, 1875-08-13


at Cartervil'e, betwnon htrnselt and some of h!s
frende, and Wesley Council {thc Bullinera'
I hro.hor-in-lAw) and divers mhso mcmbora OF
TIE ''cRAfs FAMILY
which sfibo appears to tavo leca not unlike that
| Of tho I3ullinets aud Henderson,. 1llo reHalt
whereof vas that from thence tho DuIlincTs sud
tho Ctalns wore fast allies: and tho C1aira has-
| ing been reinforced BY brothor~in-!aw COUNCIL
hgaines Sirncy. IN tl,air turn wero ready 10 re'-
| f',rcc tho 1uIl!ners against the 1londeraonA-
wllcl, they proceeded to Ito In various fnsanc's.
About this timo. John I}ulI!nes reduced tho
| pretty girl Of tho rett'ament, who happened to
| be cousin Of Tom In1yelI, which led to quar-
rel, nnd thereafter lunse'l waa to ho reckonea
| among tha at!fcrcnta Of thu lIcns"rsons.
TIE HOSTILE FACTIONS
Uere then thua arragHi: Gu tho ono e|dc tho
Bnlinesa aud Grains; on the other. tho Her,dcr-
| Bona, Tom RnEssil, and tho sBneya, aud ons
William ylack. who l'nd also got nike up; and
from thence ights and broken heads were the
! Inns haen furnished BY everybody here have
| talked With and tic which fills IN itnpof
taut uIaco in tho history of Williamson County.
let no leave thia branch sf Tue sub3ecs 81, ..s
| wiutor Of 1878. loading to number OF pro*ocn-
tions. which resulted IN acgu,ttal or tho tmpoai-
tfon Of paltry huos Unit! the buEfness grew
| .oLD GEORGE" DuLL1SER wAY1A1D AND MIR
! IERED. .......
On tho 23d Of December. 1878, "O1d George"
|
Or tic r.ad ho was fired on from \ thicset, 'e-
cel4ing \ iutd OF bucknhot in lila aide aud ta2G.
| That night he died, without making auy state-
nlcut to tn authorities, hut, When he felt tia:
| Ills hour had cot.e, ho summoned liza sonB to his
bedside. nud ESQ it in currently beloved here}.
communicated to them tue namcs Of ltK murder
c1s, aud e1acted from them AL oath to aseago
/! bin dcath.
No warrant WA tsaued for i,ia murderers, who-
ever they might Aavo been; tooody IVES nr1est-
ed no c1ot; wan nado to briue the nssasBius to
! iustice. Tho BulIiners watttl.
| ASSASSINATION uF DAVE Et'LLiSEn.
| On Eunuay hight, 1lAfch ~. 1s7A. A. David and
Monroe Dull.ner. together Nth their con'ln.
Hiss =: atcsi we're. in company with several Ut
their RcqualntaucGB, returning from church hear
their farm. the two E1lllHelh who Tefo rIl4ns q
a llttlu i'll the rear of tile party, "ero Tired upou
from Gchiud fence.-twu shit.guus aud
somo email alma being discharged a, shstu.
Tho two young 1neu turned toward sncir con-
ccalcd nssaautA and returned thu fro
Mouroo emptsing LIS reso:cr, six
s1o mss o and dEs vns hans s' ueis%o s,
pcnete atlng lia heart, Notwithstanding WHICH liz
survived two days. Theu his remains were neul
TO Tennessee. as Ind been thonv Of "Uit!
tieorec.' to he tlcro laid amoug tho bones Of
his atlcehtors.
ror thu murder of ''Davo" tho Buincrs hal
Toru Russell and fellow Mined rIcasants, Who
Nns comrado Of Re- arrcstcd. Tloug:l su-pi-
cioll pointed toward f1eaeantA, there wls Ill
rect testimony against him. aud tho prosecution
as to him was abandoned. At tho preliminary TX
animation. Davo Bulncra dyiu.; declaration siiat
IIliB-eli ~as the mat who Lad rhot him "as
admitted; Russell YRS proved 10 l,aye beea
lurking iu the vicinity with his ehut-Hun; nil ola
whiso Aat. identified III Eu7Br4la. aud picked Vi,
near tho feuce-co1nc1 froEl which Dulliucr hnd
boeu fired at, VAS produced it, coult: q portion
| Of the gun Madtng wih discovered to be i piece
| Of tha st. Luuis Nfotc newspaper, aud corte-
Bpo1d"d with fragment found il QUO Of the
barrels OF Kuasells shotgun. by tho ovideuce
Of Dl. yincen. IinchcliGo, she Postmastcr,t WAS
proved that tho only copy Of tho Ftote takou a.
that olilco wns taken by lsusse!l'a tashcs.
