Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1880-05-13
AN EAST TENNESSEE RC-
NANCE.
How a Daughter Avenged Her Low
er's Murder.
Chattanooga Times.

"A pFOmlnehL clllZeH OI tni
city gives us the following ac
count Of a romance in real lifi
which occurred here in our Owl
land:
"In Overton county, Tennes
see, during the war, there livec
"a pretty, petite, slender, gray
eyed young lady named Mary
She was betrothed to a young
and popular physician of hel
neighbor hood, DIR. Saddler. All
through that section OF country
at the time was within the Fed
eral lines, quite IA number of
Confederate soldiers had left
their commands, and lurking in
the recesses Of the Cumberland
mountain carried on a warfare,
decidedly more injurious to un-
offending citizens than TO the
Federal army. Among the
was an individual who
once belonged to the command
known as the Louisiana Ii
gers" His lawless conduct
made him a terror to the coun-
try where he operated. DIR.
Saddler by some means became
an object Of Tigers hatred, and
one day meeting the Doctor,
without any known provocation,
he shot and Killed him. Mary's
only brother was away in the
Confederate army, her father
was an aged and feeble man and
could not avenge the wrong that
had been done in the death Of
her devoted lover. She resolv-
ed that the murderer Of Dr.. Sad
dler should die.
Not many months had elaps-
ed when one day she was in
formed that that the desperate
Tiger was then at a neighbor's
house. Putting ON her sum
bonnet and taking a navy pis-
tol with the use of which she
had become familiar, she repair
ed to the place. When she ar
rived the Tiger had left the
house and was in the yard with
his pistols buckled around him.
She accosted him; told him he
was the murderer of DR.. Saddler
and she had come to kill him
Before the steady gaze of her
impressive gray eyes, express
ing a resolution not 10 be mis-
taken, the Tiger fed. She be-
gan firing. Three shots from
her pistol made as many bullet
holes in his person, and he fell
IA corpse. After walking fifty
or sixty steps, the distance of
the last shot TO the place where
he lay, and satisfying herself
that he was dead, she announc-
ed to the neighbor and family,
who had come to the house on
hearing the firing, ''that she was
avenged for the death of DIR.
Saddler." Shere-captureds somt
small articles of personal prop
erty which the Tiger had taken
from the person Of DR. Saddler.
and quietly returned to her
home. contested tii e.
"A few months after the occur
renee the writer happened to
meet with Mary; being in good
practice, and thinking myself a
good pistol shot, | bantered the
young lady for a match. The re-
suit was an inglorious defeat for
your humble servant.
A few days ago, at Kingston,
after transacting my business
and bidding all good bye, i Itook
my seat in the hack, with the
driver, and a strange lady dress
cd in momningf TO return to
Gap, for the train. john
was a new driver andnot a very
good one. Thoughts of being
left by the train induced me TO
offer my services as a Jehu,
which were accepted. After
having gone some distance /
drove to near some brush and
oneof them struck the bonnetOf
the strange lady. / ventured
an apology, which was accepted,
a conversation ensued, and to
my surprise | discovered that it
was the veritable belle heroine
who slew the Tiger. Many
years had passed, but from our
conversation / learned she was
still the victim of misfortune;
yet she was on another errand
prompted by love and affection.
She had loved again, married,
hel~husband had been drowned
in the Emory river, and she had
come from the State of Ken-
lucky, still wearing the weeds
of mourning, to place a tomb
stone over his distressing place.
Time had changed Mary's APP
pearance in many respects, but
the gray eye, which denotes as
much resolution as Napoleon
ever possessed, IS bright and un-
changed, and If she were to tell
me now that she had come to
kill, I would have no hesitation
in believing every word She said.
I enquired if she still kept up