New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-20
af, went to Smith his master and narrated the full

between Mr. james and himself, telling biz master
that James wanted to meet him the slave ih.t
night at II o'clock, and that he had promised u o.
30. Smith, upon learning this, dele ~ 10 er'.'
out the Foundation of the Legfos story, aud acc iso
irgy he dressed himeelf in the siaves amt o. CLONES;
aud backing himself, rallied ont at The APPOINT"
hour TO meet Mr.. JoDes. So complete was VIC VI
gnise, that, with the knowledge Of the wnoIs .on '
versation, detailed by the Ignorant or
negro Smith succeeded in drawing i,cih hie uIuu,
pecting confdaufe the whole OF his plane h'aA'uh
an agreement TO meet him agaln. me sup oseu hesIo
vanished. The next morni"g Shhtu repoI'eu ="
Charley Sayton, jim Davis and Jlui orfneui WIN
Le bsd heard and j. was at once deci1ed 70 MURDER
A. lines Ncho ws. exI ccted to leave Orarge that
H., a,ont o'clock SIR. James chartered small
boat. and hired Mr.. Marshall 70 row LIN acfosa 'ne
'" pn,5 lanes and Marshall were in the boat, and
Narybai was standing up pushing off the boat from
boro when jim Davis notorious horse-thiei, and
he couparions, cane rushing down to the bank.
| lie boat was not more than dozen yards from the
bank, when jim Davis, with 4 terrible os'b, aimed
q revolver at MIR. James, exclsimlnR. with an oun
" You nrc the id Yankee scoundrel ihst tried
last night to entce nigeer5 away aud am going
| to shoot you the spot, You miserable toIei! MI.
Mafshall stood i'll front Of Mr. James, expOstulatlnY
with Davis, telling him he WAS mistaken IN the
man, and begging Him 10 spare Mr.. JgInce's he.
This intervention aroused all the beGstly fury OF
DAVIS, who swore lie would Kill both Of them, and
/ futiug the action to the word be fired upon Mr..
Mar,hall, who fell into the bottom of the boat,
| shou,in0 "Great God, what have you done T.
The ball entered the night breast, end passed nearly
through the body.
! They then put out in small boat and brought
| both James nud Marshsll shore, aud, securing
james. they laid Marshall under nn Old single sbcd.
where the hioeous monster, Charles SaxtOn, took
out lis Jack knife and BEGAN probe the wonnd for
the bullet cursnx Marshall for grooming at the pam
/ he was suffering. Marshall besoeched lin TO let
him alone aud in the name OF God to send for hia
wife and family that Le might zee them before
breath ug lis last. AT first this roquCst reiuscd
but after earnest entrca'ies the unieeng wre'ches
granted the dying mans only wish, and Mrs. Mar
shall with her family Of five email children, arrived
urt in time to witness the extinction OF the vi,aI
sIsIk Mrs. Marshall WIS so terlOly stricken WIZ
csef at the loss of her husband that she eurvivci
/ his murder but ten days. Her babe Of two years,
and bright little boy of Elk yeas, were laid 1t the
de of Il cir patents III two weeks after their death
/ Mr. Marsha was native OF the ~esiern part oi
Louisiana, n brickmaker by trade, and Lad always
! teen respected 90 AN honest and woodworking man
After these despeIadoes bad got rid OF Tie BODY 81
Marshall they turned their whole attention to Mr.
James. They carried him before tie CIVIL author-
ties, on tie charge Of enticiug negroes to desert
their masters. jim Davis produced several letters
which were known by loyal witnesses IN he Couri
to have been forged. and affirming under oath that
he found n esc letters in Mr.. James, coat pocket
4 The testimony was 70 strong and conclusive thst he
| was found gOiltv, and the sentence OF death WAS
/ I.reel MN Dy Inc bc tAfll i'll tic lO4tuopu
At nightill mob broke into the Jail, add drsgsing
Mr. James 20 the nearest tree, hung hln on the SPOT
After the body bad been suspended fifteen or twenty
minutes IL was cut down, and eight or ten bood-
thirsty fellows removed he corpse 10 tue Interior OF
| the ihil. In a few minutes DR.. 1iuson OF Orange,
and another doctor Of the same town, assisted by
/ the crew whose malicious perjury on the witness
sand lad been The cause Of tie seiteuce, began 10
mutilate the body, aud while doing 20, gave vent 10
/ the most horrible sentiments.
