The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-22
TEGE TRAGEDY A. a.,
EOIES
.- Siatcmc From Each sid. .r.
Ch"ndlcr side.
Bay 81. Loui, llcral.

'ANA AffAa'Aa side.
ChHndlc- side.
Bay 81. Louis Herald.
The distressing aud uulor.pr,,. ..
ing Of James Ferguson by Mr.. W.r.'r
Chandler while attempting N r..
Capt. =. X. Mayors. J.. boss a. m,.....
judicial investigation, ,ud ur!.nsr..
should deem it improper 10 clmm.a.
the affair
That Chandler, who !, known nr
fine shot, was slij to b. ang4r....
cool, and who WAS 100 close mn.r..u..
err, should miss him. and k., IA n.,.
he never saw before, MI. slw. pg....'
about il. Ona explanation +. t1r
at the right moment, Capt llly.-....I
Ferguson and pulled hul between ,..m'
but many bystanders say chat MrD...
Saucier, Of Pusc1gouia, Knocked t.sr.
out OF range, and this is probably II.
truth Of the case
That Chandler was lying iu wH.a-a
any sense playing the assassin. uo.. Fl.
the greatest injustice. He Ani inform.
ton worthy to relied ou inut Cant Ns,..
and his party were coming TINT m1rn.
to attack has father Judge Cum.r
and they did come the first mm as.
Chandler saw leave the cam. had
double barreled gun, but 10 ua. a1..
wards learned that that gun wa. r.
brought oyer to be used IN ths fft
Dung ChaIdier claims i9 have gone 10
'"c "eP"I l" receive himself 'ag aHuak0a
was morally certain was 20 Doe made .a
~: ~ i'''i'i "uH l'"'Iy 10 nave the lroda"
- - nus CONT away from tue l.t"
''I'n ~ SESSION. ana 'Nt crowd attending
~ :II - '"' liiI' ''''' "'i '' place.
G', G i''s iS 1I '"''i,Iy ~ " N.
nIi'' up N'yera a1hles coming '.f
"L! suo.' Pu'Ios'' ana me h'A % iacIa
InIe " I, '''I'' u''''.'' 10 go 't once
- ""b N""''".1t A'.d ten MN sot anII.
49, VIZ =" Io"Huli'oh Iot lha IeF"t
N''s &c was coming 10 make the a'taa.
rs oo'h parties claim to have been A.
~ VI tie u''e"slFe' ~ Is 6" heIoEietal
.',", l'i1 Messenger uid not come ia ~.
,, ;,.It ~ r. ~ ~ NneH lhe d.aal.i
IL -. ' go, p - "N''Ie'' ron sewers
10y . ign i'.' peeH ueemed neuhDt
' |nene We, me parties met by everybody
ccs'o''s ~ oo'a' VINO knew l''eit rotation.
~ ~ 10 Iosoi rus was 'His lnal persons clp.
on thessame tram with Capt My.r mI
MS party expressly to see tbe fight
cor. ,,>,r,,y .....
a cause founded 10 Justice AMI resting
on truth, needs not the fictitious a.I ta
nanuIacIured pablo opinion, but aaA
Us pest guarantee IN an unbiased JHg
NUT - therefore, dctermgoI % W
"S ii''le DIS possible 900 my last card, aaI
10 IeaVe the matter with tle Courts
"here II properly belongs. From .as
purpose l only deyiate uow S, Nit as 81
c"rreet somo mis- statomeu- made Mi
20 supply some Important omission m
the Day 81. Louis Herald of last Thurs
cAy. ana 10 beSh: tla. paper Aa.s
lau!t WIN the New Orleans papers iT
thelr accounts Of the difficulty. Now, b.
tue accounts have seen are substantially
corteot, with the exception tHgt they
omit 70 state that ] was entirely uulu
ed. AS to young Ar Chandler being
apparently cool, etc, see DO good rt8
son why he should not have been entire
" go seeing that ] was entirely unama'
and uhsuspecthg, and he "i.h q sa'.
gun
90 90 Lot feel called upon 10 ar.ola.
IVr Chahdlers missing me and k.Hds
the poor, innocent Ferguson bu. ] pn
nouhce az false the statement that dfsa
me poor boy between myself and Cham
dier The Herald says t.u go 4y
Chandler was LYING ID wait .or me. docs
hiin gross injustice, yet The Herald aa'
mus that he was at the depot watching
Tor my arrival, with "a sho, gun, 100 ODE
same paragraph.
me Herald says Chandler had MFR.
nation mat lhat ! ana my party were coming
oyer 10 attack his farther, and that ts
ulu come and 1t vouches for tbe ".r.af
ness Of the informant, and saw. handler
Y. at the depot T. receive tho aii,e1.
~ may be possible that some tnl..-
%help impaired such information to i.e
: Snanu'ess. Dat ITS best reiutauon i- .-s
lae' 'nSt l went to Bay -. Lou. uAl'A.
%: ana that attacked no One. AZ 70 'ls
9cibg 10 Bay 81, Louis with a party
~ me sense used, there is not one "'''
81 NGth IN It, and the Herald bias be.'
{9Tossl y misformed in this particular laT
Herald is mistaken again when it says J