Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-12-03
: NEW EUGENE ARAH.
Sensational Trial Of the Belianiy's cave
NETdefsFs 10 Tennessee.

4 Nashville iTcnn.) special SAYS: Great
eAeii-n-rr pYevaiis IN auG arouBt, Ciarss-
willie on account ~ the trial az ;ha, piice o.
Ransom Morrow, William Morrow, Charles
Morrow. and Dr. Peter +. Rellamy. on the
charge ~ having participated in number
Of murders IN Montgomery county within
The past fifteen wears. The defend
ants were arrested last June. since
which time they have been confined IN
Jail aud closely guarded ~ order to
prevent ( their being either rescued or
mObhcd. From the beginning Of the trial
las, week up 20 the present time C.arks-
yillc has been crowded with people eager
to hrar the evidence Of the large number
oi witnesses summoned. and 20 discuss the
probable result oi Wha' is beyond dOubtone
OF the most interesting eases eyer tried in
this or any other state. Much difficulty
was experienced in obtaining Jury. and
II was not until panel after panel had been
called that both the prosecution and dc
fence agreed upon twelve good men with
whom they were willing to- proceed. The
ahcst lawyers in the country appear on the
part Of the state aud the deceased, and
eyery pOint j. closely contested. Ransom
Morrow, father Of the two prisoners Of the
Ntlilf Iaib's > bNfi ~iANN-~lA ffsI~ VlAts f't ,
hnc in appearance. dresses in plain man
Ber. and has Keen gray eyes with hard
glare. He haS been for many years one Of
the leading members Of wiley Blptist
chapel. in the Ninth district. where he has
q large mansion and q fine farm. William
Morrow is ihirty-tyc years old tall. heavy
buiit, and bas duh gray eyes. Charles Nor
row j, twcntv-fOur wears Of age. and sear~
a close resemblance "a hi> father. pr. Bel
hmy. ,on-iu.law OF Ransom Morrow. is
good looking. and /, the ,on 4 Rev. Jesse
Rcllamy. j.. H.. who. during his lifetime.
wa highiy esteemed boy bis tcllow-cilizcnS
of MONTGOMERY county.
FtILAVY'S CAVE.
Bllamy'> Cave. the scene Of the crime,
with the commission u which the four
men are charged. !, really q, large as t'ic
famous Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, and
le, near The homes OF the accused. The
'ntrauce j. very narrow. and the now-notcd
hole la, never been explored further than
TWO mlleS. At the right side 0f the entrance
i> a shdc. running iong distance, and
having at the end % deep. wide cha-m.
There are various chambers in thc cave, in
one of which were found the dead and
purified body Of one Of the alleged We
tins. and the bones Of others who. ii
i supposed. were Killed and placed
there by the laNc,s band. II i, thought
that. bt sides The men whose remains were
discovered in the chamber, there were
more murdered. who're bodies were shut
out oi human ,Igit forever 10y being thrown
down the very steep Hide referred 10 above.
Passage through the cave j. 40 exceedingly
difficult and dangerous that very few per
sons have ever journcyed through il. and
II was not until the Morrow and Bcllamy
we've taken into custody thata careful cX-
animation Was made. this beng under the
direction Of officers Of the law.
INVESTIGATING TlsE CAVE NrRDERS.
The investigation wa, made at the in
stance Of the Acknowledgement, whose first
information wa, Obtained from J. W.
Pacard. who declared that hc had left the
country because be knew too much about
the Morrows and il was unsafe for him 10
remain. II j., charged thar james Brown
lcolOrcd) was shot and Killed by Wiligm
Morrow and Or. BclIlmy, and hi, body
burned 10 conccllt The crime. Or. Bc,lamy
was soon arrested. tried, and acquitted OF
the deed. II j. llso charged that m old
man named Sigh and his son, Thomas j.
~ligh. were killed 10y the band.
An explanation Of the death OF
the latter was made 10y the party,
they claiming that he was acci.
dentally shot while hunting with Zen. Nor
row. who aiterNard left the country. The
murder Of Dick Oycrton lcOlpred) i also
laid at their door. II was shown al the
preliminary examination that Ransom Nor
row owed Oycrton $50. and paid only one
sixth of the amount. OycrtOn suddenly
disappeared, and the Morrows stated that
he had gone TO Alabama. Search being
made. corpse. identified by several per-
sons ~ that OF OyertOn, was found IN the
cave. 1t had been placed on the shdc', but
the coat worn 10y the deceased had caught
on the edge OF the chasm. The defendants
are al,o charged with arson and robbery.