Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-05-21

n Nctfo Attef.fAt 20 OutfEtfs ant
Failing Ia that Resolves 30 Mur
der HE Throws Hts victim int,
an Ola Ctsteru, from which, Ate
six NOurs, she - Rescued by He
husband.
A day or two since was published il
the Memphis journals a short telegraph,
account OF an outrage committed by
negro upon a lady near Arlington, Ky
on the l7th inst. In the Cairo Bulletin
Of the 18th we find the following partic
ulars:
ARLINGTON, KY, Mayl7 1877.
To the Editor Of the Cairo Bulletin;
A most dasiardly crime was perpe
trated on last Wednesday evening aboul
2 o'clock, at the residence Of Mr.. C. Il,
Pile, three miles east of Arlington on
the Milburn road, of which the following
particulars may be OF interest to the
readers Of the Bulletin:
While Mr.. Pile was absent from home
attending his mill at Arlington, one OF
the cid family negroes, Eli Pile, a boy
sixteen years old, was ordered by Mrs.
Matte Pile to saddle her horse for the
purpose of visiting some Of the neigh
bors. The negro boy instead of obeying
the orders of Mrs. Pile, commenced
dealing violent blows in her face with an
old boot-heel, a milk;jar, etc, He also
choked her violently. Every effort
to extricate herself from the negro's
arms was made. She offered him
any amount of money to let her
loose, but all her pleadings were in
vain. The more she asked for mercy the
worse he cboked her. A ter he had
beaten her to death, as he thought, he
throw her into q clstern in the rear part
OF the house, which had five feet Of water
in it. The negro then let a candle down
in a bucket to make sure she was dead,
but IS one side Of the eistern had caved
in Mrs Pile had succeeded in hiding
herself so as to prevent the negro from
seeing her. The negro, satisfied that he
had killed her, covered up the c~istern.
secured up the blood from the floor and
walls, after which he ssddled the horse
and hitched it at the gate, aud went to
the htld where some negroes were plow
ing, and stated that Mrs. Pile was get.
tisg ready and would be off in a few
minutes. He then went to the creek to
Rsh.
Mrs. Pile struggled 10 the water aud
succeeded in finding a root, which had
off the plastering, to which she
held herself out of the water. Her grip
away after so long, she had pres
Of mind to unbraid her hair and lie |
It securely around the root, and also tied
ner " hair, which was very lengthy,
around the root, and when her hand
would give out she held herself
out Of the water by her hair.
In this condition she remained in
cold water from two to seven p m
Mr. Pile returned at seven p N, and
Iourd his wife in this condition. he,
With the assistance of a negro man and
woman who work on the place, soon
made q swing and took Mrs. Pile out of
he cold cistern water almost l~ifelsss. He
could not realize her story until he found
ser so terribly beaten 10 pieces. She
lad several deer cuts Ia her face aud
head, and finger prints all over her neck.
der face was perfectly black, and one
Eye entirely closed. Mrs. Pile is now
able 10 give a full statement OF the whole
transaction, and isimproving. The citi
,sns armed to the teeth turned out in
force last night, after getting the
lews, and overlook the negro this q m
lud be is nov hers in chains aud under
waiting his trial, which will take
as soon as attorneys z. w Bugg
Mr.. Hays from BIandville arrive
Mrs Pile was raised near Blandville, |
is one of the Arst ladies' of this
aud q niece of Mr.. z. w Bugg.
Attorney AZ law at Blandville. Mr.. Pile
5 in fine circumstances, and is one of
he leading men of this county, and highly |
'espected by all who know him. His
giie Is much improved, and be is much
.ratifed that she made such a lucky
escape. X. X. X.