, 1874-08-21
THE SAVANNAH, A i Ga, .,FR}yA'GE!D|Y., FR}yA'G
Capt. A.-r:,petler Killed, ip;;t!hIegresenisis':
Of Ills 'YiEe, by a Negro
The Murderer Takon from JAIL by Dotly
Of Men, md Riddlcll With -Dullets.

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From. he tSara"nah <t7a.) N<rs,; Atn. II.
!, onr comnunity yeaterday waa painfully oxeit
lor, tatvo Of this city,'so Of oilr ell-know1
townaman. .Gilbort Dutlor, ;Esq., and a.4gont(o
n'an,' universally loved ut,d: ohtoomcd for Lii
many noble qualities, had been killed In Augusta
years), on Saturday night BY negro. !.
4hlr. Gilbprt Butler. rccoiycd dispatch on Sat
nrlay night announcing tEat his aon had .bco,
,ehot by negro 7shl1at getting OF Tho strcot-cars
and that he was supposed to DO nortally woul,l-
bsonshs tho distressing nows Of tho dcatll Of
Capt. Butler.
/, -, PARTICULARS OF. THE CRIME
Tho Augusta papora give full accounts Of tho
aendiBi crlmo very Bnlilar, though Alightly dif-
below tho Chronicle and se1,ti,.cls report Of tho
ocourrpuco in futl: =
Yeutolday afternoon. about z o'clock, Capt.
a. r Duslor, Agent ot tho South. .Caro1iun HAIL
ToadGwlio. with hia wife and chlld Of Mr..
john .Taryer. haa boon to tho colnctory, and ns
returning with them IN sroot.car. to l,is rosi-
aouco-rnng tho bell. ut, TIM intersection Of
Broad mud hlarlury ntteetB. for tho cnr-No. 15,
driven by Mr. Ilnio-to stop. Tho car i1nmedl-
atoly heltcd, and Capt, Dutlcr wnlkod to tho roar
On reaolMng the platform ho found = mutatto
named Gabrlel .hfurrol sitting on tho stcp on thc
sldo wliero he oxpocscl to got put. Cupt. But
ler requested tue nan to move, mud pushed him
stood on the plattorm .Hhl'e Capt; butlor Do.
Seconded to tlio ground aud put out llia liand to
liiA wifo To- hoIp Aor down. As ho did this.
Michael Murrcll, brother of Gabriel, yiolonlly
pushed Mrs. Dutler down, while Gabriel htnBolf
SgSE Ssd H. bstn rsI" p9'ns d i ss CAPT. 9Ht an
aud the ball. speeding on ,ts terrible. mission,
.sltues Car.. DuEaor. Immediately over ,tLo loft
tclnplo MID ..
1ESErRArrD TO THE DRAIN.
Cant: }ltlor =, staggered back aud foil heavily
tic wound. Agohi2ed boyoni expression Al Aee-
Ing her husband 10 .brnta)ly clint down, ,Mra,
Builder acreanlcd lu tue most, hearlrpndiilg mail
ner, and oallod; for holr. seyora! gentlemen s,id
n1sr q9s IF #, 91lo5ia @a peopS s0a t. the pos
ans, Roulette. Sturnnan, and Rayer, togathor
with threG coIorod men, pickod up Capt. Butler,
who vas In conyulsldus,, aud conveyed HIM 10
lss rohtdouce at tho cornor ,of Creme and, Mar
by Dls. Il. !: mud 4. 3. Campbell, L., D. aud
DeSaussuro Ford, Robert Eye and others. q
Iho tiendlHh aesaaair,; aB soon as ho COM
mitted the foul .dcod, jumped from tho plat form
OF tue car oi, tho side opposite to that here he
vas irst citing throw down bis pistol, ab Alon
northeast cornor. Of Broad and A1uEbury slroete,
With tho e1peetattoM,> evidently, Of ninki,jg his
escape. But In thia ho waa disappointed al
the time the shooting occurred Policeman W, b.
