Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1890-06-12
MORE MYSTERY.
What Has Become of the Man
Jas. Williams2
He is Implicated in the Alleged
Murder.
The Facts In Regard to Meriwether's
Statement to Ladies in This City.
Station In Nashville.

The negro JEFF. Meriwether who
was arrested last evening charged
with the murder of John Sensenney
did not make a statement to Mrs
Page ; it was made to Mrs. Lee and
Mrs. Meaders right here in the city.
Mrs. Meaders lives on First street
near the railroad and Mrs Lee was
visiting her at the time the negro
told them about the murder. They
both emphatieally assert that he
said he knew who murdered John
Sensenley.
Meriwether implicated then,
Frank Madole, VIM. Wheatley, Jas.
Williams and some one else whose
name the ladies failed to remember.
Madole and Wheatly are well known
here and it is useless to go over their
records. Jas. Williams was put off a
steamboat, about six miles below
here, few years before the disap-
pearance of Sensenney for falling to
pay his fare. He sat out on foot up
the river and landed in New Provi-
dence. He found work at driving
teams for various parties. All the
time he was in New Providence he
was regarded as an exceedingly hard
character, being whiskey-drinking,
rowdy kind of man. Some time af-
ter the disappearance of Sinseny
Williams left New Providence and
went to Arkansas.
He claimed when here to have
been a Georgian.
The fact that Frank Madole COM
mitted suicide is not evidence that
he was guilty of numbering John
Sensenney. While there are suspic-
iOus circumstances pointing to the
stable in New Providence as
being the place the murder was COM
mitted, If 1t really was a murder,
there is no direct testimony other
than what JEFF. Meriwether has told.
AS stated yesterday, the well, or els
tern, in the rear of the stable
was partially cleaned out on the
strength of rumOrs. Frank Madole
superinteded this work, being aided
by Add Catlett, a friend of Sensenney.
For some reason Catlett left the place
and went to Kentucky before the
work was completed, leaving Frank
Madole to superintend the job him
self. This is looked upon by some as
being a suspicious point, since Meri-
wether has implicated Frank Madole
In the alleged crime. The well was
filed up before Catlett returned. The
men who knew Sensenney have no
faith whatever in the report that he
committed suicide, or that he left the
country. He was in good standing
financially and not at all given to de-
sp0ndency. If he had been going to
leave the country he never would
have gone to New Providence to
take start. He had money
on him, it is believed, the
amount being Appropriated by per-
sons in position to know at about
81, 800. Thos. r. Hancock gave him
check in Hopkinsville the day
before he disappeared for 5000. He
zane here and sold his tobacco for
like $500, taking the
money and starting back to Lafay-
,tte. His horse was found at w. II.
Orane's gate, about one mile beyond
New Providence. His pistol is said
% have been found in the livery
table at New Providence this re-
port, however, Is not entirely au-
hentic.
Acknowledgement Savage has de-
'ided to make thorough investiga-
Ion of the case. Every suspicious
will be looked into and
closely.
Jno. Station went to Nashville this
morning for the purpose of arresting
Nm. Wheatlev If he can be found.
,hief of Police Clack was advised late
ast evening to keep a lookout for
Vheatley and to arrest him. The
ast heard of Wheatley, he was
irving a team and living in the
civil district of Davidson
Ounty.
AT the hour Of going to press a tel
gram was received from Nashville
iating that no arrest had then been
fected.
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III Remain in GAINESVILLE This Sum- !
mer.