Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-01-12
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.
Military Justice In t,le PacAaIiks.
The louisville Glnrier saEa.

Z The Louisville Courier says:
We gave sometime back the history
of the cowardly assassination of an old
, citizen OF Mobile county, Alabama, BY
one Capt, Morris Schaff, L. &. a. ii
will be remembered that the old citizen,
: Col. Shepard, had a personal alteration
with Schsff, and challenged him. Schafi
had the old man arrested, and shot him
while unsrmed, uuTessting, s prisoner
under guard, Fer this act the coward
was court-msrtialed. The result OF this
sscret mOckery, called trial, we gather
from the Mobile papers of January Sd
SENTENCE OF MORRIS sCHAFF.
The foil >wing in reference to the case
Of Capt, Morris Schsff, who killed Col.
Shepard, of Mount Vernon, has been
promulgated:
The charges against Schsff were
First, manslaughter second, assault
with intent to kill; to both OF which
the accused pleaded not guilty.
The findings of the Court were First
charge, not guilty; second charge, guilty.
Seatence.-Six mOnths' imprisonment
at Fort Pulaski, Ga, and $500 fine.
Schaff. lett Atlanta on the Both ult., in
charge Of Major Dunn, Of Gen. John
Pope's staff, for Fort Pulaski.
Commenting on this the Times says :
The sentence inflicted by the military
commission in this case would have been
far better understood, had not that COM
mission, after the first days evidence
had been published, suddenly excluded
the public from the hall Of their deliber-
atiOns. As il stands now before the
world, it is impossible to accept that SEN
tence as seriously intended to infllct a
character of Capt Schaff from the deep
stain inflicted on it by the publication of
the evidence on behalf of the prOsecu-
ton.
The evidence makes out, uncontra.
dicted as it stands before the public, one
OF the most complete cases OF man.
slaughter on record, and mRnsIaughter
is even mild name for it. By that evil
| dence-4p proVOcatioE having been
shownA citizen, siXty-three years of
age, is arrested in that summary man
ner, which is Of itself an outrage on
law; he is brought under guard within
the precincts of a Federal citadel or
armOry, and before the officer to whom
he is to be entrusted even has had time
/ to inform him of the change, the supe-
/ rior of that officer rushes toward him,
! grossly abuses him, expresses his desire
]
mSn opening his breast and saying:
Shoot disaTmed man." the fatal shot
/ Is fired.
This is the case before the world, and
more aagrant homicide never was COM
mitted.
THE SHOOTING OF JUDGE BUsTEED.
From the Montgomery Ala Mail, Dec. %
IT, as is plainly intimated by the No
! bile press, the Radical District Attorney
| Martin was instigated to asssssinate
Judge Busteed for reasons not now appa-
rent, it becomes the duty of the new mil
itary commander to investigate the facts
of the case and discover whether the
Judge has been made the victim of q
conspiracy of which Martin was simply
the weak and wicked instrument. The
political bias of Judge Busteed since the
development OF recent events has not
been matter of doubt He has shown
himself honestly and firmly opposed to
the schemes Of Swayne, Horton & Co.,
to establish negro government in Ala
bams 10 defiance of constitutional law.
be dared TO do his DUTY and incur the
enmity of the secret leagues of Mobile by
punishing the military Mayor, appointed
by Pope, for violation of the civil rights
law. The radical element Of the State
had determined to crush him IL possible.
And they found il would be expedient to
crush him quickly. His court was in
session at Mobile. A test case for ap-
peal to the Supreme Court OF the
United States was being prepared
for trial before him. That test
case would have brought in question
the constitutionality Of the reconstruc-
ton laws aud prevented the accomplish
ment Of the designs Of the Swayne-
Horton party. No other certain test
case could be prepared in time for the
present term Of the Supreme Court. The
removal of Busteed and interruption of
his Court, would In all probability be
main feature in the work of preventing
an appeal to the highest tribunal Of the
land and of defeating the attempt to
subject Alabama to the rule of the negro
Radical party. Let the new commander
put these circumstances together, draw
tue inevitable conclusion, and get upon
the track OF the real assassins of Busteed. |
The Mobile Tribune, speaking of Mar
I'm, says: "ThOse who know him say
that he Is very weak man; incapable
OF originating and carrying out unsided
the bold and desperate undertaking
which he has accomplished. But there
are others besides Martin interested in
the taking off of Judge Busteed just at
this time; as well from a spirit OF re-
venge for what he has done as of fear for
what, as fearless judge, he may do, If
there be plot under the late cowRrdly |
act perpetrated In front Of the custom
house let the military take it in hand
trust nobody in the matter of ferreting |
short Of q West Point graduate"