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Nashville Union And Dispatch
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
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A Negro couple, Jas. Drake and his unnamed wife, were ambushed and shot by two unknown persons near Brentwood on the Wilson pike while returning from cotton picking. The wife was wounded in the thigh and survived; Drake was killed by a shot to the heart. No clues to the murderers were found, and a verdict was rendered yesterday.
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A gentleman, returning from the city to his home night before last, when about two miles from Brentwood on the Wilson pike, discovered a negro woman lying on the road, who had been shot through the thigh. She was conveyed to a house near Brentwood, where she was properly attended to. The woman then stated that while returning in company with her husband, Jas. Drake, from picking cotton in a field belonging to Mr. Davis, they were fired upon by two persons, of whom she was unable to give the slightest description, and that she thought her husband was shot dead. Search was made for the body that night but it was not found until yesterday morning, when it was discovered that a pistol shot had entered near the region of the heart, passing through the body, and which must have caused death almost instantaneously. No clue has been found to the murderers. A verdict was yesterday rendered in accordance with the above facts.
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Two Miles From Brentwood On The Wilson Pike
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Night Before Last
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A Negro woman and her husband Jas. Drake were fired upon by two unknown persons while returning from picking cotton in Mr. Davis's field. She was shot through the thigh; he was killed by a pistol shot to the heart. The body was found the next morning, and no clues to the murderers were discovered.