The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1875-09-16
PUT PRFMIUM OxMURDER.
THAI Is WHAT THx LIEUTENANT SCyERNoI
OF MISSISSIPPI HAS DONE.

THAI Is WHAT THx LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
OF MISSISSIPPI HAS DONE.
The Washington correspondent OF the
Chicago Times telezraphs: Senator Alcorn,
OF Mississippi, who is in the city, has ex-
pressed himself ver-r freely in an interview
with the Times correspondent upon thesub-
ject oftae troubles in his state. He strikes the
keynotorof thesituatiOn at once by saying
that the Ames SYSTEM of governing tbs state
has put 3premium unon murder. Ames's
course in the state has been so obnoxious to
the best people there that it has been made
socially uncomfortable for the unworthy
governor. He rs absent from tho state most
of the time and has left the local govern
ment in tie hands of Davis, the black lieu
tenant 60 F5TDor. With this man criminals
have for a long time gone scot free Without
the formally OF trial, notOrious murde,ers
have been paTdoned out of jail, before ever
being made TO appear in cour5of justice.
One of the worst cases Of this turning out
murderers upon society, cited by Senator
AlcOrn, is that of man named Barryntsne,
living nearthe center Of the state. He is
of good family, but dissipated. a certain
gossiping widow in the town where BarTyl-
tine lived made too free, he thought, with
the name of his sister The widow IL is re-
ported, told stories about. Miss Barryntiae
strsying from the path OF virtue. Whether
these stories were true or not, does not AZ
pear. At say rate the snrsged brother
sought revenge upon the widow. He went
to her house, dragged her out of it. tied hsr
up by the heels and then cmptied all .of tbe
chambers OF his navy revolver into her
body. It w2s q fiendish, horrible murder.
The people o. the country rose up, hunted
Bsrryntine Gown, secured him ia the peni-
Tertiary, and then
DEMAND ID THAT HE s5oULD HING.
Within three months OF the time Bsrryntine
was arrested DaYis pardoRed him cat. N
Mississippi, ills claimed that this pardon
was purchased, by the mcrderer's friends,
for the sum Of $500. Senator Alco7n him
ing pork from, his plantation. The man was
sentenced to three years il the penitsntiary.
The colored man SET out .0r jackson with
the sheriff, 20 undergo his sentence, but
came back with the same sheriff, psIdoned
by the lieutenant governor on account Of
his color. Senator Alcora says that this
notorious pardoning of the very, worst
criminals, by the stats government,
has virtually put premium. upon
murder. There are plenty dissipatsd
young ruaans in the state, who
have thus been encouraged to follow the
amusement OF shooting, As there - no dam
ger of their being punished SO long as they
have any money. This one class of men, IN
restrained 5y the law, IS the solo cause of
all the troable. The better class of people
there are only too anxious TO have things
peaceable, On account o6the safety, afforded
to property. The darkeys are timid and will
never fight unless imposed upon. So that
really the class of distur 5ers is so small that
it is crying shame that AmeS condssses
himself toc-we2k to control them. Senator
Alcorn says that Amos obtains his co0trol
over the coloTed people by representing him.
self as the mouthpiece of Gen. Grant. Ames
has filleds all the Off ses of the state with
thieves and plunderers, so that thes that
was once 2o,0O0 republican, whsn it elected
Alcorn governor, win in the opinion of the
senator, give this fall large democratic ma
ority.