A Bluff City Man Accused In The Beating Death Of Another Man Last August Has Pleaded Not Guilty In Sullivan County Criminal Court. 59 Year Old James Fagans Is Charged With First Degree Murder, Second Degree Murder, Especially Aggravated Robbery And Aggravated Assault In The Death Of Herman Rumley. Rumley Was Found Dead Inside His Home On Woods Road On August 10th. Fagans Claimed His Brother Beat Rumley With A Piece Of Wood, But Investigators Said There’s No Evidence That Happened. Fagans’ Bond Is Set At 100-Thousand Dollars.