Blount County TN Archives News.....News Articles August 27, 1883
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EAST TENNESSEE NEWS August 27, 1883
Monday, August 27, 1883



About a year ago M.T. Bennett, a grocery merchant of Lebanon, was found dead

in the street near his home. A few days ago a colored man named Bernis

Richardson admitted to a colored boy that himself and another colored man, Dan

Ware, killed Bennett, who was also robbed of about $400. The murderers were

arrested and jailed.



On the 22nd inst., about six miles from Knoxville, in the 12th District of

Knox County, John McClain and George Gwinn lost their lives in a well which

was being dug on McClain’s farm. Gwinn went down into the well, in the

morning, and was overcome by carbonic gas and fell over and became

unconscious. McClain went down to rescue Gwinn and was himself overpowered by

the deadly gas. There was no one near to give aid to the men, and McClain’s

little children could only look down on the dying agonies of their father. The

alarm was given, and men came, and an unsuccessful attempt was made to bring

up the bodies by a man going down and tying ropes to them and they had to be

taken out with hooks.



Barn Burned---Mr. E.G. Jones’ barn, near town, was burned last Monday. A

colored girl named Pannell, living with mr. Jones, confessed to have set fire

to the barn, having been instigated by the threats of a boy named James

Russell. The boy and girl were both arrested and brought before Esquire Moore,

who bound them over to answer at the next term of the Circuit Court.



Mrs. P.J. Greenway, a venerable and respected widow lady of this place, has

been quite low for some weeks past, and in all probability will soon bid adieu

to the troubles of this world.



Mr. Hugh Gamble, of the 14th District, while mowing, in the meadow of Mr.

Samuel Henry, run his machine into a large nest of bumble-bees, and just at

this critical period his mower became clogged and his horses unmanageable, on

account of which Mr. Gamble and his team were severely stung. Finally Mr.

Gamble succeeded in unloosing and leading his horses to a barn nearby, and in

fifteen minutes one of his finest horses laid down and died.





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