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The Whitworth-Allison Tragedy. Nashville, Nov. 16.—An unexpected sensation in the great tragedy came to day in an ante-mortem statement from George K. Whitworth as to the cause of the shooting. The document is as fol lows: Judge Allison, after his election as chancellor the first time, and before he had appointed me clerk and master, told a he a ae td that — for the salary atone, that he would not ap rans me unless I would divide the fees in that office; that I had to agree and did let him have part of them, a I paid him in checks; and all checks given by me payable to cash with a stub corresponding in date, payable to A. Allison, are for these fees, and besides other moneys I let him have in cash. In addition to thin Allison owes or money I had let him have out of the office, for which my bondsmen were lia ble, and then he owed me as clerk and master for loans made to him out of the general fund and renewal of loans pre viously made. I wanted Allison to se cure me in these amounts. He had got ten the money. I had taken it out of the funds of the office to let him have it, and he knew this, and when he went me word he would not settle what he owed me individually and only the abaecen of the amount owing the office, knew then my sureties would have this amount pay to my property was in sufficient, and I could not stand this I could not ask my sureties to pay back to the office what Allison owed, while Al lison could have secured it. When I was told yesterday by Capt. Heger what Allison would do, I became convinced that he was putting me off, and did not intend to secure anything, but let the matter go over until he could eeoee his son today, and then do nothe at all. Allison had bled me from the flrat, and I could bear it no longer. I gave Mr.Keith s statement of what he owed me and the office, and this with the other money I let him have and spent on him made him get, I believe, more money out of the office than I did. I did not kill Allison because he did not appoint me clerk and master, but be cause he was willing to let me be behind in the office on account of the money he had gotten and would not settle or se cure, which he could have done, and to be humiliated by this man, when I be lieved I had elected him. +. K. Wartworth. There is also a detailed statement of Joans which Whitworth as clerk and master made to Allison; 24 notes rang ing from $25 to $1,942, of various dates from August, 1985, to November, 1903, aggregating $0,706.61, besides $2,964.61 interest. Also loss on Tennessee Coal Iron stock, $5,000; loss on Louisville Nashville on advice of Stahlmen, $2,500; total, $26,261.22. Mr. Whitworth went into office Nov. 15, 1888. On the above paper there are four loans antedating the commence ment of his term of office. ‘The losses on stocks and cost of elwc tion are amounts paid by Whitworth for Allison. The funeral of the late chancellor, Andrew A. Allison, was conducted this morning with impressive services at the residence of the family, by Rev. J. B. Erwin and Rev. A. H. McFerrin, Jr. A large concourse of the dead chancellor's friends gathered, including many mem bers of the Nashville bar. Sentences Confirmed, Knoxville, Nov. 15.—The supreme court today affirmed the death sentence imposed by the Union County circuit court in the murder case of Clarence Cox and John Stanley vs. State, and sentenced them to be hanged on Dec. 22. Cox and Stanley are charged with the murder of Rice Snodderly and wife, an aged and respectable couple of Union County, last spring. Cox and Stanley succeeded in evading the law for several months, but detectives, through Cox's father, finally induced them to surren der, thinking they would be cleared, but the grand jury found true bills and the next day they were tried, found guilty and sentenced. They appealed to the last court only to have the sen tence affirmed. Both received the sen tence coolly, but Cox will certainly break down, while Stanley, who actually did the killing, will, it is thought, go through it to the last in this same defi ant spirit. The court also affirmed the sentence of death on General and John Kennedy, brothers, charged with killing a tele grap operator at Shell Mound, near Chattanooga, a year ago. The court set Dec. 17 as the day for them to be hanged in Marion County. (See on HOGS, Prof. 8 D. Westbrook, a prominent young teacher, died at Jackson last week. He was vice-president of the ‘Teachers’ Association of West Tennes see, and an educator of much promise. Revenue officers arrested George Wi iams, a moonshiner, and destroyed a big illicit distillery on Chilbowle Moun tain recently. ‘This is the second wild cat still destroyed at the same place within the past eight months. Mat Weiser, a well-known farmer of Boyd’s Creek, near Knoxville, was killed last week by his horse. The ani mal fell with his rider and rolled upon him, crushing him so bad that he died in an hour. J. B. Crandall, president of the Na tional Bank of Johnson City, was ar rested last week charged with making false statements as to the condition of the bank’s finances. Hogs are dying of the cholera in the eastern portion of Madison County very fast. There are more fat hogs ready to be slaughtered now than ever known before in the history of the county, and should the cholera become epidemic it would prove very disastrous to the farmers. Reports of the late election have been received at Nastiville from all but two counties. These have been tabulated, but no one will be allowed to see them until the canvassing board shoots are made up.+ There is a growing impres sion, based on careful figuring, that Evang’ plurality will be close to #,000.
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Bolivar Bulletin
Bolivar, Tennessee, US
Fri, Nov 23, 1894
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