New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-26

Hon. r. z. Leachman, accompanied by
/ Mrs. Christian and hsr cousin, Miss Cas-
| koh, from Meridian, arrived on Friday as
| nurses for the wounded family. Mrs.
| Christian soon became sick end was COM
| PEELED to return home on Sunday. Miss
Caskon, having wounded her thumb with
piece of ice, the virus from the wounds
of Miss Chisholm penetrated it and cry
sipelas set in, and she was compelled to
return home on Thursday following,
where she is stiA suffering greatly. Her
life at one time was despaired Of
On Saturday, the fifth of May, Captain
nj. ShRughnessy and Major 4. II. Nc
Michael arrived from Jackson. Upon in
terviewing Judge Chisholm and his fami-
ly they found they greatly desired to be
removed from Kemper county, stating
that it was impossible for them to recover
under the terrible mental anxiety to which
they were subjected, and also the lack of
proper medical attention. Mrs. Chisholm
wrote the following letter to Governor
Stone, which she gave to Captain Shaugh-
messy to deliver. Captain Shaughnessy
left at once for jackson, and finding
Governor Stone had left for Hatchez on
pleasure trip he followed, hoping to over
take him at Vicksburg, but, arriving too
late, the following correspondence &C..
CURED by telegraph;
"VIcKsBURG, May 9, 1877.
$40 Governor J. M Stone, Matches, Misslssit pis
81 am Just from Judge Chisholms, in
Kemper county. Both he and daughter
are suffering very much from wounds and
| constant threats from the mob. It is
freely asserted that Judge Chisholm will
neither be permitted to live at home or to
leave the county alive, which threat his
family and myself fear will be carried ont,
unless he is protected by the State gov
| eminent. A constant watch is kept Bpon
the house, and stranger going there is
| PROMPTLY demanded his business and kept
| under surveillance.
/ ''Mrs. Chisholm was compelled to obtain
a permit from the leaders of the mob to
sbuYy her son, slain in the Jail. From mo-
tives of humanity, have followed you to
this place with the following letter from
Mrs. Chisholm:
ITO hon. J. NJ. Stone, Governor of mississippi
"S1R- Believing you to be humane and
DESTROYS of preventing the needless ettnsion
of blood, most humbly and respectfully
appeal to you for aid in protecting my
husband and children, until such time as
| / am able, with those of them whom God
in his mercy may spare to me, to leave
the county and their home. If You can
aid me in behalf of my wounded and
l-dying husband and daughter, would ask
that Captain III. Shaughnessy, Of jackson,
be authorized to raise body of men large
enough to protect and remove us to some
place Of safety. Respectfully.
MRS. w. w. CHISHOLM.
'tNo time should be lost. Please dispatch
| ma here an. SHAUGHNESSY.
"TO NJ. shaughnessy. vicksburg, Mississippi
81 can not consent to your proposition to
40 to Kemper county with body ofsrmed
men, will return as soon as possible.
81. NJ. STONE"
In the meantime Captain Shaughnessy
, , had secured the promise of a number Of
gentlemen of Jackson and Vicksburg
without distinction of party-but prin
cipally Democrats-to assist him in his
, | mission of mercy. The above CORES
: pondence shows why those gentlemen
who SO kindly volunteered 70 go to the
rescue of the family were rendered power
? less to do so. Since then, Captain
. Shaugnessy received the following lette
from Mrs. Chisholm:
"DE KALB, Mississippi, May 9, 1877.
g Captain NJ. shsughnsssy
O "K1ND FRIEND OF MY HUsBAND-I wa
}, both grieved and surprised to learn
;. Though this afternoons mail, from Gov
Q ernor Stones private secretary, that tn
: Governor refused US any protection othe
@ than that of f. G. Sinclair, who with thu
a pretense of an arrest, played into tn
hands of the mob. Having great relianc
g in your judgment, will, and fearless
) bravery hasten to communicate the fac
r to you. 1 hear nothing tending to Civ
!, me quiet, and everything to the reverse
9 Both husband and daughter are suffering
!, severely, more so than when you Wer
n here.
e "Hoping to hear from you, or better, Sc
l. you, l am very respectfully and CRATE
a fully, GENTLY S. M. CHISHOLM"
!, Late on Saturday night, the twelfth
9 when Judge Chisholm heard the result
o of the correspondence between Governo
e Stone and Captain Shaughnessy, he seem
ed to give up all hope Of ever being per
IS mitted to leave the county, and his vita
p power soon commenced to sink Abou
6 eleven o'clock on Sunday morning Majo
p McMichael informed Mrs. Chisholm tina
!, the Judge was dying, and that it would b.
10 necessary for her to suppress her emotion
as the slightest indication of the judge
n condition would perhaps prove fatal +
d her daughter, who was in the adjoining
). room. From that time until his dealt
d everything that could be done to reviv
is the dying man was tried, but withou
Is success. With full knowledge of his ap
preaching dissolution, and with the grin
IT monster confronting him, he repeate,
Is that he knew nothing of nor had he an,
"a connection whatever with the killing Q
b Gully, and that it was hard for q man t
e, die and leave such devoted wife an
d children under such circumstances. j
N few minutes later he threw his arm aroun
sr his wife's neck and murmured, "My wife
d my precious wife, and quietly died i
,e the arms of her who had been his CON
panion for twenty years.
IS After the death of Judge ChisholI
A. everything had to be done very quietly
r, prevent knowledge of his death troI
le reaching his daughter, whose wound
is were now considered to be dangerous.
m coffin was procured from Scooba, and th
W judges remains were conveyed to the
a. final resting place, without mourners on
10 side of his own family.
i'd Judge W. w. Chisholm had held hor
c. orable position in Kemper county in time
Or agone, his friends there were counted b
be thousands. AS the special friend an
guardian of the widow and orphan, VIII
e. never appealed to him in vain, he ha
m been elected to the Office of probate COZ
I'd secutively from 1860 to 1866, resigning
O. May, 1867, and indorsing John McRal