, 1876-12-21

THE TENNESSEE TRAGEDY.

THE TENNESSEE TRAGEDY.
The details of tho tragedy near Shelby,
Tenn, which were printed in tho last Issue
OF Tim TRIBUNE, reas1 like chapter from o
BEApLE dino novel Of " blood aud thunder"
or nn episode from tho "alysterics mud Mis-.
cries Of New York" They illustrate o1ass
Of crime which issupposed to oxist In tho fer
tilo brains OF tho SYLvANus COINS, HAnR1soN
A1NswonTns, and NED DuNrI1NEs, nnd which
these CORY scribblera develop in books and
Sensational newspapers for tho de1ectation Of
sorvant-girls and tontlor- minded youths of
both Boxes, and which occasionally find rop-
resontation upon tile stago in nelodramas Of
tho Bowery school. The Tennessee episode,
however, shows that yillainy, cruelty, and
brutality Of this abnormal sort arc not alono
hctions Of the brain, but also realities Of
life. The dispatch III question did not fur
nis1l complete details, but sufficient 10 gather
tho salient facts Of the tragedy. L. s. H11b
An old md universally. y.respcotcd citizen,
lived with his daughter u few miles from
Shelby Depot. Ono GALLEY BoHD Ind been
paying attentions to tho daughter, aud On
thomorningof tho 18thins visited tue house.
where he l.ad n conversation with Atr. H,t1.
Tho dispatch does not give tho subject of
conversation. bnt from .io bloody ionone.
mont It may DO oasilv ;,nar;nod TINT H,,1.
had warned Doxp to discontinue lila otten.
tions or had rcfusetl to allov him tn mare
his danghter,--a stop in which ho was amply
justified. unless be was t]esirona n throw
nway his daughter upon n cold.b1ooded
cowarlly, wolfsh monstor. Altar +lo con'
versation Dorp cool1y went homo. too,. b,a
double.barreletl sbot.oun. raturnad to H,,7,.
house, aud, without niyino him war,ino
shot tic old man tl,ro,,ol, tbo ,1oor ~ .hn
house. aud then. In tho trno southarn c,,,vol.
ry Of rui11auism. having his onnonant at b;a
mercy, lelpless and wounded. draw lin n;atot
and fired five balls into the proatrata o1d
man. Tho reader will obsaryo that ha in-
duleod in tho same exnoccrotod 'ond crnar-
tluous refinement Of cruelty whicl, tho aTer,
age Southern rnf1lau always EMPLOYS. Il
was preeigely tho aamo sort of crno,t,
TINT was praot;ced unon pysxurou l.,
Louisiapa by the T,,nrs h,,,dozore
md the anna sort of conroo. ,,,ot
was manifested when t],e nona t,,1.
lozers shot, cut, stabbed. md a1aal,ed Err,
PnKsroy. mud cnt thu tbrost NJ bor ho,,,
much to the t1isuuiatnla of tho sona,t,vo 40 ~
lures Of LYMAN Tnuunu1r, nnd Jo,,v h1
PALMER. who have mt hccn 1ono aroroh i,
tho Democratic partv to oat accnstono,1 -
these peculiar manifestations of tho ,o-
chinery of Southern nolittce IN 1vorl;no -,
Democratic msiorities. After hnyino emnt;e1 /
tic contants Of f,ve chambaru ~ tSo ,s;ota,
and two bnrrels af Hhot.onn int, t,,a ia
man. l,o was snvef] TIM trou,,1o NJ corv;nr, h,n,
nm will, hin how,o.z,,ifa h, tho ;1;aao,.a..
that ho yas sufficiently leai mt IN intortera
with anv fnrtbar scoundra,;a,,, ,,a ,,,isht
have m hond. Tha cr;vo1ro,,s IN hnra .3ie IT,,
geized t],o moor o;r1 i1axc,1 atrrnod mi ,,o~
r;f,ed hv thu traoc7v i1ro oco1 l,a,. onar 49,
b1eet]inr l,o1v of bar fotter' and hnrr;od | has w
hv force IN ,n;n,star,a ,vhnro In ,1o,,,u1s,
ti,o narfornanca of tbo ,na,-;,1a oeraa,aa,s =
11n n tha time ~ tba trooo1,, tho.o ~ as.I
I'M IN show +b,t ~ ~, wa,.,., ~
hayo morrfod lin ava, =, ~ osna,;.,s" ~
tn the vizhsa md oom,an,,a -.
1,or fotbor Int tho ,orr,,,,a a.,.,... w.
~ tho ,nnnster Ind ,,;sns,,.,, -, a 49,
i'm, ~ oroot,a,, 49,, a.. .....ea, =.
h,n, m thon t,,~oataraa - III, w. W.
wos o}out n oorrv mi lilo n,,r;1o-ons ,,,.".
t;oro vvf,a,, a ,,o.so ~ ,,oi,h1>o.., e:.s
tho ho,ao rcacno1 tia a,r1 yron, H., s.s =,
mt her IN n nlace of safotv AZ ova~r a o.a
n that aoot;o, ooaa o,mo3 ori J.. .'s..'. I
ord a,,,ert u, t},e roo ~ +,a ,,,a.a, 80 ~,
onn nnon tho at;o,,toat rro.ooo,,o., - - !. 1. ~
i;ttla rernorlol1o tI.t eo,ao ora a;.7 49,. ta
,ha forathor,bt n ea,,,ro thn an., - 49,,
hv ,]ianotcbinc I'm ase,ve;r ~ a.. a anat
tl,ua ovenoino tbo ,n,r,1or ~ t,,a 49,. @ % s
fcrova, soour;ro t,,a i7ono,,.ar fras e t',..,'s M
Instaa;, ~ H. - ..a 'n 4"4'"e,
to escape after shooting one OF tho pursucrs
with tho remaining Charge in his pistol, aud
having time enough to go to neighbor's
and steal fresh lorse. II pistols had been
as prompt to avengo murder as they aro
to wipe Out fanoled aflront or prevent