Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-10-20
CASE OF DOG EAT DOG.
The Shelby County Dogs Seem, How
ever, to BE Doing the Eating.

ever, TO BE long the EaLlnB'
Only few Memphis papers are
sold by the news agents in Clarks-
vile, as rule, but if they could
have secured a hundred copies they
could have sold them last night.
The little batch Of Commercials that
Jas. r. Wood gets were all engaged
before sunset. People wanted to
know what had become OF Sheriff
Station and his deputies Those who
secured a Commercial found the fol
lowing in its police column:
at is a case of dog cat dog.
"The police of Memphis have four
officers of GAINESVILLE, Tenn, behind
the bars at the Police Station for car
rying concealed pistols. The officers
came to Memphis yesterday in the
white attachment of a negro excur
sion. The train left at midnight on
the return trip, but they stayed in
Memphis.
about eleven o'clock last night
the GAINESVILLE officers reached the
l. & N depot and began to amuse
themselves in great style. G. W..
Station, the sheriff of GAINESVILLE,
drew pistol and began to flourish
it. Pdtrolman Gwartney had him
hauled to the station in the patrol
wagon. Deputy Sheriff Suiter, A
w. Phipps and Burnett Howell, who
claimed to be guards" followed
Station to the station to protest
against the arrest. They grew noisy
and a search revealed the fact that ali
had pistols"
Monday evenings Scimitar had
more timesto get the facts together
than the Commercial had, and per-
haps its account of the affair will be
interesting. The Scimitar says:
"There was an array of deadly
weapons on the desk of Justice Gar
win this morning. They We're the
property of Sheriff G. w. Station, OF
Montgomery county, and his depu
ties, y. Suffer, Burnett Howell and
A. M. Phipps.
"Sheriff Station and his party came
down from GAINESVILLE yesterday
morning on board of an excursion
train. They saw the sights and last
night at the Louisville 4 Nashville
depot Mr.. Station fiourished his pts
toll. Officer Gwart placed him under
arrest. Suffer was standing near and
said he had a pistol, and the officer
might as well arrest him. The Off
Ger took him at his word. Passing
along the street the party met How
ell on car and he asked what was
the trouble. They informed him and
Howell said he, too, had a gun. He
reinforced the party.
cat the corner of Main and Wash
ington the crew met Phipp5, and
upon being informed OF the state OF
affairs, said while the other three
were under arrest it would be useless
to leave him behind. The men were
searched all had revolvers and Sui
ter was fu, Their armed with kuucks.
"This morning Mr.. Station thus
stated his case: 1t was usual for him
to accompany these excursions to
keep order. Suffer was his regular
deputy, and the other two were spe-
cial officers. He said he had come to
Memphis not only to preserve order
on the train, hut to look after two
escaped convict5. He admitted he
was drinking.
"Justice Garvin fined each $50 and
bound them over. They went with
their lawJ ers to consult Judge Du
Bose and to see what they could do,
S. O.W. Brandon,of Clarksville,testi.
fed to Sheriff Stations good character
He was Il member of the Second
Kentucky Cavalry, c. S. A."
Sheriff Station and D0rrel Suffer
succeeded yesterday in giving bond
for their appearance Wednesday
morning on a charged OF carrying con,
cealed weapons. Their bonds wer'
fixed at $500 each and DR.. Porter be
came their sureties. They will each
leave tonight ON their return trip.
Phipps and Howell are still in jail
in defanlt OF hnndsmen.