Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-09-28
Lawlessness ih Tennessee

CHATrANoOuA, September l4.--The
sheriff Of this bounty aud bis deputy were
shot aud killed to-day while en- route to
Knoxville With prisoner, John Taylor,
who two years ago killed Capt. Fletcher on
Tennessee River. He escaped, but was
finally captured and brought here. He
had severe! ::iei::, .ad at the last term of
Court wss sentenced to ten years. hard
labor 10 the peuitentisry. He APPEALED to
the Supreme Court, which is 10 session at
Knoxville, aud the case was to como up to.
day. At noon, Sheriff. Cats hbd deputy
Convey took the East Tennessee train With
Taylor, who was haudouffed. Several men
boarded the train at Sweetwater or Phila.
delphis, about seventyrfve miles from here
aud while the train was between there and
Loudon deliberately shot Cato aud Conway
dead aud wounded another man. They
then released the prisoner and took charge
OF the train, running it through Loudon.
AT Lenoir's station John Taylor and his
brothers Bob aod Andy got off, end forcibly
taking some horses, left for tie mountains.
John Taylor was wounded in the arm.
This city is in intense excitement. A
posse of thirty men, with Springfield rifles,
left on special train on the Cincinnati
Southern for Kingston. Another posse
will leave here overland. A posse has
already left Kingston and another from
l4oudcn. Cato was sheriff only two weeks.
He was one of the most popular men in tho
city, was about fifty years old aud leaves
large family. Conway was about thirty,
and was prominent in local politics. Such
nooga since the war. A special train will
hoin kl1 Nd oE -
night. The shooting took place about
4 O'Clock.
WAsH1SuroN, September ia dis.
patch from Knoxville, Tenn, gives the
following account of the murder of sheriff
Gate and bis deputy. The officers had 10
custody three prisoners. Two of the pris-
oncrs, John Taylor and Sam Carter, we're
under sentence for murder and were
chained together. The other prisoner, Nell,
negro, was chained to the seat. When
the train stopped at Sweetwaser, three men
entered the car. One was brother of
Taylor and entered the ear from the rear,
while the other two entered from the front.
Taylor's brother approached Deputy Con-
way from behind, placed pistol to the
back Of his head and blew his brains out.
He then took the keys from Conveys
pocket and unlocked the prisoner, Taylor,
and the latter secured the deputys pistol.
At this lbstatit Sheriff Cate flushed as the
men, hrihg at them and the prisoners. AS
he fired the prisoner, Taylor, shot him
through the bowels aud the other two men
shot him through the breast. The sheriff
fell dead. The prisoner, Taylor, was
slightly wounded in the arm aud Carter
was slightly wounded in the leg. The three
lescuers we're not hurt, and with Taylor
they jumped on the engine, and, with
pistols at tho engineers head, compelled
him to pull out Immediately aud to put on
more steam, aud they ran twenty miles up
to Leuoir's, running through three towns
without stopping. At I.enoir's the four
men jumped off and secured horses which
were waiting for them, and all escaped
The prisoner Carter and tho negro came to
Knoxville without guard and surrendered
to the sheriff of Knox County. Conveys
dead body wss brought to Knoxville and
Gates body was thrown from the car plat.
form at Sweetwster by the rescuers.
CHATTANOOGA, September ID live
thousand dollars reward il offered for the
arrest of the Taylors. The sum will be in.
creased. A company Of colored militia
have left here for Kingston. One of the
Taylors has served term 10 the penltens
tiary, and IL wanted In Texas for murder.
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