The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1875-05-05
TRAGEDY IN Nc
e MINI COUNTY.
A Man Believed to be Partially
Deranged Shot and Killed.
He "a Aroused from his E5leep,
Asked TO Surrender, and IN
Refusing, Is Shot. ss3

| On Sunday evening, 18th inst. i
man giving his name as Jno. Bartor
Horan. came TO Turkeys store ant
asked for a piece of tobacco, which
was given him. He represented him
self as Canadian, (but / believe him
TO be Irish, and as carpenter who
had gone from Richmond, Va, to At.
lanta. Ca, but failing to obtain the
desirable jobs he expected, decide d
to return to the former city, aud be.
| ing out of money was taking the
more antiquated way of footing it..
His destitute condition enlisted Tur-
ley's sympathy. and he told him to
remain, and Monday morning gave
him small job of work. He proved
himself to be not only good work
man. but very fast. Tuesday even
ing the first symptoms Of insanity
manifested themselves. He labored
under the hallucination that his fel.
low workmen ere trying to poison
him by drugging his tobacco and the
water he drank. He would not re.
main longer. and left about 8 O'Clock
P. NJ. going however. only to Tur.
ley's cotton gin, where he slept dur.
ing the night. Next morning he
again departed In the direction Of
Richmond, with the design of pass
ing the ChiIhowee mountains by way
of Hiwassee Gap. Thursday morn
ing some ten miles from here in the
mountain, johnson Brown and Gus.
Qualls, came on him washing his
clothes in Hiwassee river. What
passed between them in the way of
words 1 have only from conflicting
rumors. and therefore shall not give
it. Suffice it to say he made at B.
and @. with small carpenter hatch
ct that he carried with him, and they
were compelled to fee for life, as
his irish aOaS up. They then went
from house to house notifying the
citizens and soon had the neighbor-
hood wonderfully and even terribly
excited. Two squads of citizens full
ly armed with old army guns and RI
ies started in pursuit, and about 5
o'clock. P. NJ, found him asleep high
up on a precipice. by the side of the
river, under a shelving rock. The
way of approach being narrow-and
even dangerous. when it is remem-
bered that he still had that belliger-
ent hatchet-they halloed and awoke
him, and demanded his surrender.
He, with hatchet drawn, refused to
comply, stating that he had done no
crime to be arrested for, and would
not submit. 1t seems that only three
of the hunting party were at this
point, and they concluded that a
hatchet in the hands of desperate
man was dangerous weapon, and
decided TO fire on him, which they
did, one ball taking effect in his left
hand. and the other passing through
his body from left to right, perfora-
ting the spleen. stomach and small
intestines, from which he died in
about five hours, at the point where
found.
Before dying ne stated he had a
wife in New York He had a Cath
olic prayer book with him, which was
read at his request by a neighbor
that reached him after the tragedy.
He also requested that Physician
be sent for. which was done and de-
sired the ministrations of Priest.
An inquest was held. from which the
above facts were obtained. / pre-
sumo the case will be fully and care
fully looked into by our efficient At
torney General, Mr.. Frazier. The
sad occurrence is deeply deplored
by the entire community.
CORRESPONDENT.