New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-05-12
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Exterminating Mississippi Republicans.
The jackson, Mississippi, Times of the
eighth instant gives the following state
ment of the recent horrible affair at De
Kalb. It is from the pen of a gentleman
of eminent worth, and no doubt can exist
of its truthfulness:
Our special correspondent, sent to De
Kalb, gives US the following facts con-
cerning the recent bloody riot there:
The pretext on which the riot was
gotten up was the assassination of John
Gully, which occurred on Thursday, the
twenty-sixth of April. The relatives and
friends of Mr.. Gully affected to believe,
and many of them probably do believe,
that Ben Rush is the assassin who perpe-
trated the deed. The funeral of Mr..
! Gully, which took place on Saturday, the
twenty-eighth of April, was made the oc-
casion by his family and friends to in
tensify passions which had been aroused
by his death, and to plan the riot for the
following day. Accordingly, on Saturday
night, after the funeral, affidavit was made
before magistrate charging Judge Chis-
holm, Mr. Hopper, Charles Rosenbaum
and and John Gilmer with completely in
the murder of John Gully. Writs for the
arrest of these parties were put in the
hands of the sheriff, who, about seven
o'clock on Sunday morning proceeded to
execute them. Those against Hopper and
Judge Chisholm were executed by the
sheriff in person, and those of Mr.. Rosen-
baum and John Gilmer were sent to the
constable to be executed at Scooba, the
residence of these parties. At Judge
Chisholm's request he was allowed to re-
main under arrest at home until he could
give bond or trial be commenced. Before
ten o'clock armed men began to arrive in
town, in some instances singly, but most
ly in squads of from five to twenty or
more, nearly all coming from the western
portion of the county, where the Gully
family reside. Immediately on the as
sembling of the crowd, demand was made
that Judge Chisholm should be carried to
jail. A large number of armed men
gathered about his house, which is situat-
ed in the town, and within 800 yards of
the Jail, and in a boisterous manner de-
clared that ga private house is no place
for prisoner" ''the Jail is too good
for him." stake him to JAIL" etc.
The sheriff then came forward. and
said he thought it was best to
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that he was q prisoner, and ready to
answer any demands by the officers of the
law, but he said he believed the crowd
coming into town that day intended to
murder him, and asked the sheriff to pro-
teet him-to. protect him at the peril of
life, if necessary, as he, Chisholm, had
protected prisoners when be was sheriff of
the county. This the sheriff promised to
do, and declared that he would be respon-
sible for his safety. When Judge Chis-
holm was taken to jail, his wife and daugh-
ter and two young sons accompanied him,
the wife and daughter on either side cling
ing to him in agony and tears, His daugh-
ter, Miss Cornelia Chisholm, beautiful
and accomplished young lady about sew
enteen years Of age, begged Of her father
not to go to the jail, but stay and die at
home, for she believed the savage mob
was intent upon his murder. At about
twelve o'clock John Gilmer and Charles
Rosenbaum arrived at the house Of the
father Of the latter named gentleman, who
lived near De Kalb. and sent note to the
sheriff notifying him that they we're sub
special deputy 70 bring them to the jail.
ject 20 his orders. The sherin sent a