The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-09
ing Persons Rallied Outright
0ncr4 Badly Wounded.
-L--n ller.nry


Onc1-. Badly Wounded.
#uad.n Mercury.
d. aar. last issue we had a Scoobu cor
.a.a4.ut who detailed briefly all that /
f. known of tile assassination OF John /
II Gully. We have heard nothing re |
-gy amendment or addition to that /
port.
II Gg0ry knew tile party who waylaid him |
u .a5t hlu last December and left him
aeaI after firing two shots at him,
Nd be sealed his lips 10 il. and, we are
5nuad, laid Il most positive injunction
ayu ms friends and relatives to take no
-p, whatever, to avenge him or vlniI- !
a.e the law We happened to know
fa- ht Expressed an opinion 10 legal
gentleman Of this city, that if he gould
splr-ue that course, violence would end. ;
Hal the public mind, the attempt of De
.-mhar was fastened upon Ben Rush, be
,waan whom ana Gully theye bad been Il
deadly faud, which had before that been
The cause of bloodshed \ few years
a-, BIN Rush, on the streets Of Dehalb,
no, I'd John w. Gully and killed sam
.fiufIy, Johns brother In turn, IN that
'afl.f. Ben Rush was shot down by John
Nv. Gully. and, ut the time, was supposed
mortality wounded, recovering TO the
.a>.oui,hmcnt OF even his physicians.
Fr,l the date Of the attempt upon Gut
.lv In December. Rush has disappeared
from tae county, and that mas fastened
the -4flt Of it in the public mind upon
him.
There l. another conviction equally as
firmly fixed in the pubilc mind that
.Ca. ,ym and Gilmer and their Clique
were eognizaut of and privy to that at
tempt 1ad the same firm conviction Is
a,.tae! aD2n the public mind that they
were ca.n;zint Of and privy to this hnal
successful attempt mt assassination last
Thursday evening \ suspicion amount
fag to almost a belief exists. that Rush
aa, claudestinelv returned to finish, and
has done his perfect work III killing Gull
II last Thursday with the knowledge and
conaivancc of the Chisolm Gilmer elan.
Gully, killed Thursday evening, was
not buried until late on Saturday even
mo. Bv that time large crowd of PEG
pe had assembled; for he was man
who VA respected and held IN universal
esteem nv the great mass OF the intelil-
gent and respectable people OF the coun-
H. The people IN attendance upon the
funeral were in such state o. exaspera-
tan that they could hardly contain them
selves So As 10 conform 20 theusual solemn
8bsarvances Of such an occasion. The
4rougs that the people of kemper had
l1n, suffered 1T the hands Gt Tins Clique
In setting at naught the laws for the pro
lection OF life and property and commit,
Ting the most shocking crimes with per
feet inpunity. and then, if they lifted
q finger tor their own protection, IN set
tin.. upon them L. ;. soldiers and mar
,baI- aud harrassing them with prosecu-
tioB. III united States courts, rs was done
at tho last Term Of the I. ). District
Court ut Jackson, the deceased then
helgr nat away in his last resting place
being one Of the victims OF their hellIsh
ma.irnitv and vile perjuries, came fresh
10 mind aud maddened them. 1heit
geriured SANDERS Of the body OF the good
people Of the county before the senate
Committee, in Washington, last winter,
came wildly to their minds, and tended
then and there to arouse strong teelthg
to avence the foul murder OF trIeno
whose dust they were then eonsignlng L
the tomb.
After the funeral there was consulta
ton among the cooler heads, and 1t wa'
determined to proceed orderly IN an at
Eamp, once again to vindicate the law
That night. warrants were issued Tor the
arrest Of w. W. Chisolm, }. L. Gllmer
Charlie Rosenbaum and A. Hopper.
On Sunday morning, the sheriff arrest
ed w. W. Chisolm upon the warrant; ant
put him under guard in his own house
The crowd Immediately clamored for hin
to be put in Jail, and the sheriff, almost
per force of public sentiment, took hin
Ia iail. His wife and daughter, and ;
son about twelve years old, followed hin
= Jail and went in with him. Chlsoln
baa u brace Of pistols. and when TN
sheriff :. ~o8sed to leave them on ne re
monslra I. nd insisted that be NIGH
na4I 9' 49, h'ea' : 's-dafense, and was per
mittel to retain them M. eve
special request, guard = aaIect;on
him IN the Jail, men of his own ~,
Il seems that there was an inside anu
side guard
Chisolm had sent runner, negro, tc
ocooba, for Gilmer and Rosenbaum K
come to him. He despatched his runner
to them ON Saturday night before his ar
Test on Sunday morning, In anticipation
OF trouble, as they left Scooba IN the at
ternoon of Sunday for Dekalb. Upon
their arrival In Dekalb they were boil
arrested upon the warrant issued agalns
them and Rush and others on Saturday
night. Gilmer is reported as at hrs
bearing himself with his accomtoned boil
and confident air; but an angry crows
hung around, and his features fell and n
made a desperate attempt to regain free
dom by fight; he was shot on the win
as he was lodging between two house
and brought down, by some person, I