Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-29
COAL OIL WIsSLER.
Ne is Committed 10 Jail in Default Of a
Bond Of S2000-The Business and
Growth Of Corinth.



CORINTH, MISS, July q, ISL
The champion coal oilist, G. II. Wiss-
Ter, was tried on Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week, result
ing in his being sent TO Jail in default
of a bond for two thousand dollars, to
appear before our next Circuit Court,
TO answer such charges as the Grand
Jury may prefer against him. The
man of many emplOyments, q. Willy
Wells, United States District AttOr-
ney, came up from Oxford, leaving
his official duties to care for them
selves, and plunged with a lovely
abandon into the defense. The pris.
Oner was arraigned befOr Squire Will
liams, and the first move for the de.
fense was a motion by counsel to pris-
Oner to require ESQ uires Mask and
D0dson to sit in the cause with Will
liams-One of the coolest pieces of
cheek ever witnessed in these benight-
ed parts.
Brother Wells, upon information of
the arrest Of Wissler, Immediately
telegraphed him in hot haste in sub
stance as follows: "HaVe no cOmmu-
nicatiOns with any one, make no ad-
missions, go to jail If necessary; / will
be up on Monday and will teach those
blockheads a lesson" Well, this
leaked out, and all the citizens with
any prominence of caution in the
chronological development, left town
incOntinently with what little
Of their valuables they could has
tily get together, fleeing to the
mountains of Hepsidam; the place
was almost depOpulated by the
hegeira. Fortunately however, this
scOurge did not get in on time. Some
thoughtful cuS5, who preserved his
presence Of mind even in this grave
emergency, and who had evidently
studied strategy as a high art during
the late unsettled political weather, so
called, ran down the railroad and
broke bridge. Now, the true cause
OF the disaster near Grand Junction
is Ievealed-the desired object was
obtained, and it gave the good peo-
pie time to put their houses
in order. Now is not Just a lit
of it, that lately when some of
our best citizens were arraigned be-
fore the courts OF the county, charged
with thrashing, in moderation, some
negroes who had been depredating
upon their hen rOOsts, the Governor
Of the te,lwith a cOmmendable zeal
for the repression of crime and law
lessBess in the land d,apprOpriates large
sums of money of the secret service
fund, TO the amount of a thousand dol
lars or more, and fees the ablest cOun-
sci in the land to prosecute.
All this was well, very well. But
here comes another case. A fiend,
with the outward seeming of man,
robbed his victim, and then threw
burning lamp, filed with coal oil,
upon him, burning the miserable
man TO a crisp, and all to conceal the
evidence of his crime, and lOl the
"eminence" at Jackson speaks not at
all. These things may OF may not be
all right, but we read in them a very
correct commentary upon affairs in
our country. During the trial of
Wissler, an incident occurred that de-
serves to be put upon record. The
prisoner, upon some occasion, had
been removed some distance from his
guards, at night, with only one guard
near him. He had already showed
signs of much uneasiness-enOugh to
put the guard upon the alert, when
Wissler suddenly asked the guard if
he had a pistol. The reply came
without hesitation, "No, but have
bottle of coal Oil in my pocket, with
plenty of matches; so, be careful" "
No attempt at an escape was made
that night. Like most doctors, he
preferred not to take his own pre-
scriptions. Well, this little city
is putting on considerable style,
building some ten or a dozen large
business houses; in fact, improving
faster than any other inland place on
either line of road. Then they have
prospects of line being opened at
an early day, the one to Nashville
the other to ElytOn. Scarcely a day
passes but some stranger comes among
them looking out an investment for
his money, and this establishes the
fact that the town is on the high road
to prosperity; for when any place
offers inducements to the outside
world sufficient to induce people to
come among them and invest their
then the road out of the will.
has been discovered.
What, with their railroads, cotton
and wooden factories, insurance COM
panies, geographical position, fOun.
dries, machine shops, ETC., they are
bound to be a city. So hush your
fuss, says SIMPLE SIMON.