The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-05-29

and brother had had nothing to eat, was
permitted 10 enter.
The crowd now called out the guard,
one by one, and informed them that they
intended to kill Chisholm, and any at.
tempt at resistance on their part would
be the forfeit Of their lives. All consent.
ed not to resist, except the old Scotch.
man, Mcclellan, who said that he was u
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.
A FIGHT FOR LIFE.
Mrs. Chisholm, after the killing Of the
Scotchman, appeared upon the scene I'M.
ploring the crowd for mercy, saying that
her husband was a prisoner under the
protection Of the Sheriff, amenable to the
courts, etc. For time she succeeded in
quelling the terrible excitement. But
DR.. David Rosser denounced the mob us
towards, and insisted upon the killing Of
Chisholm, stating that they had come
there for that purpose and that lie would
lead them. SEEKING an axe and breaking
open the lower door that leads up to the
fail proper, lie seized double.barrel shot
gun, and advancing up the stairway, fred
at Miss Chisholm and her little brother,
who were holding the upper door. The
shot struck the grating, causing the shIv.
cred iron and lead to penetrate the daugh.
tet'H face. Failing by this 10 drive them
from the grating, he fired again, shooting
oGthe hand Of little Johnnie, who crawled
to his father, crying: "Don't shoot my
papa" Miss Chisholm, Selling the guns
Of the pretended guard, handed them to
her father.
i A MONSTER MEETS HIS DOOM.
DR.. Rosser advanced and pushing open
the grating fired at Judge Chisholm with
n gun which had been handed him by his
friends in the rear, striking little John.
ME, who persisted in standing as wall in
front Of his father, killing him instantly,
and the spirit OF that heroic boy went UP
to his God who made it immortal. This
shot also wounded Judge Chisholm who,
with his daughter, simultaneously fred
upon DR.. Rosser, shooting of the top OF
his head. The crowd seeing that DR..
Rosser had been killed were struck with
terror, and caught Rosscr by the feet and
dragged him down stairs out OF the Jail,
eXclaiming "Somc Of the guns are loaded
with shot! They have ammunition n
Advancing again, the Eon Of John W.
Gully fired twice at Mrs. Chisholm, but
without effect. She having procured one
Of the guns lett by the guard, placing it
within few inches Of his breast, fired
both barrels, the wadding slightly wound.
ing him, the gun containing no shot.
The mob then cried, "Fire the Jail" Miss
Chisholm hearing the cries, lifted the
mangled remains Of her dead brother
and carried them down stairs to the front
door, and returning, said, "Papa, they
have fired the Jail, it is better to be
shot to death than burned TO DEATH"
The Judge, putting his arms around his
daughter, tried to persuade her to leave
him, saying he would remain there and
die alone, assuring her that he.was limo.
cent OF having any knowledge Of, or tax
ing any part in the killing Of Gully, as
she was herself. She refused to leave
him, and throwing her right arm around
his neck and protecting him as we'll as
she could with her person, proceeded
with him down stairs, in the face OF tie
mob. When near the foot Of the stair.
way they were fired upon, one ball strik-
ing heavy gold bracelet on Miss Corne.
LAS right arm, driving tho pieces
through. a load Of duck shot entered
her lett leg below the left knee, and ball
striking her in the thigh, she fell andwas
struck by one of the mob in the face and
on the head with his fist or the end Of
pistol, terribly biackening one Of her
eyes and bruising her forehead.
The alarm OF fire was decoy, and the
Judge started to run back, but was shot
several times and MORALLY wounded. AT
last the mob fell back, and the mother
and daughter were allowed TO carry the
dying Judge and the corpse Of little John
ME home.
WOMEN FIGHTING For LOVED ONES.
Fifteen or more Of the mob followed
for some distance and made several at.
tempts to shoot, but Miss Cornelia, with
her face and clothes covered with blood,
and with her shattered arm dangling nj
her side, threw herself between these in
furiated demons and her father, and i'm.
plored them not TO pursue their bloody
work; that her father was dead or dying,
and begged them at least to spare
his body to those that loved him.
The Judge fingered few days and died,
the mob bowling around the house to the
last. Upon the arrival OF the coffin at
DeKalb, Monday afternoon, Mrs. CHS.
holm with her own hands prepared the
dead body Of her little son Tor burial.
The remains were carried into the room
where his wounded sister lay, who in great
pain raised up and kissed the cold lips OF
her dead brother.
Before his death Judge Chisholm 70.
peated that he knew nothing Of, nor had
any connection whatever with the killing
Of Gully, and that it was hard for man
to die and leave such devoted wife and
children under such circumstances. A
few minutes later he. threw his arms
around his wife's neck and murmured
tiny wife my precious WIFE," and quietly
died in the arms Of her who had been his
companion for twenty years. He had al.
ways lived in the South, and long held
Office under the Democrats, but he had
fallen into disgrace by turning Republi-
can. Nobody has been arrested for his
death. Thus ends the tragedy Of Kemper
county.