Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-14
CRIME.
Murderer Respited In South Caro-
lima.
A Georgian Murderer Makes a
Confession.
Investigating the Ashland Muir
derers.

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Jesse Barber, sentenced to be hanged
at Minnesboro to day for the murder
of Mack Terry, has been respited fol
thirty days in order that petition
may be considered for Communication
of his sentence to imprisonment fol
life.
SAVANNAH, GA, January 13.-Nai
Moore, was arrested here yesterday
for the murder of Isaac Kiebler, col
ored, On the night of September IS,
last.
Jesse Williams, colored, sentenced
to be hanged on Monday next fol
murder, has confessed that he COM
mitted the crime. He was baptised
yesterday.
New ORLEANS; January ia
Times Democrat Little Rock special
reports the killing of Ross Cunning,
ham, prominent Indian, at Musco-
gee, Indian Territory, by United
States Indian policeman. Cunning
ham was intoxicated and had been
disturbing the peace, and the police
ordered Cunningham to halt, but he
threw stone at them and turned
away, when the policeman fired,
shooting him through the heart.
CArTELsBURa, KY, January 12-
Ths court officers say the grand jury
will close their investigation to night
or early in the morning.
The trial of the Ashland murder
ers will begin at once. An affecting
interview took place between Ellis
and his wife to-day. She entreated
him not to implicate Craft and Neal,
they were not guilty. He solemniy
assured her that his confession and
statement were true, and said that he
was ready to die and would tell the
whole truth. 1t is thought Neal is
about to confess. The prisoners
will be confined separately hereafter.
LITTLE Rock, ARK, January 13-
A dispatch from Morrillton, says
Benjamin Tredway, constable OF
Lick Mountain Township, Conway
County, waskilled last night by an
unknown assassin. He went Out
after supper to put his stock undel
shelter, when he was fired upon, his
face and head being riddled with
buclzshot, and producing instant
death. No clue to the assassin.
ST.. LOUIS, January 13.-Thaddeus
Bober and William Ward, colored
were executed in the jail yard this
morning. Ward died in six minutes
and Bober in eleven. In fifteen
minutes the bodies were cut down
and taken to the morgue.
REINosKI, ONT, January 13.-Mo
rean, the French Canadian who kill
! ed his wife in September last, wa:
hanged in the jail yard this morning
The fall was nine feet, and deatt
was instantaneous, his neck being
broken and head nearly severed from
the trunk. The body was cut down
two and q half minutes after the
fall. The trunk was bleeding pro
fusely.
CATTLEsBURG, KY, January 49,
The grand jury reported true bill
to-day, against Ellis Croft, VIM
Neal and Geo. Ellis, for the murde
Of Fannie and Robbie Gibbons ant
Emma Corico alias Thomas, on tn
23d Of December last, at Ashland
Ky. Three indictments were foun,
against Neal and Croft, as acting
abetting and conspiring to murde
the three persons named. Three in
dictments were also found agains
Geo, Ellis, individually. Croft
trial is set for next Monday, Neal
for Tuesday and Ellis for Friday
The troops still remain to guard tn
prisoners. There is a great excite
ment among the people, but no VIC
lence is feared.