Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-01-29
MURDERED.
}. D. WaGOrd Executed by the
ESiIItiR.
the Doings of Clayton in she City
Lies and ExuEiaaions Of 1he
Negro Press.

The crowning deed has been done
Another notwithstanding crime has beer
added 60 the long and bloody list already
charged to the account of the Infamous
o dstestabie scoundrel and murderer
hat we alphabetically have allowed to
march around our streets with ali the
insOlent brsvsdo OF royalty, when he
/ ought to have been in chains.
We have already made 0 readers ia
miiiar with the sickening details OF the
murder Of Harvey, MeAlEster AID Tlcer
Fhey were taken out without even q sem
lance Of trial, law or right, and muir
dered. Two other prisoners were repre-
,ented a. being held in the jail at Mari
on-Waford and Crump. After having
neld and tortured these two until No
more could be eXtorted from them, either
n money, gifts or otherwise, It was q
lay or Two ago determined thst War
iOrd, against wBCm nothing could
De found, but who would, II turned loose,
be q witness against shem, must Ole.
In order that 6 s~eInblance Of law might
oe had as an excuse for the bloody deed,
4 e" court martial" or military commits
sion was summoned from smODg the
crowd, who were to be at once Judges,
sccusers, witnesses, snd all. They were
negroes, all Of them-or lower IN the
scale Of humanity-and most OF them
nRG been engaged in every robbery, rape,
and murder, that hEG been committed
IN the county. Few or none OF them
could read, and SIl had ths death Of the
victim nearest their heart, IS s measure
necessary to their own personal safety.
Ged knows what for, or by what SEM
0lsucs Of trial, but failing in obtaining
their demands, they determined that
WaaOrd should die; and they executed
the sentence, SIS we stated was tbs runner
yesterday, on Wednesday,
Now that the prisoners, or ct least
WaffJrd, is beyond resch Of harm from
them, we assert that q proposal was
made to gentlemen in this city, by the
officer commanding st Marion, 10 release /
Wsford on payment Of tlco thousand
dollars.
ruls finishes ths drama for the pres
ent, but Just so sure as God exists, we
viii live 10 see this villain and subOrner
OF villains hunted down and punished
for these infAmies. The curse Of blood
IS upon him and them, and Will surely
work its own vengeance.
While this scoundrel was in the city
ae was surrounded by an army Of police
and detectives, kindly furnished him al
tbs i~nstigau0n Of a few hypOcritical
~vss wno affected to believe that al
m. would be made on MS life. We
10 such attempt was cOntem-
now thaI did those who affected
Isred s1d - visited, we are told,
rbersise. Haw ", By "lOysiists,"
p his oroso IN ts-so - and admir8-
no went out Of ~frieu0sn., 7sCeSs' "to
on, and 1" hu hIUr" and
ent out Of fear and criagjag.
AS an illustration Of his uUrsl cha.
Z 20 show how thoroughly he Wss
entitled with the Plymouth Rock hyp. l.
ritlcal P~uritanism, We are told that on ia
lndsy, while his psrson, OF the chap th
10 Of his staff, as he is gFandiloquenliy X
lIeCi wa praying il his IOud5sa and b
oSt unctlOus maBner-iitersily wrest- 10
= With the L0Td-tO punish the ID st
oeI5 and bless and MAKE rich his chosen Ia
rant Clayton, that worthy was play 81
poker IN the negroes cabin of the vs
S Arc.
The steamer Richmond has suIIled its
bins torever-tor it bore the cu5-throat Il
d assassin away ron Gur city yester-
A curse follow him and ais until
retriOution which is u to come. ~
sFtskes and destroys him. ~
, vou uapf Good ola AFarfLL1-- lid eE