The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1877-07-20

he saw the state OF affairs, remarked
that the affidavit and arrests were
made 10 pursuance of q plot 70 Kill
Chisholm and his friends. Chisholm
wanted the Sheriff to furnish guard
for the trip from the house to the jail,
but his request was Ignored. ncLel
Ian, seizing gun in Chisholm's house,
followed his friends and his family 10
the Jail. On the way MCCLELLAN re-
peated his remark that the murder OF
Chisholm was intended. He Was right.
On the way Gilmor was shot. and he
attempted to escape by running down
an alley. While trying to crawl un-
der house his brains were blown
out. All this time the sheriff made no
effort to restrain the mob. Judge
Chisholm and his family, with McLel-
Ian, gained the second floor of the
jail. The Sheriff called to the Scotch
man to come down, which he did,
leaving his gun with young CHS
holm, a boy eighteen years of age
The Sheriff then informed Mcclellan
that he would have to leave the Jail,
the crowd outside wanted him. Walk.
ing over to a friend he said '.Jim,
what does this neanf' Jim answered /:
Il can't tell you what anything means
here to-day" Mcclellan replied,
"Well, I think it means murder" +"
He then passed out to the crowd and
started for his shop near by. When
he had walked few steps the mob
fred upon him. The old man did not
raise his head but walked steady on.
After two or three shots were fired he
placed his hands on his breast and feIi
forward-dead Five bullets had en-
tered his body. He had no gun with
him, and made no attempt to use the
pistol which, according to the customs
of the country, he wore in his belt.
What had he done to,,..merit this cold
blooded murder?
Mcclellan was born in Scotland in
1917, and was, therefore, sixty years of
age when murdered He came TO Nova
Scotia in 1919, and in 1913 arrived in
Maine, where lie staid a year.
Iu 1S49 lie went to Mobile, Ala In
1855 or 1856 lie went to kemper conn
ty, Miss, and in 1857 bought some
town lots in DE kalb. He was IL car
riage and wagon maker, and was ac-
counted skillful workman. At the
time of his death he owned 1G0 acres
of land in Kemper county, four lots iu
De Kalb, half interest in some land
near the town on which are built some
mills, and lie paid a tax on 81, 500 in
personal property. lie was in all re-
spects respectable citizen. In 1861
the Governor of Mississippi called a
body of volunteer militia into tue field
for sixty days, and they were sent to
Bowling Green, Ky. Mcclellan was
one of them. At the expiration of the
term of service he returned to De Kalb,
and then worked i'm government wagon
shops at various points un.il the close
of the war. 1t cannot be ascertained
whether he enlisted in the Confeder.
ate service, or whether he was drafted
oil conscripted and detailed as a work.
man, or whether he was simply an
employee. He refused to perform
military service, declaring he was a
British subject. He appealed to the
British Consul at Mobile to prote It
him, but that official declared by his
enlistment in the sixty days troops
Mcclellan had forfeited his rights to
the protect Oh of the British crown.
The Scotchman always declared the
Counsul's devotion to the Confederate
cause biased his judgment. Mcclellan
never registered, never voted, and
never served on jury. He never vol
UNFAIRLY renounced his allegiance to
her Majesty's government, and even
urged other British subjects not to do
so, declaring that the United States
was not able to protect
its citizens 1t is unpleasant to oh.
serve that the Scotcbman told the bit
ter truth. Whether Mcclellan forfeit
ed his rights as British subject by
reason of his connection with the !
Confederate military service, is for the
British authorities to determine. The
question will he submitted 10. Great
Britain, along with copy of the t-s
timony. Mcclellan wa. bachelor,
and the legal succession 20 his pTos- +.
erty will require decision upon his |
In the meantime, what are the auth |
critics of Mississippi going to do with |
the men who murdered Mcclellan, Gil |
mer, Chisholm, his son and daughterl