The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-06-28

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in car lots from Humboldt, Dyer,
Gadsden, Gibson, Greenfield, Bells,
Medina, Fruitland and other points
in the small fruit belt.
A. H. Williams is under arrest
at Memphis and is believed to be
the leader of the gang that recently
robbed the express train on the
Choctaw road, near that city.
It is reported that Jack Russell,
prominent young business man,
and two young ladies, of Knoxville,
were drowned in the Tennessee
River, near that city They were
rowing, the boat was seen to cap
size and they are supposed to have
been lost.
Aubrey Johnson, son of A. H.
Johnson, living at Haley, was
drowned in Duck River Monday
evening. The young man was
putting out a trot line. his canoe
sprang leak and was seized with
cramps and was drowned before
help could reach him.
The big cotton mill at Jackson
was started last Monday and the
plant will be in good working shape
by June l. The big mill at Hum
boldt has its machinery in place, a
good supply OF cotton has been pur-
chased and operations will begin in
earnest in few days
Rev. Geo. w. Shelton has resign
ed as pastor of the First Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church at jack
son and has accepted a call extend
ed by the Russell-street Cumber-
land Presbyterian Church at Nash
vile. Rev. Shelton is we'll known
in West Tennessee and is regarded
as one of the best preachers of his
denomination in the State.
DR.. Richard Douglas has severed
his connection with the medical de-
partment of Vanderbilt University,
to take effect Immediately. 1t is
understood that he rendered his
resignation because of a difference
of opinion concerning some changes
he advocated. At the time of his
resignation he was filling three
chairs in the medical college, that
of abdominal surgery genealogy
and obstetrics. He has been a
prime mover in establishing the
medical department and working
for its growth.
Two amateur highwaymen held
up the store of Lee Neal, at Rocky
Fork, last Saturday night, securing
about $50 which was in the cash
drawer. After the drawer had been
emptied, the robbers ordered the
safe opened and requested the me-
gro porter to hold a lamp. The
darkey seemed to be little slow III
in complying with the request and
intimated that he would like to be
excused from taking any part in
the proceedings, and when the
highwaymen turned their attention
to the porter Mr.. Neal, the propri-
etor, darted out the door and dis
appeared. The safe contained sew
eral hundred dollars. The robbers
also escaped.
There are only three female white
prisoners in the Tennessee peniten-
tiary. Two of these are imprison-
ed Tor the murder of their stepchil-
dren and the third is serving a SEN
tence on charge of stealing mule.
OF the trio Mrs. Lottie Cummings
has been in prison the longest, hav-
ing been sent up from Knox County
October 10, 1898, for term of 20
years. She was convicted of the
murder Of her 10-year-old stepson,
Louis Cummings. She struck the
child with shovel at their home. a
few miles south of Knoxville, June
9, 1898, and he died in a few min
utes. She claimed that the boy
was very saucy and at the time be
was killed he was advancing on her
with an axe. Martha Nuckoll, a
Claiborne County woman, was sent
| up for three years on the charge of
stealing a mule. She is a young
woman, giving her age as % years.
She strenuously denies that she
committed the crime of which she
was convicted The reader is ia
miliar with the case of Mrs. Nora
Woodruff, who was recently sent to
the prison from Davidson County
for the murder of her stepchild,
after long contest in the courts.
The three prisoners are employed
in the hosiery department. Mrs.
Cummings mind Is said to be fail
| ing. Nashville American.