Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-05-26
HOGLE'S HOAX,
A Startling Interview with the Man
who Gulled the Banner.
Joe Reeds Wife and Father-in-LaW
ON the Situation,

Joe Reeds body lies mo uIdertlls IN inc grave
Joe Reeds body lies mOulderiug IN the grave
But his soul goes marching on
Glory, glory, hallelujah, etc.
Full chorus, under leadership Of Maestro HOgle,
with Banner accompaniment
The Banner is now unequivOcally and
solemnly committed TO the assertion that
Joseph Reed, who was taken from the jail
in this city by 4 mob on the night Of the
30lh ult., and after being fired upon twice,
was thrown from the Suspension Bridge,
escaped with life and aflerWard fed the
city. The story was originated by one
DR.. HOgle, who claims TO have
dressed Reeds wounds, but the
Banner has sh0uldered the responsibility
Of it. In its issue Of yesterday il says:
ave assert, most positively, that Reed is
alive. We have undOubted proofs Of his
absolute escape That declaration may
have been made in the belief that the mat
ter would never be thoroughly Investigated,
but would ever rest in half mystery
for the edihcatiOn Of the PCredulOus.
There is too much at stake for
such a hope as that % find realization,
and the sensati0nalist Of that paper had
Just EE-Wsl-pRblish those "undOubted
proofs In the first place, the civil author
tiles viii want 20 know what they are: the
grand jury will want 10 know whether there
is a corpus delicti, before finding true bill
against the leaders Of the mob for murder,
and the Governor will want TO know
whether Reed is alive or not before
20 offer a reward for his apprehen-
sion. In the next place, the UNION AND
AMERICAN would like TO give its cOntem-
pOrary ample opportunity to produce the
''prOOfs," before finally and irreyOcably de-
nOUncing It as a fraud.
But it may be that the local editor Of the
Bonner considers that he has already fur
nished the 'undOubted proofs" Our report
es havei Investigated the subject sufficiently
TO dispel that illusion. The result Of the
investigation we most Cheerully lay be-
fore our readers.
To the repOrtOrial eye there was a fatal
defect in the interview with HOgle publish
ed in last Sundays Banner, IL did not ap-
pear that the reporter asked him at what
house he found Reed when called 10 attend
to his wounds. If the reporter had
been after the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth,
he would have made this inquiry with the
view Of getting cOTrObOrating testimony,
supported statements Of DR.. HOgle in so
extraordinary a matter. Monday evening,
a representative Of the UNION AND AMER
ICAN called on d.. Hogle, for the purpose
of prOpOunding 70 him this inteTOgatOry
and supplying the BUmer's default.
On reaching the door Of the "Aarine
Hospital he was told that the local editor
Of the BdnseT was on the inside in con-
sultatiOn with the Doctor. Waiting at the
door, our reporter OCCaSiOned no little con-
fusion when the reporter Of the other pa
per walked out. The latter fell into a
deep study for a moment, then suddenly
returned within and whispered something
in the ear Of DIR. H0gle. IL was
doubtless a warning that a messenger
of truth was about. The putting Of the
flea ia the Doctors ear did not last long,
and the UNION AND AMERICAN man was
soon seated confronting the veritable DR..
HOgle. The conversation was substantially
as follows:
Reporter-Dr. Hogle, l suppose all You
know about Reeds escape has been pub
lished in the Banner, except one thing. AT
whose house did You dress Reeds wounds
DR.. HOgle-That | will never tell, for
obvious reasons. 1 hold 10 IS a professional
secret, for / have no disposition 70 impii-
cate the parties who halbored Reed and
get them into trouble.
Reporter DO not see how their getting
into trouble depends upon your Silence. Ii
the authorities should be inclined 20 dis
tUrb them, they would have only 10 sum
mon you before The Grand Jury and COM
pei YOU to reveal the secret. 80 that reason
Of yours melts away.
Dr. HOgle Il cannot answer yOUT ques-
ton. There are others who know the place
where Reed was cared for, but l DO not feel
at liberty even to tell yCu who tLey are.
This whole mystery will be cleared up.
Reed is alive, as sure as you sit there, and he
is do more buried in Stewart county than |
am.
This was all Of the interview that We
consider material. The same reporter yes
terday went to the house Of Harrison
Samuels, Reeds faiher-in-law, on White
sides street. Samuels is a carpenter aud
painter and is known all over the city. He
has the reputation Of being 4 truthful and
reliable man. During the interview with
SAmuels and Reeds widow, who was also
present, the reporter read the following
from the Banner Of yesterday:
'sReed knocked ut the dCOr softly. HM-
risOn Samuels, his father-in-law, cried out
from within, Who's there" "A friend. IT,
spcnded Reed. let me in The door
was cautiously opened and there, s0u-in-
law and father-in-law confronted each 9th
er. The latter, rs a matter Of course, was
thundersruck. He though. Reed had
been consigned to the deep"
RepOrter-Is that true or false2
Samuels-It is false, every word Of it.
have not seen Reed since the Thursday be-
fore he shot Frazier. If he has been here,
have not had the fortune 10 know it.
have been living here six years, and DR..
HOgle has not been under this roof during
that time, to the best Of my knowledge and
belief. / started up 70 contradict this re-
port and to expose DR.. HOgle this morning,
but some wise friends advised me not 90
have anything to DO with it.
The old man said much more that We
have not room for. Turning to his daugh-
ter, a very intelligent young woman, our
reporter read as follows:
"When Reeds wife subsequently came in
and found his wet clothing lying upon the
floor, she was so overcome that she gave
vent to her feelings in cries and shrie6s
almost discovering Reed to the neighbOrs.
The fact Of her husbands escape was 50
astounding that she could hardly believe
her own eyes. Had he come up before her
out of the grave she could not have been
more amazed. During the whole Of Satur-
day Reed remained under the bed, con-
cealed from all who might come into the
house. In the afternoon his relatives from
Franklin, Tenn, came down with the in
tentiOn Of fishing in the river after his dead
body, but 10 and behold they found him
alive under his own bed"
RepOrter-Is that true or false?
Reeds widOw-Except as TO the part
concerning my husbands relatives, it is
false. So far from all that stuff being true,
no more believe 10. Reed Is alive than
that l am in heaven al this minute. / am
willing to 90 before a Jury and swear "a
what say. / asked my old master to-day
about publishing a card cOntradicting the
story, but he advised me not 20 have any
thing 10 DO with il.
Such was the character Of these inter
views. II is needless % add any com
mentaTy.
The trouble with reporters who are in
the habit OF getting up such fimsey sensa-
tiOns as this Reed story, is that they un-
derestimate the intelligence Of then
readers. A good sell always
tickles the public-On account Of its inge-
uuity. If nothing else-but the HOgle hoax
isso full of ringincOnsistencies and palpa-
bic absurdities that only the most cred lOus
are imposed upon. This, too, iTespectible
of the fact that HOule is a man whose state