Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-10-24
CRIMINAL NOTES.

Yesterdays police court fines footed up
$50.
4 visitor to the Exposition was robbed
of 500 and his safe key last night.
James Wilson, colOred, whose arrest a
few DAYS since on the charge of larceny,
was duly chronicled in this paper, was re-
leased 10y Justice Everett yesterday be-
cause Of The nUD-appearance of a prOseSI-
tor.
Rumors deragatoiy Il the character of
Jennie McMurry, cOlOred, as an honest,
trustwor ny person, are freely circulated
about the streets, meanwhile the subject of
these damaging stories lies at the Jail,
pending q hearing of her case before Justice
Cassctty.
b. f. Linton was arrested last night by
officers Baker and Mckinney on the charge
Of being drunk and disOrderiy on the street.
He deposited 95 cents in greenhaclls ard
$50 dollars ID Confederate money, and was
sent down 20 the wOrk-hOuse 10 await the
opening of the police court this morning.
Raymond Young, colored, was aTTaigned
before Justice Cassetiy, yesterday, on tie
double charge Of an assault with intent
TO commit murder, on Sam Harris, cOlOred,
and stealing money from Peter Cohen.
Failing to give bond in the sum Of $500
for his appearance at trial next Monday
afternoon, the defendant was committed 10
Jail.
Several important murder cases were set
for next week and the week after ID the
Criminal Court yesterday. The case of
Conrad Kesler, charged with killing his
wife in Edgefield last December, was set
for the 18th inst; that of Al. Powers for
the murder Of Maurice Egan for the 18th,
and that of Burton Neil, colOred, for
similar crime for Nov. 6.
A young man who came in from dis
tant county Thursday for the purpose of
attending school, wandered of in the even
ing to a disreputable portion Of the city,
where he fell in with a young buck who
knew the ropes, and kindly offered his SER
vices as a guide. The offer was accepted,
and the two went the rounds arm in arm
comfortably drunk, and as gushing and af-
fectiOnate as could well be imagined. The
youth with a yearning for an education
finally became very booty, and when he
came TO his senses yesterday morning
found himself in an empty warehouse on
Front street, south Of Broad, minus his
kind friend. aud $50 in money.
About { o'clock, Thursday night, the
sound of a saw was heard at the county
work-house, whereupOn one of the guards
stole gently up stairs and discovered John
High, John Donaldson and Bill Graves,
three colored prisoners, busily engaged in
severing ore of the bars at the grated win
dow. Their instrument was a saw, made
out Of the blade of case-knife, and they
had succeeded in getting the bar nearly in
two before being discovered. Thursday
being a rainy day, the prisoners at the
work-house had been allowed to remain in
the building, and had improved the Oppor-
tunity to make this attempt to escape. The
two last named, it is said, have each served
a term al the penitentiary. The three
were kept in irons yesterday.
A clipping FROM the Atldntd Ne,rS in re-
lation to the recent arrest in this city of
TAYLOR Turner appeared in our columns
YESTERDAY. which might be construed as a
reflection upon the very effective police
force Of this city. The facts in the case
are these: Some ten days since, Capt.
Yater received letter from Capt. Jones,
Chief of the Atlanta police, making inqui-
ries about Turner. and stating that he was
living on the Marling place, two miles
from Nashville. After considerable inves-
tigation, Yater learned that the MarlinS
place is over twenty miles from Nashville,
and no one by the name of Turner was
living thereon. These facts he communi-
Gated to Jones, and was then told that Tur-
ner was keeping a small store al Gallatin,
but this Capt. Yater also found to be mis-
take. and so informed the Atlanta man;
whereupon the latter sent Officer Camp to
this city to hunt Turner up. Upon reach
ing Nashville Camp described Turner in
such manner that he was arrested by one
of our own officers without delay, Camp
being under the impression that his man
was at Gallatin.