The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-01-25
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iag ibe evidence fof ibo defense und
10 m0rGe,
o. Moody sberlG eIcct a. r Nor.
can presented hi bond 70 tie acting
Cbsncory clerk =. w. piekson, Co. by
shom 10 was approved, be lhen wenI
10 sheriff lIillIard atd demanded ihaI
the lookstepors, koys. etc. be turned
over to BIN. Col. billiard refused
to surrender the Office until tlc courts
bad decided that the late election was
constitutional. On Tuesday, Col
N0rgan appeared before tie ucely
elected Board Of supcryisors, claim.
ing recognition q sheriff, and was re-.
cognizcd as such by that body. Col
Hilliard rtilI declined taking The re-
gponoibilily Of surrondcring the Office
until The constilutionality Of the clcc.
ton.
At an carly hour on Thursday
morning Gel. Morgan lorcibly took
possession, ejecting Col. billiards
deputy, Mr.. Dyer. About 8 o'clock
Col. Hilliard appeared at the Court
house, with a posse Of unarmed citi-
zens. lie attempted an entrance into
the Office, when firing commenced, and
he was shot down, dying in about
three hours aferward. The particu-
lars are given below. Col. A. I.
Morgan was then arrested upon an
affidavit, charging him with killing
and numbering Col. f. P. HiIliard
The case was taken before Mayor
Battaile, when an examination was
waived, aud the Mayor ordered hm
committed without bail. A writ oil
habeds corpus was then sued out, and
the case taken before Chancellor
brennan. The examination Of wt-
nesses commenced on e. iday, and
was continued Saturday and Monday.
TESTIMONY FOR THE PROSECUTION.
Judge Hudson testified that about
s o'clock on the morning Of the diff
Guilty, he was in Nunnenmacher's res
taurant; Col. Hilliard entered, and
said that Col. itorgun had taken for
cible possession Of the sherifss Office,
and asked me what lie should do he
said that there was large am mt Of
public funds in the safe in the Office
tax collectons-fo which he had
not accounted, as well as a number Of
private papers. | told him that |
thought he had better take with him
a few respectable citizens, go to Col.
Morgan and demonstrate with him
that Col. Morgan would certainly un.
derstand that he had not taken The
right course to prove his right to the
Office. Mr.. Hilliard then went out
and | saw him just aiterward going
up the street toward the Courthouse
in company with Mr.. Ricord, Mr..
Taylor, and one or two others.
Jas. Clarke, c., testified that when
he went home the night before the
disturbance, lie met there. Alfred
Small; that Small told him Col. Nor
gan would have possession of the
sherif''s Office next morning if
BLOOD HAS TO BE SPILLED.
Small said to him, somebody will
get shot" Clark replied. "it may be
Morgan as well as Hilliard." Small
said, Fno, it woa't be Morgan there
are special men to be shot at"
A. M, Taylor sworn: was at the
Courthouse in Yazoo City yesterday
seven and eight O'Clock. Was
there by sheriff Hilliard.
As we came up, and about bali way
between Collins livery stable and the
Courthouse Col. Morgan met us aud
,aid to Mr.. Hilliar1, Il warn you 10
Keep away from the Courthouse; am
sheriff of this county" Mr.. Hilliard |
IT'LL went on, Col. Morgan following in