The age-herald., 1898-08-25
DECATUR MAY GET
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Member of Gen. COppinger's
 Staff Selects a Site.
ANOTHER MURDERER CAUGHT
Horace Chappell Killed Sam Hubbard and Wore Murdered Mans Clothes to His Brothers Home-Pe-
 culiar Accident.

Decatur August 2-(SpeciaD.-Last Mon- day a large delegation of prominent citizens of the Twin Cities went to Huntsville and waited on General Coppinger, presenting the advantages of this place as camping point for troops
 As a result General Coppinger yesterday sent Captain McMahan. of his staff down here to inspect locations. The captain ex- pressed himself as extremely well-pleased with the places offered, and selected a spot about one and one-half miles above town on the west bank of the Tennessee, level, grassy plain, backed by a magnificent oak and hickory grove, with abundant water from the water works company's pipes.
 It is an ideal spot for camp and Cap tain McMahan so expressed himself. He left on the afternoon train for Huntsville, but before leaving he informed, the com mittee of his intention of making a decided ly favorable report to General Coppnger. It is said that about 15,000 troops will be sent here It is reported that movement of troops will begin within forty-eight hours Murderer Captured
 Several weeks ago a negro man named Sam Hubbard was killed on the Louisville and Nashville, near Elkmont few miles east of this place. The negro was identi- fled by worn letter found in his pocket. The coroner's jury decided that Hubbard came to his death by accident while steal ing ride. This passed the matter over, and it had nearly been forgotten, when the sheriff of Limestone county received a let ter from the chief of police of Montgomery inclosing photograph and asking if it re- sembled the negro Hubbard
 It now develops that Hubbard on his way, at the time he met his death, from Chicago to Montgomery, having expressed his trunk to Birmingham, and after leaving Nashville he fell in with a man named Horace Chappell, who learned from Hub bard about his trunk, etc., and then killed him, robbing him of his effects including his express check, afterward going to Bir- mingham, claiming and obtaining the trunk. Chappell then proceeded to Mont gomery, where Hubbards brother lives. Not knowing this, Chappell put on some of Hubbard's clothes and jewelry, and the dead mans brother saw and recognized them and had Chappell arrested for mur- der. The dead Hubbard's brother came to Elkmont, had his brothers body exhumed and identified It. The proof against Chap pell is conclusive, as the expressman who gave him the trunk has identified him.
 A Peculiar Accident
 George Miller, a farmer living near here in Limestone county, met with a peculiar
 
 through some low ground he was attacked by large moccasin snake. Miller struck the snake at close quarters with stick in such a manner taht the reptiles poison sac burst, the virulent poison flying into Millers face. quantity of the poison lodged in the mans eyes. Being several hours without medical aid, the eyesight was destroyed completely.
 Seaton Napier and Ike Sugars, two farm CTS of Lawrence county, while engaged in a friendly wrestling match two days ago, finally became enraged with one another and went to fighting in dead earnest. Dur ing the fight Ike Sugars seized an ax and raising it with one hand over his head, brought the edge down with all his strength on top of Napier's head. The mans skull was almost cleft in twain. Sugars was about to make his escape, but large posse of mounted men ran him down and cap tured him, taking him to Moulton, where he was lodged in jail by the posse