The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-11-23
TENNESSEE STATE NEWS.
The whltworth-Alllson Tragedy.


Nashville, Nov. 16.-An unexpected
sensation in the great tragedy came to-
day in an ante-mortem statement from
George K. Whitworth as to the cause OF
the shooting. The document is as fol-
lows:
Judge Allison, after his election as
chancellor the first time, and before be
had appointed me clerk and master, told
me he did not run for that office for tho
salary alone, and that he would not APP
point me unless would divide the fees
in that office; that / had to agree to.
and did let him have part of them, and
l paid him in checks; and all checks
given by me payable to cash with a stub
corresponding in date, payable to A.
Allison, are for these fees, and besides
other moneys let him have in cash.
In addition to this Allison owes me
money / had let him have out of the
Office, for which my bondsmen were liza
BILE, and then he owed me as clerk and
master for loans made to him out OF tho
general fund and renewal Of loans pre-
viously made. / wanted Allison to Sc
cure me in these amounts. He had got
ten the money. j had taken it out OF
the funds of the Office to let him have
it, and he knew this, and when he sent
me word he would not settle what ho
owed me individually and only the
principal of the amount owing the Office,
/ knew then my sureties would have
this amount pay If my property was in-
sufficient, and / could not stand this.
could not ask my sureties to pay back to
the Office what Allison owed, while Al
lison could have secured it. When ]
was told yesterday by Capt. Heger what
Allison would do, / became convinced
that he was putting me of, and did not
intend to secure anything, but let the
matter go over until he could appoint
his son today, and then do nothing at
all. Allison had bled me from the frat,
and ] could bear it no longer. I gave
Mr. Keith statement of what he owed
me and the Office, and this with the
other money let him have and spent
On him made him get, believe, more
money out of the Office than did.
did not kill Allison because he did not
appoint me clerk and master, but be-
cause he was willing to let me be behind
in the Office on accoant of the money he
had gotten and would not settle or Sc
cure, which he could have done, and TO
be humiliated by this man, when / be-
lieved / had elected him.
G. X WHITwoRTH.
There is also detailed statement OF
loans which Whitworth as clerk and
master made to Allison; % notes rang
ing from $25 to S1,942, of various dates
from August, 1885, to November, 1893,
aggregating SO. 1861, besides 2,964.6l
interest. Also loss on Tennessee Coal
& Iron stock, $1,000; loss on Louisville
e. Nashville on advice of Stahlman,
so, 500; total, $40, ,261.22.
Mr.. Whitworth went into Office Nov.
IS, 1883. On the above paper there arc
four loans antedating the commence
ment OF his term of Office.
The losses on stocks and cost OF elec-
tion are amounts paid by Whitworth for
Allison.
The funeral of the late chancellor,
Andrew A. Allison, was conducted this
morning with impressive services at the
residence of the family, by Rev. j. B.
Erwin and Rev. A. III. McFerrin, Jr. A
large concourse of the dead cbancellOE's
friends gathered, including many mem-
bers of the Nashville bar.