The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-08-19

lated TO them the names OF ms .n0rderers
and exacted from them an cath 70 avenge
his death. No warrant was issued for his
whoever they u aaht have been;
nobody arrested; no effort was
made to bring the assassins
TO justice. The Buliiners waited.
On Sunday night, r1arch y, 1874, az David
and monroe Bul liner, together with their
cousin, MISS 81 neil, were, in company with
several OF I'd cir acquaintances, returning
from church near their farm. the two Built
ners, who We're riding little in the rear OF
the psrtT, were fired upon from behind q
fence, two shot guns and some small arms
being discharged at them. The two young
men turned towards their concealed asssil
AM s and returned the fire, Monroe empty
iEg his revolver, six shots, and "Dave"
dring five times, when he was mortality
wounded, two buckshot penetrating his
heart, Notwithstanding which he survived
two DAYS. Then his remains were sent 10
Tennessee, as had been those of "Old
George" to be there laid among the bones of
hiskancestors. For the murder of "Dave"
the Bulliners had Tom Russell and fellow
named Peasants, who was comrade OF Rs,
arrested. Though suspicion pointed to-
ward Peasants, there was no direct testi-
m0ny against him, and the prosecution as to
him was abandoned. At the preliminary
examination, Dave Bulliner's dying declar-
alton that Russell was the man who shot
him was admitted /; Russell was proved to
have been seen lurking in the vicinity With
his shotgun, an old white hat, identified as
Russell's, and picked up near the fence cor
ner from which Bulliner had been fired at,
was produced in court; portion of the gun
wadding was discovered to be piece Of the
st. Louis Globe newspaper, and correspond
ed with fragment found in one of the bar
rels OF RusselPs ishot gun. By
THE EVIDENCE
of Dr. Vincent Hinchcliffe, the postmaster,
it was proved that the only copy of the Globe
taken at that office was taken by Russell's
father. But, in the teeth of all this evidence,
Russell was let go; but was indicted at the
April term of the Williamson County Cir
cult Court, and, on trial, acquitted by the
Williamson county jury. While the jury
was out a special deputy sheriff from Jack
son county was waiting with a warrant for
Russell's arrest on an indictment for the
murder of Old George +" Bulliner, found by
the grand jury of Jackson county, and the
deputy, who, singularly enough, CHANGED to
be q friend of RusselPs, permitted that
vet been arrested. Nobody in Williamson
county tries to arrest him; evidently
nobody dares attempt it. This failure OF
Justice in the case OF the murderers OF "Oid
George" AMI Dave" Bulllner seI tne cur
rent of public sympathy ia their favor, and
son county seems 10 be that il tle Bulliners
are guilty OF the murders OF VIII h they are
suspected, they are fully justified In so
avenginG the assassination of their father
and brother. About the time OF Russell's es-
cape, word somehow came from Tennessee
that the Bulliners there had determined that
no more oftheir family should be sent home
from Williamson county in wooden overcosts
and soon after there appeared in William
son County Odd Dave" Bulliner and tour
or five young men, relatives, who announced
that they had come to help the boys out
with the crop, but each OF whom, it was
noticed, bore a double barreled shot gun,
"Old Dave" soon returned TO Tennessee.
OF the others, nothing is known. Now the
bloody work began. In May, 1874, " Old
Jim " Henderson, leader of the Henderson
faction, was shot down in one of his fields,
and died about ten days afterward. In his
dying declaration, he charged John and
and Monroe Bulliner, and Jim Norris, q
desperate chum of theirs, with his murder.
John Bulliner and Norris were indicted.
John Bulliner stood trial. His animus
towards
THE MURDERED MAN
was shown, also threats; besides, was tbs
dying declaration OF Henderson, who had
every opportunity, in daylight, in an open
field, to recognize his assallants, that John
Bulliner was one of them; and, under Sht
circumstances, it was evident that each Of
the assailants was guilty OF murder in the
first degree. But Bulllner set up an alibi
brought friends from Tennessee TO prove IT,
and was triump fantly acqui. ted. The sher-
IFS cousin, Jim" Norris, was not arrested
He is the man that nobody but Sheriff Nor
ris could arrest, and Sheriff Norris takes
| care not to arrest "Jim," and, when lately
informed where "Jim" was in hiding
near Marion, obstiDately refused to deputies
men, who know his hiC ing place, to arrest
him. "Jim' doesn't seem 70 feel the necessity
| of hidint: however, since, on lest election-day
he appeared at his precinct, with a couple OF
revolvers in his belt and wanted to know
| who was going to arrest him. Almost i'm
mediately following the murder of "OlC
Jim" Henderson was the shooting of Dit
more, who closely resemb ed one of the
Hendersons, and the shooting at other o.
their orkmen, noted above. These persors
shot and shot at, without doubt saw their
| Is al la, nd ct.nll ilsntIiy item. But
they snAro in lie general panic by
which all Williamson ard Jackson conn
les seem parslsz d, aud ac.ua ~ pre-
| tend tbev don't know who h6ed al
them, and that tney couldn't I'd n ify anC
can't describe their assailsnts. Mex the
other side ,,a.i is turn; vengeance was exc
cuted on one of tns Bulliner's adberents
| DIR. nceut II chcltfe, wortay crizsD,
| and ct highl r. spectacle family. Hinch
/
been no ed B t. b'sidss, be arrts ted, oil
sid-d \" rn- arrest oi Texas jack" alias
Gorduu C'iffori. o.t- IF be mpst notorious
ruffians - Nsiiism-on county, who was
suspected ui hsiuS an sccomp'ice of Norri:
| in m nuriar,f ,nl,. :" toe Bulliners. The
| stDr. ss IL runs here ~, that Texas Jack
obsefv ct, in tue 'i-aruk of Hinchcitfe, THAT
the i at ,tieu hsd MT oeEp arrested for The
| Bdiliu.r n,urdsrs AMI aided something in
dicatioy that i,e. Texas jack, knew who
TBEGUILTY PARTIES
| were, eic. Thereon Hinchcfle produced
mis- revolver, and told 'Jsek" he ('Jsck"
should bAys opportunity 20 tell on tria
| some; hir y to ths. eject '''rrxss Jack" wa.
indeed As an accessory, gave bail and raj
| away: and IL III maxi Hiuchcl fl IS the
victitn ui the a, Il. S:,liner faction. Aitel
several unsuccess. hi attempts bad been
| made on is lite. on The llth of October