The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-10-21
THE TENNESSEE TRAGEDy
further Particulars OF the Sboo,,,o
ON sight.
i"f'e Prominent Citizens Hurried Into E,er.
hitE-A Vendetta in which Six Lives u.v.
Been Lost

re
additional particulars Of the fearful tro,,od, :.
punished in the Dispatch Of Yesterday
Al about 10 O'Clock this morn;,,:. -
front of the Mechanics Bank in ti,is cit,
was enacted one Of the most terrible trar,a'
dies That ever occurred i'm East Tennn..ce
resulting IN the death OF General Jo,enh A
Mabry, Major Thomas O'Conncr. and Jo.
/ >eph y. Mabry, Jr., the parties inlmodiatoIy
/ concerned IN the afray. The circnni.
stances leading 10 the unfortunate afr,ir
GATE back several Years, bat the parties have
met mean time apparently friendly terms
/ ana but Few q their own most intimate
friends knew that i'll feeling existed be-
tween them.
ORIGIN or THE TROUBLE.
\ few wears since General Nal,ry. whose
/ residence l. near The eastern suburbs of the
/ city. became financially embarrassed. and
mort-aeed valuable farm to Major O'Con-
/ ner ana perhaps another capitalist. The
mortgage was subsequently forcclo~cd and
conner became the owner Of the prop
erty. From that time il j, said that Gen.
/ cral Mabry has not been on friendly terms
/ with O'Conncr. The property referred 10
was claimed by William MahIv. q son Of
General Nabry. Who was killed lN Don
Lu,by I'D IN ailray on December =, 1881.
ADolToNA-. LIVES SACRIFICED.
The killing Of young Mabry brought
about feud between the Lusbys and
| Nahrys which resulted in the killing OF
! Doa Lusny, and his fathr r. Moses Lusby,
| 10y General Mabry and his son Joseph at
| police headquarters on August 18th, an ac-
count II which appeared in the Heroid At
the time. The Mabrys were acquitted on
the ground Of ,eli-deicnce.
Az ONINOUS MEETING.
Yesterday afternoon the MabIys and
/ O'COnner met al the Tace-cOursc % the
East Tennessee Fair-Grounds and Turf
Association. when General Mabry, who
Wa, accompanied by lawyer named Ro-
bert steele. denounced Major O'Conner,
who was with hi> brother, james O'COn-
ncr. q prominent merchant Of this city.
Mahry, ii j. stated, either then or after
ward, accused O'C0uner II robbing him Of
hi, property. OF securing the murder Of his
son, vi liam Nahry, and concluded by
asking O'Cnncr 10 fight. Major O'Con-
ner replied substantially. 81 win see you
later" bat Jane, O'Conncr appeared Will
ing 10 settle the matter at any time and
place. This conversation, however, was
rather private and created no excitement At
the time. not more than half dozen pco-
ulc probably hearing tie words which
passed between them. Thi, ended the
Wordy difficulty 81 The racc-cour-e, and %
drenchns rain caused the managers % Tie
flir 10 postpone some Of the races, when
the crowd returned to the city.
SHOT pOwN Is HIS TEACKS.
The matter wa, rather freely discussed
last night. and gave ri~e 10 considerable
comment and excitement among those VINO
were acQuainted with The gentlemen con-
nactcd with the affair: for II was generally
conceded that a bloody sequel would be
Tho result. Thi, morning. II l. >aid, an H.
c,Iectual effort was made To bring about
au amicahle understanding between ine
uartic,. and q rum0r was current 10
ihc eject that General Nabry would
Keen away from the vicinity OF the
Netbauic, Bank. He. however. passed
the building on the opposite side OF
,he street about 10 O'Clock, when MAJOR
/ O'Conner armed with doubie-baIreIlcu
shotgun. heavily charged, appeared ID Inc
door Of the bank, and. alter calllhS 10
Wahrv. fired. the contents Of both LarICis
entering Nalry's body. He reeied, leii,
and expired almost instantly: ko'eri
Stanle who was walking with General
NIobrv. stepped into a store. and was un-
huTt. .-,...-
When the firing commenced Joseph Ma
hwy. Jr.. who Was recently eleclcd !u>u'e
~ The Deace. was engaged IN trying cas-
about a hundred yards distant. lie >Cciieu
| ~ know IL once theA;ause OF the uI'h2'
and ran in haste, and halies>, 10 Inc >oene'
Advancing TO the middle OF thc >lIeV'' 4o
discovered she liielcss body ol NJ latne4'
and instantly turning around H' "'.i1
ratelv took aim at Major O'tohhoI' VII"
/ had stepped from the hahA u"oi ". 80 -,
sidewalk. A. young MaprN HIeu -,
- turned and empticd the COME NJ 9l
~ L"rrcl of another shotgun mo hl>
TnJ, HDI ,be second gun having been
Iroi,Sht 70 bin hy some one III
he Lank building after the irs'
'D '1,r had been emptied on General NapI! .
80, ~ Ii NaLrv fell in the middle on the
,oont an the track Of the street ralIW@i,
t,.o,tv.nine buckshot having entered Ms
- ~, lie attempted TO rise and nre again.
~ :. a,,n beinc badly shattered ne wa,
pu' - - raise Il. and fell back and eApreu
una una io,,, moment,. Young Ma0ry sllol'
~ l. - !" afterward discovered, took enect III
/ in,"",ner,s !, riehl breast, passing near .,o
I - I'm G,Conner reeled and feIl on tne
3 ~ e.. xHFaNNrr
Dc"it' u, oLo,,t one minute after young
han,! 1n,snae ..1N eycitement and confusion pre-
III for several minutes ai'er the Ia
Nal,e" aDd M the vast crowd assembled ai'-
g!a geu!'a ar" "nable to account for the terriole ,i
nontre eiCr rs they looked upon tns leiIss IL, ,he
iaTies Of the three men engage" !" '"'
bloody affray .,.n WAS
80 has caused the most proiouhu
,g ~ oi regret. not only in me coiiinuo IN ,se
lem" INT Throughout the entire e'T' arts a. "a" ~
my; D'i beinr well known in alI part ,ro %
partlcs poe oe Major Thomas O'Conner' pre-, %
len. v 10 the war, came 10 ,n,s ~ 0 ssryinr
,l,,in;s Vlous as mechanic. Aiiei sei con-. on
Nnsini the war rs an officer III 'nT ~ A. A..
thTous,n a,.ny lac entered business od III aN.
ieder"'' 20 subsequently. be reluinTu n ~.
lanta, va; "itv where he had made ~ ~
TO ,nN He was one Of the IeSseeS ,,'sely u inter.
home home nenitentiary. and was laIgely Mining ,n,
state peN,.i i'a,ioms manufacturing, min,ns' hnms'
ested III .nad va Interests, which PAD manu- ~,
and railroad I0ros. and made him one o oi sa. ,ne
sos,h;e.t somS citizens Of the s'ate. sne nrincipa
wea'',,,Si 'n,re.ident and one Gl In .ne Rank O,
also pre,ss,o p,sers Of the Mechanics .oSlne DAN 81 81
stockh4Iaeiso and member for IenGes'eGs Com. D.
hn0ssai tSe National Democratic hN'''
mutee' rcu op GENERAL. MABEL. MABEL, oromi