Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-05-24
MUnDER Ar RurnnnFonp.
j. n. CRveFhfII murdered by tae para
mOur Of hiss VIII ,and RObbed-ar-
rest of she guilty Couple.

A most atroeious murder, says the
Dyersburg Progress, occurred at Ruther.
ford station, on the Mobile and Ohio
railroad, one day last week. Mr. Caver-
NIL, a one-armed man, and one OF the
most respected citizens OF that place,
had been sitting up with one o. his chill
dren, who was sick, and on this parlicu.
lar night his child resting easy, he laid
himself beside it on the bed, and about
two O'Clock in the morning dropped
into doze, leaving the light burning
IN the room. Soon after this Mrs. Ca
verhlll' who slept the forepart of the
night, came into the room where her
husband mad fallen asleep and found
the bed covered with blood. She imme-
diately went to the door and alarmed
the neighbOTs by her wild and aoonizing
cries, but her husband was dead. The
little girl of his brother-in-iaw. who was
also in bed with Mr.. CayerhiII' saws that
a negro came into the house and strnek
her uncle with hatchet. He had one
cut in the forehead and another in the
temple. The murderer or murderers.
robbed him of his watch, abou three
hundred dollars ia money and a LOT of
papers he had about his person. It is
supposed there were two of the murder
ers, as it was found where two horses
had been hitched to the rack, and they
were tracked over a mile up the rail-
road. Mr.. Caverhill's watch was found
by the HORSEBACK where the horses had
been hitched, and his papers were found
along the road about half mile from
the station. The money has not been
recovered, and up TO this time there is
no clue to the murderers.
p. S.-Since the above was written we
have received a private letter from a
friend in Rutherford, informing us that
Mrs. GallagaTh, the woman who was
living with Mrs. Caverhill, had been ar
rested, and confessed that she had been
paid not to divulge the name of the
murderer; but turning States evidence.
she testified, on examination, that s..
NJ. Collie, the brotheT-in-law Of Caver-
hill (they at first married sisters, but
both OF their wives dying, CaverhiIl
married the second time), had murdered
Mr.. Caverhill, and that the latter's wife
was an accomplice. Collie offered to
give Mrs. Gallsgarh four hundred dol
lars ifshe would not tell on him. He
paid fifty-five dollars of the amount. and
told her that he would pay the balance |
as soon as the money could be collected
on CaverhilPs life insurance policy of
ten thousand dollars, which was in IA
vOr of his wife. The cause of the MUIR
der, our correspondent says, is the nold, |
old story" Collie and CaVerhiIPs wife |
were in love with each other, and had |
been on such tel ms of intimacy lately |
that Caverhill protested against it. Then |
the murder. ana it is reported
that or the death of the deceased the |
wife was to get the ten thousand dollars
from the insurance company, ans she
and Collie would marry. Both Collie
and Mrs. Caverhill were arrested and
taken to Trenton, where their trial was
going on yesterday. The coupling-pin
of a railroad-car was found in the corner
Of lot close by Caverhill's house, which
is supposed to be the instrument be was
killed with. Collie was leading men,
Der in the church, Master Mason, and
at the head of the Good Templars. Both
he and Caverhill formerly lived at
Kentucky, but have been
at Rutherford for The past two
years.