The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1877-05-10
A BATTLE IN A JAIL.
Tragic Ending OF an Old Fond in ps xon.
Miss.

Ending of an Old Feud in De KnIb,
several years since, in De Kalb,
i;t.ss., Ben. Rush, a native white Repub.
nrat' uah' hred at John w. Gully, Demo-
oraV, missing him, but killing his broth
dl,aoam Gully. John thereupon fred,
reeasperately wounding Rush, who finally
;te;oVered, - since which, and previously,
~ ~ 10 said. deadly feud existed between
ia!1' ihem' Last December Gully was way
p, Ipa.o, shot and seriously wounded by
Nusn, so Gully said. Rush disappeared
a:iu ~; mas not been seen since. The assas-
,S;inatlon OF Mr.. Gully recently is be-
ueVea to be his work. The tragic death
vi Mr. Gully, who was personally
M, rhown to everybody, having once been
sleriff, brought together many persons
seeking information and to attend the
rs,neral, which occurred several miles
rom DE Kalb. At the funeral much
excitement prevailed and it was with diff
niculty an orderly sepulture was had. On
.ne same day, upon affidavits by divers
Partles, warrants were issued for the ar
Rest OF w. W. Chisolm, j. P. Gilmer, d.
Inosenbaum and Hopper The reported
thfeats by Chisolm and Gilmer grew as
ehey flew and iufamed the white people,
VINO regarded them as almost public
enemies. Gilman had just returned
irom Jail in st. Louis, where he had
peen taken by requisition on several
charges of fraud. Chisolm aided in
making his bond there. Chisolm was
arrested, and placed under guard at his
residence in De Kalb. A crowd demand
ell that he should go to Jail where he was
accordingly taken, his wife, daughter
ana young son accompanying him in
side. He retained brace of revolvers.
AT his (Chisolms) request guards were
stationed outside, and also in the hall
upstairs where he was placed, the per-
sons composing the guard being desig-
mated by himself Six or eight of them
were inside, armed with double barreled
guns. Hopper was also arrested and
placed in another part of the Jail.
Then Gilmer, appearing on the street,
was arrested and soon surrounded by a
crowd. and seeing another crowd near
the Jail, and doubtless feeling fearful, he
made sudden effort to escape, dashing
through the crowd and running, but as
he was passing between two houses some
persons in the crowd fired, killing him
instantly. Rosenbaum, who was taken
with Gilmer, was lodged in Jail. At
about three o'clock PM several of the
inside guards, becoming wearied, re-
quested the sheriff to relieve them. He
told each to bring the particular person
named to relieve him. Four or five re.
tired together, leaving their guns leaning
against the wall. Directly several per-
sons came up the stairway, as relief
guards, Of whom, it is thought, DR.. Dave
Rosser, who was foremost, was one.
Before the door could be secured behind
them a crowd rushed in. Chisolm seized
all the guns left by the guards, retired
to the end of the hall and fred, killing
Rosser. While in the act of firing a
second shot, his young son John ran
across in front of him, receiving the
charge, which killed him instantly.
Firing now became general and pro-
mlscuous. Chisolm's wife and daughter
chung to him, the latter receiving a
wound in the wrist. Chisolm himself
fell desperately, and it is supposed
MORALLY, wounded, but he still survives
One Mcclellan, an adherent of Chisolm,
and one of the inside guards, who re-
manned, somehow escaped from the
building, but was killed Immediately
atterward. Virgil Gully, a nephew Of
John, the deceased, received a ball in
the jaw and spat it out CT his mouth.
Several Others were grazed with balls OF
had their clothes perforated. Hopper
and ROsenbaum were not harmed.
Chisolm, Gilmer and Mcclellan were
white Republicans, Rosser and Virgil
Gully Democrats.