/ nCE6ELIs ESCAPE.
Dut in tile teetl OF all tits evidence, Russell
was let 90; but was lndlc :ot at the Apr,l torn ot
the WIIians3 County Circuit Court, mud, trial,
uc1uitted h} the Williamson County Jury. Whiio
j, | tue Jury was out, Special Deputy-shcrn from
jackson County was waiting with warrant fur
Ru4sellh arress on 40 Indictment fur tho nuruer
OF " Old George 1suliueg. found BY tho Grand
II Jury OF Jackson County, md tho Deputy, nho,
:. sngularly enough, Glanced to be friend Of
! | ltuHsells, permitted thaa worthy to walk of.
!, Russell las not re: been ARRESTED. Nobody in
Williamson County tries to arrest lin; evidently
: | nobody 1zTCB attempt it.
This failure Of Justice in tho casc Of tho t,ur-
r dcrers Of 'OId George aud "Uavo" Dulltuer
,, bet tho current Of public SYMPATHY in their
favor, and to-day tho tacit sentiment Of hall
Williamson County seems to 10 that, II tho
y DuIhnors are gully Of the murders Of which
they arc auapccicd, they fully justified in 40
aveng1u6 The assassination OF their fathor aud
| brother,
|
Adult tho siluo of lsusselt's cscaso, word
. somehow came from lennessee that tho Bu1lln.
/ ora thoro llAd determined that no mora of their
) family rhould 30 seut home from William;
ss co.sty sss ss5s nns4 ii %s sas
! four or five young men, relatives. vito ali.
nonncsd that they had cone to help the boys out
with tho crcp. but oarh Of whom, It was noticed
, boro double -bargelea shotgun. "Old Daso ii
/ soou returned TO Tenslssseo. or tho olherH.
0 ! nothing IL known.
+ OLD J1a iIgNpEnaos SHOT DOWN.
Now the bloody work beehn ln a!nyt 1874
.'od Jim" Henderson, leader Of the Henderson
faction, WAS eliot down In OF his fields. a.lt
t declaration, ho charged John and aionrot
i BuIt,ncr and Jim Norris, a desperate
a chutn Of theirs, with his murder. join
!" Bul!iner and Norris wore Indicted. Joht
= BulIinar stood trial. His aninus towards the
! murdered man Was shown. also thrcata; besides
;, WINS the diving declaration OF Henderson. wht
II had evory oprostunity., IN daylight, iu an opeE
. Dulllner waa qaa Of them; aud. under tic cir
cuinstanccs. ifkaH evident that each Of tho ~
sai!anss was guilty OF murder in the llrst degree
:. But Bullincr set UP all alioi. brought frtenl
from Tennessee to prove il, and was triumphant!
acquitted.
THE aHEnlFF's COUSIN,
"Jlm Norr7s. WAS not arrested. To Ia the
0 man that no1oay but setn Norris could arrest
n formed where ''J4m " waa IN hiding
r uoar Marion, obstiuateIy refused to deputiz'
mon who know hiB hidlng- place, to arrest him
o "Jln doesn't seoul to fsol the necessity G
y hiding. however, since, on last electou-lay, hc
" Appeared a. his precinct, with couple OF reyolv
), en- lu bis belt: and wanted to know who MA
!. going to arrest him.
II Almost immediately following tho murder o.
J., "uil Jim Henderson was tho shooting OF DIT
l. moro, who cloHely sesembied one Of tho IIens!cr
J. sonu, and tho shooting at other Of thel
4 wo1kmen, noted above. Those poraous
= shot and shot At, without douhs saa
q thetr assallants and could Identify them
" hut they SHARE III the general panic by which 81
q Williamson sud Jackson Cuun,toa seen. para
}. lyzed. and actually pretend thuy aou't know uh'