Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-12-02
TERRIBLE SUNDAY TRAGEDY.
Tom. Day stabbed 20 Death by His
Nephew, Ed "a Mere Boy.
Ed. Attempts 10 Escape. bat is Cap
tured, BOund TO Court and Jailed.

about o'clock Sunday morning, in
which Charles Thomas Day, more
commonly known as Tom, was stab
bed to death by his nephew, Edward
Day, lad some 16 or II years of age,
perhaps son of Andrew Day, a
butcher In our market. The psrticu-
lars in brief are about as follows:
Ed. went to the house of Tom, his
uncle, about 8 o'clock, and went in.
Tom and Mr.. M. f. Lusby were sit
ting by the fire. Ed. didn't sit down,
but before he had been there long,
Tom asked him (Ed.) why be came
there and brought Frank Pegg, both
drunk, Saturday night. Ed. denied it,
but Tom insisted he had, and some
sharp words were passed, after which
Ell. went cut of the house, rather cry
ing with rage. The two kept passing
abusive words, and Ed. told
Tom IL he wanted to fight
to come out. Thereupon Tom
picked up the shovel and started out
towards the gate. Mr.. Lusby told
him to put it down. They kept talk
ing and cursing each other, and Tom
sat the shovel down by the gaze. Ed.
finally remarked that he was as good
a man as Tom, and Tom replied if
so that was as good a time to settle
it as any; pulled off his coat, laid it
on the fence, and started toward Ed,
apparently trying to get hold of him
with his left hand-he had hardly any
use of his right arm-when Ed. drew
his knife, which he had up his
sleeve, and made plunge at
Tom. The blow was well,aimed
ond did deadly work The death
stroke was plunge in the left side,
just below The nipple, no doubt pen,
etraling the heart. There were also
two fearful gashes, cutting through
the muscle to the bone on the left arm,
above and below the elbow, the first
evidently being made as the plunge
was made, the other as the knife was
drawn out. The knife was a large,
keen, sharp, 81 inch blade.
AS soon as Ell. inflicted the
death blow he started to run
up towards the pike. Tom.
went into the house, got q
large navy pistol from the bureau
drawer and followed several steps, as
far as the bridge. La attempting to
cock it it went off once at his feet, then
he drew 1t up some higher and fred
again, but came no ways near his
mark. All the while he was bleeding
profasely. He then started to go back
to the house, but sank down on the
way, and was taken up and assisted in
the house by M. II, Lusby and Wan.
Chapman, and soon expired, living
only ten or fifteen minutes at er he
was stabbed. Alex. Chapman. who
was close by, went for DR.. Ludlow,
but Tom. was dead before he got
there.
Coroner A. 6. Hudiburg was brought
TO the spot and summoned the follow
ing Jury OF Inque t: j. R. Thompson,
J, l.. Householder, Jno. w. Harris, J.
II. Knox, g. Turner,J. w. Allen, and
j. G. Worsham. VIM. Chapman and
M. H. Lusby were examined as wit
nesses, and the jury returned verdict
that deceased came to his death by a
cut or stab with knife in the bsnds
of Edward Day.
The body was acknowledged,
and kept until yes erdy evening,
when it was buried, beEg taken to-
the Spring Place burySg ground, mi
the country. & i
Ed. cape to bis others home gona
Mabry street and put out to nlake ihis
escape. He told some p4 rties AT he
was goiag thatAh8had ha1a h<-l of a
row andNwas gstting oat of Ae way.
Constable DOB G. Lusby,as sbn as he
heard of the sfair, struck orf in pur.
suit of Ed.a sccompani}d by Alex.
Chapman. Tie was Successful in
his pursuit, sads Cape upon Ed.
about mile Beyond Boyd's
ferry. He offered no resistance, but |
delivered himself up when they got up.
on him. Ed. appeared to be SURF rise d
to learn that his uncle was dead, did
not seem to realize the situation of
affairs, and claimed that he only in
tended to cut his arms, thinking he
had pistol, or something. He was
taken before Justice King, Sunday |
afternoon, but hearing postponed,
and he was committed to jail.
Yesterday morning the prisoner
was brought before Justice King, in
the Circuit Court room, at the Court
House, where large crowd was gath
cred. Attorney General d. D. Ander-
son appeared for the prosecution, and |
Mr.. J c. J. Williams represented the |
prisoner.
M. II. Lusby was the first witness
examined. His evidence was substsn-
TALLY a corrob Grafton of the facts
given above.
Alex. Chapman next testified TO
about the same facts, as did VIM
Chapman, except both said that Tom.
either caught hold, or was in the act of
taking hold OF Ed, and Ell. gave back
before iDtlictiDg the stab.
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