Democratic Sentinel, Volume 2, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 November 1878 — A Tennessee Tragedy. [ARTICLE]

A Tennessee Tragedy.

A terrible tragedy was enacted in front of the residence of John T. Gleaves, at Mount Joliet, Wilson county, last night, resulting in the death of Constable Warpool and John Cloyd, the former white, the latter colored. During a difficulty in the morning about packing cotton, Cloyd shot and wounded Winfield McWhorter. In the evening McWhorter’s friends procured a warrant for the arrest of Cloyd, and Constable Frank Warpool was deputized by a magistrate to arrest him. Warpool summoned John Osborn, Dr. Raymer and James McWhorter to help arrest him. They started in pursuit of Cloyd, and, arriving at the house of John Williamson, colored, found -Williamson armed with two pistols and a gun. They arrested him and started toward Green Hill, thinking they would find Cloyd there. When in front of the residence of Gleaves they met Cloyd, whom Warpool endeavored to take into custody. Cloyd resisted and shot Warpool, piercing his forehead, killing him instantly. Warpool fell dead immediately. Dr. Raymer was seriously shot through the arm and thigh by two men who escaped.— Nashville ( Tenn .) paper.