Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-06-13
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We have now received the published tssti-
mOny OF the c8rOner'sjury which sat upon lle
bodies Of the two persons who were killed al
the Kelly disturbances az Mobile. II Anything
were needed beyond the obviously partisan
character OF the statements which were first
made public, TO show that the whole anar was
a negro riot, and nothing else, this testimony
~furui,hes positive evidence. Radical sheets
have charged that the disturbance was due 20
the % unreconstructsd rebel spirit dominant ln
Mobile 10 the al cd or the Whites towards
the mayor and the ehief Of police. The
testimony before the coroner completely
radicalism 7 fuse 30 receive The EVIDENCE since
the principal witnesses are radlcais-suoh men
a. Grimm, who edits the coiored organ, the
Nationalist Georse +. Harrington, who Was
colonel Of q colored regiment in the waI M.
Horton. who succeeds Mayor Wfthers by Pcpes
appointment while The foreman Of the jury,
Mr.. BroInoarg, is q leading radical Mr HOr-
ton, the acting mayor, ceclares cis-ipctly that
be anticipated no disturbance, ana thai up 70
the point when the pistol wac nfeo " IN the
air. he never saw a more orderly, meeting.
There is abundant evidence TO show that num-
bers Of The negroes on the grouad were
armed. Griffin testified that 1t IS q
very common practice with the cOlorsd
men 70 carry guns when they 90 to
RernogJ suJ - u ~ sS.Sy
20 show that q ha.f dozen whites were at all
concerned IN the disturbance As for Gen.
his duty. % is shown By the testimony that
Mayor Wlthers ordered all the police 10 ce at
MS disposal TO atleu4 lAe meeting. and more
over, that ne actually suggested the place where
the m citing was held as one less liable to dis.
turDznce than the gathering g Ouud first Sc
lsctHd. All this, be IL remembered. is radical
testimony: and 10 Is not only opposed 10 the
statements circulated far and wide TIA the radi-
cal gOurDals Of the north, but h directly con-
advances e. grounds for his summary removal
Of Mayor WitheB and other Mobile officials.
Upon the same subject the National
bs~teHigeaeer says:
The facts, a. we gather them. are briefly as
follOwS The negroes were in full force and
many ofthem we've armed Mr. Grimm states
that 10 - a very common practice with coll
ored men 10 carry guns when they 20 10 pub-
BE meetings" The chief OF police aFproaqhej
a ia. i'd Ties, whom he thouabt Wa one offbe
disturbers, 20 arrest him. Ia The meantime an
ambulance started and produced a comuaotisn
in one cart Of the crowd A colored man fred
4 plto.IH = FoRgesee IA the az. fhis
groes added 10 ihe disturbance by a per
feet fnsilade o. shots most Of them being.
dalton. The attendant whites. as a General
Thing were not armed, aud there is no eyi-
dencs 70 show that hall a dOz-n Of them took
anv part 10 the disturbance. There are 4
thousand Confederate soldiers In Mobile. Dos
any man suppose, thatM these had been in
not have cleaned out" in a brief space, ana
with deadly execution, the blacks, unaccus-
Rnt IN fafther proof OF the i-ndispositop Of
The whites 70 Interfere with the blacks Is the
fact Ia & long since a meeting Of the latter was
he'd, amid great parade, a. which thOusan1s OF
shots were hred by the blacks, who seem 10 re-
foice IN THEN neW-found liberty Of using he
arms.
As 10 the mayor, Il s in evidence thai be
ordered al the poiics force at mis- Command 10
be present at the meeting; that he suggested
the place, a. less likely % be disturbed th4n the
one first SPOKEN 81; and that he did not antici-
pate sny trouble. B8tif be had he was power
less. The militia force which the charter
placed at his disposal was isbanded ~ military
order. He had but twenty men, and hey were
detailed. Col. shepherd, the military COM
mandant. was on the spot, and Is much
pledged 70 tie maintenance Of order As the
mayor; bnt he Anticipated no disturbance, and
took no Steps 70 bring LIS soldiers on The
ground. aud though he attended The messing.
had Rone Of mis- troops within call, and when Ii
did take place had q be bis own orderly and
ride out in person 10 the camp
lis true chat tue report Of Gen. Pope alleges
that trouble was anticipated IND charges neg.
lect on the mayor. But this Is a gratnit0us
assum ptiOn, founded upon no evidence vet BE-
fore thu public, and reflects more upon Col.
shepherd than upon Mayer withers
The allegation Of Gen. Pope, on which the
OF Gen. Mithers was based. is contra ]
aleted by the sworn testimony Of Nees4z |
ufnhn, Horizon, and Others. II true, Il reflects |
a. much Oh Col. shepherd a the mayor. Nav |
more Tor Gen Ntthers did not attend the meet /
angi which Col shepherd did, aud 20 Ear from /