The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1877-05-09

~ AcdtH d Tt udu SlDL Hal Dawson IN
Scooba. The other prisoner arrested
with him, G. Bosenblum, was ttken to
The Jail by the officer and lodged IN it
Hopper, against whom the writ was also
directed, hal also been arrested and
lodged in Jail without molestation by the
crowd.
About 3 IN the afternoon, the guard
on the inside Of the jail became wearied
and asked to be relieved which request
was granted as to a portion Of them,
some three or four. They set their guns
down in the Jail and went out, by per
mission, to get others to take their places,
aud among them DR.. Rosscr, of Sum
merviile. The outside crowd seizeI the
opportunity Of the entrance of the relief
guards to press IN behind them and up
the stairs. 1t is supposed that Chisolm,
not knowing Of the coming of the relief,
believed that the people he saw pressing
up the stairway was a mob purely, and
.eizing double barrel gun of one Of the
guards left behind on going out, COM
menced firing. His first shot took effect
upon his twelve year old boy, who hap
pened TO get IN the way of it, and killed
him. We hear tlfat he stated that to be
fact on Sunday morning, before which
it was not known how or by whom the
boy was killed The next shot was fred
with deiberation, and spattered out the
brains of DR.. Rosser, reported as above
to be coming as a relief to his guards
Now all the furies were broke loose
The maddened crowd pressed up the stair
way over the dead and dying boy and
man 10 wreck vengeance upon Chisolm,
and perhaps others Of his clique. With
the despairing screams of wife and
daughter who eIung to Chisolm, shrieks,
cusres, the fusiia9e Of pistols and the sui
phurous ordor, there was 4 pandemoni
um and the actors in it themselves could
scarce give an ineligible account Of
what occurred 1t is said that the other
two prisoners, Hopper and Rosenhlum,
ran into an iron cased cell, and so proba-
bly escaped. But, if the people had
much intent upon taking their lives, they
would, most likely, have hunted them
out Mcclellan, a Seothman, who has
stood close up to Chisoim and his clique,
and who was there on guard in the build
inc as his friend to stand by him to the
death, attempted to escape by flight from
tne building: he was shot down dead af
ter he had succeeded in clearing the
building, by some unknow person. CHS
dim is reported shot badly through the
lower bowels aud in his leg. His daugh-
ter, ciingng to him, received shot IN the
wrist, not dangerous, and his wife esGAp-
ell unhurt, and it app ears almost miracle
they were not both killed. The first re
port Of the heroic defence Of the father
bv the daughter, attributing Dr. Rosser's
death t. Der fearless pulling OF the dead
~ trigger of a dot.tle barrel, proves to be
untrue 1t 5 reported and believed that
Mrs. Chisolm fred one or more pistol
| shots but with what effect is unknown
| Virgil Gully. son Of sam Gully, Killed
/ by Ben Rush as above stated, was III the
/ melee and received a shot in the Jaw
which lodged in his mouth and he spat 1t
out. Several persons were just touched
with the swing deadly bullets, and made
/ miraculous escapes.
/ Four persons were killed outright,
/ two Of them at the hands Of Chisolm, II
seems we'll asccrtained, namely: CHS
olms son and Dr. Rosser, in the Jail, and
r. p. GiImar and A. Mcclellan outsid
I Ch;sglm was reported mortally wounded
/ but was alive ct ; O'Clock on Monday
I
evening reported. CLisqlm went TO Mo
bile few days ago, and returned, we
think, on Thursday morning. A suspi
cioa has found Eocal shape that he me-
Ben Rush there. we are told that there
are reasons for believing Ben Hush late
" left his hiding place in the west It
meet Chisolm in Mobile,
There is to be evidence, its trqstWorth
mess, perhaps, needing to be established
to Chisolm's completely in the murder.
1t is even said, a purse was made up tt
procure Gully's assassination, and spy
! has been kept in Gully's employment
hired by the eonspirators. All this ma
come out some tih4e,
Chisolm was still aii9e yesterday
morning, but his situation repofte'
aprecarious" upon medical authority.