle Hem; We want
r.!at teacher The poor girl vas in
auothcr room, and OF course was badly
frightened. She ran into tile room. ana.
wl..3an ike. got into bed with HENS
w.Il. for protection. Hem. meantime.
would not let tie sccUndrels ii, and
they kept banging away against TIE door,
and threatening I break 1t down and
shoot. The testimony is, that Hem, in
lis fright, yelled for Ny. Love. crying
at. ".Ma>sa Pink. i&Ssa PinE..' This
frightened one OF the men, and he said
I, tie other, we had better get away
t-.m here at the same t!lao firing
throu-h the door, or rather = cr&cA III
tie door. a the inmates.
The cruel huIlc; did is perfect work.
Poor Julia was hit IL the right breast
and died in 4 lew minutes, the red blood
streaming ont ovcr the sheets. The
scoundreis knew what they had done,
tJr I piercing death shrek from julia
followed the report Of the gun. Her
pure. white soal-white IL the wh.te>;-
vent 70 it; maker, and Hea,bIy lowe
md Lis wife were LETT alone with the
dead. J., there 4 God Of justice in
l.eavea? l. there & he'll deep enough
and black enoagn Tor the MGrdercrs ot
tits poor girl? she Wa - innocent o.
ell - an angel, and the oEl- solution TO
the crime Is that threats had Jecn made
r.satUO "ni-,er school" should be opened
there. These threats have come to the
KNOWLEDGE ii the State Superintendent
q, Public Instruction, and l. the Only
clue TO the mu-derers, and that i 4 very
tIint one. The Governor las offered .
reward Of i, 1853 for the conviction OF
tie EurdcTcrS. Il would he better for
Tennessee 70 spend $l,0,G6D ;han not to
have these scouuIrels caught and hung.
I;ut there is yerg li,tie probability that 1t
viii be done. There are iIrg murders
in this State to where there Is o-c mur
Gcrcr hung.
The Ticket.