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Show TRAUEDif IN TENNESSEE Chancellor Allison's Body Fairly Riddled With Buckshot. Nashville, Tenn. Nov. 14. Of all the many tragedies Nashville has experienced, ex-perienced, the most appalling was perpetrated per-petrated today. Chancery Court Clerk. George K. Whitworth shot and instantly killed Chancellor Andrew Allison in the upper up-per hallway of the courthouse in thib city today at about 12:45 p. m. He fired both barrels of a shotgun Jaded with buckshot and about tvreftty-two of the shot took effect in the breast and side of the chancellor, who fell near the stairway, easped once or twica and died. Only one man, Juseph II. Ack-len, Ack-len, saw the tragedy. The chancellor had just adjourned his court and left the room, entered the hall and was about todeeend the steps. Whitworth, who was in the lull, said: "Oh, judge," and as he turned fired at him. Acklen rushed to him and as he didEO heard two Bhots behind him Turning he saw that Whitworth had shot himself with a pistol. After the uiot uriug deputy uiem - west ran out Irom . his room into the hall and saw Whitworth shoot himself the first time. He called to him and Whitworth told him to stand off, and backed away from him, preparing to shoot himself again. West grappled with him, but too late, worth was perfectly cool during and after the affair and expressed no regrets, re-grets, but deBired to know if he had killed his man, stating that no man who had treated him as Allison had could live in the same county with him. The body of the deid chancellor wa9 removed to his home and Whitworth Whit-worth was taken to his. Whitworth Whit-worth is Btill alive, but is sinking rapidly and his death is expected before be-fore morning. It was generally believed during the afternoon that Whitworth killed the chancellor because herefueed to re-appoint him. The facts later developed do not sustain this theory. From men familiar with the transactions between the two, it is learned the cause othe tragedy was the failure of Allis-.-a to settle or secure a large sum due 1 ym him to Whitworth for money loai&d, said to be about $2o.. F( several weeks efforts have he'eh made by Whitworth to secure a settlement, but without success, finally arbitrators were appointed, Samuel J. Keith, a prominent banker representing Wliit-worth, Wliit-worth, and T. M. Stej-er, a leading lawyer, law-yer, acting for Allison. For soma days they had been trying to bring about a satisfactory settlement and today Whitworth was informed that they could accomplish nothing. The Bhootina followed. Last Sunday, it was announced that Whitworth would not succeed himself, and it was feared trouble would result immediately by 6ome. ' The entire city was dumbfounded when the news Epread abroad that the chancellor had been killed by his derk. Chancellor Allison was about fifty-two fifty-two years of age, and had just begun bis Becond term of eight years, having been re-elected in August last. George K, Whitworth was about forty-two years of age and was an active ac-tive democratic politician. |