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John Stanley and Clarence Cox Ac cused of Murdering Snodderly, The Union County Murder Mystery About to Be Cleared Up. Knoxville, June 4—John Stanley and Clarence Cox, charged with the murder of Squire Henry Snodderly and his aged wife in Union county on the night of February 8 last, were brought to Knoxville today and jailed. The murder was one of the most cruel ever recorded in the criminal annals of Tonnenoo. Sam Guinn, a grandson of the old couple, was in the house at the time of the double murder. He was sus pected of the crime and arrested, but afterwards released on account of In sufficient evidence against him. The identity of the murderer re mained a mystery for several weeks, when suspicion was directed toward Cox and Stanley. A reward of $400 for their arrest and conviction was of fered, $200 by relatives and #200 by the governor. The officers located the men about five weeks ago in Webby ville, Ky., but they ecaped arrest. The sheriff of this county and John G. Cox, father of the wuapec bearing that name, had a consultation about the matter. Cox promised to surren der the men to him, provided he was paid the reward, which hi wished to use in securing counsel for them. This was agreed to,and three weeks ago the accused men returned to the Eighteenth district of thi county, where they remained in hiding until this morning, when they were march ed to Knoxville under guard of four men. The pair deny committing the crime, but circumstantial evidence is against them. They went from Tennesse to Kentucky, and from there to Tiinole. While in Kentucky, Stanley says, he first heard that he was wanted for the crime. He wanted to return and give himell up, but was prevented from doing so by a letter from his wife, which said that he would be lynched when caught, Stanley is thirty-two years old and a miner. Cox is twenty, and haa always worked on a farm. Able coun sel has been appointed to defend them and developments are anticipat ed with interest.
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Johnson City, Tennessee, US
Thu, Jun 07, 1894
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