The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1877-12-14

done 10 save lie lltlle sulleTor, anu
to relieve her pains. but no power
on earth could save her. She died
in great agony, her flesh being burnt
almost TO q crisp.
Jackson Clarion: Mr.. f. n.
Strippleman, who has resided in
this city for several years, and who
has been employed as book,kceper
at the penilentiary, and for the last
year or so at the auditors Office,
committed suicide on Saturday
morning last, by taking two ounces
Of laudanum and seventeen grains oil
morphine. He was found in one ofthe
buildings of the military camp. The
body was warm when found, and
his watch had not ceased to run.
A memorandum book stated the
method of his killing hi,Gself. He
had left his home on Tuesday morn
ing last, but had previously, to
various persons, intimated his pur-
pose to destroy biAself. The de-
ceased was q native of Germany
and was well educated. He was an
expert accountant, and seems to
have had regular employment since
he has been in Jackson.
Walter Riley, the negro who
murdered Mr.. Jno. w. Gully in
Kemper county, last spring, was
hung in DeKaEb last Friday, the 9Th
inst. The Meridian Mercury pubs
fishes the following particulars of
the execution: Riley admitted that
he killed Mr.. Gully, and that he got
the gun from one Hezzic Jack, tor-
merly a waiting hoy Of Judge CHS
oIm, but that Hezzjc did not know
what he intended doing with the
gun; but aflcrward he said Hrzzie
persuaded him to kill Mr.. Gully.
He said hat Chisolm and Gilmer
had nothing to do with it, or if they
did he did not know it. Said he
got forty dollars out OF Mr.. Gully's
pocket, and carried his boots and
hat to Tennessee. He refused 10
tell who gave him. the file with
which he filed his irons and made
his escape recently from Jail. Every
thing passed off quietly, especially
the corpse.
Vicksburg Herald, 9th: A most
heart sickening tragedy occurred on
the steamer Fair Play, about 8
o'clock, last night, in the killing Of
Mr.. A. Bachman, a peddler, about
SO years of age, by William Gibson,
a deck sweeper on the boat. The
homicide took place after the Fair
Play had left the land ng and
reached Kings Point. An eye.
witness informed US that Bachman
sitting on the coal pile in front
of tho fire box, leaning against his
packs asleep, when Gibson ap>
preached him with an axe, and,
without saying a word, dealt him
.hree heavy blows on the head with
he edge Of the instrument. Bach>
nan uttered a groan, but being
1ropped between his packs and a
on which our informant was
could not fall over. On
earning of the murder Capt. ookout
lad the boat turned back for town,
a guard over Gibson, and on
.rrival here turned him over TO the
Gibson says that some time
go the old man accused him OF
'reOkiLg open his pack or y~alise,
nd they had come WORDS about
t. Yesterday evening he met
'achman on the Ievee, and the
told him he was going up
he river on the Fair Play. Glib
on very coolly relates: " told him
/ he got on the boat / would kill
i'm, and when I saw him sitting
own in front Of the ere box | went
nto the deck room, got an ak and
id kill him." The dead man
resented a horrible spectacle as he
~ on the coal pile with the top of
is head literally dug out and the
oozing from the ragged,
wound. 1t sick ned the be.
olders. An inquest was held, and a
crdict rendered in accordance with |
&c foregoing facts. Mr.. Bachman j
as an Odd Fellow, has relatives s
ere, but no family, and was quite
n inofen5ive man. But little is {
nown of Gibson, but he is a river
an, and has been on the Fair Play c
Oout three weeks. /
OF far the houth {