New Orleans Republican., 1877-05-19


Fourteen were killed, and four officers
and fourteen men wounded. The Turk.
ish loss was considerable.
IL Governor Stone Able and VIII Ho see
that the Laws Are FaiEhfulIy Exc
cuteds
His Excellency ]. NJ. Stone, Governor
of the State Of Mississippi, on the fourth
day of October, 1876, caused to be trans
mitted TO the Attorney General Of tie
United States q telegraphic dispatch in
which he said: 81 am more than willing.
and have been able to execute the laws IN
Mississippi and conserve the public
pes ca" 1.-The repoyts II tha
Der art'nent of Justice in regard to this
State often times allege wrongs in COM
munities which receive first information
OF the said wrongs in dispatches from the
national capital" - -
His excellency also sought to enIighten
the oenighted Attorney General by con-
Veylng to him this startling intelligence:
ihe perpetrators Of wrongs are responS
sible to State authorities, and / am able
to bring all such to justice and am de-
termined to do So"
Mississippi was at that time. accordina
to the Governors assertion, s'quietly and
all. :
| We presume that no one will have the,
hardihood to deny that ''wrongs" were
perpetrated In kemper county
In december of last year cowardly at
tempt was made to take the life of John
| W. Gully, and it is now stated, on good
authority, that the assassin was known b,
his intended victim and others but no at
tempt was made to bring him to Justice.
On Thursday, the twenty-sixth day Of
April the same John W. Gully was bru-
tally slain by an assassin who lurked in a
thicket by the roadside for the purpose of
etecting his murderous work. The sue
ceeding Sunday, April 20, Kemper county
was overrun by an infuriated mob of more
than 100 armed men. Prominent white
Republicans were arrested and carried to
the Jail at De Kalb, at the dictation of the
mob A prisoner (Gilmer) who was en-
titled to protection from the officers of
the law, while in their custody, was shot
in the back while being taken to lail, and
literally riddled with bullets where he fell.
The brave Scotchman, Mcclellan, was
also mercilessly slain. The Jail was at
tackled, and Judge Chisholm and daughter
were shot down, and his son was in
stantly killed. Judge Chisholm fingered
IN torture two weeks, and expired on
Sunday last.
His brave and devoted daughter Miss
Cornelia-all honor to her memory-ybo
} clung to her father during that awful and
bloody struggle, in the hope of being able
to save him from the fury of the demons,
vrithed in agony until yesterday, when
she too was relieved by death from the
sufferings which she heroically endured
without murmur of complaint.
Seventeen days have elapsed since the
murderous work at De Kalb and no ar
rests have been made.
Will his excellency now repeat his as
sertion that he is able to bring all perpe-
traitors of wrongs TO Justice, and that he
.. is determined to do so?
Since the horrible tragedy was enactad
the survivors of the Chisholm family have
nursed their dying loved ones with win
dows barricaded, in hourly fear of another
attack from the murderous mob who they
believed were determined to complete
J their hellish purpose and slay their victim
If his recovery was possible from the
wounds already received. Mrs Chisholm
) desired TO have her family removed to q
place where they would feel sense Of se-
curity, and petitioned the Governor foF
! protection. His excellency should have
! used his own judgment as to the manner
: OF granting the protection prayed for, but
( such an appeal should not have been dis
regarded by an executive who is more
, than willing to conserve the public peace -
1t is believed by many that the chances
for the recovery of Miss Chisholm would
have been greatly increased if she had
been moved and thereby relieved from
apprehensions with which her mind was
constantly tortured.
We are not prepared to express an opin-
I ion on this subject, but, how ever it may
be, the death OF the brave girl should in
cite Governor Stone to vigorous action in
: the performance of his duty in bringing
to justice the perpetrators of these horri-
BILE crimes.
VIII his excellency now furnish evil
dence that his dispatch to Attorney Gen.
eral Taft was well founded?
We repeat: Is Governor Stone able and
will he see that the laws are faithfully ex-
eeuted?-JdekSoa Pilot.
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