Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-08-15
A DOUBLE MURDER.
Two White Men Killed By q
Negro.
A Bloody Row at Negro Dance Near
Marion, on the Clarksville
Mineral,

lC NNtu1tC Va u oOdbhG AhaaNOA
which was committed Sunday morn.
ing on the Mineral road, two miles
south of Marion, have reached the
city. 1t was brutal murder and 1t
has greatly enraged the citizens OF
Dickson county, and ii is feared that
more trouble will follow. The news
was brought to the city Sunday morn.
ing by Dickson county officers, and
as related to a reporter is as follows:
The contractors who are building
the gap in the Mineral have erected
q platform two miles south of Marion
county, for the negroes to use for
dancing purposes. They have a
dance every.Saturday night and sell
the negroes lemonade, water melons
and such like for the small profit
there is In II to- the contractors. On
Saturday night they had their dance
as usual, and it was attended by
large crowd OF negroes, composed Of
the hands that work Oh the road and
of those who live In the country.
They danced all night and had no
disturbance until two O'Clock Sunday
morning. At this hour two white
farmers named Enutl and Hayes
went to the platform to see the ne.
groes dance. The! stepped up on
the platform, interfering none with
the dance. An impudent negro
named John Buoy accosted the
white men in an offensive manner,
telling them TO get off the platform,
as they were not wanted there. Ell
liott started to get off, but Hayes
showed disposition to knock the
negro down for speaking to them In
such an insulting IN nner. Elliott
took hold of Hayes, however, and
started off the platform with him.
Just as they had turned Buoy
came up from behind and opened
fire on them with pistol. Elliott
was struck in the center OF the back,
the ball going straight through his
body. He fell to the ground appar-
emily lifeless. The second shot struck
Hayes In the back also, the ball COM
ing out under his arm. While both
men were alive when the officers left
Marion early yesterday morning, 1t
was evidt mt that they could not sur
vive the day. Wien Bouy saw that
his victims were on the ground he
did not stop firing, but empued his
revolver at them, the balls going
wide OF the mark and making 1t very
dangerous to the crowd. A stray ball
struck negro In the arm, making a
flesh wound.
After the murderer had emptied
his pistol he jumped on the stand,
telling them his name and advising
them to catch him If they could.
With this admoni'ion he struck Of
down the road In the direction of this
city and made good his escape, not
withstanding the fact that perhaps
fifty men of his own color h d wit
messed his crime.
Descriptions of the negro were teie-
graphed throughout the country and
the officers here aided the Dickson
} county men In searching the Itn-
mediate vicinity for tr,ce Of 'he
criminal. The depots and rtiiroan
wards wera waicuel all nign, ,ut
nothing co Ild b hear o him.
! BLoy ia notoriou,y o,ean negro,
and has been engaged in several di
ficulties on the Mineral since he has
been working there. He Is all OF six
feet high, Is very tl,ck and ~ ~
3 marked hat the officers will have no
{ trouble In Identifying him. His
I crime has Sd enraged the peotle OF
Dickson county that the officers are
fearful Of mob VOL, me- in casp he II
s arrested.
!, His victims are dtsrib q ~ har
n working farmers who live in few
: hundred yards of thu scene OF tn.
: crime. They were not at the dance
n for the purpose Of raising row, but
J. were there to see the negroes dance
e few minutes. They were not inter
a ferinp, and the murder, therefore
Q Is crime calculated to enrage the
people.