Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-06
THE TROUsDALE TRAGEDY.
Pat Lyons and Bowen sanders before
Judge Williamson st Lebanon-A
Heavy Array of COunsel-After
some Contention, the Preliminary
Examination Postponed dii Tues
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day.
The case Of Pat Lyosn, charged with
completely in the murder Of Juil'
Hayden, and imprisoned at Lebanon
came up for preliminary examina
tion before Justice O'Brien in Leo
anon last Friday, but was continued D,
that magistrate TO come up before judge
Williamson yesterday. Meantime Lyon'
filed a petition before Judge Williamson
for writ of h0beGs corpus.
Bowen Sanders was removed from the
jail at this place yesterday and taken te
Lebanon.
At half-past o'clock Sanders and Lyon:
were brought before Judge Williamson fOl
preliminary trial.
II. Z. Thompson and Robt. Cantrell aP
peared as counsel for the defense.
Jordan Stokes and j. F. Stokes, TarveI
Il GOlladay and Martin & Beard appeared
for the State.
There was large attendance at the
courtroom and great interest was mani
tested in the case.
The lawyers engaged on both sides evil
dently went in to contest every inch OF
ground.
The counsel for the State took the posi-
tiOn that the cases OF the two prisoners
should be investigated as one. sAs.-s
Counsel for the defense moved for sew
erance, which, after good deal of discus
sion, was granted.
Counsel for the State then said they were
not ready for trial, and, on affidavit being
filed, Judge Williamson postponed the in
vestigatiOn till Tuesday.
Bowen Sanders was placed in the Leb-
anon Jail. .it..1 .-.5 $3.50 -ss
HOW LYONS WAS CAPTURED. .r,
Fridays HartSrille Sentinel gives the
following particulars Of Lyons capture:
Considerable excitement was caused in
Hartsville yesterday by rumor, which,
from all we can learn, seems well ground
ed, that a clue had been obtained to the
murderers of Julia Hayden. The rumor
was to the effect that Bowen Sanders, who
had been arrested by Ellis Harper, as de-
tailed in another part of our paper, had ae-
knOwledged that hs and two other men
were implicated in that dastardly
murder-giviDg the names of his
accomplices Pat Lyons and Wash Tomlin,
both of whom reside near TaylOrsyille, in
Wilson county. Lyons was arrested by
Sheriff Gregory and Ellis Harper on
Wednesday evening, within few miles of
his home and lodged in Lebanon Jail. Tom
lin is still running al large, but will, so far
as We can learn, be speedily taken, Ellis hay-
ing expressed his determination to take
him.
From inquiries we have instituted, we
find that on the evening before the murder
three men thoroughly disguised passed
Mrs. Massey's, one riding a mule, the other
two, horses. They subsequently stopped
at jordan Foley's and there wanted to
press negro into plotting them to Prov
idence. The negro refused to go and
Foley had to threaten to shoot the
men before they would leave.
They were afterwards seen passing
Bradley's, all in the road toward the scene
of the murder. Bowen was in the neigh
borhOOd next morning. The object of the
visit to Hem loves, according TO the M
NOR that is current, was ROBBERY, ii being
stated that Bowen wanted to obtain money
to fee the country with.
Latest information is 70 the effect that
Sheriff Gregory and Ellis Harper were
close on the track of Tomlin on Thursday
night.