The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-02-23

and told him or his wife, have forgotten which, that
the clerk of the store had asked him to call by and
tell Mr.. Mitchell 90 down and take some money to
pay for some cotton a had there to sell. He
went, and upon reaching the store the clerk told him
he had sent no such message and warned him that
vilany was designed. He thought not; got on his
horse and rode off His body was shortly afterwards
found on the road with ball in the back of the head
and his money gone.
We find in the New Orleans Republican of the 18th
the following in regard the capture of the murderers
About three weeks ago Captain Cain was informed
that Mr.. A. MITCHELL wealthy citizen of Clinton, La
had been murdered and robbed The family requested
the services of officer hunt out the perpetrators
Special Officer Cunningham was dispatched to work
the case, and succeeded after a tedious and perilous
trip through this State and Mississippi. Having
learned who the murderers were, he traced them to
Liberty Mississippi, where after fight during which
one of the men were shot dead, he succeeded in ar
resting two McCoys father and son, known as very
desperate fellows. Mr. Cunningham will arrive here
to-day, provided the roughs in that section do not
waylay him for having arrested the McCoys
THE GAINES CAsE.-Louis Janin writes to A. Roch.
Co., of New Orleans in reference to this case
and we extract the following from the letter. Of
course Mr.. Janin would like to be employed in the
case, and in all probability he should and will be;
If Mrs. Gaines had United States patent for this
land, in the name of Daniel Clark, approved by the
Surveyor General the General Land Office the Secre-
tary of the INTERIOR and signed by the President of
the United States, it would righten many people, The
simple by Mrs. Gaines of such coming
patent has, am informed, driven many persons into
compromises. | saw on the 10th ultimo at Washing
ton, the survey approved by the Surveyor General,
and the patent extended at length and sent with the
approval of the General Land office to the Secretary
of the Interior for supervision. The letter which
Immediately addressed to the Secretary of the Interior
stopped the signing and issuing of the patent and pro-
duced from him order for further inquiry and the
production of proof.
If Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines We're to institute suits
upon this claim, whether patented or not she would
inevitably lose them, unless the defence was as badly
prepared that of Chew and Ref her adversares in
her original suit. But if the patent is refused she
never will bring suit upon this claim Or threaten one
also promise, though it be matter of supereroga-
tion that it shall be udically established that Mrs.
Gaines is entitled to land whatever under the title
she relies on and that the money she has received
by compromises under this claim shall be refunded as
having been obtained by false pretences. The main
point therefore, is to prevent the issuing of patent.
This requires evidence costs for copies of Deeds plans
and TRANSACTIONS, limited expense and the services
of lawyer in Washington, D. c. where the matter is
to be decided, and lawyer in New Orleans where the
evidence is to be searched for and prepared.