Clarksville evening chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn) 1886-1890, 1888-12-10
MURDER MOST FOUL.
Birmingham in Wild State Of Excite
msnt and Flood Is Shed Freely.


the discovery of one of the foulest
crimes ever committed. II. r..
Halves, the murderer, killed his wife
and sunk her body in the lake, and
then killed the little girl because she
was a witness to the killing. 1t is
also thought he killed their baby
girl, who is missing. Saturday night
a mob assembled around the Jail clam
moring for Halves life. The sheriff
with a lot of deputies established
dead line, and said ifany one came
over that he would be shot. The
crowd advanced, when the deputies
fired, killing five men and desperate
ly wounding seven more, one OF
whom is the postmaster of Birming-
ham and another U. S. Marshal.
The crown was lnaddened to despera-
ton, by this act, and.at last accounts
were Is, 600 in number, and swearing
that they would hang the sheriff,
pose, prisoner, and all. The muir
derer it is thought killed his wife and
children, so that he could marry
another woman, to whom he rep
resented himself as a widOwer with
one child, and he was arrested while
taking his wedding trip with her.
1t is one of the most bloodthirsty
crimes on record, and if guilty, Halves
should be given no mercy. Two
companies of militia have been
called out to guard the Jail.
LATER.
The following is the fullest list of
the killed and wounded Obtainable
up to the time Of going to press.
A. d. Bryant.-Shot through the
heart from the rear. Killed Instant
Ily. He dressed nicely. Kept books
for Aweland & Phelan. Came recent
| ly from Bryant's Station, Tenn.
Unkn0wn.-A substantial-lOoking
man, about % years. He was shot
in the head, and his brains were run
ming out. He died instantly. He is
thought to have been bricklayer.
A. J. Schide, mechanic; shot in
the left side just under the shoulder.
1t is thought that he will die. He
came recently from Kalamazoo,
Mich.
A. B. Tarrant, machinist at the
Louisville d Nashville shops shot in
the back.
jenkins, carpenter at Smithfield;
shot square in the centre of the fore
! head.
]. r. Mccoy, from Duke Station,
Ala: Shot in the head. His brains
oozed out, and he died instantly.
M. B. Throckmortom, Postmaster
of Birmingham. Shot in the lower
part of the stomach. He was dying
at last accounts. He is about TWEEN
ty-eight years old.
G. G. Tate, shot through the hip,
thigh and loin. He is dying. He is
painter, and lived at East Lake.
A. J. Brannon, shot in the hip.
He will die. He was United States
Deputy Marshal.
William II. alexander, he was
badly wounded.
w. S. Cooper, he was shot in the
thigh. His wounds are considered
serious.
Colbert Smith, colored, shot
through the right lung.
Lawrence Fitzhugh, civil engi-
neer of the Birmingham Mineral.
Badly wounded.
Charles Bailey, shot through the
head, and it is thought fatally.
j. w. Owen, shot in the right
thigh; painfully.
NJ. o. Smith, Of Avondalc.
John III. Merritt, of Rocket Sta
ton.
I A. r. Waters and John Ross, two
young mechanics, all slightly wound
ed.
J. S. Montgomery, shot in the jaw.
Walter Robinson, bookkeeper for
Towers Hardware Company, shot
through the left hand.
A number of others are shot, but at
this hour it is impossible to get their
names, rs they are scattered all over
the city.
Frank Gilmore, carpenter from
Elyton, shot fatally through the in
testines.
- ThrockmortOn, a brakeman On
the Louisville & Nashville, shot
through the forehead. Dying.
VIM. Youngblood, prominent lum-
Der merchant, dangerously wounded.
At last accounts the mob were still
determined, and the militia were
guarding the Jail, with orders to shoot
any one that attempted to get to the