Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-29
sgTzsR-s SPADE.

Charlotte o.. O. Observed
We print below the particulars Of the 4
killing OF an uEkn9yn negro IN Rowan 4
county last Thursdsy night, by Mr.. ana 1
mrs. Caleb Setter. We were told yes !
terday morning that Mr.. Setter had /
dled irom the wounds which he receiv- |
Ell during the terrible encounter. On 4
the night Of the twelfth instant 3 most !
horrible crime was attempted in the 4
western part Of Rowan county. The cir /
cumstances, as I heard them on the SPOT /
from Mr.. and hrs. Setter, are substan- /
TALLY as follows: Two negro men, I'M
known to their wOuld-s victims, went to
the house Of Mr.. Calico Setter, worthy
snd esteemed citizen Of our neighbour
hood, who lives At the crossing OF the
Salisbury, Sherrii's Ford, Concord and
Neelyis mill rOads, about eleven miles
from Salisbury. The time OF their sp-
proach was between the hours Of ten
and eleven o'clock at night, after the
family, which consists only Of Mr.. Setter
and his wife, had retired. They knock
ed at the door, giving their names as
Jim JOTden and Frank johnson respect
,vely, and asked admittance into the
home ostensibly for the purpose Of pro-
cprir1ss fire to 'istrike camp pretending
~ no ~. gOners. The negro Jordan en-
tered tl1e :, Ouse with an impudent swag-
ger;ng air lot his fire, and retired, Dir.
Setter foIloTip.g him to the door. he
then Joined his co, -upanjon, who had re-
manned outside, wa ked OF some dis
lance with him, threhT down MS nrei
and held a consultation, IN Few
moments they returned TO the mousse
GORDON again entered-this tins on tne
pretext Of Wanttsg water. He sIalked
up to the hearth where Mr.. Setter was
sitting, and asked II he (Setzer) had any
money to lend him. Upon being an
swered in the negative he drew bis
pistol, cooked 1t, and presented it to the
breast Of Mr.. Setter Mrs. Setter, being
yet in bed, and hearing the clicking OF
the pistol, rushed to the spot, and, with
more than wOman's courage; sized II
just as it fired, causing the ball to pass
between them and lodge in the bed.
Mr.. Setter then closed with his
antagonist, gTasping him by the throat
while his wife held or, with desperate
and heroic firmness, 10 the pistol. ine
negro was finally forced to release his
hold on the pistol, when Mrs. Setter
wrenehed it from his hand and aimedit
at his breast. Unfortunately it failed TO
discharge, and so their struggles were
prolonged Seeing she could not dis
charge it, she dealt him a blow in the
temple with the hilt Of the pistol,
shivering il in pieces. This together
with the efforts of her husband felled
him to the floor. Whilst Mr.. Setter
pinioned the negro to the floor, our
heroine, with unparalleled presence OF
mind, closed the door and locked it, to
bar the other villain out; who it seems
was afraid to enter and would not do
so, though implored by his comrade to
come to his rescue. Mrs. Setter then
seized a rock, which served as an
andiron, from the glowing fire, and
pumelled him ont he head right industri-
ously for awhile, finding at length the
rock too hot for her hand this Joan Of
Arc envelOped it in certain article OF
her wearing apparel (Which shall be
namelessl and again tried her strength
on his Uranium. At length, suppOsiug
the Woul l-be assassin dead, she left him
PROSTATE on the floor, and Mr.. Setter
who is in feeble health, sitting exhausted
in chair, and ran up stars to window
to alarm the neighbOrhoOd. She soon
heard q noise down stairs, hastened
down and reached the room as the negro
was rising to his feet, knife ia hand.
The negro now made a second assault on
Mr.. Setter who in some way parted the
knife aimed at his throat, but received
1t in his cheek, infiicting q CHASTITY
wound. By this time Mrs. Setter had
gotten q farmers spade, used in the
house IS 9 shovel, and with s well direc-
ted blow brought the murderous thief
again to the floor, this time with his
skull crushed in the Oceipital region.
The negro being now hOrs de combat,
his female antagonist continued TO club
him with the spade, until there was not
a y,I,stige Of life remaining. In her own
words 81 killed him every time he
moved "a this terrible melee Mr..
Setter receive,ss some frightiul gashes
about the face anu hands, Mrs. Setter
one severe cut On the arm, besides nav
ing the entire palmer sun OF her hand
blistered by the hot rock. DIS. Luckey
and Eaton were called in 90 dress the
wOunGa. They pronounced then not
dangerous. A cOrODer's inquest was
held late in the evening Of the thirteenth
up to which time the negro had not
been certainly recognized. The jury re-
turned a verdict of ''justifiaDle hOmi-
eide" ! would say in this connection
that the place of the rencoGnter is only
three-quarters of mile from the bridge
where M'Fee was found murderd few |
weeks since. Whether this is the same |
party that killed M'Fee is not known;
the suspicious are somewhat in that
direction, as some of the neighboorhood |
think they have seen the negro in ths |
neighbOrhood before. In conclusion,
let me say that the whole country is |
ringing with encomiums upon the heroic /
conduct Of Mrs. Setter and with joy at |
the happy issue of the attempted assas-
sinatiOn and robbery.