Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-10-03
An Unknown Man Found Dead In an
Alley, near Quimby Street, Stp-
posed to have been MUIR
dered for his Money.
Deputy Unite5 States Marshal TOrbett
WantOnly Killed by a Man named
Giles, near Paris, Henry Co..
Mysterious Murder of
Woman Etc,

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freight one eyed negro named Frank Cheat
ham. who has on frequent occR dOns made
t'oubie on s.eamers. became lnfuriated with
whisky 9pd threatened general destruction tC
MS iello" -ueckers, hourishing a razor and q
| pistol TO the lerrol Of men, women and hill
uren. Captain Stack Lee was Motif d of tnt
hustled him ashore. Ihs Dol SohG uH isy &C the
iaaddsIE nnds gH an hour, curing which me fellow low
and her officers, one OF whicn was that he
! would bu, d the boat and Kill the crew. Be.
I toTs the boat left, however, the black rascal
came aboard, apolosiz to Captain Lee, to
whom he also delivered up his pistol, and
promised to behave himself II allowed 10 pro-
him aud sent him aft, with the
injunc tioa that IL he did not benave ne would
put h m ashore for good. Frank became
al sketches 81 himself, the substance OF
| which was that he was born and reared in the
service Of General Frank Cheatnam,
was Isvorite servant of the gen
| eral, and had a gooJ deal to do with the
| generals racing career. He lost his eye in a
fracaS with another negro whl had caught
| HIM Frank iu fd0Tonte delcctH with his wi e
| and snot h eye out with a shot gun. ank
! reLallated by taking the gnn from his adyer-
ssIy nd beating him to death with IT. This
occurred in the wei lily OF Uat and yea
! or two ago. Franks history of himself made
| him out u bal ot-box bero, In which he was
| gene ally emp Dyed 10 intimidaIe colored
/ voters in the interest of his employers. In
| conversation with white persons he mani
SIiitie oFindls taiied bsmocrat." put WIN
abusive Language toward the white people.
| From his own actions and history Of
himself ne was nothing p4S
behaved himself very well for few
| hours, until he had soaked his carcass with
more benzine, which aroused the devil in
HIM again. He resumed his murdeIpus threats
| and demonstrations against the deckers De-
| low, and Captain ee was constrained to put
! him ashore. A second time. under ST0misss OF
| go d behavior, he w@5 again allowed 10 come
| aboard; Wien, af, er lew moments, he com
! Isrenced TO quarrel again, but this time very
| unfortunately for him, for the negroes de-
clared that they h ID stood enough from him
and when Frank made one Of his demonsLra-
| nons six shots were 1red at him Almost simul-
taneousiy, either one OF which would have
resulted fatally. He was Killed Instantly.
Two of the shots, were fired from shotgu
| loaded with bnckshot. whIoh stry.cK him in
| ticn. The parties who did the shooting be
| lOnged to squad of deckers who got off at
Walnut Bend: The dead body was carried to
Helena, and delivered into the custody of the
United States marshal 1t was impoSs bic TO
tell who did the shooting. tut 1t is very evI
return trip OF the AlIin, the authorities al
Helena demanded of the Allin the amount OF
the funeral expenses of the dead man, which
Captain Lee refused 10 pay,
Another Negro Killed.
While the steamer g. w. Cheek was
roustabout was shot and killed. Among the
deck-passeRg gers were several families of
negro emlgrants, and the Toustabout made
tol he went among the women, and under
tn, eat Of death com peeled them 10 suffer his
embraces, The husbands of ths women find
ing 1t was lmpo sible to control The n, gro,
beset him and riddIed his body with bullets
Han dozen or more shots took effect, and
the unruly desperate fell dead on the deck OF
tee steamer. he had caused much alarm
among the women and children by his con-
duct and language. both of which were of hs
most fearful character. The negroes VINO shot
him are deemed iustif able in ending the life
OF the desperate. The body OF the negro was
buried On the river bank by the crew of the
steamer she coming into port al two O'Clock
Sunday afternoon.
Murder OF am Unknown Man.
