The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-09-02

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scd bsH4 without ubf d.tuf5
tbce bi at meht, about u.ll
There remained 90 snllI roYlo I ua.
gr.c- around ihn depot anI ou f.
'reoia aIl ~ riam lgrgnt Do a.oDl
u 'onco irm ilo Insu. sul fhr.c
urgrocl were LcnfIug drums and
hfr we're rhyiu ou ih- depot plat
from. audit wAs qa1rt of closing 0l
the %joIihcation IT tbo pleasure Of
the dayv hen the difficulty occurred.
w. lnss was drinking, aud prov
cd 10 have been very drunk at this
time, and he came staggering 10 the
depot, and remarks were made t0him
by tlc negro s, tantaliziug Him about
biz condition aud some of them
caught hold Of him aud were m
noyibg him when he Attempted to
open the shutter ol the depot house,
aud had one OF them open, when one
OF the negroes who had been troub-
ling linn came up aud pulled him
out Of the wiudow aud then the boy
VIII was killed jumped upon the plat
form and pushed hcshuttcrs togctll-
or upon Pass as he attempted to en-
ter the window, and Pass having bad
his knife open in his hands which he
had motioncd at the negroes from
the first beginning of the aliair
when they attempted to approach
him, struck back without looking,
and evidently with the intention of
scareing the negro back, and, unfor-
tunately for HIM, the blade struck
the negro and entered his hcart.-
The negro ran about twenty steps
md fell dead. This created n trc>
mendous excitement, and the me-
grocs rushed Upon Pass to mob him,
md he surrendered to Mr.. Bob Greg
who had the greatest difficulty in
tecpil 6 the negroes from taking
Pass by violence and killing him in.
and in this melee, or just
Pass surrendered, and while
Narding oil the approach of the me-
sroes, he cut and wounded another.
Pass was entering the room of the
used by passengers waiting on
he train, to lie down so as to get
'obcr and the negroes had no right
o disturb him, but seem to have
lone 80 for mischief.
Mr.. Pass has the reputation of
icing a very poaccablo man and
; of good family and lives in Gren.
da and was on u visit to Col.
v atson, his brother iu-law. who
yes near CORTLAND. lie has n
who ia nm attorney in Gren-
da, and 1t is to be regretted that he !;
let his appetite steal away his {
hind and place him in the condition !
I the brute, and while in that con-
ition do an net that he hardly knew
nc slightest tling about when done, ,
nd which has brought the blood of |
human being npon his head and {
vengeance of the law, which it Is I
10 duty OF a jury Of the country to h
~ whether il is murder or not q
isone ofthose unfortunate difficult 4
which oil so much deplore and I,
YES rise to so many infamous cow q
Io'y hes upon the cause by Nor e
lern spies in our midst, of politics ,
cling at the bottom of all mere per- =,
NAL difficulties in the South. /,
here was no politics connected .
this AFFAIR." in any way, although ;
Iere had been q political meeting :,
the day time in the town, and 8
rose parties were present on that !,
yet, Pass and the negroes :
no were at the depot were stran- !
RS to each other and nothing was :
id upon the subject, and he prob !
never saw the negro he killed :
fore a few minutes before the kill. !.
&, and only then when tho negro ;,
okc to him. The citizens of :
'urtland greatly regret tho occur
nee and havo. done every thing to :,
I'VE a speedy trial and justice satls- =;
diff Pass was guilty of a violation E
the law. i
Pass was admitted to bail by JUS e
'es McGill and Mitchell at Bates, :,
lie to appear at Circuit Court next :,