The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-04-17

Bat am informed and believe. and 6
charge the fact to be, that for some tlme
previous. up to, and at the time when Mr.
Raber, Lowry was deviSiug. deliberating
upon, recommending and voting for thls
miSctievous measure. he WAS Ia the pay ~
certain maletactOrs against the fl-bt> al 4,
lives of some of his own constituents. l
charge thar, A. member of the State <eSis-
lature. he invented, intrigued Tor q 7 Sc
cured the passage OF this amendment. Solety
because, as lawyer, he had an interest IN 4
sum of four thousand dollars, then on de-
post in a bank. OF which he was part
I owner in the town OF Brandon.
The facts are briefly stated. one haiph
/ CasteeI had been indicted for the murder OF
Raleigh Comfort. a coiored citizen ana shoe
maker OF the place. Lowry WAS fetalht"
as one OF CaStpers counsel. In order 70 oO-
tain surety on the bail bond. Castee's
| friends deposited the $4,000 rs collateral
/ The bond was then given; Caster ned,
never to return, and Mr. Lowry law was
/ passed that the feared counsel might legiiiy
rob the Pabiic Treasury OF the forfeited
collateral deposit.
! Nor is this the only case in which NJ
| Lowry was OF counsel for felons our on paii'
and for their sureties after the pFlncipiis
I had fled. One of his clients OF TINS cii>s
| named Hezekiah Walker. indicted IN the
/ same circuit court for the innocent past me
| of forgery. had given very solvent cltizth
| of Rankin county as his surety. anu thetl ~
obedience To Mr.. Lowry's law. he also Ned
] from the country. Mr. Lowry skill IN oe-
| half of felons seems less effective a a ad-
vocate at the bar, than as statesman IN
committee room, or voter in the INSIST OF
Legislative Assembly. For his c!iens a.
re-captured, brought back Tor trial tried
and convicted, and Is now in the BeniLettl-
AIRY. | am not informed whether Walker
has any money on deposit In his counseIior'S
bank But if he has. Mr.. Lowry colleagues
and brethren Of the legal profession ieed
not be surprised to discover. after the al
tournament, another obscure aud covert
amendment, engrafIed upon some otherwise
good law, passed at this session. annuling
and abolishing the State PenitentiarJ
But let me cast no false weights into the
scales that TO weigh the actions OF an
o her. Let what L have here said 90 fer lit
tie or nothing. and look We, Repres emit lives
OF Mississippi, TO the PRooFS-to the teStl-
mony OF Mr. Lowry'S chairman aud col 1
leagues on the judiciary Committee, and |
his brother members OF the House; - your !
Own Journals, TO the judicial records IF /
Rankin county, and TO the testimony OF his |
constituents and fellowcitizens.
The victims of crime, and the friends OF
order and honesty in every county Ia the |
State, demand that both the author and mo- !
tive OF this act of treachery 20 the State |
shall be known. The honor of the LegiSia- |
ture and the legal profession alike demabd |
it. And the voice of the blood of the muir /
dPresi negro cries TO you from the soil OF |
Rankin county and asks ii his poor life, /
and the lives OF hundreds Of other Of your |
constituents are 10 be atoned t0r BY his |
murderer placing the bride "f few paitry |
dollars in "A legislators pocket.
Very res pHctiully.
Your o5edient servant,
j. :. NJ ORRIS.
Attorney General. /
ATTORNEY GENERALS OFFICE,
JACKSON, Miss, March %, 1873.
y committee was appointed by the speak /
er to investigate the foregoing charges, and |
report the result TO the House. The COM
miftee consisted OF Messrs. Il. 7. Fisher,
chairman (Republican), }. II. Mckie <Con-
servative), J. ID. Webster (Repubiican), G.
f. Sawyer Conservative, b. I. kimbron@h
Conservative, y. L. Davis (Republican).
NJ. b. sullivan (Repu5lican)-4 Republicans
3 Conservatives. The committee, after a
fullest investigation, made report Cali
signing it but Mr.. Sulliyau) accompanied 10y
the following resolution, which passed with
but three dissenting votes: