The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1871-11-02
a Most ATROCIOUS MURDER.
Tie LIE Of a Conservative Tatal ~ Cold
Blood. lie l. actually Hacked 10
Pieces ,cih Sabrcs.
cARrEr-BAGGEK LEWIS, TuE RADICAL CAN-
DIDATE FOR sHEKrF oF LOwNpEs
COUNTY kNowN TO NJ REaroN-
smLE Fon m.
From the Columbus Index.

From the Columbus Index.
| The people OF Mississippi have witnessed
| another terrible example OF the tcachlnRs
I OF carpet baggery, and OF what they may
| continue 90 expect II the native and Import
eel scoundrels who direct the passions ~ tho
negroes are not hurled, by a united effort,
from the emincnce they disgrace 30 the he'll
! OF a peoples condemnation they deserve.
On saturday evening last littlc before
dark, there Wa. perpctratrd one Of tho
MOST COLD HOODED
murders that ever blackeued the annals %
crime. A harmless citizen WAS taken hy au
iufuriatcd mob OF blacks Who have been
taught by such men a. lewis, Bllrs, Gtrcd,
aud Whitfield. aud butchrrrd like dog 90
satisfy their hate And malice. Rut we viii
not pass Judgment for our readers before
giving The facts A. presented hy witnesses
IL appears that ON the evening bon question,
large number Of Radical urgrocs, various
~ estimated 40 from eight hundred Go two
thousand, assembled iu Artrsia, a short
distance from the depot, Go hear speeches
from two cnrpet-buggtrs. Lewis and Hllaa.
They came 10 the station more like
TROUT oF sorDFns
than as "a body ~ citizens gathered to hear
public addresses. Hundreds were mounted
aud armed With swords. guns. pistols and
sticks. Many came on foot most Of whom
we're armed. There SEEMED 60 be- officers iu
charge, who ever aud anon gave uut or
ders "clo-e up!' ''halt! aud the like COM
mauds. The ru>trum was "a wagon, uud
Lewis bad poured out Die bile and poison,
and Bliss Was in thr midst of " hHwHKue,
When a white man, named LUr, salkpd from
the Hotel o. the speaker stand 49, au idle
listener. With no iutrrr-t iu the gathering
more than that uf ordinary curiosity. III
was known that he had arrived ut Arlrsia
thar duy-wH~ ~ carpenter iu the employ of
NJ. q O. Rulroad-and was waiting Tor tho
dow a train a. 10 90 Meridian. he bad not
lett the Hotel live minutes before q shot va
Hired iu the crowd, followed by four others
in rapid -urrr-slun.
IL T. not given positively how the nrst
SHOT WAS PRED,
whether by accident or design; bm me guH
icds iH ne haHds 0f HcgrO. "a physician OF
Arte-ia saw 10 raised GO an angle ~ forty
five degrees. aud fired, hut hc cannot now
Identity ne negro. Lee turned % leave
the crowd 40 this moment
FEARING TROUBLE,
and as he did so. some OF she crowd direft-
ton to him by shouting, "while mani
white man!
KILL uMl
shoot him :" and they attacked him with
their guns and pistols. one blow or IA sa-
head. which alone would have killed him.
Only one Of the shots bred ut him touk eff
feet but that was enough. A hole was
blown into his back beneath the left shoul-
der blade, which reached bis heart, causing
almost instant death. You could have pat
three fingers into the place Not Rntisfcd
with this, the cowardly wrotches actually
KICKED AND rRAMPLED
upon the body after Il was lifclcss, aud
there was no carpet-bagRar's band tO pre-
vent the doubly Infamous deed when tho
murder wa- done. the whole mob lied with
the speed of guilty wrctchein every dtrpC-
ton Lewis taking the road 10 Crnw fOrdvilie
with portion of the crowd the body bee
ing left to the charge of the few white citi-
zens who were on the ground. A citizen OF
our city. now a contractor on the road, was
present az the examination Of the bOdyaud
states that there was
No sIGN or ARMS
about the clothing-that he thought from
from the mans cearactcr. that bee Ola not
carry weapons. lie also states that hp COM
yerscd with Ice a few minutes before the
ragedy, and that he was in his sober senses.
II h. established By other responsible per-
sons that Lee was d modest
HARMLEss woRKMES,
he last man In the world 90 Interfere in
political gathering. That hn WIS well con-
lected. That few minutes before the
ragedy lac was IN the hotel waiting tor his
hoes 20 be- blacked, aud talking rational
iud sOberly 10 persons 10 the Hall. And
who are accountable for the murder of poor
LecY IuquestiUdably the
RENEGADEs ASb CAHpET-UAUuEHH
Sho have educated the ignorant negroes 10
hesc dark and ncudi-h deeds. such men
h Lewis. Bliss. Giecd, and Whitfield are his
real murdcrcrs. IL was their vile teachings
hat did u. Whitfield bad part OF the
ame crowd a. Prairie hin, the same day
with arms aud evil Intentions. By acct
lent hc left Artcsin "a few hours before tho
murder.
The wonder Of This country Of wonders
= that such men are permitted 90 breathe
he air that gives life % "A proud and noble