The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1877-05-12

lodged in it. Hopper, against whom
the writ was also directed, had alst
been arrested and lodged in Jail with
out mOlestatiOn 10y the crowd.
About 3 in the afternoon, the guarC
on the inside of the Jail became WearieC
| and asked to he relieved, which reques
was granted as to a portion of them
Some three or four. They set their
guns down in the jill and went out, by
permission, to get others to take their
| places, and among them DR.. RosSer, OF
| Summeryille. The outside crowd seized
the opportunity of the entrance of the
| relief guards to press IN behind them
and up the stairs. 1t is supposed that
| Chisholm, not knowing Of the coming
| OF the relief, believed that the people
lie saw pressing up the stairway was
a mob purely, and seizing a double
barrel gun of one of the guards left
behind on going ont, commenced firing.
His first shot took effect upon his
tWel We year old boy. who happened to
get in the way of it, killing him instant
ly. We hear that he stated that to be
a fact Oh Monday morning, before
which it was not known how or by
whom the boy was killed. The next
shot was fired with elaboration and
spattered out the brains of DR.. ROsser,
reported, as above, to be coming as a
relief to his guards.
Now all the furies were broke loose.
The maddened crowd pressed up to the
stairway over the'dead and dying boy
and man to Wreak vengeance upon
Chlsolm, and, perhaps, others of his
clique. With the desparing screams of
wife and daughter who clung to ChiSOlm,
Shrieks, curses, the fusilade of pistols
and the sulphurous od0r, there was a
pandemOnium, and the actors in it them
selves could scarce give an intelligible
account of what occurred. 1t is said
that the other two prisoners, Hopper
and ROsenbaum, ran into an iron cased
cell, and so probably escaped. But if
the people had much intent upon taking
their lives, they would most likely have
hunted them ont. Mcclellan, Scotch
man, who has stood close up to ChisOlm
and bis clique, and who was there on
guard in the building as his friend, to
stand 10y him to the death, attempted to
escape by flight from the building; he
was shot down dead after he had sue
ceeded in clearing the building, by some
unknown person. ChiSOlm is reported
shot badly through the lower bowels
and in his legs. His daughter, clinging
to him, received shot in the wrist, not
dangerous, and his wife escaped unhurt,
and it appears almost a miracle they
were not both killed. The first reports
of the heroic defense Of the father by
the daughter, attributing DR.. ROsser's
death to her fearless pulling of the
deadly trigger of a double barrel,
proves to be untrue. 1t is reported and
more pistol shots, but with what effect
Is rnlrnnyUp Vippil Gully cnn #
Gully, killed by Ben Rush as above
stated, was in the melee and received
Shot in the jaw, which lodged in his
mouth, and he spat it out. Several
persons were just touched with the fly
ing. deadly bullets, and made miraculous
escapes.
Four persons were killed outright,
two of them at the hands of ChisOlm,
it seems well ascertained, namely Chi
solm's son and DR.. ROsser, in the Jail,
and J. P. Gilmer and A. Mcclellan out
side. Chisolm was reported mortally
but was alive at O'Clock on
Monday evening, as reported. ChisOlm
went to Mobile few days ago and re-
turned, we think, on Thursday morning.
A suspicion has found vocal rape that
he met Ben Rush there. We are tOldL1
that there are reasons for believing
Ben Rush lately left his hiding place in
the West to meet ChiS0lm in Mobile. |
There is said to be evidence, its trust
perhaps, needing to be es-
tablish to Chisolm's completely in the
murder. 1t is even said a purse was
made up to procure Gully's assassina-
ion, and a spy has been kept in Gully's |
hired by the conspirators.
! this may come ont some time.
tlhisOlm was still alive yesterday |
nOFaiug, but his situation reported |
pret1riOus' on medical authority.