Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1885-06-20

at the church door talking to Mr. Nathan
Allens he moti0Ded TO me 10 come TO tbs
horse block and sec him; told him to conie
| to re. and he said he wanted TO see me pri-
Na1eIy, that Jim Brown lIiid tried To COM
init q rape on my sister, the Sunday even
ing before; this was Monduy morning.
asked him what lie was going 10 do abuu4
It, lie wan led us to make up q mob a.
kill him; told him to let the law take its
I'D III Him I'M ~ A11 , lne IN named AZ oe ser
tile olys Il. ~ he wanted u do IL, and they
Were Bin Outlaw, Dave Horn. Bart Barbee,
Lien Aorrow, PsLs dDrrow aud myself he
said he would 20 around and get the boys
+; Together, and That they W.suld meet ms at
tals szillIinn cainpt that nishs. nilu We
never saw any OF The proposed mob until
we met O. ssnitvooss and ell the parties
Ssa oy tbspe w sad nIeshsaI our horses
walked down 70 the furnace; all Went TO the
old llegrO'g house and found some negro
women there, and concluded TODD nothing
until Ne saw what DR.. Belamy said abnut
III. VIM. OntlaW Dave Horn and myself
went to DR.. BIS house, and he told US that
he did not want the women disturbed, nor
anything rasY done about it; to wait until
Friday night, and come back again We
Intended to wait until Friday night in or.
derto discuss the matter fully with DR..
Bellamy, and carry out the purpose. VIM.
Outlaw, Dave Horn and myself went Into
DIR. Bellany's house, and the other boys
stayed in the hollow, between old Jim's
house and Or. Bellamy's house, We went
up and found DIR. Bellany's wife sitting OH
the bed crying. She told us she was afraid
TO stay there, that she was afraid old Jim
on Wednesday morning was at Mr.. AL
lens house, and Mr. Allen and wife, John
children were there, land lett his house to
go to, church. had my little boy in my
lap. DIR. BellaIny met me on the Ridge
road aud told me that he wanted that me-
gro killed that day. 1 asked him if he was
going down with me to do it, He said, no,
that he, DR.. BeIlamy, would be suspected
Al II r<~rrTl 100 I1sa fnI1 TO IA
ahead and kill him and he would help my
wife down off horseback at preaching. he
never gave me spring wagon, or offered
me any compensation 10 do lt. The stated
outrage on my sister was my only motive.
| turned and gave Mrs. Alien nay child
and came back where DIR. B. .lamy was, and
he told me where the negro was. he told
Inc to go'out the ridge road until got to
the SmittoO camp and take a little bride
path and go down the hollow until came
to where the negro was chopping wood. he
then tod me to ask him about some year
lings to keep him off his guard, and that if
did not watch HIM he would kill me with
his axe.
He was whiting a whip stock when /
got there. j asked him what he had been
doing with my sister. He first told me that
he had done nothing, and told him that
did not want him to die with a lie in his
mouth, and he then said he tried to ravish
her and told her If shs; told it he would kill
her and cut her tongue out of her mouth. /
then shot him.
On Monday night after 1 went to mob
him my father went from preaching home
and he came back to my house that night
and asked me if there was anybody there
but my own family, and told him no; and
he came in amp asked NE what l did with
that old negro, and said nothing. He said
that he must be killed and if would do it he
would back me; said 1t had to be done, and
if did not do it 1t would never be done;
that DIR. Bellamy had not enough sand in
his craw 10 do it. My wife was present and
began crying and told me not to do il shat
never would get rid of ii, and he told her
she was block-head and that the negro
treat her the same way, and the only way
was to get rid of him as soon as possible.
=Johnson-Did you believe that the Of
tense had really been committed?
Prisoner-Yes, / reckon it had by the
way her clothes were torn and her breast
scratched; hap no doubt it was so, and this
was the only motive had for killing the
negro and KILLED him. under the firm be-
lief that he had attempted to commit the
crime; knew his face only and had only
seen him two or three times before.
DIR. Sears-Did Beilamy ever talk to you
about it afterwards
PriSnn9F-NOI mill after got in 1all.