Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1879-04-10
KEyrv4L or an GID FEUD.
Continuation Gf Ihs Tinker Dat @
BeaTy and Champ Ferguson
Troubles.

Hes2hy sAEa IA hi |
Troubles.
How a. Uni,ed STATES Court WINES
WIS YankCd AWa5, 20
And Afterwards Narrowly ECcnP'"
Dea IA NJ The sands OF " aAO"
From gentleman just returned
f-an Feutress county, we learn the
nsrticulars of what may lead 10 the
revival of an cid feud which rsged iu-
riously during the late War. Every
hodv has heard of Tinker Dave |
Beatvr and "Chsmp Ferguson"
Tbev resided in the counties adj AGENT
to the Cumberland Mountains. Beaty
was Union man ard Ferguson es-
pouged The Southern cause. Circum-
stances favoIing their perhaps Ia ural
inclina,ionn, each became q terror 10
the f,teuds of the o,htr. A sort OF IN
degepdaut war vas tie result, and
bloodshed, pillage, arson Fnd midnight
murder, with all is horrible details,
Was The res ult. For his -monstrous
aels, Ferguson suffered death by the
sentence Of a court martial soon after
the close Of the war.
For several years, the bitter ao.-
r,ositics thus engendered have
slept and, it was hoped
would never again be rekindied.
| Some time ago, however, Geo. w
RowIes and w. c. Threet, Of Fen
trees county, were indicted for killing
a man, named Baker, during the war.
Bow les aud Threet belonged 10 Beatty 3
men during the war. They claimed
fhat-uut!er recent decisions they were
entitled To trial in the Federal Courts.
They we're taken TO Nashville, and
two weeks ago Judge Trigg attended
there for the purpose of hearing an APP
nlicatinn for writ of ha6eaS corpus.
/ CIatc. Bsaty, a sou of "Tinker Dave"
wss the principal witness in the case
He went on 10 Nashville to give his
testimony. Some OF the other side
heard Of il, std having previously
t prccursd Al Indictment agsinst Beety
: f..r murder, determined % go TO Nash
! Vile, arrest him, and prevent him
. from giving testimony.
: The c. sc wss called 10y Judge Trigg,
and the prisoners had been brought
oui from jail. Just then come men,
who pretended 10 have been dtpItised
bv The Sheriff Of Cum berland county,
together with 10. D.bbTeIi, son OF
Ger gresham Dibbrell, arrested Beatty
! : and nlr.
ritd him away. They tCok him OIL
irarseb ok and in buggies through the
:. southern part of Middle Tennessee
into North Alabama, for The pur
pose Of eyadiug the United
States Marshals, who followed
in pursuit, and then by tht
most tarluous ways back to Cumber
: land county. Here Beatty was ar
rtiguet before 6 Justice of The Pe2ct
on the charge Of murier COMMITTEE
: during the war. He claims that n
can easily prove an oE5i. but befor
his trial opened before the Justice h
. found himself confronted by deeper
ate mob headed by > deputy sheriff Q
that county, son OF the man VINO /
said 10 have been killed by Beatty
: men Seeing the si;uati' 4 CiaOe
Reatv waived examina ion before Ia
Justice and offered to give bond for
t appeasauce at court. His life va
! threatened and pistols were drawn
He lodged out at the back door an
u fed to the woods, where he hid lin
e self. his guards accompanying nin
His bondsmen made up his DoEd an
j, it ". signed in The woods. ID
= slipped back TO get food and narrowl
: egcaped with his life. He again too
to the woods, where he secured tn
T, services Of pilot and made his wa
>, through the mountains 10 jamestown
,: near which place he resides. He is
Z. have, determined sort of man, bU
: saws this LAST beats anything in hi
:. wsr experience. He is regarded D
R. bis neighborg as q quiet, good ciiiz7I
a, aud is very popular in his county.
l. lis most unfortunate that this OF
feud hgs been renewed by the friend
II and relatives of the two principal az
tors IN tue -ltI atc SCChS'' p" AA'N- g.
}. rise TO il, both of whom are now deat
: : II would be damaging to ali the su
k rounding county. 1t is believed tbs
y Beatty can rot safely attend D.
trial in Cumberland county, without
strong and well armed guard. III
:. Niarrhai who pursued Beaty and IL
Ia captors to Crossville wa stroGGl
I. threatened, aud thought it the safes
"a plan to quietly leave. The CO g ia I'll
Il Federal Court is set for hearing befol
IN Judge Trigg, at Nashville, on the p
day OF this month.
Call or II. w. Hall for Stra Ha
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