Tln!er was Waiting, down tho pavement on tho
low ;HalbNry.. aud on hearing tic shot nhoolca
quickly and saw tho mulatt0 rurniug. -lIo i'm
ulod'ate}y gave chase, pulled out his pistol md
ordered Mufrell to stop AS, tho .lattor puid 10
heed TO tls tlia latter fired. Tho bal1 passed
Tho mul'atto then turned, nuttersd some tndio-
tlnct words, and nut h,h right band in QUO Of
nls pockets. Ihlnking that ho was about to
draw pistol. a1r. Iinley cooked his own weapon
aud 'loYe'loa tat tho mu!utto's breast. Tho
5conndrcl then throw up both handn 10 s,sn Of
and
WAS TAKEN IN CHARGE
1y Mr.. TinloJ. 1u tho meantime Policeman
]ohu Sharp had rushed into tho largo crowd Of
,sse S1n nS had ra tem a ~ aud
1inrosed to. roslst, but the officer promptly
brought his club lown with force upon the head
y tho mulatto, who then quietly yielded. Chief
Jhristian, who Ind reached tho spot, ortlerod
no policemen to tako their prisoners aa rapidly
Is possible 10 the guatd.house. Policemen Tlu-
oy, Sharp, and Cotter1mmcdatoly moved down
3roau street with tho priaonoB aud hurried them
o the City-1fail At tho corner OF Mouu,nent
md Broad Gabriel 11urtell said to pol,co,nan
E!nley, II get out ct thls 'actapo it will mako
QUITO. Ilcso words would soon, to amount to a
'onlesRion Of guilt, aud waa 10 looked upon. At
he guard -honsa, however, both usserted their
innocence. They wore locked up iu call but, Il
umor being in circulation That movement
ooking to tho lyaoning of at least ono Of the
prisoners ,mas on foot, it naa doomed safest to
ransfor them to tho Jail for aafe-l1ecping. Thoy
Fcre accordingly taaen' down to that building
nd turnod over to Dcputy-Jallcr A. B. Cralnp,
he Jatler, Mr. Bridges, bcIng absent. Tho pritB-
hofs "oro ptacoa III separate coils and locked
There was great excitement In tho community
!hen TUG report Of the outrage wna circulated,
nd Mnny Of tho oldest and coolest heatls rere
favor OF summary punishment for the acoun-
rel who committed this torr,bla act. a. large
nnbor ,of eitixons assombod around Capt,
'uslers .residouce, al expressing tho deepest
onccrn In lagard to tho occurrence, md hopes
or the wounded nuns recovery But tAcso !
opcs were not destined to bo fulfilled.
"short!y before II o'clock it became evident
hat tho unconscious man had but q few mo-
lehts to live. ar1 llia Tife wns therefore lnt1 |
ITO tho room. Over that last sad aceuo, tho |
vito parting. forever with her
usband, al unconscious Of her proHeucc, Two
aze npoh., At II O'clock Capt. ButIor quietly !
rcathcd Ills last. ~:
puBL1o FEELING,
About 10 O'Clock it began to he whispered ,
[a! aas 1Io n two mon implicated ia tho shooting
me afterwards largo body Of man marched to
he jail. I1e boil at tho cato was rug and
pom tho appearance Of A1r. Cramp, ho was com
lantled to open tho cato. III tie presence OF
'lch formidable force he had no altor1ia-
va but to obey. Tho gate WAS according
: opened and d portion Of tho crowd proceeded
, the coils Of the Murrells, took them out and
srrloa them or In the direction Of. Dassford's
rlokyard. Just before VIC went to pross last
'ghe 1t was reported that nothing lad asyot
cen done with either Of the men, courier 1ay-
y been Rent back to tho city for nn important
itue6g. - 't :, X, i
The impression Reemed to ho that tue guilty
arty would most cotta!nlY bo hung: Tho ,nou
imposing tile crowd wero cool and dotermiled.
hey wore all armed.
"dabriol Mnrrall, 1t Ia aaid, wab considerably |,
nder the influence OF liquor at tho time the
loosng took place, while Michael also aeenlod
ohaVo taken urllik or two. - : -
AprRIDUrIoS,
~ O'clock, !. m.-Jua. AZ we uro noinp In
ress wo learn thatthe crowd decided. upon thc
worn test1mony OF q Witucss who saw tie dood
ommeted, that A1ichael Murrcll waa tic guilty
arly, and acaordingly shot hin to pieces, Ga
eiol "as placoh III the auard-IIouse."
A 91on'1cy In rroubIc.
o., r From fht Virainia tNeeA f,utrrDri.,.
sams Wilcoxon, Of tho 'Eaglo Ire,yorv bna n
mall lnenagorfo Of monkeys, ladxsrs fnras