Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1876-09-30


F." legal arrest. Upon which, Brame,
who till that moment had been sitting
quietly on his horse, instantly shot
: Beaumont, who fell, and rode off furi-
ously, the other two officers firing sew
: eral pistOl-shots after him which did
:, not take effect. Mr. Beaumont, on
being raised from the ground, said he
was paralysed, which was found to be
the case over the whole body, and he
. was taken to the residence of Garrett
Quarles, Esq, where he now remains.
We visited the unfortunate gentle
man with his brother, DIR. Charles
Beaumont, of this place, at CARROTS
burg on Monday evening. The ball
struck the lower part of the head be-
hind the ear, ranging downward and
backwards along the neck to the spine,
which it probably struck between the
fourth and fifth joint from the head,
severing the spinal cord. Paralysis
both of sensation and motion is COM
plete over the whole body below the
seat of the wound, and the nature of
the injury is such as, in our judgment,
to leave no hope whatever of recovery.
Brame is not arrested at the time we
are writing, "wednesday morning)
though we understand that the warrant
of the Governor of Kentucky is out
for his arrest.
As the legality of the arrest made
by Mr.. Beaumont has been the sub
Ject OF much discussion, we have taken
pains to inform ourselves on the sub
ject. In order to do so, we applied to
the Hon. G. W. Tyler, Judge of our |
County Court, for information. The |
Judge very courteously placed the pa
pers in our hands for inspection. They
consist of two documents. The first
is warrant of the Governor of Ken
lucky, the Hon. JAS. B. McCreary.
addressed to the sheriffs and consta-
b!es of that Commonwealth, setting
forth that Gov. Porter, of Tennessee,
has made requisition for the arrest of
Brame. 1t requires the Kentucky
officers to arrest him and bring him
before some Circuit Court Judge of
Kentucky to have his identity proved,
and if he is found to be the person
named in the warrant, the Judge is to
deliver him to Irwin Beaumont. the
authorized agent of the Governor of
Tennessee.
The other document is a warrant
from the Governor of Tennessee, set
ting forth the same facts and proceed
ing as follows: S
Now, therefore, I, James D. Por '
ter, Governor of the State of Tennes- !
see, In pursuance of the power vested .
IN me by law, have appointed, and by .
these presents | do appoint and com l
mission Irwin Beaumont agent on the f
part of this State for the purpose of /;
bringing the said W. T. Brame into =,
this State, having Jurisdiction of the .
crime aforesaid, whenever the gov i
eminent of the said State of Kentucky r
shall cause him to be delivered I'D ac- C
cordlng to the requisition aforesaid"
1t becomes evident on perusing these
two documents that the arrest of r
Brame by Mr.. Beaumont as an officer r
OF Tennessee was not authorized by h
them but that the extent of his war =
rant was to receive him from the au- !
thorities of Kentucky when arrested .
by officers of that State, and convey :,
him safely into Tennessee. We are :,
nevertheless informed that Mr.. Beau >,
mont acted by the advice of the attor |,
ney for the prosecution of Brame in (
making the arrest :,
The whole affair is most unfortu- h
nate one. Irwin Beaumont, gentle
man of first class family connections
IN this county, and -deservedly a cit !
lzen Of great personal popularity, A
has received mortal wound in the :,
execution of what he Though errone- .
ously) considered his duty. As re- :.
CARDS Brame, we consider his act in =
shooting him murder, quite apart from =.
the question Of the legality of the ar =,
rest. He had already submitted to
the arrest and no violence was being =
offered him. Mr. Beaumont was SIM -
ply standing quietly by, holding the
Oridle rein of his horse. IT the arrest
vas illegal, he had his legal remedy. 90
A Kentucky magistrate was standing b.
~ and crowd of his neighbors were ~
u close proximity; so that there was G.
10 fear of his being forced out of the 80
State. He nevertheless, not on the -
pur of the moment, but deliberately ~
md in cold blood took the life of his W
-ictim, and is now defying the action -
If the law of his own State, armed for g.
esistance to arrest.
AT the time of our writing (Wednes
lay) we are informed that Mr.. Beau
mont is still alive at the residence of 70
Or. q. NJ. Quarles, not suffering severe mn
y, but showing no symptoms that gives uo
ny hope of recovery he is attended sir
edulouslyand tenderly by many friends st,
nd relatives from this place, who, as t;o
7ell as the sufferer, are entertained n;
nth the most generous hospitality by n.
Jarrett Quarles, Esq, brother of our in,
fellow citizen, Gen. w. wa
l. Quarles. We expect to give furth- III,
r information before our date of pub
cation
Since writing the above, we have say
earned that Mr.. Beaumont's condi- au
ion was somewhat improved on Wed co
esday, but changed for the worse on sci
thursday. Nothing has occurred to ito
tier the unfavorable prognosis of his Al
hysiclans, who consider his death str
uestion of time only.
m the
THE Henderson Cornet Band seren-
ded Mr.. w. II. Turnkey, the Presi-
ent of the Fair Association, on Thurs vii
ay night The delightful strains of du
lusic and the beautiful starlight br.