Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-09
MURDER AT NASHVILLE.


A Neif-KnOwR River Mar,
Death by "a Gambler 10 y Gamb-
Last Saturday night a river man
named Al Kirkland was stabbed and
killed at a Nashville gaming house by a
gambler named A, Waddell. The Nash.
vile American gives the personal his
tory Of the parties, both Of whom are
we'll known by numbers of people in this
city:
Kirkland vas apparently thirty.6ve
years old, and had run on the river as :
bartender for the past ten or fifteen
years. When sober he was afable and
very gentlemanly in his department, but
when drinking he was in the habit Of
using, it is said, rough and insulting Ian
guage to those about him. He leaves 4
wife and FIVE children.
From those acquainted with Waddelrs
history we learn that be has been re.
gsrded as a man who never sought diff.
c%ulties. He was born in Tuscumbia,
Alabama, lived in Nashville seven years
previous to the wal and then removed to
Louisville, where he was interested in
several faro banks, where be accumu.
lated a fortune of $500, 600 or $500, 600.
he purchased valuable property 10 that
city, and owns a splendid farm near
Wsverly, in Humphreys county. His
country house is said to be very hand
somely furnished, surprising 10 this re-
spect almost any residence ia that pcr-
ton Of tie country.
Tweety years ago a man named
Sweeny Clark had a difficulty with him
and shot at him, but missed him and
wounded Thomas Fans, a bystander, in
stead. Waddell then rushed upon Clark
and with the blade of a pocket-kniie cut
him acros the face in pretty much the
same manner be did Kirkland. He hid
out in the sulphur bottom until about
dark when he came up into the city, gave
himself up and was subsequently dis.
charged on the ground that the cutting
had been done in self-defense. Clark
survived his wounds.
In 1864 OF 1865 Waddell had a diff
Guilty in Louisville with a man named
William Ovens, Of Lexington. 1t is
stated that Owens had made derogatory
remarks regarding Waddelrs family and
had also Threatened his life and that Of
two of his friends. They met in the
Louisville Hotel; Waddell asked him if
he had made threats against his life;
Ovens started to draw q weapon; Wad-
dell shot his eye out, surrendered himself
10 the authorities and was discharged.
1t is stated that be and Owens subse-
quehtly became friends aud have since
so remained.
-Four arteries in Kirtland's face were
severed, and continued to spout blood
until they we're tied. The wounds we're
dressed at halfpast ten o'clock yester-
day morning. The blade of the knife
was driven into Kirtland's face near the
right cAeek-bone, carried around, cut
thug through the upper lip to the bone,
and extending to the left cheek bone.
DR.. Summers stated that when he COM
planned Of pain and asked for an opiate,
he gave him a hyperdermic injection Of
morphine, and subsequently an injection
Of brandy, with the hope Of r%eviving him,
but he went to sleep and died from loss
Of blood.
b. W. St. Clair and Charles Wand
we're arrested last night on the charge of
gaming, and h. G. Price on the charge
of keeping q Clearinghouse.
LATER. has been captured
and will arrive this morning by the
Northwestern road.
In consequence Of the killing all the
gaming houses have been closed by the
police, and faro no longer exists 10 pub
lie at Nashville.