Date:
Sunday, September 4, 1887 (all day)
A Diabolical Deed.
The Brunswick Mystery Solved
A Cowardly Man of Wealth Wreaks an Awful Vengeance.
Three White Wretches Brutally Murder and Sink a Negro.
The Blue Ribbon Crime in Point of Premeditated Plans and Cold-Blooded Execution – Coffman's Story.
For cold blooded, devil-inspired, diabolical deeds, the murder at Brunswick, in this county, twenty-two miles from Memphis, on the Louisville and Nashville road, stands at the top of the list. There is no insanity dodge or self-defense plea to urge in extenuation of the crime, but the sworn evidence goes to show a carefully studied and deliberately planned murder, after the victim had been reduced to a state of perfect helplessness...
The Memphis appeal. (Memphis, Tenn.), 04 Sept. 1887. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress. <http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84024448/1887-09-04/ed-1/seq-1/>