Sunday morning an unknown white
man aged about twenty. i've, ,wasfound dead in
pool OF blood in an alley running from Rob-
ertscn street, ana between the Raleigh road and
Qulmoy street. The coroner was summOneu
AID upon examination 1t was found that the
Jugular vein had been severed by knife, and
death must have tt suited instantly, the pock-
cts OF the murdered man Were turned aud had
been rif1et OF their contents The examina-
H tion OF tne coroners jury tailed 10 elicit any
who was about five fest 4 inches high
brown chair, gIay eyes, brown mustache and
goatee On one ann were India ink Il cures o.
y shield, htaT, trumpet and other devices. Tn.
man was dressed in yellow jeans pants, short
gray coat, striped calico shiri, wooden socKr
Hnd hat, his feet having been stripped OF shoeh
or boots. AS above stated, the coroner's jury
Isiled to elicit anything resuecuns
toe name or identit, of lhs murdered
person OF 'e deceased except a part OF
newspaper, the Southern Planter, and q urug
gi,t's laoel for ALI bilious pills. Detective
MCune thonght ne had seen the mau on Sec
ond street, near Washington, on Saturday
last, and d tectlse PIyoe y as of opinion like
wise, taaC he had seen him on the same uay
The deceased presented the "ppe-rsnce q,
having been tramp, OF some lsoorlng man
out oil work. Another witness thought tnat
he had seen the man in company with a ne
gro, In the northeastern portion of the city,
on Sa urday afternoon. No one could identl
~ toe rematL S, or give the slightest clue as to
the name of tue deceased, or his appearance,
In the locality where he was found.
A Mysterious Murder
Of negro woman WAS com mitted resI
Brownsville Saturday night. Sunday morn
Ing the mang ed Oouy of u negro woman was
found on the Louisville ra l. oad track, near
The above named 10 IN. Ihe cars had passed
over tne body and mutilated II in a shock n
manner, but the railroad officials, be-
neving that the woman was murdered
ami then laid on the track in order TO
destroy all traces OF the crime, have deter
mined to investigate the affair and try to
solve the mystery. We have not been in.
formed as TO the result OF the investigation.
Deputy United States Marshal Killed.
AOout nine o'ciOck Sunday Dsuut,
United Marshal Felix H. Torbett, Of this city,
WAS shot and killed six miles southeast oI
Paris, Heary county, by man Damed V c.
Giles whom he, in company wi b s. ii. NAL
exander, Of the above town, was endeaVor
ing TO arrest on cdpids issued By the Federal
court of tRe westef n district OF Teunessee
from Mr.. Mac Alex 4nder we obtained Ihe
following facts relative 10 the muI der, for by
no other name can the foul deco b5 called:
between six and seven O'Clock Hunuay morn
Ing, going 10 the house OF Giles To arrest him
rTT n 81 ses LAYS in selling
the house they found Giles's moLheI.
brother and family, and searched the
Mr.. M'Alexander seeing V. q. Giles, srmeJ
with dOubls-barreied shot gun and two pis
tolls, in the kitchen ,endeavoIe ed to tell Marshal
opened the door. He then jumped from the
platform in front of the Kitchen, and going TO
M'Alex&nder procured one of hts pistols. By
this tms V. G. Gi les, who is called Heck, !"
had come out Of tue Kitchen aud gone to-
ward th house, and had leveled his gun az
the off1cer. NJ sIshal IoIbeIt said "Do1't act
foolish, Heck we are no. going to ,.urt Won -
Giles, however fired, and Mar ihal 'orbett fe
10 the ground, the load of buc. shot hav NJ
wound. as M'AI-xa der ran up to Tor
bett, GILES emptted the other barrel at him
but without effect, and the two men
then exchanged pistol sho!s, neither receiving
q wound, though ball passed through the
formers overcOat sleeve. Giles ran into The
house, and locked the door, Whereunon
who aid, "Oh, Lord, he has killed mel" see
ing that the officer was moTtaliy wounded. |
Giles, but called to q stranger VINO was riding
by, to help him 10 get the wounded man to ms
Lorse. The stranger said, al don want to |
have anything to do wi b the Sffair bu he
ing assured by M'Alexander that he mereiy
deslrt his assistance in removing the wound |
ed man, dismounted, and helped to carry |
Marshal Toroett 10 the yard-gate. By this time
a dozen men from the neig borhood had ar
rived, and the Sounded man, being in a dy- |
Ing noition, was laid upon the ground. |
V. c. Giles now came out OF his house with
two p .stOls, and declared that ae WonId |
Kill N M'Alexander, but fortunately he was pre |
vented from adding another victim to his |
black deed by the nelgh0ors. These men |
red in saying to M'AleXander: "You ought |
not to have come out here; you might have
known you would get hut" VIC. Giles said |
he wss going TO leave the county, and |
mounting nis horse, which had been In read |
iness when the ofncer and NJ All, ,xand.r |
reached the place, rode away, ana ma n I |
SINCE been heard OF. CHESS brother ana
mother told M'AlexaUder that he might carry
Marshal roroetJ into the house. TINS he did. |
but the wounded ono was al e4dy diving
aud lived only few minutes M'Aiexapder
put the body In wagon, and Lad IL hrried
TO the depot At Paris, where an Il quest was
held by a coloner's jury, but no verdict had
been rendered up TO the time (Sunday mighty |
when the remains we're put On q freight