The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-06-11
FOUL CRIME IN
DARK HOLLOW
AL0ESNoN ErHERiooE. PROM.
NkNT CITIZEN. WAYLAIo AND
MURDERED At LONG BRIDGE.
DIRECT CLUE TO MURDERER
Stick With Which Crime Was Commit.
ted Essily Traced 10 It's Owner
Landlord Of ciaymors Tavern
In the roIls--tts Denies
His Guilt

last evening Shelby's clean record
was blackened by outrageous crime.
Some time after nightfall q carter
was driving home by Factory road,
when. Just 40 he was nearing Long
bridge. he came upon the body OF q
man lying without movement and
seemingly without life.
Knowing that In all probability an
hour might elapse before assistance
rould arrive In the shape Of another
basser.by. hs decided to carry his
ttory straight to Claymore tavern. I,
vas fortunate his horses were headed
that way instead Of the other. or he
might have missed seeing the skulk,
Ing ngure which slipped down into the
ravins with . short cough. hurriedly
choked back He could not SEQ the
face or identity the figure. but hs
knew tho cough. He had heard Il q
hundred times: and. saying to himself,
That's John Scovilie.' no whipped hil
horse up the hill and took the road 70
Ciaytnore,
And no was right. A dozen fei
lows started up at his caii. but SEQ
Vile was not among them. He AaA
been out for two hours; which. the
carter having heard, he looked down,
but said nothing except Come along.
boyst I'll drive you to the turn OF
the bridge
~nn.s.. Just a. they were starting SEQ.
vile appeared. He was hatless and
disheveled and reeled heavily with
liquor. He also tried to smile. which
made The carter lean quickly down
and with very little ceremony drag
him up into the cart. so with SEQ.
VILE amongst Thorn they rode quickly
back 10 the bridge. the landlord
coughing. the men all srimly silent.
'one lash OF tho lantern told the
dismal tale, The man was not only
dead. but murdered, His forehead had
bean battered in with knotteG stick:
On his pockets hung out empty; apc
from the general disorder Of his dress
4 was evident that his watch had
besn torn away by ruthless hand.
Bot the face they failed to recognise
tiii some people. running down from
the upper town. where the alarm had
by this time sprcad, sent up the shout
Of It's Mr.. Etheridgel Judge ostran.
Oars great friend. Let some one run
and notify the judge
But tho fact was settled long be.
fore tho Judge came upon the scene,
and another fact, too. In beating the
bushes they had lighted on a heavy
stick. when Il was brought forward
aud held under the strong light made
by . circle Of lanterns big movement
took place In the crowd. The stick
Aad been recognised Indeed, II was
well known to Ill ClAymors men. They
had seen Il In Scovilles hands .
dossn times Even 10 could not deny
In ovnsrrhip. explaining. I lost II In
these woods this Afternoon. hadn't
anythins to do with this killing
He had not been accused: but hs
found Il Impossible 10 escape Aftse
this, and At the instance of Corsnsr
iiainsa 10 was carefully looked over
and = email red ribbon found In one
Of Aia pockets. He was Immediately
ynt endsr arrest and taken to the city
lceaup."
A later paragraph:
The detectives were busy this
nxninx. going over the whole ground
IN ths vicinity Of the bridge
-Thsy we're rewarded BY two impor
tant discoveries. The impression OF d
fccs m a certain soft place hallway ~
Tho blsff; and . ssnsii, heap Of tresA
earth near BY which, on being daS
fnkc. revealed the watch Of the muir
de~sd man. The broken chain lay
With T.
~yAs footprint has been measured.