Mississippi Democrat. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1875-1???, 1876-05-13

Last Saturday morning the start.
hng Intelligence reached this place
tina, Austin Ferguson bad been mar.
dered at Beauregard The hight pre-
sious by some unkaowa party OF
psr,isA Suspicion at oaee rested
upos III. y. Dui.s'ar apd Robt. 4,
Bss' wics. AZ the perpetrators VI the
foul decd. On saturday iibese men
wew In IIsxiehurs,, aad remained
here until late In flss afternoon, bat,
a. there vas no positive evidence
thai they were the gsiiiy parties,
no warrant vas issued for thcll ~
rest, aud they wsrs allowed 10 e.
cape. since thea eirvumsiantial
evidence show that they were the
men who committed The deed. The
following are tho circumstances
ander which hr.Ferguson vas killed,
As near 40 NO can leare Ferguson
had walked into the -aloen Of W. &.
Loving, aud while standing at the
counter, hs was fryd ap,n hy some
Que concealed "a the back room. the
load taking effect IL Tie bead, killing
him alsaos, Instantly. Jast after
ward two men left To- saloon aud
were SUPPOSED, hy persons who were
acquainted with them. e. be Danbar
and BosiWick Dpuhar aud Fergu.
sou had a d.tiicGlty ~pu4g two ycars
ago 10 which the latter Was shot aud
wounded BY the former, and the
killing - supposed to be the result ct
said dliiicully. Coroner /. u. Aiken
lett lIazlchurst on Saturday, aud
held an inquest on the body Of the
murdered man, copy Of which We
append below. Dunbar AMI Bost
Nirk are still at large althou "a efforts
are being made o. arrest them.
We, the undersigned, jury. sum
moHei a. a jay ~ inquest on the
body 81 Horny AuStiu Ferguson, lo
certify and tud that sand Ferguson
came to hi. death, Ia the town Of
Bcauregari, Copiah county, Mss.
on the night OF MAY 18th, lSiG. aLout
= o'clock, by "a shot wound Ia the
head, over the right eve, of which
hc ilrd, "a said town, about three
quarter, 81 an hour aIter receiving
sad shot, and that said gun shot
wound was l,tlctrl uu said Fergu
son by Henry T.. Dunbar aud Rob
at 7. BustNIck, one or both acting
therein, ~ appears from the evidence
gwen before A. aud that said Fer
guSon was ~ the sight Of William
q. Loving and Lewis Jones AZ the
time hc was shot, aud that be wa
a resident OF sad county, aud the
SON OF Ebert Ferguson, OF said
county.
niyrn under our hands and seals
this, tho 9th day 81 May, 1875.
IhoS Il. Gilpin,
J :. Dixsoa,
\ v. Harris,
g. Cook,
= T.. Bluom.
Benz. King
Since the above was pot ia type.
Bp-tN lrk has been captured aud
bmhar killed. Thursday cVlniug.
Mr. VIM. Ferguson, Who ia sworn
ieputy ,heuii aad r"ssc brought
bu>, wick To llazlchur~i, a prisoner.
uui also brought the news that Dun
bar bal been shot through the brain.
NJ. Ferguson had gathered a ru~-e.
aad vas searching tor the two uur-
drrvrs near the rrsulcucr ut Nj
West Dunbar, auI came upon th.m
"Wednesday evening about sunset, IN
What j. known a. th, hurricane.
about tweuty-iuur miles southwest
~ llazlshur-t Bu-tNick aul Dun.
bar were called upon Ia surrender,
hut instead Of suTreudcring they
trrd upon the parties, aud -imulta
ucoa>ly shot gun was discharged.
putting niue buckshot through Duu-
bars brain, aud i've through BO-t-
wick'- hat. BoStNick ran N and
Wa not captured until next morning,
"a ben h. vas found between fcath
cr-bcd AMI mattress, at the house of
Mr.. West Dunbar. lie surrendered
himself, aud was brought Ia Hale
hurst for confinement in jail. Qua
bar never spoke after being shot aud
has since died. Bostwick was ear.
ried before Mayor Groane yestcr
day morning, Ard Monday, the I'D
inst, was set 10 give him prelimin-
AIRY trial.
- -
tt-arasag 90 Minors.