Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-12-01

him out, the strangers bought the stock and
opened store there among the people, some
Of whom il wac thought were the murderers
of Na,hsu Cunningham. They commeneed
selling goods 10 August, 1873, and remained
until he spring of 1879, when some OF the
nsig bJrs sccused one OF The firm, who went
bv Tue nam. of Crawford, OF being detect
i've snd eogaged in the hunt after Cunning
hams murderers. A stout denial followed,
but this from one and that from another
were put together and gossip made
out stropg case, in which both OF the
firm were Implicated and the charge reiter-
ated. The Tumor flew like wildhre all
through the settlement, and spread over the
two settlements. Indignation against the
.spies" bscame intense, the couuty became
too hot for the detectives, and, with the fate
of poor Cunningham before their minds,
they thought discretion the better part OF
valor aud hastily left the country. PInker-
ton soon abandoned The pursuit aud the store
was closed out.
And now this strange story takes a roman
tic turn One OF the "New Kentuck" mer-
chan.s did rot return to Chicago as be came.
| The ons who assumed the name of Crawford
| had played mis- part we'll. He had attended
! all tue spple-bulter boilings, dances, "oean-
hullipgs,n etc, in the winter. He had be-
come zone oil the boys" and, by his familiar
| manners wormed himself into the confidence
of the young and old, and the scent was be-
! coming hot, when, As stated, the discovery
was made OF his real business. AT one Of
these country gatherings he fell a victim to
| the bright eyes and sweet charms OF q
pretty girl. Whatever disguise he made
| of his business. and however we'll he masked
his purpose there among those peo-
| pie, loves shafts penetrated the armor he
fancied secure. Their eouriship grew space,
and while on a secret errand to deal with
g. .rA 10 al he al al -
he stopped by the Wayside to gather this
"wild rose to wear upon his heart" and 10
transplant it from the wilds Of New Ken
tuck to Chicago, where she now is his model
| little wife.
Bot the history of this murder, sentiment
and detective life, ali 60 curiously blended
did not end here. Pinkerton claimed his re-
ward. The Eruens refused, claiming Pinker-
toms men had given the thing away" II
was retaliated that some Of the many agents
of the Bruens had first dropped the fatal in
timation. Pinkerton's reputation in geners
and thst of the two detectives specially were
involved. "The cd man." as Pinkerton,
boys call him, had his mettle up. He sued
the Bruens in New York. The Bruens are
wealthy, and had millions for defense, bu
not one cent for tribute" Each party hsy,
taken hundreds of pages of dispositions to sus
tain their respective sides of the case. Some
forty witnesses have been examined in Charles
ton, which is shout thirty Eve milea from this
| scene of this singular history. Nearly al
the neighbors in aud around New Kentuck
have been examined pro or con, and it II
likely that thousands of pages more will be
taken. Most of the ejectment suits between
the Bruens and the people have meanwhile
been compromised; the people who hav'
, been litigating about their homes for a gen
GRAFTON are dying of, and they are marrying
sRd giving in marriage. But the who'll
neighborhood for miles around is wrought u
; once more concerning the detectives and thei
, errand; and still The murder of Nathal
| Cunningham remains a secret and mystery