The Cairo bulletin., 1875-02-09

at once arrested. although he remained in
| the ncighborhood until day or two after,
when he took his departure. and the war
ram has, according TO our informant,
never been executed.
MURDER OF BRUSH.
IL may here be mentioned. although
not IN connection with this ieud, that the
day following the murder of Bulliner,
Isaac w. Mcdonald. proprietor of the
Planters House in Carbondale. shot and
killed George NJ. Brush, young Texan
| with whom he had had some previous
difficulty. The murder was committed in
front of The Planters House. out of the
door OF which Brush had stepped after
eating his supper, and is said TO have been
q cOld-blooucd affair. Mcdonald was in
dicted. tried and sentenced to three years
in the Penitentiary, where he now is.
MURDER OF DAvIDBULLISER.
During the spring of 1874, Mrs. Stancil,
David Bulliner and q, party of others
were returning from church one evening,
ana when in u lalIe leading from the But
liner farm 10 the church. which was about
haii mile distant, Were fired upon by
several men armed with double-barrclcd
guns loaded with buckshot. Dave was
struck by several balls. two OF which
passed clear through his body from the
back to breast, aud from the effects of
which he died two days after.
Mrs. Stancil was struck In the abdomen
10y one ball, but recovered. At the first
fire Monroe Bulliner. who was i'm the
party. drew his pistol and shot into the
Tense corner, but without effect; and rs
another volley was returned from the
ambush. the party in the lane fled.
On an examination Of the spot the next
day. some curious evidence was obtained.
which resulted afterwards. probably in the
death of another victim. Ii was found
on visiting the Tense corner that blind
shot had constructed in the brers. which
had. 1t was evident, concealed two men,
The wadding from one of the guns was
picked up. and. on being Strengthened
out, proved TO be portion of the Weekly
Globe, of st. Louis, aud dated July,
1873.
Ii was known that old man Russell was
the only man in the neighborhood VIII o
subscribed for that paper. and as Dave
Bulliner testified before his death to re-
cognizing Tom Russell as one of the par
ties who shot him, Russell was arrested.
The officers, when making the arrest, drew
the charges then In Russel's shotgun,
and found the wadding was from the
same paper, and matched the torn edges
of that picked up in the lane. Atthe ex-
animation. held the same week before
Squire Stover, of Marion, several wit
nesses testified that. while at church on
the evening of the murder, they saw Cor
don Clifford .('TeXas .Iack"O. Russel's
constant companion, looking through
the church window, and one witness de-
clared that he also saw Tom Russell
looking in. In spite OF all this testimo-
ny. Russell was discharged on the ground
that
An ALIBI WAS PROVEN,
in the following remarkable manner: On
the afternoon of the Saturday night on
which young David Bulliner was killed,
Martha Stock, living about mile dis
| tant, was sent for TO visit at old Mr..
RusSefs house. She came. and the after
noon and evening until about o'clock
| was pleasantly spent in various kinds of
recreations. This young lady was Il ma
terial witness mt the examination of Tom
Russel, and besides testifying to the
above facts swore that about 8 O'Clock
on that evening Tom Russell babe them
all goodnig and went up stairs to bed.
and that she saw nothing more OF him till
| the next day.
Upon this evidence, mainly, the alibi
was sustained and Tom discharged. But
a large number Of people profess to be-
lieve that the sending of Martha Stock
and Toms retiring ut such an early hour
was put up job to clear him from q con-
tcmplatcd crime. Ii is said there was a
porch TO the Russell residence, and that
Tom could have easily slide down one of
the posts, noiselessly, and have plenty OF
time TO commit the hienous crime. II he
so desired.
Another brutal assault was made few
days after Russell was discharged by
Squire Strover. A young man named
Rodd anda companion We're on horse
back riding past an old field near Hen
derson's farm, when Rodd's attention
was attracted to some one in u brier patch
not far from the fence. The man was
standing in the midst of the briers. and
had a blanket wrapped around him.
When Rodd caught signt of him, he
either fell or thew himself down. aud
Rodd, supposing that he was sick, or.
perhaps another victim of the feud, deter
mined to assist him. Handing the reins
of his horse To his companion. he told
him to hold the animal while he went to
the relief of the sufferer. lie accordingly
climbed the fence and made his way
TO the thicket. When within few yards
| ".
the ruflian rose TO his feet, and drawing
"A large revolver, fired at Rodd. The lat
| ter fled, but was pursued, and shot and
| severely wounded before he could get
into the road. Rodd at last managed to
mount his horse. and, with his COM
| panion, escaped without farther injury.
| Rodd. it is believed, recognized his as
| sailant, but, when questioned, firmly re-
fused to tell who he was, probably for the
| reason that had he done so, his life would
not have been safe in that neighborhood.
The only cause that can be assigned for
the assault Is that the man was in hiding
in the field, and was afraid that Rodd, If
he recognized him, would lodge intor-
nation against him. Rodd had had no
connection with the feud, and had taken
no interest III the thing.
THE NEXT ASSASSINATION
occurred In or about May, 1874. James
Henderson was plowing in his field one
day, suspecting no danger, when three
men crawled up behind log-heap and
patiently waited for him until he turned
the furrow and returned to the vicinity OF
the log-heap. They then opened fire on
him with double-darreled shot-glns and
bdck-shot, and he dropped at the first vol
ley. The men crawled back from the log
heap. gained the fence aud entered the
woods without Henderson being able to
positively indemnity any Of them. The
wounded man was found In the field,
taken home and died week or ten DAYS
afterwards. Before his death, however,
he stated it as his belief that the parties
who fired on him were John Bulliner,
James Norris and Monroe or Emanuel
Bulliner, John Bullinrr and .Iamas Nor