Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1871-07-22
Correspondence Of Memphis Appeal.

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suspicion. There was u Memphis
curbstonc broker who invested
heavily in 1861 in Richmond Sc
curitieR. He went to Oxford, Mis-.
sissippi, and finding that he held
$4,000 ofthc'bogus stuff that camc,
it was alleged, from genuine plates,
transferred from the father, in Rich
mond, to the son, in Cincinnati, the
Spectator died of chagrin. There
is a fat, oily looking property,hold-
er who won wealth On Fourth
street, by dealing in Wisslcr cngra-
wings. The family is now unit
Macon, in Noxubee county-is
blessed in the presence of these
artists. The son came down from
the West soon after the cessation of
hosrilities, and in Macon a happy
reunion of the two warning wings
OF Federal and Confederate patriot
ism was effected. His home was in
Winston, where he effected a tempo
rary matrimonial alliance with a
"grass widow" His nul,tial ar.
rAngcments were not al:o 5cther
happy. The grand jury was about
to indict tho woman, or both parties,
for bigamy, when a wcll-known
lawyer interviewed, and by stating
that a divorce would be secured for
the wife from hor other husband,
tie good-nSturcd jury suffered the
blessed pair to i've in adultery and
ropose, While they still dwelt in
Winston county, Acorn appointed
the husband a justice Of the peace
for Noxubec county. Wis1ler went
to Macon and began . wonderful
judicial career. Barbour Lewis
military commission in Memphis,
marvellous IA were its DEGREES, was
commonplace when contrasted with
the judgments Of W:sslcr's high old
court in Macon. Wissler's first
business in each trial WAS to deter
mine which Of the parties TO Il com
plant had money, and against this
orc Judgment was always rendered.
His bills Of cost were models Of
conformity to statute law. The
rush Of business did not admit OF
hin making out bills of particulars,
and he levied costs for three OF four
times tho amounts fixed by law.
He was growing rich unhappily
the Circuit Court held its session,
and by some means n wicked Sller
if, another OF Alcorn's appointces,
secured possession of WiSSler's
magisterial books. These showed
that Wisslcr had collected large
sums due the county, OF which he
had, by the merest accident, for
gotten to make proper returns. A
grand jury, seven black and wen
white Radicals, found many true
bills for enlightenment against the
unhappy Wissler. He gave bonds
tor $4,000 for his appearance at the
next term of the Circuit Court,
soon to be held in Macon. Mean
while, Alcoru's proclamation offer
ing $1,000 for the conviction ofesch
Ku-kIux, presented a fresh and un.
explored field of activity for "Coal
Oil Charlie" He entered it with
vigor. lie and Thomas Jefferson
Reed, Esq, cx-agent ofthoSoutherr
! Express Company ut Macon, be-
came chief managers OF ~ magnifi
I cent scheme ofperjury and plumber
For Reeds history as a "good man
| refer you to Col. Hamilton OF
O'Neil, of the express company
I, They can tell how the office at Ma
t con was robbed OF S9762 how Reer
. was tried, and how tire Generalissi
mo Amcs, thon Governor by thu
y grace of Grant, caused Reeds cas-
e to be transferred from the Radica
: Circuit Court, with Radical and ne
r gro %juries, to a military commission
! Reed, of course, guiltless and limo
cent as a dove, went scot free. IL
y was not, however, rcappOinte,
agent of tho Express Company,
fact that eau Led the protoundes
4 astonishment. When Alcorn'
$4,000 proclamation appeared, Rec
:, became Deputy United States MAJ
h shall, and he aud Wisslsr went int
n business quite prosperously. Rec
I, was Sheriff OF Neshoba county for
e time. Like Wissler, he couldn
keep books, and was Incapable {
= making returns. A malicious NJ
gro grand jury in Neshoba, curiou:
~ ly enough imagining that it was
If SheriifS duty who had collecto
v money to pay it to plaintiffs i
executions, found divers indie
" mOnts against Reed, and the poo
e. prosecuted fellow migrated to No.
+, ubee. These indictments are sti
n pending, and, since Wissler's trit
!; must occur when the Noxubee CT
: cult Court sits, and his guilt is Q
tablished by his own entries in h
own books, he has caused himac
to be ordered to Washington tn
he may recito the horror OF X
It. Kluxism before the Star Chamb,
al Committee. His bondSmon in M
No con, good Radicals, thinking til
~ Wissler might never return, sure
- derod him to the sheriff. WHSLE
'o and others ofhis sort, ARE supports
~ in Macon by a squad Of Unit
u States soldiers. Sheriff Moore W
~ threatened with resistance if he
: tempted to incarcerate "Coal {
Chspliey" hut Moore, undismaye
.,s sefzefthe betrayed and unfortuna
man and bore him to the dungeo
'n Charities father and mother, late