Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-11-21
Stockholders Meeting OF the Memphis
and Charleston Road at Huntsville,
AIa.-DireetOrs Elected.
Attempted Assassination af Nashville
Desperate Fight with Burglars
Near Clarksyille, Tenn.
The National Cotton Planters .AssOcia-
tiOn at Vicksburg- Delegates Ar
irving by Every Train.
Two Men Fatally Stabbed by Negro
Desperate Near Dyersburg, Tenn.
A Terrible Tragedy.
NASHVILLE. TENN.
Attempted AssassinattOn-A Desperate
Fight with Bu rgs lars.

Attempted AssassinattOn-AD Desperate
Fight with burglars.
Special to the Appeal.I
NASHVILLE, November 20.-Detective
BLY,, of Louisville, arrived here this morn
ing with Mrs. r. Links, charged with pur-
loining diamonds from two jewelry stores.
She denies all knowledge of the alleged
theft. She was handsomely dressed.
The woman is one of the most expert
thieves in the country, her method being
to go in a jewelry store, and while pre-
tending to purchase would swap COM
mon diamond, generally chip, for one OF
the best in the assortment, leaving the
store and saying she would return and
purchase the stone. She swapped paste
ring on Wiggers, jeweler here, for a
genuine solitaire, and then snapped that
for another ring worth nearly $500. She
has played the same game in all the
principal Southern cities. She was ar
rested at Louisville, with her husband, at
a clearinghouse on Fourth street.
An attempt was made last night to as
sassinate young man named Daniel Nc
Carly. The assassin entered his room
while he was asleep and cut him the full
length of his jaw. 1t is evident that the
would-be-murderer intended to cut his
throat
The Clarksville (Tenn.) special to the
Banner says: "Last night about 10
o'clock a most desperate attempt was
made to burglarize the house of j. j. Gar
rett, in New Providence, about mile and
half from Clarksville. Two men broke
window with fence rail, and as they
entered the house Mr.. Garrett seized
his bfrd-guu and fred both bar
rels, killing one of the burglars
instantly, and then engaged in
hand-to-hand fight with the remain
ing burglar. Mr.. Garrett was fired on sew
eral times and lies at his house desper-
ately wounded in the left lung. After be-
ing shot, he made the fight so hot that the
remaining burglar ran under the bed. Mr..
Garrett dragged him out, and threw him
from the window. 1t is thought by some
that he, too, is dead somewhere in the
neighborhood. Two hats, two pistols, and
n lot of burglars tools were left in the
room. After all was over, Mrs. Garrett
went, in her bare feet, about half mile
TO a neighbor's. Officers are securing the
country with shot-guns. No one has rec
ognized the dead burglar. A white man
and two suspicious-lookingc characters were
seen making their way up the railway to
ward Guthrie this morning, it may be,
making their way to Nashville. The burg
lar killed last night by Mr.. Garrett ha:
been photographed by Mr.. Mccormick
lie now hes in Gill's livery stable, ant
several parties say they have seen him be
fore. w. A. Settle and Mr.. Lee, his miller
claim that several weeks ago this same
man came into the mill and said that h,
had run an engine in Noels mill in Nash
vile. lie has large red scar just at tn,
root of his hair, running from the middle
ef his forehead to the left, small
scar under the chin, and an old wound,
supposed to be pistol wound, below the
the left knee. He is between thirty anC
forty years of age. He had on his persoI
a Cincinnati Enquirer of the 18th. Th'
news agent says he has regularly sold hin
a copy of this paper every day for severa
weeks. After he was shot he called 10
Sam or Frank, and was dragged severa
steps by his pals after he fell from tn
window. Mr. Garrett's wound is no
necessarily fatal Four or five person
are supposed toihave composed the clan.