The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-01-09
jackson Items.

From the Whig and Tribune of last
week we clip the following items, which
90 to show how it was done IN jackson
during the Christmas week:
Little Eddy Walsh, son of MIR. J.. +.
Walsh, of this city, blew himself up
with powder on Christmast day, receiving
painful burns on the hands and face.
His face is frightfully burned, but the lite
tie fellow is slowly recovering
Mr.. Thomas Yancy, young man of
this city, accidently shot the thumb of
his left hand off on Christmas eve night
his suffering was intense for several
days, hut the wound is now healing up.
Little George Hughes aud Johnny
Gardner, each get finger shot off on
Christmas day. They are doing we'll
and doubtless are wiser boys for the ex
perience.
Mat Green, a boy about Is years of
age, while foOling with pistol on
Christmas day, had thumb blown off,
Just before Christmas, a coIored man
by the name of Alex McGattriek. living
on the farm of Mr.. John Newell, north
of this city, was assaulted by unknown
persons and one of his arms filed with
buckshot
a negro girl by the name of Fredonia
Reid, aged Is years, fell into the fire
while walking In her sleep on Tuesday
night, and was so badly burned that she
died in few hours after being rescued
from the flames.
On Monday night before Christmas,
- a AZ
promiRent. merchBnt of this city, was
knocked down as Re entered the gate of
his residence on South Liberty street. by
some unknown person.
l. w Norwood, of the Police force,
fell dewn the steps leading from Police
headquarters to the streeT, on Wednes>
day night the Oath, dislocating his shoul~
der and seriously injuring his left knee.
On Tuesday evening last officer Robert
Rawls was struck over the left eye by
Mr.. Burke, of the jackson House, and
painfully as we'll as seriously hurt Burk
was drinking and noisy and officer
Rawls, while demonstrating with him
received the fearful blow
The same paper furnishes the follow
ing account of the bloody deeds of the
masked raiders in the 10th civil district
of Madison county:
On Christmas night, fourteen miles
north of this city, on the farm of D L.
Deberry, in the edge of Gibson county,
an old cOlored woman by the name of
Marian Deberry was brutally murdered
in her cabin by masked men. The facts,
as far as we have beer able to ascertain,
are as follows: A party of masked men
early in the night appeared before the
cabin and demanded Jim DeberrY, a son
of old Mariab Jim did not appear, and
the maskers made forcible entrance in
to the cabin. Old Marian resisted their
entrance, and in the struggle was shot
three times in the body, each wound
being vital Jim made his escape through
! the floor, at the very same moment that
his moth er's blood drenehed its pianks.
What crime Jim Deberry had committed,
| or what Ofense he had given the maskers
does not appear. Why they sought his
! life, and in seeking it, murdered his aged
and inofensive mother, is all a mystery.
| Marian was 80 years Of age, and We
| learned sustained good character. Her
| brutal and cOwardly murder cries TO
| heaven for even handed Justice. Such
|
not the shadow of an excuse for such
high handed crimes. The perpetrators
| of this horrible murder are supposed to
be- the 81 me, who for weeks have spread
terror through the I0ih district of this
county. 1t is the opinion of good citi-
zens that this band of outlaws are 6
mixed band, composed of both white and
/ eolored men, and that their object is tt
run certain negro laborers out of that sec
ton, so that they can rent land cheaper
than now. If this be their object sue
cess has already been achieved-for the
coiored people in crowds Are flying from
the sections infected by these marauders
and large farms are destitute of laborers
! We learn further that these outlaws arc
known 70 several good citizens, who, fol-
fear of being murdered, dare not revea
their names. This is disgraceful state
of affairs, and once more, III the name Of
justice, law and order, of our boosted
civiliz alton, and of our own good name
as law abiding people, we appeal to oui
authorities to unearth these Williams anc
bring them to justice. Leading citizens
have already been threatened by thii
band of outlaws Their raids have al
ready denuded of laborers a large ant
fruitful section of country. A brutal
murder now crowns their lawlessn ess, anC
the iron hand of the law should be laid
| upon them at all hazards and at once
Let US have no more delays or excuses
but let the officers of the law and the
citizens of the suffering districts act al
once, and with telling vigor. Life, lib
erty and the peaceful enjoyment of pro-
perty, demand energetic, remorsless &C
ton. The sooner the better.