Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-06-08

Upon the receipt Of Chisolm's note Gllmer
shaved, dressed himself In his best clothes
II being Sunday-and delivered his watch |
and papers to his wife, and as he did so said: |
"E61e, IL anything should happen, aud
should be killed, you would not bury me Inn !
mediately, but would keep my body for
few days, would you not ?" Mrs. Gilmer be- |
came alarmed, and insisted on accompanying |
her husband to DeKslb. Gllmer, falling to |
procure a conveyance for his wife, assured |
her that on his arrival at DeKalb he would |
send Judge Chlsolm's carriage for her-that
he feared no danger until night, and by that |
time she could be with him, and her pres. |
ence might be protection. Accompanied |
by Rosenba, n he proceeded to DeKalb. |
Arriving at the Jsidence OF Mr.. NJ Rosen- |
baum, the father OF Charles Rosenbaum,
who resided in the edge OF DeKalb, they |
learned that there was an excited crowd in
town, and wrote note to the Sheriff inform.
ing him of their whereabouts, and that they
were prepared to surrender TO the officers OF
the law. The Sheriff sent deputy, Mr..
Britton, to whom, after the most positive
promise OF protection, they delivered their
pistols and started with him to the Jail. AS
they were passing Mr.. Gully's store, in the
business portion Of the town, without word
OF warming Gilmer was shot in the back with
q load of buckshOt, when he cried: For
Gods sake, don't shoot; | am unarmed and
have surrendered; and saying to the Deputy
Sheriff: - You promised to protect me-" he
then staggered into an alley between two
stores, where he received a shot from the
front, the load lodging in his breast. Falling
TO the ground and attempting TO crawl under
a house, man ~ stepped up to him, placed
q gun to the back OF his head and Tired, the
charge passing entirely through, literally
blowing out his brains through his face and
killing him instantly. Charles Rosenbaum,
during the excitement, ran among the crowd
and saved himself, because they could not
1t hair
Mrs Gilmer, late in the evening, still wait-
ing for the conveyance to take her to her
husband, hearing the approach OF a vehicle,
all anxiety to 90, went to the door, and in
stead of a carriage she found wagon con-
tainlng the bloody remains of her murdered
husband wrapped in bolt of sheeting This
startling spectacle was the first intimation
she had received of the killing. Without
friends, with young babe in her arms, the
terror-stricken widow had the remains OF her
husband buried as best she could, and as
soon as possible went to DcKalb to assist the
distressed family of Judge Chisolm, where
she became prostrated, and now lies in
critical condition.
After Judge Chsolm had sent the note to
Gilmer and Rosenbaum at Scooba, and
while the Sheriff was still at Chlsolm's house,
the crowd increased in numbers, and de-
manded that the Sheriff should carry the
prisoner to an clubhouse used as harness
house; to this place he was accompanied by
his wife and children, whose earnest entreat-
| les finally prevailed upon the Sheriff and his
posse to allow him TO return TO his own house,
where his family, seeing that the crowd in
| tended to kill him, entreated him to remain,
aud, IL necessary, die surrounded by his fam
| lily. The crowd, Increasing in number and
violence, demanded that Chisolm should be
carried to jail, where all prisoners belong,
| thus evincing clamorOus determination to
separate him from his family Judge CHS
Olm finally consented to go to jail upon the
promise that guard should be furnished to
protect him. Accompanied by guard OF
seven men, one of whom was an aged Scotch
man and unnaturalized citizen named Nc
Clellan, his daughter Cornelia, aged eighteen,
| and two sons, aged respectively thirteen and
sixteen, he proceeded to jail and was locked
IN. 1t was ascertained that, with the excep-
! ton of the gun held by Mcclellan, all the
guns of the guards contained only powder
and no shot Mrs. Chisolm with her remain
| ing child, boy OF eight years, went to the
house of q colored woman and left him, tell
ing him to remain there. She then pro-
ceeded to the Jail, where admittance was
| denied her.
