Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-07-14
of life and citizenship is infinitely
strongest.
CONSEQUENCES OF ALCoRN's PRoCLA.
NATION,


NATION.
That no possible good can come Of
all this perjury, with accounts Of
which newspapers at Oxford TEEN, of
which lawyers tell as unparalleled in
the annals of crime, Is palpable
enough. SubOrned witnesses were eX-
posed before the court. They con-
fessed that they had been tGmpered
with. One swOre in open court that
he had been offered bribes to swear
falsely by members of the grand jury.
Another was kept in q felOn's cell
two weeks, 80 a lawyer tells me, be-
cause he would not swear to state
ments that, substantiated, Wolld
have been worth 5000 under AlcOrn's
proclamation. A negress was bought
by the acccmplices in this nefarlo1s
conspiracy. She swOre positively IN
open court that she knew well and had
recognized among a band of masked
proWIers one Robert Smith. She
knew his voice, and when the wind
blew aside the veil he wore she reeog-
niZed his Well-knOWu features, Tom
Johnson was addressed as Robert
Smith" and the corrupted witness at
once fell into the trap. She exclaimed,
That's him; l nose him; heeZe
UNI" The court smiled cOmplacently
thinking "We shall surely get this
s5OOO." The sweet scented marshals
stood grinning delightedly about the
bar, when the defendants lawyer re-
marked, eMay it please your Honor,
the perjury Of the black Wench is now
established beyond the possibility of
doubt. The man l addressed as Rob
ert Smith is Tom johnson, and vice
versa" This perjured negro wOman's
soul Is not half as black as that Of the
villain who hired her TO swear the
paIpable lie. The prosecution broke
down. The twenty thousand dollars
promised the two good lawyers Of
Holly Springs will never be paid.
One of the managers OF the villainOus
conspiracy, despairing OF drawing
money from AlcOTn, came cruising
sOuthWard, and the people and papers
say he replenished his purse by cook
ing a Door fellow, who was first
robbed, in coal oil at COrinth. have
heard that, in trUmping up these Ku-
KlaX trials, the Ohio fellow OF whom
| spoke was sent here to promote, in
the manner defined, the success Of the
Radical party in his State. The
failure of the prosecutions Is the
Esiiare OF the shameful scheme, and
/ would fain hope Of those unprin-
qipled politicians North, who sacrifice
- ->tes, communities, the negro race
oC% ond ,.-puntry's repOse and prosperity
- = CoIS,s- r. knavery here and to pur
~ N5,.5el 'oiilSl1 % 90 ash ambition in Ohio,
TAsFLY CASE.
A lovely white Na.ile''l aIas, tILls a nhSt
slass negro drinkIL< saIoon 1 OLA Al =
village whe. { Tsp slienI AN an
hour yesterday. He is dew ~e1 i.oy-I1I ~ IlIe
negro, and conducts a loyal a 4Ag ue,
lnd sits in the dress circle at n, StO
church. In the fullness of his hear,
with affection for the Op- 1
pressed race, he insured a whisky
headed negroes life for two thousand
iOllars. Cuffee was then sober. Our
model negrOphilist then employed
Iufiee and gave him unrestricted &C
,ess to a barrel Of the meanest Cincin-
lati tangle-fOOt. In a lucid interval,
,efore death came, the negro told how
le came to deaths door, and that he
lad agreed to suffer his life to be in
ured in order that he might have all
he whisky he wanted. This is an
,ther case for the CHASTITY Federal
)Ourt at Oxford. p.