Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-10-23
Nashville American, Friday

| Nashville American, Friday.1
AT eleven O'Clock, yesterday morning
the FOL owing special dispatch was received a
the AHgeT icdH office:
| To the AmeHcap.l
! FRANKLIN. TENN October 2I-Colona
! John House and his son, Manney, were boil
/ killed In 4 pers Jn4l altercaIicn by one Grim
ihiS morning Particulars by mail.
CD. W. COOKE.
| The dispatch was bulletined at the door O
! oar countDg-roOm, and in very short Will
! me uagic occurrence was the topic OF conyer
| lion throughout the CT Y.
| An american reporter was DISPATCHED a
FfaukIlu o. the af past one O'Clock feyen
lhgl freight ain, arrived there al four o'c ocI
lh the evening, and found the coroner, iuIy
| ln s. s-iUn at the city hal. They n ID sIrs. a
! examined several witnesses, and s-yen viii
nesses were examined altogether.
AN IMPARTIAL HISTORY.
with with view TO giving as impartial mis-
Ipiy as pCsSlDle OF The tragedy, our re
| porter gathered the following Information
irum all the sources Rccessi bic: 1t was said hT
many that Colonel House and Griffil h d foT
some ume past shown want OF appreciatiou
OF ta;h other that amounted TO positive cool
ness. he affair OF yesterday is tbOupht Ia
nave grown odt u an altcr1atiOn which oc.
CURED az But.'Fs saloon al about ten a., lock
w edne day night 1t was stated that Colonel
House had iOd BlacEnawk y cho! that (jri mn
Hae loaned Or Sny the 50 Jgun to shoot lin
NteIS ; me time ago. Griffin went 10 see
House about it He was accom- panied by Re-
COrGer Allison, " 1iIe Shy was atreaay in ~.
sSiOon. Grimn Did house re WAS a id ras-
"a, I" men House retoTteI that he was d - d
.l.T, A sc1fhe eLaued. A iison ran IN be-
tween Griffin aud tiouSs, and pressed House
tck PACK, wnile II Is id Griffin struck House on
tile mead with his mace, over Allison'S shout
uerp cutting cash one and a half inches long.
and T. the bone, This blow
FELLEO HOUSE TO THE FLOOR
and ended the melee. Houses fsiends claim
that Allison struck House with ma stick
While Tho friends A1l1sprs l., 4
not strike House, but placed the stick against
houses chest. 1t waS also charged that All.
son pressed House back TO give Grifiin bet
VI opportunity To strike MIN On leaving the
Saloon, House went into the back portion of
,arDthers store, a short distance above. Dr.
Gentry was called there TO dress ms wounds
The doctor had Just begun to exam ne CoI'-nsI
Houses mead, another gentleman assisting
hlm by holding candle, when the door was
opened ana voice from without inquired
whether Judge Cook was in. on receiving -
response in the negative, the person stepped
lhIo the qoor at tlNe same time cooking a re-
NoIVer which ne held IN his hand. On hear
ing The "click, J." "ciick" of the revolver. CoIo.
nel House, looking toward the door. rs II IA
geL q mpse of the intruder, asked, "Who is
tAat? ana Immediately al er exclaimed,
''WHY, IT Is ALLlSONV
Co onel House desired to know OF Allison
what he meant by doing as he did at the "a
loon that night, when -llison said "a id
sight" House then told him he wanted 10
laIk 10 MIN, and asked him why he had
Drought MS pistol there. Seeing there was
likely TO be aditiculty DR.. CentrY took Honss
back into the store, while his..assistaut showed
Allison out of the door. When Il st addressed
by House, Allison had his pisUurcocked and
leNele1 st him. Early Yesterday morninG
accordlng 70 common report, House went to
Allson : OThce, and told Linn that the affair
might as well be settled then and there and
10 ylted him out House and Griffin met
Grlfhin asked House If he was armet and
house said he was not, wheTeupon Griffin re.
marked that II was ali right, aud walked
away. subsequently House met Shy, accused
MN "a "a OF being The cause Of the whole affair,
and used some strong language Just previols
70 his, Msnse house. ColOne! House and a
friend, went into Griffin S saloon, for he pur-
pose. II was believed o. pacifying Allison and
GIlihn, and If pOssib bic, preventing an affrav
IL was then thought this matter had been SET
tied. After leaving Shy, House walked across
the street TO CarOther's corner, and was
SOMEWHAT BOISTEROUS.
Meantime, Manse House had gone into Ca
rothers store. At this juncture, ii is said
q ifhn and Allison held a consultation The
purPort of which was that Allison, as the re-
corder, urged Griffin 10 arrest House, and
that Gi nm said he would arrest and manage
House, but was afraid his son, Manse, W,,uId
shoot him, ana suggested that Allison should
people would think strange Of IL If he, GRIMM
did not arrest Colonel House. Griffin then
went toward House in a rapid gait, Allison
tagging behind. Griffin had both mis- revolver
and mace in hand. Taking House by the ell
lar rather Violently, as some assert, he gave
him jerk. HOu e told hum he would 90 but
along, or words TO that effect. As lheV were
about to start away ManSe House came 10 the
goor OF TIE store with > pistol il his hand.
