----- Original Message ----- From: Ernie <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2001 12:35 AM Subject: Murder near Troy, Obion Co. GLEANINGS FROM THE FAYETTEVILLE [TN] OBSERVER NEWSPAPER Fayetteville (TN) Observer, Thursday, June 2, 1881 p.3 col.1 KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY Murder of a Former Citizen of Lincoln County. [Nashville American.] A most horrible murder was committed on Thursday night, the 26th inst., near Troy, Obion county. Richard MCCREE lived about two miles from Troy, and started for his home on foot, his horse having disappeared from the hitching post on the square. He carried a lighted candle in his hand. When within a mile of his home, he was attacked by unknown parties and killed. When found, he had a long cut on his face and several gashes on his head, evidently inflicted with an ax. Squire Bonner held an inquest and a verdict was returned that the deceased had come to his death from blows inflicted by unknown parties. MCCREE was a dissolate character but was well connected. He had when he left Troy about $100 in his possession and some persons probably knew this and waylaid him. His pockets were turned inside out, and his money was gone. He formerly lived in Lincoln county, in the vicinity of Boone Hill.