The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1876-01-22
,S,ssE SUMMIT AFFAIR.
SrMMIr. Miss, Jan. 18th, 1876.

I
le CLARION, Of II e 18th inst, statement puf'
at porting to be report of majority OF
the committee appointed at an Indignation
= meeting held by the citizens in the town OF
Summit, or Saturday the 1st inst, to refute
certain charges made by 81. ShaughnesSy,
: United States Revenue Collector, against
the town OF Summit. we. mem berS OF the
e committee request that you publish the FOL
4 lowing statement the result OF the lnVeStl-
II CATION of the committee.
At the meeting mentioned the following
. gentlemen were appointed as committee,
fo-wit: Jas. G.. Lamkin, w. Lee Patton,
8 VIM. Fl. Garland. Jr., VIM. B. Hamilton, &.
= w. Beam and E. Enos, and after cOnsidera-
BILE discussion it was determined at the
: meeting that the committee should have the
power to ascertain whether or not the Mayor
! of Summit stated TO Mr.. Redmond to leave
. the town, that he and the peace officers
> could not protect him, and if the Mayor
, did make that statement TO Mr.. Redmond
whether the effects were such as TO justify
him, and TO report the result OF this
investigation at a, meeting OF the
citizens to be held on Tuesday the
4th inst. The Committee met at the office
of the summit Conservative Times" about
O'Clock Tuesday and the following is what |
transpired before US:
Hon. H p. Hurst, Mayor of Summit, came
voluntarily be fore US and stated, that on .
Thursday evening, the 23d day of Deem
Der, he and Mr. Redmond were in the mar
ket house when several citizens from
Amite county came in and one of them
drew knife on Redmond and cursed and
abused him outrageOusly. He (Hurst) at
! tempted to prevent this abuse of Redmond
! and protect him, having been requested by
! Gen. George, chairman of the Democratic
Executive Committee, to protect all Re-
publican officials from Amite county.
general row was the result of my interior
ence in behalf of Redmond. After the diff
Guilty was over everything seemed to be |
quiet, he as a citizen of the town OF Summit
and friend to Mr.. Redmond, advised him
to leave the town and to remain away until
the excitement was over. He did not +
tell Redmond that the peace officers of the y
town could not protect him from the citi- +
zens ofPike county. He does not believe =
and so inf rmed Redmond, that the peace .
officers of the town could protect him if he y
should be attacked by mob from :,
another county and that he has good rea- -
sons to believe that he will be attacked by -
a mob from Amte county should he remain "
In Summit. He advised Redmond to leave :
FOR the good OF the community and that he T..
is satisfied that he cannot live in Liberty. -,
Hon. L. y. Garner, who was at the time ~
member of the Town Council and now -.
mayor, came before us voluntarily and 49,
made in substance the following statement. ",
L went to Mr.. Redmond, in the presence "
OF the Mayor, on Sunday December 10Th,
and asked him to leave the town during the
excitement; that he had been treated kindly
by some of the first citizens of the town.
ana that he ought to leave for the sake of
peace. L had good reason to believe that
there would be trouble if Mr. Redmond Ca
should remain III the town, but l am salts an
hed that he would not have been molested
by any citizen of Summit. | will state mr AL
Jner that Col Moses jackson, a prominent
tltlzen of Amite county, called on me and mr.
asked me what the citizens of Summit in cot
Intended doing about Redmond living in thp ~,
own. told him that the people OF the town r.
ina not intend to disturb Mr.. Redmond. Col ~"
jackson then said that if the citizens of sum
ut did not make Redmond leave the town Me
hat the citizens of Amite county woniI ,
ONE here and make him leave I Il, moi NI
ememDer whether Col. Jackson reuueated ;
Ne to see Redmond and advise him TO leave r.
I whether volunteered to do so, but that al
was Understood that would urge Red {
lOnd TO cave. CIR.
;, Inc statements of these gentlemen ware \
IL the evidence before the Committee. ana Me
7IIied the only question we had under con- Z
uofatlon, and clearly relieved the citiz of cha
uullhlt from the stigma that some of them ere
fought had been cast on us bv the disnatch -
NJ. Shaughnessy, but which we HIM NJ
III 10. not reject on Summit. Durinp the or
.eiHS .! me committee, e. Enos offered
~ ~ luellt G statement published in THE +
EEkhf CLARION but we voted il down aS cha
ot pertaining to the question we had mn tie q
= coiSIderatlOn. This statement was IL
rlICen by the Associate Editor of the Mr.
i iiG oehtlhel, who subsequently,. adj Tho
itted ne 6neao nothing of the facts. Af;or H. p,
heard the statements Of NJ. .ilo Mot
uroC ana Garner and had voted down
e chairman bn0an 70 -. ne NLARloN, Mes
unded on the above information Uifhn, (col'
T. Enos, the supporter but not the on "hen
.ie written statement, left the room SoU
: mat as we had refused to sion his vay En-
IN OF our duty, he would not sion or,t chat
a doi modus 10 that effect. The committee EN-
81 q ueIloerate consideration, decided 70 Mess
axe only verbal report as vyo IA a, ~
\ n tu by investigation the Facts fiat ~ ST
Il been stated to the maet;n~ ir1 rs tnaC Mess
A. had hU tIl ned neld The citizens, how RE
and nle OIlile lett the place of meet chain
! anu returned to their daily avocatinno Pratt
= as matter of course, the commit ;,
he fact that the COMMITTEES ono''1nstanceS chair
! " noPoIC IN writing; that the citizonc DA
90 tne pace OF meeting, and there waS Mess
onc 70 "hom we could reDort . thot 80 20,
names Of ou III HE CLARION, with man
eDt orr nanoas Noulu !LCee attached INN
Mt the committae tle IDENTICAL state Messl
say that, under these ci ~ uolslder- LIN
ELI this report anrnarod -; 'ttIulISCahces, Oldha
ME- Wlc u: the names of four of tha
the n ~ ~, anu without our knowledge
SoS no rahlpulators of the article ~
'ou W nave 1t published rs p rannrt 3
ittla r,te' IL caused the UNDERSIGNED I'm
q satiaa pr pIt -. and indignation, and we son
lg published as tLo -, vi me staten ent dale,
ons OF nldjO7ity of tha o 10y i III: eStl- saps.
-" nave peen published as the stotoIC' !. WA
as WI iItam hm'nor'ty of the committee den,
facts stafad ~ person not cognizant OF YelloV
understood SO den en-; we do not wish to Shattl
no published statema6t nc ~ u uIhlulness On
large number NJ =; puo we 40 say charm
names to this article U,itkns signed Gibson
nd believing it to he as t tho reading Waugh
"a report of the commit plealh Die ton, &c
e idTifffn ra1t that the statement was sent Pen
: ui;nereht papers for publication MessrS
Fly report by persons who re- ,S "a of Fra