Blount County TN Archives News.....News Articles June 19, 1878 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/tn/tnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Glenn Teffeteller glennt@icx.net August 19, 2005, 1:04 pm MARYVILLE INDEX June 19, 1878 Wednesday, June 19, 1878 The friends of Mr. And Mrs. William H. Rhea will regret to learn of the death of their youngest child, 5 months old, last Saturday night. Died, in the neighborhood of Morganton, Loudon County, Tenn., a few days ago, Barclay M. Russell, a well known citizen, near 80 years of age. His death was sudden, supposed to apoplexy. We regret to learn that Mr. J.N. Means died last Sunday. He was one of the best and most prominent citizens of our county, and was between 35 and 40 years of age. He leaves many friends to mourn his death. The father of Jackson called at our office today. He states that he resides at Barbourville, Knox County, Ky., that his son left home in April to sell patent rights, etc., but that he had not heard of his whereabouts till he received word of his being in jail in Maryville. The father looks like an honest farmer. McCarter And Jackson---Elsewhere will be seen an article from the Franklin County (Ga.) Register showing that J.C. McCarter was no “bogus” Sheriff. We admire his pluck, but think he went too far when he disregarded the law and attempted to take off Jackson at all hazards. In a card written to Sheriff McReynolds since his return to Georgia, he says that the horse and buggy belongs to one J.Z. Cooper, of Athens, Ga., and Cooper has also written to our Sheriff stating that he hired a horse and spring-wagon to Jackson for a few days, and the last he heard they were up here. He thinks the court could find several bad cases against him. On the other hand, a letter was received at this office, directed to the “Editor of the Democrat Extra,” from a Mrs. Jane A. Head, of Lawrenceville, Ga., who says that her brother hired the horse and wagon to Jackson, that she has confidence in him, and wants him released; this may go for what it is worth. We were to give the Jackson side in our last, but although at first seemingly anxious to give his statement, he put us off from time to time, and at length concluded that for the present he had better say nothing, but wait until time should prove his innocence. From Georgia---The Franklin County Register, published at Carnesville, Ga., after copying our account of the shooting which occurred between Jackson and McCarter, says: “In order to set our worthy Sheriff right with the people of Tennessee we make the following statement: He is the Sheriff of Franklin County, and a braver, truer-hearted man is not to be found in the State of Georgia. Neither is there a more popular Sheriff in the State than John McCarter. He is perfectly reliable, and the people of Tennessee may count upon everything he said to them to a syllable being true. But when pop-guns are fired at him in order to make him give back, they had as well shoot straws against the wind; and we can truly say, bravo, John! So, those in Maryville who did him so many acts of kindness have not only brought him under obligation to them, but our county at large, and will long be remembered. So far as the bond he had to give is concerned, it would not trouble him to have given one twenty times as large if he had have sent word to old Franklin. We hope the jailor of Maryville will hold Jackson until we get a requisition from the Governor, as there can be no doubt as to his guilt. As to Mr. Crump, he is one of our best and most popular citizens, reliable in every respect. In justice to our worthy Sheriff we ask that the Maryville Index please copy.” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tn/blount/newspapers/newsarti48gnw.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/tnfiles/ File size: 4.0 Kb