Vicksburg weekly herald., 1877-10-05
rho Onse ofmF. Tate.

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startled byan account In the HERALD
Of q most brutal and eOWaFdly assassin
alton. At that time there was no hope
for Mr.. David Tate, who had been as
Saulted and shot the night before on
the VickGburg and Meridian rail.
road, near the mechIne shop. The
reporter Of the HERALD was fully
justified In writing It an assassination.
Thanks to good medical treatment and
8 strong constitution, Mr.. Tate Is we'll
enough to walk about the streets again,
though he looks very pale aud ema.
ciated, and q relapse that could pro-
duce death would not be at oil aston.
ishing.
The parties who assaulted him were
promptly arrested aud placed in the
work.house to await the result OF Mr..
Tate'S injuries. Thursday they were
taken before Squire Fontaino and
placed under bond In $1,000 each, with
Mr.. Ellis Evans and ]. W. Smith as
sureties. This bond is . good one or 1t
iS not q good one. Our opinion is that
It iS not worth the paper It is written
on. We do not think either one Of the
suretieS ls worth one cent above bis
legal exemptions. Mr.. Ellis Evans and
bic wife own . lot In section q, town
ship l6, range 3, east, valued al
$500. This lot is the homestead,
and under our laws 10 Of course ex.
empt from seizure and sale. But If
was not exempt the security iS worth
less, for the viCksburg Building ASso-
citation has a mortgage on the property
for $1,000. Captain J. w. Smith and
wife have q lot from which many
smaller lots have been sold, but II ID
yet valued at $500. This is ell ex-
empt under the Homestead Act.
Yesterday, Curtis and johnson were
arrsigned for trial. They waived an
examination and were put under bond
for appearance before the Circuit Court
in the sum of $1,000 for Curtis and
$500 for johnson, with Mr.. El-
lie Evans aud Mr.. James Woods
as security. The securities were not
sworn. After consulting the records
we consider this bond worthless also.
Mr.. Woods had three lots valued at
$2,250 but he transferred them on Oc-
tober IA, 1874, to his wife.
We are thus particular in presenting
the facts OF this case, because we are
determined the public shall judge of
all these assaults, shootings, etc, aud
the legal proceedings which follow
for themselves. Whenever II be.
comes possible for men 10 shoo
and beat a fellow being to thI
extent of human endurance ant
then walk out scot free under
worthless bond, II is time for the peo
pie to know all the facts. to tho ono
that they may consult together for theiI
own safety. If this is the law of Mis-
siSsippi, we spit upon aud despise thC
law of Mississippi. If Captain An
drews, Captain Flanagan, Genera
Butts, Alderman Klein, our worth,
Mayor, or any prominent man had beel
thus assaulted aud the same outrageou
legal proceedings had followed, ther
would have been such howl Of publ
indignation raised that 1t would hav
. been difficult to restrain the populacI
We remember poor, half-Starve
. wretch that some time ago assaulte
two Of our prominent citizens with th
, design of robbing them. He was car
I tured and very properly sent to th
Z Penitentiary. But this flexible MlssiI
sippi law Of ours seems to have q CT
I pacity to respect persons. Again, W
. spit upon it. Bah!