Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-09-18
THE TRENTON LYNCHERs.
Fortx.two Indictments Fouud-An In.
teryiew with one Of states AttSr'
49,. IN the case.

tarvtaxr with one of the states Alter
neys in the Case.
A representative Of this paper met at the
Maxwell House yesterday Mr.. w. Z. Cald-
we'll. one of the attorneys employed by
the state TO assist i'm prosecuting the Tren-
ton iail-breakers, and made inquiries as to
The present status Of that affair, in response
tn which we learned that after a session of
EIGHT DAYS, she special grand jury empan-
nelled TO investigate the case had found
indictments against forty-two persons, sup
posed to belong to the party OF one hundred
who had committed the outrage.
eWhat class of people are these against
whom the indictments were found!" in
quired our reporter.
s.Some of them are steady farmers, of
| middle ace and good standing in the COM
munity, while Others are young men aud
bows of a somewhat reckless character"
was the reply.
aYou could not give their names, l sup
pose?"
sNo. 1 am acquainted with not more
than fifteen of them, and would prefer to
not give the names Of those 1 do know"
aWho were the lawyers employed to as
| sist the Attorney General in working up
the case?'
s.Johnson & Sharpe, of Humboldt, Me-
Dearman x Tyree and Caldwell 4 Cald-
well. of Trenton. There were four or five
hundred witnesses exam ined, and the in-
dictments were procured on the sixth day,
no new facts being developed during the
las. two days. The Sheriff and his posse
started out to arrest the parties, but failed
to find any of them. The next day they
began to come in and give themselves up,
ami when | left Trenton at noon yesterday,
some twelve persons had come in and given
bond, and it was generally understood the
others would all come in. The Judge, At
torney General, assistant attorneys, Grand
Jury and Sheriff have done and are doing
everything possible to bring the guilty par
ties to justice, and are supported in their
efforts by the entire community"
sit was reported here that three men who
had testified before the grand jury had
come to Nashville since, because of theil
fear to remain at Trenton on account OF
the public feeling at that point
sThey NAV have come, but they were II
no danger if they had remained al Tren
ton. As l said, some five hundred wit
nesses were examined, an order being mad,
out by the court directing the sheriff t.
summon every man and boy over eighteeI
wears of age, white and black, in the Pick
e~ttsyille district"
sWhai is the feeling in Trenton with re-
gard T. the ~aflaiI?'
at is denounced by all our leading citi-
zens. While they believe it to be true tina
the negrOeS had planned 10 attack certain
White men near Pickettsyille, they diSap
proved Of the removal Of the negroes aftel
thew had been arrested and placed in jail.
as it true, as reported, that ten of TIN
negroes escaped?'
Il think il is. One Of them has beef
seen in Memphis, and another IS suppose
10 be at Hickman, Nv. Thus far We know
, of but six having been shot; four of whom
were killed outright, one lived five day
> after the killing, and the sixth is rapid.
|, recovering, and is now in the jail at Irel
|, ton"
when will the case come up for tTlal'
AT the December term OF the Crimina
Court. The men who gave bond hay
given security for their appearance on u
second Monday in September"
These being about all the points with n
gard TO the case in Mr.. Caldweifs posses
l sion. the interview here terminated.
a Last nights associated press dispatche
n brought the following:
Il MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. IA Speci'
to the .AUdlaRt.Ie from Trenton, Tenn
dated the 18th says, the special term OF Il
n Circui. Court of Gibson county, adjOurne
Yesterday, after a session OF ten day
i Forty or more indictments were toun
d against supposed guilty parties, and 9
equal number Of capiases were issued 4
arrests and were placed in the hands of Il
l. Sheriff.
d One Ben Davis was the informant,
/ having obtained his information from h
brother Andrew, who, Ben said, was vi
le the Jail breakers. Andrew has left
70 parts unknown. The Sheriff has made
arrests vet, but is doing everything in b
ID power to arrest all those against whom
has capiases. Nine persons against who
indictments were found, gave themseves
to the authorities and were released
bail Of ten thousand dollars each
appear before the next term of the Circr
Of Court, which conyenes on the secol
Monday Of December.
re The following persons gave BALL j.
II Harper, Jno. Z. Harper, Joseph Massey
r T. Waller, VIII McEwin, RObt. Gardn
Thos. Taylor, Robt. Barksdale and Ora
vile Hart.
re Others will surrender TO the authoriti
in a few days.