Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-06-30

sumbitting the issue. This was suit
for 81 500. 1t was deemed unnecessary
by the defense to go through with a
regular trial in that forum, as 1t would
be but repetition o. the case just con
cluded, General Mabry's plea being the
same as in the former case.
A bill of exceptions was drawn up,
however, and an appeal taken to the
Supreme Court.
Not unexpectedly, this business was
followed by sensation. 1t was well
Known that the personal relations of
Gen. Nancy and Gen. Mabry were not
OF an agreeable character, and the
probability of difficulty was the sub
ject Of gossip from the beginning of
the suit.
Yesterday afternoon, while the bill
Of exceptions was being arranged,
| Gen. Mabry was absent from the court
room, at the suggestion OF his counsel.
| For nearly an hour he was seen in
company with few friends, standing
in front of the Burns Block, near the
stairway leading to the office of Dodd
IL Guild, and Gaut q Osment, his
counsel. The space between this point
and the courthouse, to the eye of the
sensationalist, who knew the relations
] vi lht DdllltS anu lildl OtDs
was in the courthouse, presented fine
! field for a hostile meeting. Perhaps
the same consideration was the cause
of two policemen taking their stand
there and of the sheriff posting himself
at convenient proximity.
Eventually, Capt. Dodd, having fin
ished the business at the courthouse,
crossed to where Gen. Mabry and his
friends were, and, after short colo
guy, walked up stairs to his office with
Gen. Mabry.
Gen. Nancy, having, it seems, been
apprised that his antagonist had been
standing at the corner for some time,
and had probably been waiting for
him, bent his course to the spot, ar
irving there soon after Capt. Dodd and
Gen. Mabry had gone up stairs. See
ing Col. John Williams and Col. Jas.
II. Luttrell standing on the pavement,
he denounced Gen. Mabry in the
strongest language. Officers Arnold
and Kinney a. once placed him under
arrest, and escorted him away to the
station house, where he was deprived
of "a revolver and gave his recognizance
to appear before the Recorder this
morning.
Sheriff Whitworth and one or two
pOllCelneu DdSteDeu u 10 lue law Ol-
flee and arrested Gen. Mabry but up
on searching him and finding no
weapons, released him. However, he
was afterwards ARRESTED at the Max.
well House and taken to the station
house.
Captain Dodd stated in conversation
that he found General Mabry and
|, friends on the corner near Burns block
waiting for him that, upon coming
up to them, they had n short CONVEX
sation about the result of the suit, in
which conversation General Mabry
thanked him for the efforts he had
made and was about leaving for the
Maxwell, when Colonel Williams sug-
gested that Captain Dodd's fee had
better be attended to then and there
upon General Mabry, remarking that
he was about to forget that, went with
Captain Dodd to the office to make ar
rangements about the fee. Captain
Dodd further stated that he had taken
this case only upon the solemn prom
Use of his client to avoid a personal en-
counter with General Nancy; he had
, exacted General Maney's word of honor
on this point, before consenting to de-
fend his cause, knowing that a diff
. Guilty was likely to arise unless this
precaution should be taken. After the
trouble last evening, he informed Gem
eral Nancy of these facts.