Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-05-14
SEDUCTION, ABDUCTION n,
MURDER
4 Brother in Search of His Sis
ter and GIer SCducer.

A Brother in Search of His Sis
ter and.ner SCducer.
Morristown experienced q stirring
sensation Friday last. when Mr.. A. y.
Nix, of C~Iarksville, Ga, appeared in
that place ia search of his sister and
her seducrr, DIR. W. Rembert, who il
also the murderer Of her child. Mr..
Nix is 4 man OF intelligent appear.
ance, and gives this statement TO the
kforristown Gazette
l live in Habersham county, Ga,
and | am the brother of a young lady
named Addie Nix, who WAS seduced
and carried away from that county
last August by a man named DR.. X.
2. ReIRbert, also of that county. The
Doctor wa a man Of good standing, a
physician OF large prOctice, Il man OF
family and means, having a wife, two
children, and the owner of several
valuable farms in the county. No one
suspected him of being the scOuHdrel
he has proved 10 be. He was emI 10y
ed ia the family Of the father Of Miss
Nix, and thus gained her confidence
and succeeded in bringing on her the
disgrace and wretchedness she now
suffers. About the lst Of August last.
while Mr.. Nix and a portion Of his
family were st church, DIR. RenIbrrt
drove ia his buggy TO the residence of
Mr.. Nix and Mizs Addie got into il
aud the two drove off. The Doctors
wife wss then at one of his country
places, and the suppositinn Of those
who saw them depart wss that they
WGrs going to visit the family WI ere
his wife was stopping. The e. day
IL was discovered that t. e couple had
not visited Mrs. Remhert, hut had ta-
ken the road leading toward Tennes-
pee. For a long time no trace Of the
fugitives could he had. Recently u
gentlsaSn from Cooke county, visit
ing the neiXhbOrhOOd of Clarksville,
heard the story, and subsequently
gave Information that led the brother
on his present mission. lie traced the
Doctor and sister and infant child TO
this place. 1t seems the fugitives first
found a home at Mr.. w /. |. Edgsr's,
in Jefferson county, coming there, the
woman uH horseback and the Doctor
walking, having sold the buggy on
the road. The Doctor passed the wo.
AAldl ~ LiH WIG anu tLBdkEu ~ vi
as n day lEbOrer, and so worked until
some time i'm November, when hs
hired himself TO assist in taking a
drove II hogs to South Carolina. Du-
ring his absence the reputed wife re-
manned at Mr. Edgar's. Rembert re.
turned uu the 18th OF December, and
or the 18th of December the woman
" ~ delivered of 4 pretty and healthy
daughter They remained at the house
of Mr.. Edgar until the oath of Fehru
AIRY, when they took the train at Tai
hott's Station for Morristown. and
reached this plnce al $40 p M. thst
day. The child vas with them when
hey got off the train. and il was seen
in the arm4 Of Rpmbert and heard To
cry rs they passed the Grigshv House.
Il few minutes afterwards. After pass
ing the Grigshy House, the woman
Wss left on the porch of "A ueighboring
house until Rembert went to the Sum
miG House to see Mr.. Loop, with whom
he had previously contracted L work.
Mr.. Loop aud his family were absent
81 church. aud Remhert and tie w0
inaH next appeared at the Gricsby
HOUSE, and engaged a room for the
night, registering as "W. Z. RemheTt
and lady. HamhIin county, Tenn."-
There WIS no child with them during
their stay ut the Nrigsby House. The
next day the couple moved TO the
summit House, aud Rembert went to
work at The steam saw mill OF Loop,
aud remained there until last Friday
Il week ago, when the mau and woman
took the train at TalbOt's, and have
been trace | ~ getting off at Greene
vile. That they are vet i'm Greene
county Is probable. Rembert il with
out money, and encountered with a
Oma hurriii q with his brutality
and in dread of her life, it does seem
the scOundrel might be easily cap
tured and brought to punishment -
That lac murdered the infant and dis
posPd of its body between the time he
passed the Grig-by House and the
time he returned 20 1t and engaged 8
room for the night, there is no doubt
I'm the minds uf this community
Young Nix Describes RemGert as
about s. years old. five feet ten inches
high, sheepish. hang dog cOuntenance,
avoiding ! straight look in the eyes,
a mustache apd goatee, light
hair. and restless in disposition.