The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-05-06
A BATTLE IN JAIL.
Details Of the Late Sanguinary
Affair at DeKalb, Miss.
hO,ncthtny About. p. Gilmer. one
of the Parties Killed.

From the New York Herald, May ~
Several years since, in DE halb, Ben.
jamln Rush, native white Republican,
tired at John w. Gully, a Democrat,
missing him, but killing his brother,
Samuel Gully. John thereupou fired,
desperately wounding Rush, who finally
recovered, since which and previously,
tits said, a deadly teud existed between
them. Last December Gully was way
laid, shot and seriously wounded by
Rush, SO Gully said. Rush disappeared
and has not been seen since. The as
sassluation OF Dir. Gully on
Thursday last is believed TO
be his work. The tragic death OF
Mr.. Gully, who was personally known
to every body, having once been sheriff,
brought together many persons seeking
information, and TO attend the funeral,
which occurred on Saturday AFT ernoon,
several miles from Dekalb. AT the fun
eral much excitement prevailed, and II
was with difficulty an orderly sepulture
was had. On the same day, upon affi.
davis by divers parties, warrants were
ssued for the arrest Of w. W. Chisolm.
j. p. Gilmer, ID. ROsenbaum and Hop
per. The reported threats By Chisoln
and Gilmer grew as they new and Ia.
famed the white people,, who regarded
them as almost public enemies. Gilmsr
had Just reIurnod from Jail In 81. Louis.
where he had been taken by reguisition
On several charges OF fraud. Chisolm
aided in making his bond there. sunday
morning Chisolm was arrested and
placed under guard al his residence in
Dekalb.
A JAIL-OR FoRT.
4 crowd demanded that he should 90 70
| Jail, where he was accordingly taken, his
wife, daughter and young son accompan.
ing him inside. He retained brace OF
reyolyers. At his (Chisolm's) request
| guards were stationed outside and also
| IN the hall upstairs where he was placed
| the persons COMPOSING the guard being
| designated by himself. Six or eight o.
them were inside armed with double
barrelled guns. Hopper was also ar
rested and placed in an other part Of tn
Jail Then Gilner appeared on tn
| the street and was arrested and soon sur
rounded by crowd, aud, seeing another
crowd near the Jail and doubtless feeling
| fearful, he made a sudden effort u
| escape, dashing through the crowd anc
running, but as he was passing between
two houses some per sons In the crowd
l uicu, hhiius nun hsSahtis' ilootuOdufn
who was taken with Gil
mer, was lodged in jail
ATTACK AND DEADLY DEFENCE.
At about three O'Clock p. IN. sever,
OF the inside guards becoming wearie
requested the sheriff to relieve them. Ii
told each TO bring the particular persO
named 10 relieve him. -Four or five r.
, tired together, leaving their guns leanin
against the wall. Directly several pei
sons came up the stairway as relic
; guards, OF whom it ID thought DIR. Dav
Rosser, who was foremost, was one
Before the door could be secured benin
them a crowd rushed In. Chisolm seize
all the guns left by the guards, retired I
the rear end OF the hall and fired, killin
Rosser. While in the act Of firing SET
ond shot his young son John ran acros
in front OF him, receiving the charge
which killed him instantly. Firing no
became general and promiscuous. Chi
olm's wife and daughter chung TO hin
the latter receiving wound Ia the wris
Chisolm himself fell desperately, 1t
supposed MORALLY, wounded, but lac sti
survives.
PRoMIscUoUs SHOOTING.
. One Mcclellan, an adherent oil Chi
olm, and one Of the inside guards VIII
remained. somehow escaped from IN
building. but was killed immediately
aiterward. Virgil Gully, nephew Q
! John, the deceased, received q ball Il
the jaw and spat it out Of his mouth
Several Others were grazed with balls o
had their clothes perforated. Hoppe
y ono h"SHnhanm were not harmed. CHS