Nashville. T< t-n., February 24.—(Special.)
A report reached the city last night that
a party of grave robbers hid been fired
on In the eleventh district, but not much
Importance was attached to it until today,
when the dead body of Nathan Huggins,
cclcied. was found neir the old Bradford
grave yatd, five miles southwest of the
city.
Eli Jones, who was killed near there
by Tent Carter last Saturday, was burled
Sunday, and ns many robberies hu,ve oc
curred in the neighborhood, Alex Johns,
Torn Vass. Ralph Odum and Jesse Smith
were selected to guard the grave for a tow
nlghta.
Last night two whit® men, sutnosed
to be connected with one of the local medi
cal colleges, drove out to the graveyard
and secured Nathan Huggins, who w-.s a
h« use boy at Van Leer Kirkman's, to
guide them to the grave.
They were seen approaching by the
guards, and as scon us two ot the nun
reached the grave they fired.
Sr mo eno was hen id to exclaim, “Oh.
Lord, you have shot the wrong man.’
Both guards and grave robb--rs ran. nnd
It was not known until Huggins’s body
was found that any one was killed.
Coroner I.ambeth Investigated the case
nnd the jury repr rted that Huggins was
killed by Torr Vass. Warrants were sworn
out against all the parties, charging Vass
with murder as J rlnclpal. and the others
as accomplices. Ed Johns and Ralph
Odum have born arrested and Vass and
Htnilh wul be arreried Tne tffah being
closely Investigated and an iffort to ascer
tain who the white men are. but ns grave
robbing is a penitentiary offense, the par
ties interested are keeping very dark. It
Is known, however, with which college tho
men are connected.
