Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-10-26

recovered from Washington a
basket of stolen property, consist
ing of dresses, aprons. fiat-irOnS and |
a number of articles, portion of |
which were stolen from a Mrs. /
Hughes, on Washington street, be- |
low jackson. Until then his sus- /
picious actions had not been noticed,
but after Thursday he was carefully |
watched by the police, who know
too we'll his desperate character.
The citizens living in the vicinity
of Baxter avenue and the Work
house road have been annoyed con-
siderably of late by two negroes,
who were seen constantly together,
begging from door to door for food,
and playing to perfection the rote OF
tramps.
Mr.. Frank Otte, the father of the
outraged girl, is a respectable, we'll
to-do citizen, living ON the north
side of the Work-house road, and
near the work-house quarry. He is
cart-driver by occupation, and
consequently is always absent from
home during the day. Mrs. Otte
says that these negroes had called
| at her house on three different oc-
casions and begged for food, and
that she had not looked upon them
as dangerous persons, but only as
harmless tramps.
Mr.. Cites cows We're kept in a
/ pasture, which directly adjoins the
work-hOuse quarry, and is situated
in rather a secluded spot, and
place exactly suited for the execu-
ton of the villainous designs which
were doubtless premeditated by
these colored fiendS. Little Frances
had been accustomed to drive the
cows home every evening, and be-
tween five and six o'clock Saturday
evening she started for the pasture
as usual. She ran joyously along
the road, at times
''sINGING LITTLE DITTIEs"
to keep off the lonely feelings that
sometimes crept over her while
traversing this retired spot. Little
suspecting the fiendish designs of
which she was soon to be the I'M
willing victim, she marched boldly
into the pasture and down into a
little hollow in the middle of it.
Here she stopped for few moments
to rest, when she was suddenly
sliced in a most violent and brutal
manner by two burly ruffains that
she remembered having seen at her
fathers house. Wholly unaware of
their fiendish intentions, she turn
ed and gaZed at them in amaZenient,
as though questioning them as to
!, what they desired.
These black tiends were not in the
least affected by the pleadings Of the
little girl, who in their hands was
scarcely more than an infant, but,
apparently unconscious of any
, pangs of remorse, proceeded with
their villainious intentions, and
outraged the terrified girl in the
most horrible manner. In order
to accomplish their designs the
fiends
USED A KNIFE
, upon her person, inflicting injuries
from which she will possibly never
recover. Their purpose accomplish
ed, after contemplating the victim
! of their villany without the least
feeling of remorse, knowing the
fearful penalty they would incur il
captured, they fed rapidly over the
= hills in the direction of Cave Hill.
= Frances. though suffering terribly
: from the treatment received, brave
y ly rose to her feet, and walked
. slowly home. Her mother imme-
diately placed her in bed, and sum-
5 moned to her assistance DR.. Rade-
maker. The Doctor said that il
, was possible that she might not re.
cover from the wounds inflicted
by the knife. When her father ar
? rived at home he felt highly in
: censed at the outrage, and immedi-
! ately informed all his neighbors
and the police. The news spread
: like wildfire all over that portion Of
the city, and the excitement was in
: tense. A posse of
} ARMED MEN,
, about twenty-five in number, start.
= ed out in pursuit of the negroes and
secured the whole country for three
miles around, but failed to capture
them, although they say at several
t points they caught sight of Wash
/ ington, who is charged with the
, crime, but he always managed to
elude them. The affair is a gener.
al topic of conversation on
the street corners, and the citi'
: zens say that if captured, he will
: never be returned to the city, but
either be shot to death or hung.