The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-07-22
DANVILLE VIRGINIA.
Editors EXCHANGE:

Will not DE OF muCn lnGeTSsL tO tne
reading public, We will write never,
theless, trusting the consequences.
Our place has been the rendezvous
of series of startling tragedies for the
last two or three weeks. A young
man was out late one night, and on
his return home was met by party
of negroes, who IfOr some unknown
reason Obstructed the street, and he
in his efforts to pass through them,
was horribly decapitated with some
keen instrument, supposed to be
razor. The foul perpetrators have
never been brought to justice, al
though hunted assiduously by our
vigilant police force. Again. at the
hour of midnight, the stiffness was
broken by the shrieks of a woman;
hurrying to the scene, the police found
a brutal negro, Lewis Ramey, beat
ing his wife numerically. She was
in most pitiable condition, and short
ly after his arrest died a horrible
death, caused by his fendish treat
ment. He was tried in the Danville
Courts, and found guilty, but has not
received his sentence. 1t is thought
he will take an appeal. Yesterday
night, Mollie Dejarnett, a woman of
bad fame" WAS called for by man
who proved to be her brother. When
she appeared, he expressed wish to
see her privately; she conducted him
to her room, where he locked the
door and began to expostulate with
her about the life she was leading,
and the fearful shame she had brought
upon her family. She fell OIL her
knees implOring his mercy, and beg
ging him to take her to place where
she could redeem her lost honor. lie,
maddened by the calumny brought on
his family, told her he had come to
kill her, and while she was in the at
titude of praying to him for mercy,
he drew revolver and com nenced
firing upon her. He shot her twice
in the lungs, once in the spinal col
umn, once III the right shoulder, once
through the hand. When the police,
attracted by the firing, burst open the
door, they found him standing with
the smoking pistol i'll hand fxedly
regarding hi, murdered sister. She
requested the presence of minister
and the Rev. 2. A. Peterson was
soon there. The murderer was taken
to Jail Immediately. He says he came
here expressly for the purpose, and
had attained his end. He was per-
fectly ignoranto of the. e.whereabouts and
the life of his sister until he received
letter from her the day before the
night of the shooting, confessing her
sin, and imploring him to come and
take her away so that she might re-
trieve her forsaken path of virtue and
regain that priceless jewel of honor.
He came, but not with brothers for
giveness and tenderness, but with the
fo@l intent and murderous instinct Of
a demon. She was betrayed by the
treachery of alibertine, hence her life.
He was taken from Jail and carried to
see her on her dying bed. She melted
into tears on seeing him, and asked
him to kiss her. He calously and con-
temptuously lit cigar and smoked
as nonchalantly as though he was in
the presence of q dying brute. She
piteously told him she loved every
drop Of blood in him, and said she
would gladly give her life to save his,
and still stretching out her arms she
entreated his forgiveness. He replied:
No, Mollie, / don't want to excite
your Those present say it was a
touching spectacle. That dying wo-
man grOaning in the agonies of death,
stretched on a rude couch, while her
companions, women of sin, were
grouped around, kneeling reverently,
while the man OF Col was was offer
ing up his petitions for the soul Of
the wretched woman. StOical and res
olute sat the unrepentant perpetrator,
guarded by his jailors, witnessing her
suferings. She was breathing blood
at every breath. Her wounds in the
lungs were terrible, and during her
gasps would be, Forgive, brother! |
love you; l wanted to repent, you"
His answer was, II only regret you
are not dead nowl" He is Of high
standing and well connected, and is a
telegraph operator at a place in North
Carolina. His relatives are very
wealthy, and it is generally thought
he will be acquitted. Strange to say
she still lives, and to-day revealed TO
a newspaper reporter the name of her
seducer. But it won't be long before
she dies; the clanlmy sweat of death
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