Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-08-18
HELD FOR ASSAULT.
The Cheatham County Would
Be Murderer Behind Bars.
In the Same Cell With George w. Avant,
Who Was Convicted of Wife Muir
der-other Prisoners.

Sam Mcmillan, of Cheatham
county, is in Jail here, charged with
an assault with intent to murder his
father-inlaw, Samuel Perry, a far
-mer about fifty years of age, living
three miles below Ashland City, on
the Cumbf rland river. AS mention
ed in yesterdays paper, Sheriff Sta
ton received information from Sheriff
Nichols, of Cheatham county, that
the man was wanted there on a seri-
GUS charge, and that there was re-
ward OF $25 offered for his capture.
Sheriff Station saw man about two
O'Clock yesterday at VIM. Levers
grocery in SHUTDOWN. who answered
the description of Mcmillan pretty
well. He put him under arrest at
once, but the fellow gave his name as
johnson and said he was from Louis
vile. This did not go with the
sheriff, however, and he marched his
man to Jail. Before they reached
that institution the prisoner owned
up and acknowledged that his name
Was Sam Mcmillan, and that he was
the man wanted for stabbing Samuel
Perry in Chatham county. He was
locked up in the county Jail and was
seen by LEAF CHRONICLE reporter
soon after his incarceration. He was
placed in cell with Geo. W. Avant,
who is charged with and convicted OF
wife murder. He is a rough looking
customer, fully six feet high, and
will weigh about l75 pounds. He
talked freely to a reporter and gave
the details of his crime about as fol
lows:
Two years ago Sam Mcmillan mar
ried daughter of Sam Perry and
made his home at the Perry resi-
dence. His married life was not so
pleasant rs he anticipated, and
he says both his father in
law and mOther.in-law began
advising his wife to leave him. They
had several family rows over the
matter and came near having a Sc
rious difficulty July A at a barbecue.
On last Saturday night mother and
father persuaded the wife to leave
her husband, and the way the part
ing was designed to come about was
for the father to drive the husband
away. Perry, therefore, ordered Nc
MILAN to leave. Mcmillan refused
to go and fight easued. Perry
jerked single-barreled shotgun
from a rack over the door and aimed
it at Mcmillan, who at once
grapplcd with his adversary. The
gun was discharged and Mcmillan
claims to have been burned by the
powder. He drew a knife from his
pocket and plunged it into Perry's
side, inflicting, so the prisoner says,
IA slight wound. He says that he and
his father-in- law later made friends
and that he left the county Sunday
morning more to hunt work than
anything else. He claims that he
had no idea that warrant had been
issued for his arrest until Sheriff Sta
ton served it on him. He says 1T
can give bond when he gets back
home, and that he has no fear of the
penitentiary.
The report, however, that
comes officially from Cheat
ham county puts a very differ
ent construction on the affair. That
report says that Perry is badly
wounded and that he may die. II
also states that the assault was un.
provoked, Mcmillan going to the
house as The agressor. Mcmillan will
be turned over to the Chatham
county officers as soon as they call
for him.
GEO. W. ANANI.
AS mentioned above, Mcmillan
was put in the same cell with Geo.
w. Avant, charged with wife-mur-
der. When the reporter arrived at
the cell Avant remarked to McMiI-