The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-23
THE BULLETIN.
Publication once. bulletin building.
washington Avenue.
NDIGIIAM.

AZ TINS moment every incident that is
IN any way connected with the closing
hours OF the career of the late Clement
| Laird Nallndigham has intense interest
for thousands. Shortly before Mr.. Val
| Iahdigham left home for Lebanon 10 en-
| gage IN tie defense Of Tom Mcclellan, in
| dlcted for the murder of Tom Meyers, aL
| Hamilton, last Christmas Eve, the agent
| for a III" Insurance company here asked
Mr. V. to permit him 70 write HIM up
! policy for about ten thousand dollars OF.
| hi, life.
at is quite unnecessary. replied VI.
NallandiE CHAIN, II come Of long lived
race. My father and father. father. and
their progcnilors, for long period were
long-llyed and inherit their longevity.
feel that ! will live to be AN old man.
Ny vital energies are as vigorous a. ever.
and am to-day as hopeful rs when ! was
% years old. No, doctor, there l. no use
for me To- take out policy of life insur-
ancc.' The doctor suggested that, rs Mr..
V. was absent good deal from home,
and travelled extensively by railway. IL
would be matter Of prccaution, in the
way of provision for his family, to have
his life insured for n considerable amount.
Mr.. V. replied You know, doctor, that
] came of Culvini.tic stock. aud that am
pretty thoroughly indoctrinitcl with Cal
vinism. If am e. go that way, or any
other way, why, then il is 80 ordained,
and ] will not insure against Providence.
But ] have no fears in that direction.
Consider the chance. have run the
past ten years. IL j. not probable that
now, when ! have got 90 fair sailing, dan
gers, plain or hidden, will multiply in my
course. Beside. ] feel That ! have great
WORK to perform for tho democratic party
and tie country, and / believe that God,
in Ilis providence, will preserve me 10 ac-
compl,h it. When | begin to distrust
Providence, it /. possible that will resort
10 life insurance.
Saturday n week your correspondent
met Mr.. Nallandigham at Carlisle Sta
ton, where he had just arrived from Lob
anon, TO meet the train for Dayton The
cOnvc'sst'on naturally turned on the t.ial
Of Mcclellan. Mr. Nollandigham rejected
the theory sought 10 be established by
some Of his associate council. that Jack
Gaver shot Meyers, and he was very earn
est in asserting hi, belief that Meyers shot
himself in the furry of taking his pistol
from his pocket. Mr.. Vallandighain said
that to one who was simply looking on, it
did not appear reasonable that "a man could
shoot himself whore Meyers certainly
did; Tut the Circumstance of the case
must bee taken INTO account. At the in
slant when Meyer. attempted To- draw hi.
pistol in -cli-dcicuCc he va. being ham
mcrcd on the bead BY hi. a..aIian:s, and
the nutnral. involuntary movement of
hi. arms would bee upward; and in the act
Il eleyatiGg H. bee pulled the trigger.
Nothing easier than that. Nov, see
and Mr.. Nallaniigham drew his pistol
the fatal weapon of Friday night and
placing 1t in his pocket, said Now,
this Is the way il was DONE"
And he then went through the same
motions with the weapon be did at the
moment he shot himself except that the
weapon WA. not cooked and lac did not pull
the trigger. The writer then remarked
that he thought the illustration with fire
arms was dangerous. Not the least dan
ger, replied Mr.. Nallandigham .to one
who is II master Of the weapon am
thoroughly convinced that my theory of
the killing Of Meyers is the true one; for,
besides the evidence being strong in its
support, ! tried the effect of shooting at
close range, on the way over here, this af-
tcrnoon. feelsure Of impressing the jury
with my belief a. ! am prepared to dem
onstrate it before them"
Mr.. Nallandigham afterward recounted
his theory, and his reason for entertaining
it, to number of gentlemen who had
gathered in the room of the station while
We were waiting for the train for Dayton.
lie said he had better reasons than any
one else could have for saying that Tom
Mcclellan did not shoot Movers. lie was
not prepared 10 say that Tom Mcclellan
did not Inspire the fracas at the "Amcri-
can ON the night Meyers was shot and
killed. This might have been the case /;
it did not become him n the attorney Of
Mcclellan to say that il. was even probable
1t might have been so, though the prose-
cution had not certainly established it. He
was sure, however, that Mcclellan did not
do the shooting, and he hoped to establish
his innoccn-e of the net TO the satisfaction
Of the jury.
In reply to the query whether his pro-
tractcd visit to Lebanon was pleasant
aside from the legal contest in which he
was involved-Mr. Nallandigham said
MY sojourn in Lebanon has been remark
ably pleasant. Odd republicans, whose ne
quaintancc ] have made since | vert
there, informed me they had been led to
believe that | had hoofs and horns They
were rather agrecably disappointed in me,
and admitted that wasn't such n bad
sort Of person after all Many of those
old gentlemen had thought and uttered
good many severe things about Inc, and
they seemed to endeavor 20 make amends
by contributing what they could to make
my stay in their pleasant little city as
agreeable rs possible.
1t was hardly to be expected that Mr..
Nallandigham could converse half an
hour without abiding to politics, and he
entered on II brief discussion of his "rotyra
to the faith aud true mission Of the dem
ocrate party. He said that he had long
been convinced that the party sh0nd
throw off dead weights and exploded ideas
and take its proper position MS tbs party
of progress. He had found great difficulty
in getting the party, and especially So
called leaders. educated up to the point OF
making new departure. lie was Ia" re-
peated solemnly, in real earnest, ana b"
expected to live to soc the democratic par
~ IN power in the state aud nation on
the basis of his resolutions.
COTTON DDMN IN ruE NpIrrU