The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1870-11-17


JACKSON, Miss, November 2.-Gen
eral w. f. Brantley was assassinated thi,
morning at o'clock, about half a mile
outside the town of Winona, Carroll
County.
TWENTY-FIVE BUCKsHoT STRUCK HIM.
Several persons saw the smoke of the
gun, but the perpetrator of the awful
deed was not discovered, though tracked
some distance into canebrake. 1t will
be remembered that his brother, the May
or of Winona, was assassinated some time
ago, while
SITTING WITH SOME LADIES
at concert. Afterward, Captain Con-
ner, member of the Legislature, rela-
ton of the Brantleys, was killed at Win
ona in difficulty growing out of the af-
fair. General Brantley makes the third
victim.
Such statement as the above would
naturally create some curiosity as to the
CAUSE OF THE TERRIBLE AFFAIR.
An Avalanche reporter has been en-
abled to obtain information in regard to
were concerned, and which may probably
throw some light upon these later tran
sactions.
In the year 1857, in the town of Con
zales, the county seat of county of the
same name in Texas, there resided Doc
tor Brantley, brother of the gentleman re-
Gently killed near Winona, who was en-
gagged in merchandising. The Munroe
brothers, John, Barney, and William,
lived in the same town, and were also en-
gagged in keeping store The parties
named were all in good circumstances. 1t
appears that the Munroe brothers en-
ployed as clerks two young men, David
and William Balzell. One of the Bal
zells, on account Of alleged impudence,
whipped Buford, slave of Doctor Brant-
ley. Buford- was known Familiarity as
Bufe," and was considered in those
days
'sMART Niger" ALTHOUGH A GRAND
RASCAL.
The day after the whipping, DR.. Brant-
ley attacked the Balzells, and was killed !
by David, who was afterwards arrested |
and bailed out of custody by his employ
ers, the Munroes. A short time after
DIR. Brantlcy's death, Neal Mccoy,
NOTED DESPERATE FROM MISSISSIPPI, /
who had been sent by the friends of
Brantley, appeared upon the scene. The
Doctor was a native of that State, and |
had emigrated to Texas but few years !
before his death. Mccoy had been resid- |
ing in Gonzales but few days when
difficulty occurred between him and the
Balzell brothers in the dining-room of the |
Gayoso Hotel, in which
DAVE WAS KILLED,
and William knocked senseless with a
slung-shot. He afterwards recovered,
however, and may now be living for
aughtwe know So far, there had been
but two lives lost. Mccoy was arrested |
and gave bail. Now the feud got warm
er and warmer. The Munroe brothers
espoused the cause of the Bolzells, and in
consequence were opposed to the friends
of the Brantleys. There was hardly a
man in the county of Gonzales who had
not at one time or another taken sides.
SOME WE'RE KILLED AND OTHERS WOUND
Among those who were desperately
wounded on the Brantley side our inform I
ant remembers the name of but one,
Mr.. Davis, from Choctaw county, Miss.
He received the contents of a gun loaded
with buck-shot through his left side, but
strange to say recovered. The surviving
Bolzell was momentarily expecting an at
tack.
HE MADE HIMSELF WALKING ARSENAL.
In these days, Western Texas was a
rather wild country; the law was but i'm
perfectly enforced and consequently ev-
cry one considered ''self preservation the
first law of nature" A Brantley man
and a Muroe man were deadly enemies.
They met but to engage in bloody af-
fray. Thus stood affairs at the breaking
out of the war in 1861. The adherents
of the respective parties went into the
Southern army.
TRANSFERRED TO MISSISSIPPI.
In the year of 1868, a young planter
by the name of Green, was killed at the
Bowman House, In jackson, Miss, by
Arnold Brantley, brother of Doctor
Brantley, and the same man who was
Mayor of WinUna, at the time of his death /
q few weeks ago. The affair it vas sup
posed grew out of gambling scrape, but
It may possible have been connected with
the feud which originated in Texas. Thus
it will be seen that the late affair in the
neighborhood of Winona, can In a meas
ure be accounted for. At last accounts
two years ago, William Bolzell was living.
He was member of the Tenth Mississippi
ri, cavalry regiment, and passed safely /
through the war. He proved himself . /
gallant soldier, and it is not thought If
Alive he would be- guilty of an sssassina-
ton. His life it 10 sale, after the death of
Dr. Brsntley. was disipated one. He
aDparenflv cared little for an szistsncs
and rssorisd to drink. He was native
Of VnRinih,