Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-07-30


The WeaaOn AGfalFssThc Facts In
the CRse..The Parties Commit.
led without BRiI.sInsuIIIug
and IncendIRFy HRrRnEue Of n
CRFpet-Bag District Attorney.
HAzLEHURsT, July l6, 1870.
Editor ClariOn:-The trial of the
parties to the affair at Wesson came
Off last week before Justices Peyton
and Hilburn. The State sent down
Messrs. Lee and jacobson to pros
ecute. The young white men were
represented by Messrs. King and
Mayes, The evidence showed that
the negroes bought ammunition,
made threats Of attacking the young
men of Wesson, which threats com.
ing to the ears of the Mayor Of
Beauregard, he and his Marshal
went and notified the young men
at Wesson that the negroes were
coming armed. In q very short
time they (the negroes) came in
sight, hallooing and flourishing
their guns, when the white men
gathered what arms they could and
met the negroes-asking what they
wanted, when one of the negroes
fired, thus commencing the shoot
ing which resulted in the serious
wounding Of two white men, and
the killing Of three negroes.
This is the evidence in short.
These appOintees of Alcorn ON this
testimony bound the parties over
to Court without bail. The carpet
bagger jacobson made o violent
and incendiary speech. He said the
negroes had perfect right to have
shot down every one of the young
men; that the negroes were cow
ards and only went down to bully
the young men; that there was a
spirit of barbarism In the white
people here that kept them from
treating the negro as an equal
And turning to the negroes pres
ent, he said you are equal in all re-
: spect; why don't these white peo'
pie mix with you on terms o.
equality9 1t is because Of theil
prejudices. The testimony Of the
white men, he said, must be re-
ceived with great deal of allow
ance, but the negroes were swear
ing to the truth.
This sort of talk was kept up un.
Ill nearly the time for the train tC
leave for Jackson, when he jumped
| on the train aud went to his mas
ter, who, Lee said in his opening
remarks, had sent them down tC
elucidate the facts, not to prosecute
, anybody.
Now, sir, there Is no doubt in tn,
minds Of parties here that the or
ders were sent from Jackson t
D commit the parties to jail, for tn
I magistrates were seen consulting
, with Lee after the court adjourned
prior to rendering a decision. Tw,
0 of the negroes who ran off at tn
first of the fight, were also commit
ted without bail. If the white mel
were guilty Of murder, what Wer
the negroes guilty off, l have talke,
Q with many parties, lawyers an
others, who heard the evidence
and everybody, except the Alcor
pets, say there was not enough eVi
q dence to convict either of the par
tics of manslaughter much NOR
murder.
The young white men have ap
piled fora writ Of Habeas Corpul
!, which will be heard before Judg
Millsaps, at Wessen, on Wednesda
+ next.
n The talk ofJacObson was one Q
the most outrageous things eve
heard in any community. 1t wa
r we'll calculated to in1ame the mind
h Of the negroes, and we are satisfie
it is having its effect.
. have written just the facts i
n this case, as short as possible, think
ing the public would like to hea
the truth. Yours, truly,