The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1898-10-21
TRAGEDY At
CARRIERS CREEK.
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left the depot, Mr.. Nichols remark
ed to the telegraph operator, Mr..
NJ. O. Garrett, that he feared d fiji
Guilty would occur between Sim
mons and the Irvines, as he had
seen the latter down that way, aud
suggested that they follow him, and
prevent trouble if they could. Mr..
Garrett agreed, but hardly had they
left the station, before the men
were seen to meet, and Immediately
the duel began.
One of the witnesses to the scene
states that Drew Irvine first threw
a rock at Simmons, and that War
rem Irvine the next moment pulled
his pistol and fired. Thereupon,
! Simmons drew his revolver, as also
did the other Irvine boy, and a per-
feet fusiade of shots followed.
Simmons, as it were, was between
two fires. AS he would turn and
fire upon one Of the men, the other
would send shot towards him, and
in this manner he was hit three
times. Two of the shots took. effect
in his left side, and one struck him
in the back below the left shoulder
blade and passed entirely through
his body. Drew Irvine was struck
twice-one shot taking effect in his
back and passing through one of his
lungs, and the other hitting him in
the right leg, from behind. Warren
Irvine was struck once, also in the
back. Both of the Irvine boys
wounds are quite serious, but the
chances are favorable for their re-
cOvery.
Simmons was carried to his house
few yards distant, where he ex-
pired about an hour and a half after
the shooting. The scene around his
death bed is said to have been a
heart-rending one, and the young
wife and father and mother were al
most overcome with grief.
Simmons' Dying Statement
was that the Irvine boys began the
difficulty, and that he tried to avert
it
The Irvine boys were carried to
the home Of Mr.. s. B. Nichols,
where physicians were called and
their wounds dressed. They were
later removed to their own home,
two or three miles distant.
Soon after the shooting occurred,
!, Deputy Sheriffs Latta and Church
and Doctors Pillow and Forgey went
out to the scene from Columbia, and
later in the day Messrs Hatcher and
= VOORHEES,, whose professional services
had been engaged, also went out.
I Monday warrants were sworn out
against the Irvine boys and their
I mother, Mrs. w. Il. Irvine, by Mr.
|, II. d. Simmons, father of the dead
e man, and they were placed under
8 arrest by Deputy Sheriff Latta
The Messrs. Irvine are charged with
}. murder, and Mrs Irvine is charged
with being an accomplish to the
killing, and it is alleged that on the
morning of the tragedy she came
with her sons as far as Mr.. r. D
Lochridge's, urging them on. Mrs
Irvine's attorneys claim, however
that her motive in going with the
boys that far was to prevent them
from having any difficulty, aud thai
she begged them not to kill Sim
mons. 1t is also claimed for hel
that she asked Mr.. Lochridge to ge
into her buggy and follow the boys
and prevent any trouble; and tina
Mr.. Lochridge did get into thu
buggy and followed the boys fol
that purpose, but that the killing
occurred before he could Overtakt
them. Simmons friends also asser
that one of the Irvine brothers was
- in Williamson county Saturday, anC
that Mrs. Irvine sent for him tt
come home.
Tuesday, while Mr.. Simmons
funeral was in progress, the excite
&. ment and feeling among the deat
Ie mans friends became so intens
's that Sheriff Hight, fearing mob vic
- lonce, sent to Columbia for assist
- ance, and late that evening Mrs
Irvine was brought to town ant
carried to the Bethel House, wher
II. she was kept under guard unit
- Wednesday about noon, when tn,
friends of Simmons sent word tina
!. there was no danger of any violenc
2, being done her and that if she re
le turned home she would not be mo
TO Tested.
l. She waived examination and CAV
(, bond before Sheriff Hight, in tn
t sum of $4,000, and was released
lie The bond was signed by Messrs
'e Geo. 7. Hughes, Jas. @. Voorhies
l. H. P. Figuers and l.. p. Padgett, he
r attorneys, and Mr.. 10. l.. Hutton.
lie The prosecution is represented b
le Messrs. r. H. Hatcher and ]. H
t. Russell, of the Columbia bar, an
e, Pitts & Meeks, of Nashville, an
~ Attorney General Boyd.
,u Mr.. simmons Funeral
n took place last Tuesday at Garter
o. Greek, the services being conducte
" at the residence at II a. M, by Eide
20 VIM. Anderson, and the remain
10 were Inferred in the Mckay bury
ing ground, Deceased was % veal
of age, and leaves surviving him
wife, father and mother and seN
IS. eral brothers. He has always born
Is. a most excellent reputation, an
IS those who were closely acquainte
with him speak OF his character
terms of highest praise. His popl
larity and the high esteem in whiC
he was held were attested by til
k large number who attended h
a funeral and followed his lifele
rs form to its last resting Mace II