Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-03-10
One Hundred Dollars Per Month.
AN OUTRAGEOUS MURDER.
A Citizen of Knox County Is Bound
and Shot i'm His Own House.

The RROxraIe Chronicle of the 7th inst.
saws: Yesterday morning the intelligence
reached Our city that Mr.. Richard Rey-
nOlds, living on Beaver creek, about eleven
miles from this city, was brutality muir
dered, on Thursday night, in his own house.
From parties living in that neighborhOOd
we gather the following facts: On the night
in question. between sunset and early bed
time. and before Mr.. Reynolds had retired
to rest, three men, apparently strangers to
Mr.. Reynolds and his wife, as we'll
as to the little colOred boy living
with them. came and knocked at
the door, Being admitted they took seats,
and one of them, rather an old man, asked
him his name. Being told that it was
s.ReynOlds," he asked if il was Richard
REYNOLDS, and being answered in the af-
firmative, the old man said: on can
consider yourself my prisoner" and at
once proceeded to tie his hands. Having
accomplished this, he tied Mrs. Reynolds
hands and feet, and Informed the cOlOred
boy, the only remaining occupant of the
house. that if he made any attempt to run
they would shoot him. The elder man,
who seemed to be the leader of the entire
movement, then approached Reynolds and
remarked: "YOu killed my brother, and
now intend to kill YOU" and he drew his
revolver and commenced firing. After
the first shot was fired the colOred
bov become alarmed and made an attempt
to Jump out of the window, but was soon
brought to a halt by a ball passing through
his thigh. Two more shots were then fired
at Reynolds. All three of the balls took
effect in his body, and one in particular
passed through his bowels. The ruflians
seeing that they had accomplished their
desire, helped themselves to his gun and
pistol and a few shawls, to make it appear
as though robbing the house was the mo-
tive of the crime, made their escape.
Mr.. Steve Hilton, living a few hundred
wards from Mr.. REYNOLDS house, had re-
tired to rest, and was asleep at the time the
outrage was being committed, but his wife
hearing the firing and the screams Of Mrs.
REYNOLDS. awoke her husband, who at once
rushed to the scene. As soon as he en-
tered the house Mr.. Reynolds gasped,
Steve, am killed." and was already rap
idly sinking. Mr.. Hilton at once released
Mrs. Reynolds, and DIR. Ragsdale, who
lives at Powelis Station, three miles from
the scene of the terrible tragedy, was sent
for, but arrived too late, as the wounded
man had expired before his arrival. He,
however, attended to the wants of the col
ored boy, whose wound IS not at all dan
gerOus.
A messenger fastened to inform Wesley
Reynolds, brother, who lives this side of
Beaver Creek, about 81 miles from this city.
Also, Mart. Reynolds, another brother,
living about miles from the city, was in
formed of the terrible fate of his brother,
but both arrived too late, for he had ceased
to breathe.
Mr.. Reynolds, we are informed, was a
peaceable, inOffensive man, about so years
of age, and his wife about 40 years old.
As above stated, the parties who committed
the crime were not recognized by Mr.. Rey-
nolds and his wife, and hence the murder
erS are unknown. As usual, number OF
rumors were afioat as to the identity Of the
murderers, but as they are rumors, and not
established facts, as yet, we fOrbear giving
them