Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1877-09-01
SIXTY MURDERERES.
And Twenty other Criminals at
Large, for whose Arrest Twenty
Thousand Dollars Reward
Is Offered by Governor
Porter.

Thousand Dollars Reward
Is Offered by Governor
Porter.
Nashville American: The COVER
nor is constantly in receipt of letters
asking for list of criminals, for the
apprehension of whom rewards have
been offered. For the information
of those parties we publish the fol-
lowing complete list of all such per-
sons, taken from the book in which
they are recorded:
Jack Woodbridge, cOlOred charged
with the murder of two negro child
rem in Shelby county, March %,
1S75-$l50.
4 Doc Poe, murder of Daniel Weav-
er, Franklin county, July IS, 1871
800.
John Murphy, murder of Lewis
+ Livinsford, BlOunt county, January
10, 1869-$15O.
Morris Griffin, murder of Richard
Curtin, Maury county, February 9,
I871-$300
James Rennard, murder of DIR. 7.
]. Bland, Upton county, June p,
. I875-$250.
Disguised unknown men, murder
of George Lowry, White county,
July 81, 1875 $500 for the appre-
hensiOn and conviction of said I'M
known criminals.
Thomas NJ bride, murder of Solo
mon Pearson, Franklin county,
August %, 1S75-$250.
Unknown parties, murder of
James NJ. Cross, Morgan county,
August %, 1875-$25O.
Unknown party or parties, murder
of John Jacobs, Robertson county,
September IA, 1S75-$250.
Unknown Parties, arson in burn
ing a stable belonging to DIR. S. NJ.
Thompson, of Bedford county, Sep
/. TENDER 81, 1S75-$250.
Frank WalpOle, maliciOuslyshOOt-
ing and wOunding w. III. Robert
son, Wilson county, October 10, 1875
800.
II. NJ. Darnell, ST., Bud COe, John
COe and Bud CDle, murder of Al
bert Nall, Lake county, August Is,
\ IS74-$250 each.
Unknown parties, murder of John
Garner, Davidson county, Novem-
Der Is, 1S75-$150.
Joe Chase, murder of Leon Co
hupe, Shelby county, November 20,
I875-$250.
Ed. III. Johnson, sentenced by
Shelby county criminal court, June
-, 1875, for twenty-One years for
robbery of an express clerk, and
who escaped from the penitentiary
$500.
William b. johnson, murder of
Railing Johnson, Shelby county,
December, I875-$25O.
William Black, Decatur county,
an escaped convict, sentenced for
{ three years for felOniOus asSault-$75.
Henry Mynett, sentenced by the
circuit court of Roane, April term,
1875, to fifteen years imprisonment
for robbery, an escaped convict
500.
James Monroe Austin, murder of
Henry c. Green, White county, jan
uary %, 1S76-$25O.
George Burroughs, murder of Mat
tisOn Gibson, jackson county, jan
uary l, 1874 800.
II. b. Mason, DEMONSTRATING
James and Nathan Newly murder
of Washington Jones, Warren cOun-
ty, December %, 1S7O-$25O.
James HutsOn, murder of JOna-
than Padget, White county, OctO-
Der, 1S75-$250.
Peter Lewis, Bud Jennings and
AlOnZO Jennings, charged with hav-
ing committed rape while providing
I'm disguise, February l, 1876, De-
Kalb COunty-$200 each.
John w. Oliver, convicted of the
murder, i'm August, 1870, of Henry
Jones, of Gibson county-S15O.
Unknown parties, charged with
having delivered the Jail of Smith
county of its prisoners, April 20,
IS76-$250 for the arrest and cOnvic-
ton of each.
Disguised, unknown parties, out
rage and robbery Of Julius and ia
cob Hirsch, Fayette county, March
p, 1S76-S25O for each.
Hugh Mynatt, murder of William
ID. b. Marcus, Knox county, May
b, IS76-$250.
Unknown parties, murder of
William l.. Cardwell, Smith cOun-
ty, June 8, 1S76-$250.
William Weems, murder of his
wife, Greene county, June Is, 1876
$500.
Robert and Eliza shelton, murder
of colored woman, Marion cOun-
ty, June "a, 1S76-$l50 each.
Dick Filley, murder of n. b. Mar
tin, Meigs cOunty-$250.
Richard Scott, an escaped convict
-S25.
James Ryan, an escaped convict
-S25.
Thmas +. Leonard, convicted of
embezzlement i'm Shelby county, an
Z escaped COnVict-S5OO.
Unknown party, outraging the
body of n white lady in Davidson
county, August p, lS76-S5OO.
Unknown person, murder of Sam
Mcclure, Hawkins county, August
23, 1S76-$3OO.
John and Tom Poe. murder of
Daniel Weaver, Franklin county,
July Is, lS7l-$l00.
Joel Branch, murder of Asa c.
Phillips, Franklin county, March
-, 1S72-S3OO.
Unknown persons, murder Of Jo-
seph c. ROOp, Davidson county,
September 10, lS76-$5O0.
Thomas NOrthcOtt, murder of Van
Upton, cGl0red, RutherlOru county,
July Is, lS76-S25O.
James Carneham, BristOw Carne-
ham and Eagleton Carneham, muir
der of Charles Ferrill, Rutherford
county, September, ls76-$25O.
IL. q. Weaver, alias GantheT, alias
George Brown, obtaining money un-
7 der false pretenses, Shelby county
500.
w. A. Rhodes and n. Reeves,
murder of Ben Wright, Shelby coun-
~, September -, lS76-S250.
James b. Cunningham, murder
of II. w. Nichol, Wilson county,
November II, 1S76-S2j0.
Thomas J. Melton, murder of Eli
iah Neelsy, Cannon county, June |,
IS65-$250.
BENJAMIN H. Peters Outraging
the person of woman, Carter coun-
ty, March IL, 1S76-$250.
ID. w. Rainwater, murder of