The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-16

: threatened 10 HuFI tue, anu MAKE 1
. damned hot for me, and the Judg
/ among the balance; but be said h
4 didn't know me afterward And the,
all stood nobody would let me % iii
they all stood there with their guns.
| know there were two dead men there
but did not think it was my HUSBAND
at the time.
stood right there, and as | stood they
; said to me, ''if you don't go away they
would make it very damned hot for me,
and did not say anything, and walked
off, and walked right over the dead man
: He was right in my path where | founC
the body. He was lying broadside Oh
the street. did not know who he was
then stopped and tried to see who he
was, and they were cursing at me to get
out of the town, to get out.
Then l went up, and there was Mrs.
Bates across the street, my next-door
neighbor. | seed her little girl come VI
by us and she said, "Aunt Anne, did YOU
see my uncle here ~ | said, II did no t.
[ saw dead body in the street did
not see who he was" She said, "what
in the world is going on down town ~
Says |, Il don't know, only killing PEG.
pie there" She says, Aaron Bates
hand is shot all to pieces, and DR.. Banks
is killed" He was not killed, but was
shot in the leg nobody killed but my
husband and brother.
| went ON over to the house, and went
up stairs and back to my room and laid
! down widow.
After | had been home reckon three
quarters of an hour, nearI an hour,
| Parson Nelson came up-Preacher Mel
! son-and he called me. | was away up
stairs. He called several times, and |
/ heard him each time he called three or
four times and says: ANSWER don't be
afraid nobody will hurt you" He
says, Don't be afraid answer me and
after l had made up mind. | answered
him what he wanted; and he said, 81
have come to tell you the news, and it is
sad news to YOU. Nobody told me to
come, but l came up to tell you" |
didn't say anything. Your husband is
dead" he said she is killed, and your
brother, too, Sem"
never said anything for good while
He told me nobody would hurt me then
and when l did speak, says | ''Mr. Mel
son, why did they kill him ?" He says,
81 don't know anything about it." He
said just those words, 81 don't know any
thing aboutit." Hesays, after that Have
you any men folks about the place ?"
| says, ''No." He says, "You shan't be
hurt; don't be afraid Of us; you shan't
be hurt"
never said anything whatever. He
went off.
Sans wife was there at the same time
with three little children. OF course it
raised great excitement.
After length of time, Professor Hill
man, of the Institute, the young ladies'
school or college, he brought the bodies
to the house, brought up my husband,
him and Frank Martin. Professor Hill
man and Mr.. Nelson had charge of the
dead bodies, and they brought them to
the house and when they brought them
they carried them in the bed room, both
of them, and put them there they seed
to having them laid out, and fixed up,
and all that
Mr.. Nelson said in my presence, lis
tened at him. he said, "a drawer life
never had died than Charley Caldwell.
He never saw a man die with manlier
spirit in his life"
He told me he had brought him out
Of the cellar.
You see when they had shot Sam, his
brother, it was him who was lying
there on the street. They shot him right
through his head, off of his horse, when
he was coming in from the country, and
be fell on the street. He was the man |
stumbled over twice. / did not know
who he was. When they shot him they
said they shot him for fear he would 90
out of town and bring in other people
and raise fuss. He found out, sup
pose that they had his brother in the
cellar, so he just lay there dead; he that
was never known to shoot gun or pistol
in his life-never knew how.
Mr.. Nelson said that Buck Cabell
carried him into the cellar; persuaded
him to 90 out and drink; insisted upon
his taking drink with him, and him
and Buck Cabell never knowed anything
againstseach other in his life; never had
no hard words. My husband told him
no, he didn't want any Christmas. He
said, 'sYou must take drink with me,
and entreated him, and said, "You must
take a drink" He then took him by
the arm and told him to drink for a
carried him into Chilton's cellar, and
they jingled the glasses. and at the tap
of the glasses, and while each one held
the glass, while they we've taking the
glasses, somebody shot right through the
back from the outside of the gate window
and he fell to the ground.
As they struck their glasses, that was
the signal to shoot. They had him in
the cellar, shot HIM right through there,
and he fell on the ground.
When he was first shot, he called for
Judge Cabins, and called for Mr.. Chill
ton [ don't know who else. They were
all around, and nobody went to his relief;
all them men standing around with their
guns. Nobody went to the cellar, and
he called for Preacher Nelson, called for
him, and Preacher Nelson said that when
| he went to the cellar door he was afraid
to go in, and called to him two or three
times, Don't shoot me, and Charles said,
''Come in" he wouldn't hurt him, and
take him out of the cellar; that he
wanted to die in the open air, and did
not want to die like dog closed Up"
When they taken him out he was in a
manner dead, just from that one shot;
and they brings him out then, and he
only asked one question, SO Parson Mel
sor told me--to take him home and let
him see his wife before be died. that he
COULD not live long.
1t was only few steps to my house,
and they would not do it, and some said
this.
Nelson carried him to the middle of
the street, and the men all hallooed ::
eve will save him while we've got him !;
dead men tell no tales" Preacher Nell
son told me so. That is what they all
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