After Judge Chisolm had been lodged in
Jail the crowd seized two colored men,
George Fox and d. Hampton, who lived five
miles from DeKalb, and who happened to be
visiting some colored people who lived on
Judge Chisolm's premises, and by placing
ropes around their necks endeavored to ex.
tort from them a confession that they had
seen Ben Rush, and knew of the conspiracy
to murder Gully.
The inmates of the Jail hearing the shots
that killed Gilmer, Miss Cornelia Chisolm
asked permission to return to her fathers
house, which was granted. fastening to the
house she filed bottle with gunpOwder,
procured some buckshot and box of caps,
wrapped them in a newspaper, and fastening
the bundle with strings around her waist
under her skirts, and filling her arms with
| rpturnE1
first refused admittance; but upon assuring
the crowd that her father and brother had
had nothing to eat was permitted to enter.
In short time after the killing of Gilmer,
the crowd proceeded to the Jail, and inform
ing Rosenbaum and Hopper that they were
determined to kill Chisolm, and exacting
promises from them that they woul1 not help
Chisolm if their lives were spared, proceeded
to shut them up in separate cell. They
then called out the guard, one by one, and
informed them that they intended to kill
Chisolm, and any attempt at resistance on
their part would be the forfeit of their lives.
All consented not to resist except the old
Scotchman, who stated that he was friend
of Chisolm, and had been chosen by the
Judge and placed on guard by the Sheriff
and he proposed to do his duty, whereupon
they fired upon the grand old hero and killed
him instantly.
Mrs. Chisolm, after the killing of the
Scotchman, appeared upon the scene implor
ing the crowd for mercy, saying that her hus
band was prisoner under the protection OF
the Sheriff, amenable to the courts, etc, and
for little time succeeded in quelling the
terrible excitement. DR.. David Rosser de
nounced the mob as towards, and insisted
upon the killing OF Chisolm, stating that they
had come there for that purpose, and that he
would lead them. SeiZing an ak and break
ing open the lower door that leads up 10 the
jail proper, he seized a double.barreled shot
gun, and, advancing up the stairway, fired al
Miss Chisolm and her little brother, who
were holding the upper door. The sho
struck the grating, causing the shivered iror
and lead to penetrate the daughters face
Failing by this to drive them from the graf
ing, he fired again, shooting off the hand OF
little Johnnie, who erawled to his father
crying: Don't shoot my papa" Miss CHS
olm, seizing the guns of the pretended guard
handed them to her father.
DE-. Rosser advanced and, pushing open the
grating, fired at Judge Chisolm with a gur
which had been handed him by his friends II
the rear, striking little Johnnie, who per
sisted in standing like wall In front of hi
father, killing him instantly, and the spiri
of that heroic boy went up to his God, WHIT
: made it immortal. This shot also wounded
Judge Chisolm, who with his daughter sim
ultaneously fired upon DR.. Rosser, shootini
off the top of his head. The crowd seein!
that DIR. Rosser had been killed were strucl
with terror, and caught Rosser by the fee
ana uragReu MIN uOWu-sJalTs out OF tue jail
exclaiming, "SOme Of the guns are loaded
with shotl They have amnunitionp' Ad
vancing again the son of John w. Gully freC
twice at Mrs. Chisolm, but without effect
She having procured one OF the guns left b,
the guard, placed II within few inches o
| his breast and fired both barrels, the waddinl
slightly wounding him, the gun containing
llO shot The mob then cried; Fire the Jail! !
| Miss Chisolm, hearing the cries, lifted tn,
mangled remains of her dead brother anC
carried them downstairs to the front door
, and returning said: Papa, they have free
J the jail. 1t is better to be shot to death thar
burned to death" The Judge, putting hi
arms around his daughter, tried to persuade
| her TO leave him, saying he would remail
I there and die alone, assuring her that he wa
: as innocent of having any knowledge of or TAX
ing any part in the killing of Gully as sh
: was herself. She refused 10 leave him, and
throwing her right arm around his neck
9 and protecting him as well as she could will
her person, proceeded with him downstairs
4 in the face OF the mob. When near the foo
Of the stairway, they were fired upon, on
I ball striking heavy gold bracelet on Mis-
r | COrnelia's right arm, driving the piece