The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1880-08-19
- Crimes Assassinated.

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NA'Hlso' has been brought here by a ne
rte.iee",, rlo came into own at lightning
70 man ""' a doctor, that Gen. Bryan
stot I I'J been shot dead while on his way
rc men, G'as left here about 6 o'clock
zen; timing for his home, which is
.,aTdaI Instant. He had been in town
b, Nh nessing the convention proceedings.
day living two horses to a top buggy,
BE va ,;tb him when shot little Bryan
ri f'u n,aite. a lad of II years, a son Of
I 4 tSsn1tterthwaite, Esq.
Il. pan SAYS that the General was
Lt.' The left side of the buggy. and
ta7 .bay we're emerging from Bear Creek,
= 4 = sbout FIVE miles from here, he
r9eI = nm fire. and Gen. Grimes immedi-
r5nned the rains, saying: Bryan, [
tt oi'!E' The boy said: Are you much
d ,A' GENERALLY" Gen. Grimes replied !;
lr;, ;+tT;II kin me-" and began to sink
l5, 1T he had sunk entirely down into
Y. taor of the buggy,
aI ; .gIs BRYAN drove the horses on until he
: E. cached she top of the hill, nearly on
g! I lives 4 man named Carlow. He called
yar rar "a him, and asked him to help him
arr. .Io Generals legs in the buggy. The
81 ~. .Ior drove on to the residence of Col.
p p SSticknev, which is about two miles
3D. Terrow ;. and from there the body
gun .srTied to Gen. Grimes home.
! Ion examination it was found that only
Ot,nk. shot had entered Gen. Grimes left
ss arJ had passed through the arm into
.Ia braast. severing the large artery, and
u i,;nr in one of his lungs. No outside
f{oGji6c was perceptible; it was all internal,
.nJ Jqatb ensued in about two minutes
after the shooting. -.
The Mace where the sho ting occurred is
amy. the water being about a foot deep.
| TI@ rd3d IS barrow, witha dense underground
Zach side. No filter place for such
| s-1r,6 work could possibly have been selec.
ted. 20
+ was discovered the next morning (Sun
srl that the assassin had cut himselfa trai
.Ironpb the underground to two large
~rreSs trees. about twenty steps from the
r5ra where he expected his victim to pass
Hs waited. and as the Generals vehicle
,sfhed the point desired he fired. Abou
ian or a dozen shot struck the ribs OF tn
buggy top.
litter the shooting. the murderer, afte
v3iing 200 yards down the swamp, through
H. water. So as to conceal his tracks, Went
mt upon the high land made his es
are. At the point where he came out o
.4 water a small track. which was seeming
made By a number six gaiter or boot, wa
l~sc0vered.
Ne clue to the murderer has yet beel
.gni. although suspicion rests upon sever
Lwrties. The murder was committed be
reeu sunset and dark. The whole count,
alive r..n men, determined to ferret GU
aud 5nug to Justice the perpetrators OF TIN
.ld-blooded and damnable deed.
Gen. crimes was one of the bravest OF tn
brave. He was % years of age. He entere
tie Confederate army in 1861 as Major of tn
Fourth North Carolina State Troops. and wa
The Major General of Stonewall Jackson
4rys. He participated in every prominen
battle in Virginia. He was with Lee a
Gettysburg and Sharpsburg and was severe
wounded in the foot at South Mountain
bat did not leave the field. His dlvl 10
made the last charge at Appomat'ox- GEL
Lee, upon seeing this gallant charge, re
naked, What troops are those?' Whe
~d Grimes North Carolina Division, h
aid, God bless North Carolina. She /
re inst and the last co make a charge. :
g%.arrer, telegram.
zen Grimes was twice married first t
Ass Bette Davis, of Warren, who dice
a9avng one daughter, now Mrs. Samuel
AGdecai. His second wife was Miss Chal
@,te, daughter of the late John II. Bryan
who with some seven or eight children su
yves him.
,he tragic event has awakened more gen
era regret than has been known IN a Ion
oue.