Knoxville Whig and chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1875-1882, 1875-10-20
LIVELY TIMES.
Jnil Delivery aud n General How at
wartburg,

we learn from MIR. w. r.. Gibbons,
OF the firm of w. w. Woodruff & Co.,
who has just returned from "trip along
the line Of the Cincinnati Southern,
that they have been having lively
times again at Wartburg and along the
line. On Thursday the Jail birds, all
but two, and twelve in number made
their escape, but were all recaptured
but two. The jailer had two of them
out filling straw ticks for them 10 sleep
upon, and as he was about placing
them and the ticks back, the prison
ers made rush, took the jailer's gun
from him, broke II, knocked him
down, and ran away. There being a
large crowd in the town at the time,
pursuit was at once made, and all but
two were recaptured. The negro who
was charged with shooting aud
killing Cross from behind an
ambush, was one of the escaping pris-
Oners, but he was singled out, and on
refusing to halt was shot, the ball
| passing through the side of his jaw.
| 1t il thought he will die. Another
man was shot in the back and fell, and
the pursuing party, thinking he had
killed him, continued in the pursuit Of
the others, but when he returned his
man was gone, and has not been
heard from since. ..
| On Thursday number of hands
from Carlyle's works were ia town,
and after taking OIL freely of bust
skulp and tangle-footn whiskey a
general row ensued in which an Irish
man was about being badly beaten
But his wife came to the rescue with
a six shooter and by the time she fired
a couple; of shots, the crowd had
slightly dispersed, but DO one was
seriously injured. ....
Farmers!
If you want a good winter boot OF
shoe, cheap, call at Campbell's shoe
store twOldoOrs above Lamar House.
xl9wtf @ u.
4 store Entera d and Robbed OF About
S3OO I'm Goods. # ..
The store of Mr.. b. f. Hambrigbt
at Loudon, was 5urglariously entered
on Sunday nj hit last, and goods to the
amount of two to three hundred dol
lars carried away. w.,
The entrance was effected by boring
through one of the doors and raising
the bar which was across it. Their,
was no one sleeping in or about the
store a. the time, so the robbery wa!
not discovered until next morning
giving the perpetrators plenty of tint
to make their escape,
A saloon was also broken into th,
same night and robbed of quantity
of liquors. and some clothing, and it i,
supposed he same parties were con
cerned Il both robberies, as decantel
: of the ,uuor aud some peices of tn,
clothing taken from the saloon wer,
found ia the store-roOm, next morn
ing.
From lie quantity of goods takel
\ away, 10 supposed that there wa
? more ll IN one engaged in the robber
: ry, but there was no clue to the per
: petratOFs, more than a strange
? claiming to hail from Texas
Z who had been lounging around tn
place for week or so, was suddenl,
missing on the morning after, aud aus
r picion rather points TO him as bein
, concerned in the affair. Diligent scare
was being made through the town an
j surrounding country yesterday, but U
r to the latest report we had, nothiD
had been discovered. 1t is to be hope
, that the perpetrators will yet be ovel
: taken and justice melted out to ther
as they deserve. ......
= A wOmA Burned Almost 10 Dealt
A widow woman by the name {
|. Walls, living in Guntart's Flat, m,
y with sad accident yesterday morning
# which in all probability will cost h,
i her life.
II She was subject at times to fits, an
+ early yesterday morning while ell
gagged getting her breakfast before Il
other inmates of the house were u
|. she was taken with one of these fl
& and falling headlong into the fire, w
1. .. BURNED ALMOST TO A CRISP
II before any one could reach her to re
cue her from the flames. Her cloth
were burned almost entirely off of h
IF and her body burned in fright
- manner. DR.. Tadlock was summon,
70 and rendered all the medical assistan
q possible, but she was too far gone, al