Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-03
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A Sketch of C. n. Wilson, Ames'
New AppOintse in Lafayette
County, Mississippi
Another One of C%laytOns Blood
hounds Receiving the Reward
of his Infamy,
who is ". H. FOard7

In giving a sketch a day or two ago
Of Ames' military appOintees for the
rehabilitation Of Lafayette county,
Miss, We remarked Of two Of them
that we could nOt place them, but
that they were probably Of the same
stripe as their companions. one OF
these individuals was named q. n.
Wilson.
Since writing the paragraph We
have been kindly put in possession OF
his history by one who has known
him from boyhood, and it fully real
ICES our surmises in regard 10 the in
diyidUal in question.
Our correspondent, who by the
way Is q Northern man, after brlety
reviewing Wilson's birth and parent
age, and detailing a murder commit
ted BY him at the Troy N. " Thee
logical Seminary when he was only
fifteen wears old, gives the following
sketch of his subsequent career:
"After committing the murder at
Troy. he fed the country, and was
next heard of as the leader of q gang
Of gamblers In Memphis, where he
remained until the breaking out Of the
war, when he again went North. he
was then lost sight Of for awhile, but
turned up toward the end Of the war
as the infamous leader Of a band Of ne
gro jayhawkers, rayaging and laying
waste the northern portion OF LOUISE
ana.
"At the close Of the war he again
took UP his abode in Memphis, where,
in connection with a man named
Reed, under the firm tile of Reed d
Wilson, he opened = "real estate "
Office in the Odd Fellows Hall. This
business he followed for some time,
swindIing numbers Of your citizens,
but finally. becoming involved in
some piece Of villainy more baretaced
than the rest, he was compelled 70
leave Memphis and fed to Chicago.
"Exen this hotbed Of iniquity soon
became too small for him. He COM
mitted some crime there, and was
again forced to travel. This time he
turned his steps toward God-fOrsaken
Crittenden county, and in him Powell
CLAYTON found one of his readiest and
most inscriptions tools.
when, as you recounted, ut the
time the trial Of Grafton Crup was
going on, and Capt. Cook, the Judge
Advocate resigned, because he saw
that the Court was determined to con-
Wet and murder Crump irrespective Of
testimony, Wilson was on hand 70
step into Cooks shoes. He had no
conscientious scruples-nOt he. He
was ready TO convict "v one, and to
carry out the sentence 18th his own
hands If need be, and just such a man
CLAYTON wanted. He was instantly
commissioned, and lucky it was for
Oral. Crump that he was turned over
to the civil authorities.
His ready s~ubserviency and ODE
diance 20 C~iaytOn's behests, prOmul-
gated through Upham or Mayne,
secured him his superintendent as sole
Magistrate or Justice Of the Peace for
Crittenden county. This was the
first installment Of blood money
| see By your paper he is now apa
pointed by AmeS 10 the clerkship Of
the Circuit Court OF Lafayette
county. Miss. This is the second in
stallment. What viii be the third?
81 truly pity the Mississippians
who are TO be cursed with the pack OF
bloodhOunds that You have mentioned.
As 10 this man Wilson, a blacker-
hearted, dcerer-dyed scoundrel doe
not exist
This will DO ibr Wilson. There j.
still one of the gang 10 hear from-Une
W. II. FOard-syill not some CORES
pendent give u q sketch Of him?