Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-11-24

Gully mar iHuuuy-UrOWu eyes anu
a weather-beaten cOuntenance. He
was clean shaven except a nous
tache. There was long scar at the
root of his hair, running across the
left side of his forehead, small scar
under the chin and another that
looked like the effect of a pistol
wound below his left knee. He
was brought to the city Tuesday
morning when his photograph was
taken by Mr.. w. J. MacCormac.
The cut at the head of this article
is taken from the photograph.
He had on his person a pistol,
some files, and other small burglars
tools, among which was a horse
shoe nail split at the sharp end and
one prong turned up. These, with
a copy of the Cincinnati Enquirer of
Sunday, a cap, cigarettes, pair of
sleeve buttons and $3.50 constituted
the entire contents of his~pockets.
He had been seen about GAINESVILLE
for two or three weeks past but no
one here knew him. Hest1pped at
the Franklin House several times
and each time had the clerk, Mr..
Walter Scott, to register his name
as Samuel Patterson, from Louis
vile. He first got lodgings and
breakfast there on the oath and 25th
of last month. He took dinner
there on the 18th of October and
again on the I'd of November. He
several times bought a paper from
Mr.. James Wood and always Sc
lected the Cincinnati Enquirer. He
seems to have talked very little to
any one and was not much observ-
ed. We nave not been able to find
out where he got all of his meals or
spent his entire time while in the
city.
A PROBABLE IDENTIFICATION.
While the body of the dead bur-
glar was lying at the police station
Mrs. Elizabeth Thaxton paid it a
visit and thought she recognized it
as that of VIM. Taylor, formerly of
Allensville, KY, but more recently
residing in RussellvilIe. She is not
positive in the Identification but
says it looked very much like Tay-
lor, and her little girl, not more
than five years old, exclaimed when
she saw the corpse, "Mama, that is
Mr.. Taylor" Mrs. Thaxton was
brought here from Russellville by
her husband two months ago. The
latter, from her account, is a con-
summate villain and ought to be
hung on general principles: She
says that Taylor and her husband
have been running together for
long while. She has not seen Taylor
since she left RussellVille. Her
husband was here two weeks ago
and three men came with him at
night to the gate of the house where
she lives, but she couldn't tell who
they were. While here her hus-
band tried to poison her and when
he left he told her he was going to
take up with another woman. He
had then two pistols, razors, files, a
round knife and pair of tweezers.
He also brought home a fine over
coat which she is convinced he stole,
as he didn't have enough money to
buy it. Mrs Thaxton's maiden
name was HOOser, and when girl
she lived in Todd county, Ky.
After her marriage she went to
Allensville and subsequently to
Russellville. She knows nothing of
her husbands life before their mar
riage and very little of it since. He
has been away from her most of
the time and has never provided
for her. His name is Benjamin
franklin Thaxton. They have two
children, girl about five years
and e boy about three, both of
whom are very pretty, healthy
and sprightly. Mrs. Thaxton tells
her story in a free, Oh-hand manner
without any reserve or attempt at
disguise. When she heard of the
attempted burglary and shooting
she thought the dead man might be
her husband and that caused her to
visit the corpse. She is living in a
small house on College street near !
the river. One apparent inprOba-
bility of the dead man being Taylor |
comes from the fact that his partner
called for Frank" and Taylor's |
name was William.
ARRESTS.
Eight or ten arrests have been
made of tramps and persons who
couldn't give an account of them
selves, but there is no proof against
any of them. A man appeared at
Trenton, KY, the morning after
the affair at Mr.. CARROTS who was
bruised up and had the appearance
OF having been in fight. He in
quired of the station agent the price
of ticket to some point in Texas,
and being told that he couldn't
purchase ticket to that point at
Trenton, he went away and was not
seen again.
Mr.. CARROT was resting very easy
at last accounts and there is strong
probability of his recovery.
THE GAINESVILLE commercial evan