Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-11-11
Resisting the Mandate OF the s"prcrn,
Court.

Resisting the Mandate OF the Supreme
Court.
! EDITORS CHRONICLE: The follow
/ ing communication has been furnish
ed for publication to the Pres and
Heruid and refused by that journal.
We ssk you as matter OF justice TO
give IL place in your columns
Editors Press and Heyuld;
GENTIEMEN In your issue Of the
| Sd inst, we find The following: Il y
nolds VIZ. Copper" " Resisting the
| Mandate Of the Supreme Court"
"The suit of II. Il. Reynolds ".
Gen. J A. Cooper, to recover POSSES
sion of farm fraudulently sold away
! from him ssme years ago, aud since
occupied by Copper, was decided lnst
week by the supreme Court a. the
state, making an insianter order plac-
ing Reg nulis in possession.
/ Sheriff swan went to the farm YES
1 terday to carry out the order ~ the
court, and was forbidden by the Coop-
ers from entering upon the premises,
! the COOpprs making thtrars of per-
souhl violence. The Sheriff being de
! termincd to perform his duiy an the
/ premises, was obliged TO summon u
posse to his assistance, ana got wag
/ on to carry away the furniture, the
/ COOpers utterly refusing to move any
/ thing. During the removal of the
/ furniture, the tenants reinforced The
/ CnOpers, and at one tine serlnu- trnu-
/ hle was imminent, and Sheriff swan
! found it NJ crssary tn re urt so force, to
| put q stop to it. The affair wound up
| by the Sheriff removing TO the high
way, the CoOpers aud their tenants,
with their belongings, excepting some
bees that preferred to stay and placing
| Mr.. Reynolds in possession OF the
house and premises
/ You say that Sheriff NJ. d. Swan
| furnished the stat, ment upon which
! you made this local Mr.. Swan says
that you did not publish 1t IA he gave
| 1t. And you say further that you did
not publish the statement so full as
| Mr.. Swan gave II. As the local re-
! ferred 10 does the COopers an injustice
and misreprestnts III, we ask you to
publish our statement. Sheriff Swan
| with Z. b. Reynolds, John Black
+ Cox and George r. Kennedy, entered
upon the premises and were mt the
uOor where J. a Copper lived before
any one on the premises knew Of their
! presence. They found in the house
! John Cooper, his wife, child aud SER
want girl, who offered no resistance or
! intimidation, whatever DIR. Swan
was invited into the house or room !;
! but declined, saying | suppose you
know my business, which was ack-
| now lodged. John Cooper ask
| ed for tWenty-fOur hours time in
| which to move, but was refused any
/ time. From the residence of j. a.
| Cooper they the pOsse) proceeded 70
/ the dwelling of Ebert Copeland, ten
ant of w. r. Cooper, who was not at
! home. The posse was not known to
/ be on the premises where Copeland
/ lived until they were att the door of
/ Copeland, and upon this premise the
/ Sheriff was not forbidden to enter.
/ The Sheriff did send for wagon, or
at any rate, one was procured, to assist
( in removing the furniture. As to the
serious trouble referred to, the facts
are simply these: John Cooper told
Sheriff Swan that the parties who
. were with him were not friends OF his,
and wished that he lSwau) would keep
/ them ont Of the house until he could
get his furniture out, II. b. Reynolds
came in the house, when John Cooper
/ requested him to 60 out, when Rey-
nulis said that he would 80 where he
I pleased, unless forbidden by the Sher-
i'll, which resulted in SOmc cross words,
Reynolds going out AfterWaId W.
r.. Hclms, who had subsequently, came
on the premises, went into the house
suuuteIiug around, and started up
stairs, when John Cooper also request
. ing him to 20 out, and who likewise
refused, saying he was a spectator and
would 90 anywhere he pleased unless
1 forbidden by the Sheriff, and who
went out at the instance of the Sheriff
AfterwaUd Helms assaulted John
/ Cooper in the back yard where he was
loading furniture and an alteration
was prevented doubtless by the pres
euCe Of the Sheriff. but no force used to
suppress it. Sheriff Swan said suisse
quently that young Helms acted very
mprudently. Sheriff swan was treated
gentiemanly, as he himself ac.
kuUwledges and that John Cooper ac-
ted prudently. But we deny that
Sheriff swan was forbidden to enter
upon the premises, or that any threats
of personal violence were made or
thought Of. That the Sheriff was
obliged 60 summons 10 his assistance a
posse 10 enable him to execute his
process is false That the COOpers ut
terly refused to move any thing is also
false. That the Sheriff resorted to force
TO stop the difficulty, which was i'm
miuGut is also false. That the COopers
were reinforced by their tenant is a
nlsehOOd. These false statements We're
made knowingly, wiifuily, molici0usiy
and without prUvOcatiOu.
The author of them, be him who me
may g. "a lEQYt lose villain GGEfifVIn nf
every sense of truth, honor or humauj
. ty. w. Il, COOPER,
JOHN COOPER
SQUIREH. COOPEE.
Knoxville. Tenn, Nov. 9th, a.
An Accident in Roam,