, 1881-11-26

Of nscertainlnp whit was tho cause Ut hia not
coming TO Town. rs was hls custom. When
sss aud 'saSfS tSpt S e '5 I'D tG !
not beef, usctl Oh The night previous. TI,pse
tr,icllt!s 1T oncn ssparatet, going T, di1tarent
'.IF,Sct!ons !, f9r tl,e plirposY OF hunting lot
n s So%se f'S'e tSe i{ poy a RSSs sSe ia 'f 3o
wl,oln they wsre, seeking was fnnni
~, ty,nE td IN rnn al old sif 9o,rIas ,nfpIss ws,, ts
IT oxrn hltc!eh to n stump. Upon making
MI examination 1T ArlfnEton's hUuy II was
fou1i that tl,a hen,l was crushed In by
A BLOW FROM AN AK,
md TINT upon lis hntly wete found evidences
tat tn no @ esS so1 with lo"d q enek
Arlnur, whom 1t was known Ind Mt unG
time worked for Arlington, and left tile nm.
plny of his master after u dispute about sonne
Aratnr denied the cslnreu at ilrst hut
afterwards attint,cd TINT hu d1.l tho killing.
iinpIlcntlnY other pArtlrs Ut the transaction.
Since he l1nde lsts first confession Arnor
killing. sometimes inp!icattrK onu lnuti, aiitI
however, he p.it l,iinssif in for tha Iri!ieipai
character III the assassination. The evidence
cnse, sinw that Arlington wns killed OH tho
Wednesday previous to tho Sunday TINT tho
bMly wRs found IN tho field by the friends Ut
the mur!oretl mnt. For sotnu time previous
to tho killing IL was
COMMON TALK ABotrT ct.AwFunpyl1f.E
that Arlington Ind hee,, on Intimate terms
with Arnlpr's wife. THIS /. ullu the Try OF thu
Gauss " the lnlsrtIer, willie Mn0tlier fs tint
Artnr ktfcl Arlington believing that he
Mtllll.l fI,'d sole inonty On llfs person. Since
Ar!nutUi's estate liRs been trying, with thn
nssistnllce OF thrpe detectives, to- get at the
bNtaom uf the case, nlMt AscertAit II ttller
Safs s s, s1xo @ sar II s wI ns ra AHf ncE
cycballs, atnoi.E wl,Ic!l siuwei
great ueal of willie. During tjle trial
lie sat, .nnconcernrt In. the couft-ro0nl.
ss tSsae III s Sss W VIII @ " 5 finf s apgsar xsts f 70
tnse vtlcailt starr, ns,1 ut tltles acted as II
his brain "as ,atfsctetI. When Arlingtpn's
l,ouno WIS searcIlctl It WIS found that every
i!onse looked as thouni, t,e i,aai jast lit It.
Iii his bedroom were fOittltl seven flreNrlns,
consisting of sl.ntgnns. pistols. mud lnltskets.
Tile hanging 0f irInnr Is the first execution
Tint E!ns ever occurred In 'failaferro County
Execution Of Zoo Ilnrrir, Mt tlRoGorsvillc,
Tenn.
Special Dltpaeh to 7At Chicago Tribune.
KNOXVILLE. Tcnn.,' Nov. 2i-.Joseph
harris WIS hangetl at itogersyll1e, Hawkins
v
Hrnwn md Heck, at Marble tinll, nenr
Nogersvflle, Nov. e. 1880. Marble Hall IL
massive marble structure, and oue Of the
finest structures In Eust Tennessee. Three
thDusasl1 pHrsons witnessed tlie execution.
llnrrfs was very lnllch nEttated Ol the
scnsfotd, and attempted 10 make colt
fess!on, but Ills fettllXs oycrcatne Him ami
llo broke down completely nfter lle Ind
spoken about tlye or tell minutes.
lle said l,e had made Ills peace
| With his Maker. l1e acknowledged his
guilt. lie stated thut In went to A[arbIu
i1ali to see II he could not get n job of work.
While there, Brown and lio (llarrla)
| commenced playing cnrds. 1io claimed TINT
Brown slapped him and then drew butcher
knife. llHrrIs strlick Brown OH the head
with n lu,ge billet Of wood, knocking lin,
into the fire. Heck then ca,ne at 1inrrls.
striking, md later knocking him lown.
Duth Aictl. lie put on Browns oycrcpat,
which had tho money III the pocket, and
| c!aImcd this was how the money came In his
possession. -.
THE cu1rRIr
was 25 years old, unmarried, md leaves only
one relative, his mother. Thu crime for
Which lie wns executed was committed l,ear
| H0aersvillc, al.d Ills conviction WIS brought
nh"lit by circninstnntlAl evidencu nt0Me.
| IinSing hGpN nrresteh shortly after tho COM
hn ',,,.".ni. ~ fn ~ ,,,r, a o,rt s.,,t;t,,
nf,rin,.I tha ~ aMafo ~ ,,,o i,.t,,nr IL
| buual, Only one. jutlRe fErcutnut,} tlisse1,tpJ
/ frnli tha oplnn,.,ihe holding tint tile cnso
haI been slIatle nut by ctrclltlis,untal testl-
praut brlng shown that 1lnrris Ind BEEN
lhUnt tl!e PREMISES OH tie night Of the kill
linz. tbs nan circumstances on which tIle
| guilt III tlo AcG,tsgh WIS established were,
| that DrDwn llul nOney, which fact
waa known tn Harris; tlsat lie Ind
| stall nj tic house for several successive
nights before the murder. having been en-
played rs II lab0rer; WIS familiar with tic
! premises, and when arrested was found to
| l,ayo
| h rocNETnooK
identified ns tho property Of Brown on hts
persun, with S3lsl III it, Mi amount falrIy