! Or. Ilueon cut out the heart and placed " In
glass pickle jar filed with Loutiana wbisky, aud
This murdered maL'r heart Las been soen by various
ye.sons his execution and II can be seen to-day
in the drug and paint store Of Dr. hgsou, IN The
town Of Orange. After this they actually tiled ont
all The fat irom tho iicsn aud divided II smong each
other for The oiling OF their i'earms. One Of tue
Doctors not Uuson, occurred the head and carried
IL home telling his wife boil il until all tbs flesh
should drop of. Mr.. Plummer could not at the
moment recolleot this brutal doctors name bot the
wife refused 10 have anyting 10 do viii Tie head,
and was horror-struck at the barbarors sighi. Her
husband mpcied her TO place the skull m a large
COPPER kettle and boil il for tevefa hours when lac
took charge OF it, told bis wife he had long desired
IN Al olilionGi's skail for his study, and now he
lad got one.
Charle, Saxon most inhuman man and daring
rohber gave ball n week or two after The murder
in honor OF the Vigilance Committee whose busl.
psss was TO cloan ont all Ant Slavery people FROM
Texas He invited all the Secesh Of Orange OF both
sexes to the ball, and rs an inducemen, to attend
The a-eembly ne told them be should exhibit genl
/ iue Yankee skull. He had borrowed The 'tul
from the doctor and fastening it TO shelf, placed
a candle ia each eye socket aud while inost oi the
guests looked on with eAul,ailOn aud satisfaction 70
behold the Ysbkee head, 10 made the remark that
Yankee candlesicks were decided Improvement
over the od-ashiOned ones" The females who
mingled IN thIs wicked oIgle wero the lowest crea.
turo- Of their eek, might DO expected. The next
morning jim Davis and Ssxton tied tho pieces Of
mutilsled iesh in meal bag, and threw 1t INTO The
/ Sabine River, supposing OF course, that when the
tide flowed it would float of but the bag kept float
ing 10 ana from for two dly-, until II Nr. George
Kneeend, whose houfe wac on the river bank, went
to SaXton aud DAVIS end told them If there was
any law In the land be would instantly prosecute
them 4 they did not remove the Iemains from tue
river and bury them properly.
/ Fearing this threat from Kneeland, who 10
earnest Rebel tho scoundres buried the portions Of
The body.
In order to fully convince your readers that this
fearful crime has beeu committed j will relate the
following incident. Mrs. Fieeland, a daughter o!
Robert jackson Of Orange, one OF the fret Union
families in Texas, was anxious TO borrow or pur-
chase large SIZED copper kettle, for the purpose OF
making preserves. She wGs well acquainted with
Mrs Doctor -, and knowing nothing az thai time
Of the diseectiog Of sir. Jsne.s body 10y sbe Doctor
che waited Mrs. - for tie purpose OF securing the
kettle. While there the conversation went nom one
point TO another until the Doctors wife told bo"
she was Obliged TO boil human skull III one Of heT
kettles, for her husband. Mrs. tfeclgnd was horr
fed and left the hoaee
The following persons will youch for the truth Of
the ttateneDts have made in relation TO tbo muir
der of Mr.. McKees a native Of Canada; Mr.. Mar
-lall, u mechanic Of Orange, AID Mr.. james, OF
Galveston, recently returned from CalIfornia:-
John Livingston, David Livingston, Samuel Lv
iugs,oD, chip carpenters ia Orange, Texas, three
! brothers.; Mrs. Nancy Jane Jackson, mother o.
Mrs Freelsnd; William jackson, her son, employed
| in fathers saw mill at Orange. Gowing Whom
plummer Mrp. Piummer and Albert Plnmmer, his
son, narrated TO me wlls stopping AT Pilot Town