Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-10-14
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION.
A Man WeyiaId, Shot and Begteh hy a
Crowd Of Radical Negroes.

From the savannah News Of Saturday.
On Thursday night about eleven
! o'clock, as Joseph Julian, Ia eenlpany
! With a comrade, were passing up West
| Broad street, in the vicinity Of the Cen
trsl railroad depot, he was suddenly a.
| tackled hy crowd of about twenty ne
I groes, armed with sticks, slung-shots
I ana pistols. They sprung out upon him
I from some place OF copceaiment. and
dealt him fearful blesrs IN the face and
head with slunF-shots. One Of the
party drew a pistol and fired at him
several times in rapid succession. They
4 then struck him a number Of times over
the head and body with heavy sticks,
and rapidly disappeared, This murder
Gus assault was made 20 suddenly, and
lasted such a brief time, that before as
sistance could Be rendered, or a crowd
gathered, the scOundrels had run of.
The man who was with Julian had his
Coat, which contained all his money,
torn off him, but managed to escape
without being injured.
Mr.. gulisn's injuries are Of a very
painful character, but are not considered
dangerous. The pistol used by the
wOuld-be murderer was loaded with
small buck-shot aud slUgs. Several Of
these shots, which took effect In Mr..
Julian's head, were extracted. One Of
the shots, slug, made an ugly furrow
across his forehead, and another struck
him IN the left eye, and a fourth infiiCt-
ed wound in his right leg. Both Of
the assaulted men are az present at the 7
jail, where attention can be given
Julian, who seems TO suffer consider
ably. It Is feared his eve is entirely
destroyed by the shot.
The cause OF this ATTEMPTED assassina. /
ton by these wOuld-be murderers, Of the I
Radical party, may be attributed to this: /
Mr.. Julian was one Of the Special I
Deputies sworn in on election day to .
preserve order al the polls During the .
day, as related In our election report, l
Josiah Grant, a negro, became riOtOus F.
and disorderly, and it was necessary for /
Mr. Julian, as special officer, 70 arrest .
him, and he did so. Grant resisted and
TO stick the officer with a
dirk, and was raped over the head. 1t
viii be remembered that he was subse-
4Uently released from confinement, Cap
Tain A. G.. Macarthur becoming his
ooncsman. The only inference to be
drawn is that Grant, who is 4 vindic-
i've negro, concocted this plan to mur-
der the officer for revenge.
The friends of Julian in this city were
naturally very excited over the matter
and were very active in pushing up
measures looking TO the capture Of these
midnight assassins.
This is another result ofthe beneficent
Of Radicalism. Officers of the
aw, for the performance Of their duty,
IRE to be wsylaid, beaten, and murdered
{ possible, by these Radical hounds vino
eek revenge because punishment has
Deen awarded their misdeeds. 1t would
1e well fOT these assassins 70 remember
hat this is a game two can play at very
veil, and that affairs of this kind will
lot be permitted in this community,
There is only one way to treat such
characters, who defy the laws and as
ume to redress fancied injuries or
wrongs according to their own notions.
I is not necessary to say what way that
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