– With James Oliver aged 20, in jail posses today still wee scouting the vicinity of Tennessee Outlaw Who With Companion Staged Holdup Is Still at LargeĬhattanooga, Tennessee, October 20. Carson’s pistol had fallen from his hand, but when it had been last discharged it sent a Roy lay within a few inches of Carson’s feet, with his pistol tightly grasped in his hand, and a bullet from the weapon has passed through Carson’s heart. They had met, renewed the quarrel and both were killed. In a few hours a negro man, walking toward White Oak Gap, on a public road, saw two bodies in the road, and supposed the men were drunk until he reached the space where they were lying, when he found they were dead. That they kept their word was shown with terrible truth. When they separated they were very angry, and each swore vengeance. Only meager details have thus far been procured. – Five miles from Ooltewah, in James County, Tennessee, twenty miles from this city, a terrible tragedy was enacted yesterday afternoon, in which two men lost their lives at each others’ hand. Two Neighboring Farmers Meet On a Tennessee Highway and Kill Each OtherĬhattanooga, Tennessee, April 20. Officers have set out with bloodhounds to run the robbers down. The place has no police, and the work of the brigands was not discovered until the morning, when they seem to have made their escape safely. In one store they found a safe, which they blew open and rifled. Not content with taking the easily portable property, they brought wagons along, and loaded them with the contents of the stores. Craig was slightly injured in the fight and tonight is being guarded in his room.Ī few nights since a band of robbers visited the town of Ooltewah, Tennessee, a village some fourteen miles from Chattanooga, and opened and robbed all of the seven stores in the place. Intense excitement followed the shooting. Either of the wounds received would have caused death and Womble expired in a few minutes, making an antemortom statement that Craig had invited him to his room, and then shot him from behind. Weapon then closing it he shot at Womble twice, one ball entering the abdomen and passing almost through the body. Craig descended and, standing over him, snapped the pistol several times. Half way down the stairs Womble fell exhausted from the wound. Finally Craig fired one fatal shot at Womble in the apartment, who immediately ran out into the hall, pursued by Craig. Womble called on Craig at this room shortly after noon today and the fight commenced behind closed doors and was a terrible one. What brought on the difficulty today is not clear. Craig, and the two never had a quarrel before this afternoon so far as known. Womble did not seem to have any ill will toward Mr. Early in December he was removed for causes not stated, but it is asserted there was nothing wrong in his in his affairs. Womble had been in Craig’s employ as a deputy. Womble, in the corridor of the Russell house, this afternoon. Craig, trustee of Hamilton County, shot and killed A. One Tennessee Politician Kills Another in ChattanoogaĬhattanooga, Tennessee, February 12 – Robert E. His death will but strengthen his brethren's faith.Ĭincinnati Daily Gazette - January 18, 1867 A mild, modest, quiet and unassuming gentleman, beloved of his family and a host of friends, his only offense was steadfast devotion to his county and unflinching adherence to her cause. Than Senator Case, treason never selected a more guiltless victim. Case, of Hamilton County, (Chattanooga) Tennessee, a member of the Senate of that State with two other Union men, were brutally assassinated by a rebel guerrilla named Frank Farris. The Idaho Daily Statesman - June 23, 1903Īnother bloody sacrifice has been offered up to the foul spirit of rebellion. The sheriff rays he has wired the Los Angeles authorities to arrest him. Henning was last heard from at Los Angeles. An autopsy was held and it was stated by the examining physician that the woman had been killed by a criminal operation. Henning was found to have been buried there. Hallett notified the police, with the result that a few days ago the body of Mrs. Hallett received a letter from Henning dated from a point in California informing him that Mrs. Shortly afterwards Henning departed, ostensibly for the west. Henning married Hallett's daughter at Soddy, Tennessee, on April 18, last. Henning, charging him with the murder of Mrs. Hallett, a highly respected citizen, has had a warrant taken out for the arrest of Walter W. Tennessee Man Investigates Death of Daughter.Ĭhattanooga, Tenn, June 22. Crimes and Murders - Hamilton County Genealogy and History - presented by Genealogy Trails
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