The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-10-22
violence I'm mississippi.

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,cn,r,.,op,,cnce OF the Richmond Dispateh.l
GREGSwooD, LEFLoRE COUNTY, MISS,
October u, 1877.
The dignity OF the leading newspapers OF
{. Rig Richmondo will not recoil, / am sure,
from occasional correspondence with even
such hid-away place as Greenwood; and,
indeed, Ia view OF the stirring events hap
nening at intervals in our midst, such cor
respondence might not always be uninter-
cSting TO your readers.
It seems really that the commencement OF
our second national century has become an
era OF bloody and relentless violence I'M
paralleled in the annals OF our country--at
least. Judging from the accounts we are
dsilv getting from almost every quarter. l
recref 20 say that this section OF MISSES
sinni-n3y adopted sojourn Ior am VIZ.
ginion and shah return to Virginia)-'S NOT
eromn. from such !awlcss excuses. IL Is
to record an instance In point thab "fite
this. "a. a., -, ;,stont
about midnight, an armed ana MASKED oanu !
az about twenty men "alkeo quieHy ouV
aTdn@ their route, and leaving their horses
- he ferry, some five hundred yards
,e,ow ON the Yazoo river. They pro-
coded Mt once to the house OF the 1ailof,
Nr John IT. Groves. and, calling him to the
door, covered him with their cooked re-
volyers and demanded the keys OF the 1all.
Groves. being "a. fearless, resolute man,
cSsaved n barley with the maskers--'
~ course to no ayail-and was forced,
,,ndcr protest. to surrender his charge.
The regulators y then proceeded TO the
;sil. where they found the two culprlts
thew wanted-named respectively John
#. Shelton and B. {. Moore-croWded IN
with the other prisoners. Shelton promptly
gave battle with brick he had somehow
possessed himself Of, and struck one OF the
;naskers heavy blow on the breast with 1t
as he entered the cell. The latter instantly
Dulled on him with his revolver, bringing
him down, at the imminent hazard or striking
otbcrs-mostly ncgroes-in the crowded
cell That shot alone would doubtless have
nroycd fatal in an hour or two. shelton
was then roped round the neck and dragged
down the steps and out OF the !ail-yard,
when one OF the fateiul visitants Che who
had been struck with the brick placed his
pistol near the dying mans temple and gave
him the coup de grace.
Meantime the other victim (Moore). who
had also received bullet through the
bowels, though not yet in a dying condl-
ton, was brought out; and, after the resto-
ration of the keys OF the prison to Mr..
Groves, the whole posse, with their mortal
" wounded prisoner, hurriedly decamped,
leaving the dead man lying where he fell.
The entire time occupied in the sanguinary
transaction did not exceed twenty minutes.
Next (Monday) morning the victim who
was carried off was found hanging from
beam of an old cotton-shed just below the
ferry. and across the river, nearly half
mile from town.
Shelton-the one that was killed at the
jai!-was awaiting his trial for an attempt
10 murder planter OF this county by the
name Of Bush Woods, with whom he was
living and working at the time, about two
months since. He deliberately shot Woods
down in his own house. with detail OF
aggravated barbaritieS, and rifled the prem
Uses OF all the money.they contained-about
one hundred dollars Then fleeing to the
woods and cane, he eluded pursuit for over
week, although large reward was offer
ed for his capture, dead or alive. He was
finally taken, however. and lodged in Jail
here, when most OF the money and Mr..
Woods's pistol and shotgun (Which be
had taken away were recovered from him.
He denied nothing, and laughed and chatted
quite pleasantly over his adventures as q
fugitive in the woods.
The other culprit and victim, B. G.
Moore, was some months ago instrumental
in the death of an old and respected citizen
of this county, Mr.. G. w. Markham, who,
while riding home one evening, was way
laid and shot, though not fatally, by Moore,
on account Of some slight previous misun-
Outstanding between them, entirely incom-
mensurate in importance with the revenge
thus sought to be taken.
All: the parties were white men, aud
Markham and Woods held:a good social po-
sition here. The former being quite old,
the public Indignation was great against his
assailant, who was comparatively boy.
Mr.. Markham subsequently received an in
jury by fall from his horse, and this, to-
gether with the effects OF ,Moore's bullet,
caused his death very soon.
3ush Woods is still lying in avery critical
condition--completely paralyzed from the
hips down-and his physicians say he can
not recover. 49,
The three brothers oi Moore were in
town to-day. gloomy, resolute, and retl-
cent, trying, in quiet, penetratiye way 10
learn all the particulars OF the Tragedy us
regards their brother. They eornered our
worthy TAILOR and Intercepted him eX-
haustiYely, and circulated gloomily among
our townsfolk, sullenly gathering .particu-
lars. About noon they quietly rode away.
But every body could see in them the stern
resolve on bloody vengeance if they ever
learn who were the perpetrators OF that
midnight butchery; and more truculent
work very soon is apprehended. The COM
nunity is in state Of high and indignant
excitement over the matter.
I neglected to state that the sheriff was
not in town on the night OF the event re-
corded, and the iailor (who is also deputy
sheriff. was placed by 1t In very emD sase
ING position, and one that yet may prove
not devoid of danger. CARABIN.
RETR1EvED HIS RECITATION Min
ncapolis {Minn.) Tribune OF Thursday says:
"a The children of Mr.. Moore, who live at
IJpDer. Lake Minnetonka, have retriever
pup they are proud Of. The occasion Of
their pride resulted from little circun1-
stance the particulars of which are as fol-
lows: The eldest daughter went to the