There are, however, conflicting statements in
regard - this, some being 10 The effect that he
had pistol, and others that he did NOT
When Grimm saw him, he asked If he IN
tended TO draw that pistol on him, at the
came time placiug bis own weapon over
Colonel houses shoulder, end covering Manse
Houses body. Young House, whose hand
was hanging at his side, the pistol pointing
downward, responded Iha he "dfd not =
ColoOel House said he would ana
drawing his pistol, when Grimm
Drought MS revolver Immediately down Gn
Colonel House and
SHOT HIM.
1t is claimed by many that House did not
drs V h's pistol until after u iffin had suot
MIN, and oy many o hers that House had
presented his pistol at Griffin and snapped it,
At he first fire by Griffiu they teparated
House retTeatIug slowly ckward toward the
midi of the street, and q iffin toward the
corner la such manner as TO nave full ranse
at bO h Colonel House aud his son I'M
med ately after Griffin shot Colonel mouse he
tur ed MS revOlV-r lose on Manse House, the
later stUoplng down as the bali struck Or +
no then shot t Colon 4 HOuse twice, striking
hlm both tunes, and mapping Tie cap on the
hlth CD amD5r. He had shot Olonel House
three lines, while II nuse continued 10 SuaD
bis revolver at Gr1tiin, and at one time ex-
ciaim ng, '.Oh, Psha " y rs II PROVOKED al the
nearly crossed the street in an oblIqus Iins
Z ON Griffin, when Recorder Allison, who
stood behind the corner Of Csyce- store, shot
at MIN, House I'm medlately falling 70 his
knee. he seemed not 10 have anticipated a
Dire from that quarter, because while IN the
position described he attem pted once more 10
1re At Griffin Another shot from Allison,
and Colonel House fell back
4 CORPSE.
II seemed 10 be .neralIy admitted by those
{ no witnessed To fray that IL was Allison in
iIcted the Iatu wounds. He had fired over
John De GTaffenreid RhO, picking up a stone.
-an him into Cayce's store, throwing il So
lard as TO cut piece Of cloth out OF Allison'S /
'oat at the shoulder, and piece OF brick from
lie corner OF the building II IS further
ia ed hat Allison on entering the store, ran /
Inder the counter, uBlOaded the chant bers OF !
lis pistol, ana placed the weapon far up un- /
Ter the counter. When ManSe House fell, he |
aid "Ob, am hurt" A young friend tnen |
,neret him shotgun which was standing in |
he store, and was said 70 b. Msnse's, but he |
AID 10 was OF no avail, as lie couId not use il.
n the excitement of the moment, the friend |
picked up the gun, ran into the crowd which /
lad now gathere1 upon the scene and at /
empteC 10 SnOOt Griffin, but II only snapped. !
Another man, jerking il out Of his hand, at /
empted 10 fire il IN the air, when the can /
gain failed 70 explode. as there were about |
our hundred persons summonel as witnesses |
Y Jurors IN tbs Robert Wilson murder case
hers were not less than tive or six hundred |
'ersons pTesent Immediately after the trag-
dy. Not less than d score or more witnessed
he Rffray.
COLONEL HOUSES BODY
vas removed 20 the residence Of William
lbuStr " mere MS only GaNEultL. about six I
cen years CID, has been lying sick for the /
'ast two weeks. Mause House was taken five !
1lleS out into the country, snd was not per Z
aitted To know Of his fathers death He 4
eeined TO care nothing for his o@n. wounds, !
ut spoke almost cOuduualIy VI Hfs fatbar' I
Olonel House had bUJ the Two children.
The following funeral notice. Il.u .ci n the
eerlei0 and journal office. viii be distributed
D-day:
"Died in this place at a quarter b, fore tag !
c -Ock yesterday morning, Colonel Jchr l. /
louise, aged forty-seven year., X months I
nd sixteen days. The friends and acquaint-
noes of the family are res pectully invited |
, attend the burial, from the residence OF I
VILLAIN House, at three o'clock this after
o n. services AT the grave by Rev. William
uFr. lnteTmeut in the new cemetery
fItASRlsIS, TENN, Friday, OctODer Y.
6rifnn and Allison were taken into custo- I
y and the question Of their admission To I
a j viii come up to-day. . he grand Jury viii I
TOceed az once 70 "A fun CIaml uetIOl OF this
sd affair.
MUCH SYMPATHY
a. expressed for Nanse House. who bear the
ignsst character, his good traits being spok-