The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1893-11-24
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
Shot the sheriff.

I PARIS, NOV. lo.-1no darkest cElmc
ever committed in this county occurred
near this city at about 4 o'clock this
evening. Sheriff J. NJ. Breedlove was
!, foully assassinated by negro prisoner
named Rance Coleman, who he had but
a short time before arrested.
| The particulars, as we'll as can be had
/, at present, rye; The house of Mr.. Quit
man Fitzgerald, one mile from town,
was broken into last night and today
Fitzgerald had a warrant issued for
Coleman, charging him with the crime,
and togethe: with Sheriff Breedloye
started out after Coleman. They ar
rested him near Hilltop, three miles
from town on the line of the Paducah,
Tennessee & Alabama Railroad. When
, the officers came in sight Coleman be-
gan running and was fired on by Fitz-
gerald, the ball taking effect in the ne
gro's leg.
The negro then stopped, and said that
he was ready to surrender, and turned
in the direction of the officers. Fitzger-
aid about this time turned to the sheriff
and stated that as he had shot the negro
he would give himself up, and pre-
sented his pistol to the sheriff, when
the negro caught the pistol and took it
away from him. BY this time Sheriff
Breedlove came to the assistance of
Fitzgerald and caught the negro in the
! back, who reached back over his shoul-
der and shot the sheriff in the jaw.
Freeing himself, the negro turned and
fired two more shots at the sheriff, who
had fallen from the effects of the shock
of the first shot. Both the last shots
passed entirely through his head, one
entering at the eye, the other in the
mouth, either being fatal. The negro
then turned and fred at Fitzgerald, who
was then retreating.
The negro took both of the pistols Of
the dead officer, and his horse, a chest
nut sorrel, and when last seen was going
in northwest direction.
The city is greatly excited, and crowds
of men can be seen on every corner dis
cussing the dastardly crime. kilograms
have been sent in every direction, and
the bloodhounds at Eddyville, KY, will
be here tomorrow:
0If caught, Coleman will be lynched.
He is about 35 years old; tall and slim;
dark copper colored. with full beard and
whiskers.
Sheriff Breedlove was as popular with
the people as any man who ever held
Office in this county. s. asG
The Porterffeld Case-Fined for Contempt.
I. NASHVILLE, Nov. s13.--The interest in
the action of the jury in the Porterfield
case was completely oyershadowed to-
day by the arrest and trial of Col. Spar
rel Hill, one of defendants counsel, on
a charge of contempt growing out of the
jury-room incident last Saturday, in
which Hill said that Judge Sage should
not override the jury, and denounced
him as a liar for intimating that he
(HilD was endeavoring to trick the jury.
Circuit Judge Lurton and District
Judges Sage and Key presided. After
hearing the evidence, Col. Hills answer
and Judge Sage's statement of the
affair, Judge Lurton fined the attorney
$500, remarking as he did SO, that the
statutes did not give him power to dis
bar him.
In his answer Col. Hill claimed that
he did not mean to be disreSpectful to
the court, but that he thought Judge |
Sage treated him disrespectfully in
charging him with endeavoring to trick |
the jury.
The courtroom was crowded with law
yers and business men, and the action |
of Judge Lurton created a great sensa-
tion. |
At 2:15 o'clock the jury in the Porter
field case announced that they could not |
agree, and mistrial was entered. The |
jury stood eight for conviction and four |
for acquittal. Judge Sage said that he
would hold them together for week,
but for the fact that one of the jurors
was dangerously i'll.
Miscellaneous.
JUDGE HAMMOND. in the Howard case,