Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-16
THE sRUErLI TRAGEDY.
Nv idence sumcient 30 Hang the
Murderers.

Evidence Sumctent 20 Hang the
Mnrdrrers.
The following letter, received by
Mayor Staub yesterday, explains
Itself:
TRACY CITY, TENN, Dec. Z, "a.
lion Peter &dub, KHorUWC:
DEAR SiR-It affords me pleasure to
inform you that everybody in this
county Of note have taken the livelie~t
interest in lerrrling uut the late out
rageOus murder at Gruetli The Corou-
er's jury have now clO>cl their labOrs,
after sitting one week, aud have rem
deied u verdict Of malicious murder
against our fur prisoners, Hampton,
Myers and the two Purdoms. In fact
we have got evidence ~uifl1pnt to hang
all Of them, aud crpCct 10 10 il.
Col. Colyar has written you, and no
doubt given what evidence we have
hunted up. However, should the
states Attorney not think 1t enough,
one of the four will be only ton glad Ia
turn States evidence if they viii let
him. Yours, truly,
L o. NArHuRsr.
The Nashville Banner has the fol-
lowing in regard to the Investigation A.:
Upon the investigation It turned out
that these four de-peradoes had been
out on camp hunt for several day.
previous to the murder, aud the facts
hXed them ia the neighborhood Of the
murdered man, who was known to be
getting ready to go on to buy goods.
Only two parties were seen by MIR.
Baur when lac was shot but upon ex-
animation the tracks Of four men were
found.
IL was found that two had watched
Willie two went in the house, and ali
ran of through the field
A rigid examination Of all four of
the parties, separately, developed the
fact that they were together that night,
but no two could agree about when and
how long they slept, or what time they
went to bed, or what they had COLLECTS
ed for, because the hunt had bPeu
broken up day or two before).
But, on the other hand, two of them
denied seeing HE other two after night,
while the last two denied that they all
staid all night az the house of George
Myers, and that they ate break fast
there and walked to Tracy City the
morning after the murder, distance
Of fourteen miles; but, in fact, they
were seen in Tracy City about sun-up,
having the appearance of losing sleep.
After they were arrested, one was
overheard TO ask the other about some-
thing, which was answered by the
other saying he lost it in the run. A
search in the woods in the direction
which they ran, and i'm the direction
of Altamunc, where Hampton lived,
led to the discovery of one OF the mask $
(the two who came into the house
after the shooting having on black
Masks.
The Trial Of the Baur Murdercrs.
The cases of Hard Hampton George
Myers and the two Purdoms, charged with
the murder of j, N. Baur, of tho Swiss
Colony, near Altamont, have been under
going an investigation at Tracy City du-
ring the past two days The examination
daily attracts two hundred spectators, who
the place of trial. There are sixty witness.
es in the case, and tho investigation Is
rendered necessarily slow, for the reason
that the examination Of each Is very rigid
The investigation, however, will doubtless
be closed to-day.
One or both of the Purdoms have signi-
fed desire TO turn States evidence, but
the people are opposed to their being per-
mitted to do so, believing the evidence to
be adduced will convict them all, and they
ardently desire to see every ono Of them
punished TO the extent of the law. The
prisoners are said to be a hard-looking set
both As to their physiognomy and general
appearance. --NdShUiUe Banner