, 1875-05-04
Narrative of the Recent Outbreak
Of Popular Fury Mt
Nashville.
The Negro's Crime, and the Mob's De.
sire to Hang Him Haman-High.
The .1uulgc's Remarks 10 thu Grand Jury
Yesterday Regarding tho 1,iot.
Account Of Bloody Mutiny on Board Of
On Atlantic Vessel.
Other Efistloin ss.

THE NASHVILLE ATRoctTY.
Special Hlsphtth Ia Tho Chfrnoo 7ff5nHe.
NASHVILLE, Tnnn.. htsy 9.-In charging tho
Grand Jury to-day In regard 10 tho mobbinG Of
Nood for tho murder OF policemen. Judge Fra
z.es said It waa an uncalod.for, :unwarsanted
and wanton violation Of all lam. civil or moral.
lie condemned tue net ~ shameful disgrace 10
tie city and county, and directed that search
Ing in.estigation be made. tho mob has been
go strongly condemned by tho community aa to
tnnko tho officers Of tic law winoe, and call
forth cards Of explanation.
Sushrtttt tTtnu.> RaAntr, Nay i.
An unproYokcd and attocious murder was
committed at O'Clock yesterday Afternoon. 10
Heed mud wtfo, residing on Wh,tcstdo street,
toat Front, hnd been qunrrciing for upward
OF au hour. Tho bastla OF words had givon
place to d battle OF blows, and throo attempts
lad boon tnslo 10 secure tho sorvicea Of
q roilccmsna u rus 9utctns to IT, when;
moving along Ills boat On TINT thorouRhiaro.
Passing through tho gate, md along + narrow
plank walk, ne soon found hlDself faco to face
with tho comba.Rnts.
Reed dun!ed that no Ind douo anything worthy
Of arrest, Hib wife, who was seated crying. told
tho whole truth. sho satd thoy laa been
both q"arrelias and lighting, and Reed mood
not deny II. FFazier told her, TINT aLe might
remain, aud Reed that ho would hare
beca@e afeaiy anlssod @ 1t til this propost'on, and and
aa,l, "I'll no d--l IT any ouc policeman can
take MO anywhere" Frazier remarked to htm
that ho rccAonca ono policeman could, aud ho
T9o sa rhs hs'1 M s3 &c os aGng n snt ~ s h oms s
hls risto! tn h'a, paantaloona' packet. ready
and ehot Onicer frazier dead upon tho
sput md rurhed out Of tho loom into tho
k.t Is
Ffens to Madison, md through aiadiaoa streot
to tho river, ptnnesng Into tho turbid stream
with the intention, it il belle, sl, OF making lila
way across tho swift current to tho opposito
shore. where ho hoped to make good his escapo.
was forced to swlm back to tho bank, down
which le tnu ah fast nn his saturated
Clothing would permit him. Seeing m
officer upon tho. hill just below. 10
ran bssk again ana then 1otraeed biz steps, max
doubtless vished to outer the friendly cover OF
tho capcbrakc Just bcyond. But In tbis ho waa
foitcd, and made up hlB mind at onco to hIdo
himself among the ruins Of what wax ouco Alr.
the Tennessee Chair and Furniture hlsnufse-
tory.
lWhie secroted In this place. the murderer
waa discovered and arrested, and taken to lall
narrowly escaping lyuqlsng vhilc On tho touto
Scarcely had tile heavens become obscnrea In
tho backness Of tho night, Gro quite numbcr
Of .persons began to asHehbla on DtoRd street,
IN front Of the Maxwell uouao and on tho Bouth
pose was ossly diyined that Of taking tho
prisoner from ths tai. by violsnt force and
means, and NTH "A short shrift nynnHo tho
death Of tho murdered Officer. As the minutes
Eed am swfy M ey ylseo s esswd a1 ,9pGd D.
groups, engaged In low conversation over the
evabt OF thu day. The uomants slipped away.
the crowd g,ew still larger, and at Q O'clock the
docielto nlonent arrived. rush was made
City-Hall bell sounded tho riot aignAl, which
MaH succeeded by a dozon or more taps III
loss time than it takes 10 wrtto 1t almost,
tue Houth eido Of tho square WAS SWAIN.
buys. Rushing dorm Front street with Wild
and frantic impotuoslty, theis psogresa was
checked by number Of policeman stltiouod in
the midd!s and on both sl1es Of tho street, op-
pohto Widcner'a stable. Dy this time the mob
had n,ado circuit vis Olark street. aud gathered
in front of tho Jail tho door Of which was
guarded by eight or ton officers.
Tho aceno which thon enBucd Waa never OK
cclcd IN the history OF Nashville bofoee. The
atr was nied With s!louts criea, curaes, and cxe-
ctalions against tho murderer, anu demands
thai vengeance bc meted out to him. II waB
temporarily iulted by Mayor Howell and W. T.
Meacham, rho mounted tho stair etaps and or
treated tho mob to disperHo aud eays tho prisoner
tornined to have blood toe blood, lhe crowd
soon hooted and hisAed them down. and Tic
wildcat CONFUSION, .agasn prevailed; Cries Of
him / II 'Hiye him uni" "Tear down tic
iaii! anu hundreds Of other e1clanations to
which hut one meaning Nna attached,
wsre usterel by tho shrong. who. like
!tGers and Hons. were pautj,!g and thirastng
Tor blood. Il VAS thon laarued that Jsi,sr llag.
erin bad ordered \ hack. in wll,ch to, convey
Heed TO tbe barracks tor bettsr proseatton, bit
hofore It had arrived the mob came, thuh pre-
venting his removal. II wAs currently beloved
by the spectators had an officer AYsd shot Or
80 In tho air, that tho mob, consisting Of bu.
comparatively feH persous, the grdatef tnalority
GrsGt ts.s6 ia the sayiag thas "disorstion y
heels in iugtorious flight. The Resistance Of tho
police was but feeble, and. like grain bofora tho
reaper, they went down at tho approach Of the
mob. Tho glass in ihe doors leading to tho Jail
wore shattered into ten thousand fragments, sud
the framea battered donu. Like regtiesa Aool
tho mob rubbed on until checked hY tla .Bfoond
door. undor tho iuaues,cc OF sliolr united blows
olllcs. Here one OF tie guards was found. and,
on boinE told 70 give up tho keys, replied that
h6 did not know wher1 they were. I1e Waa
seized and The Keys taken from hia pocket. In
gress a. soon obtained through 1t, sud tho mob
tound themselves tu lhe yard.
Several policemen had boon stationed In there,
but, ~ the llgata bad boon turned out by ths
their nocturnal mork, II Has impossible to dis
tiuguieh fr!sud or foo,
A Hammer reporter, on following tho crowd
lhto tho 1ail'yarI, witnessed ths aceao here de-
scribol The very few loatlsEa numbering not
more than halt dozen of actira workers,-and
kkx.xA S1t1aA Il IN