Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-05-02
bloody Affair In Mississippi.

Bloody Affair Ill HlSSjSSLDpl.
The following is correct account OF the
| kempcr county, Miss, affair Several years
since, in Dckalb, Ben. Rush, native white
republican,, fred at obn W. Gully, demo.
crat and missing tim, killed his brother, San
Gully John thersupon fred, desperately
wnuudiog Rush, who fnally recovered, slGcc
which, and previously, i; is said, deadly teud
existed between them. Last December Gully
was waylaid, shot and seriously wouUdcd hy
Rush, so Gully SAID. Rush disappeared aud
has not been seen slnac. The assassination OF
Gully on Thursday Is believed to have been his
work.
The tragic death OF Gully, who was person
ally known to everybody, having been sheriff,
brought together many persons seekiog iGtor.
nation and TO attend the luaeral, which occur.
red Saturday afternoon. several miles from De-
kalb. At the funeral much excitement pre-.
vailed, and with difficulty orderly sepuitu7c
was bad. On the same day, upon the affidavit
By divers parties, warrants were issued Tor tie
arrest Of W. w. Chisolm, j. Z. GllI1er, &. 10
seubaum and Hopper.
The reported threats by Chiaolm aud Gimer
inhamcd the white people, who regarded them
| as almost public enemies Giuer had just re.
turned from Jail in ST. L5u!s, whcrG l." had
been taken by requlsltiOG on several charges Of
fraud. Chisolm aided 10 making his bocd there.
Sunday morning Chlsolm was arrested, aud
placed under gurd at his residence 10 Deka!t.
The crowd demanded that he should 60 TO
Jail, where lie was accordingly taken, his vile,
daughter aud young s0n accompanying :!!ul III
sidc he retaining brace Of reviewers. ii his
(Chs0lm's) request guards were stationed out,
side also in the hail upstairs where himself
was placed, the persons composing the guard be-
ing designated by himself, six Or eight Ct them
being insidc, armed with double barreleu guns.
Hopper was also arrested and placed il aoUth-
or part OF the jill. ThcD Gilmey, appearing
on the street, was arrested and soou surrouad-
ed by crowd.
Seeing another crowd near Tie jill, and
doubtless feeling fearful, he made & sudden Ct
fort 10 escape, dashIng through the crowd and
running. AS he WAS passing between two
houses persons in the crowd fired, killing him
instantly. R0senbaum, who was taken With
Gilmcr, was jailed. About 8 p. III. several Of
the inside guards, becoming wearlcd, requested
the sheriff to relieve them. lie Told each tc
bring particular person named 10 relieve HIN.
-Four or five retired together. leaving their
gus leaning against the wall. Directly seve-
guards, of whom, it is thought, Dr.. Dave Ros-
ser, who was foremost, was one Before The
door could be secured behind them u crowd
rushed in. Chsolm seized all the guDs LETT by
the guards, retired to the rear end OF the nall
Ard fired, killing Ros5er While 10 the &C: Of
friug the second shot his younger sou, JOhu,
ran across ia front CT him and received the
charge, which killed him instantly.
Firing now became general and nrom!scuous.
I Chisolm's wife and daughter chung to hin. His
daughter received wound in the wrist. Him.
self fell, supposed to be be MORALLY wounded,
but he still survives O1o Mcclellan, 40 ad-
hercnt CT Chso!n, one OF the iGSide guards,
who rcmaiucd, somehow escaped from tho
building, but was killed i'm ediatcIy aficrward.
Virgil Gully, nephew OF Joau, deccascd,rc
coived ball in the jaw, aud spat it cut OF his
mouth. Several others were grazsd with balls
or had clothes perforated. Hopper and Rosen-
baum were not harmed. Chlaolm, GlImcr aud
Mcclellan were white republicans and hos,
ser and Virgil Gully democrats. Several par
ties inst from Dckalb concur 10 the above
statements.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The following additional account has been re.
caived Ct the bloody affair 10 kemper county
citizen OF Aamper county, was aSSlssiuaIed by
an unknown party, aud there was iataEse *.
citemen. Every means WGs rc:orted to to ds
cover lie rCrpetrator. Saturday two coi5red
nen made affidavit that Berg. Rush, white
man, did tho deed, aHd that Judge NhiSolm,
who rao for Congress. oa thu republican ticket
10 the Third District lest clcct;ii, his sou and
Gllmcr, R9Seubaum and Hopper, proniuGnt
white republicans, knew Of and !n:lgated the
crime Chisom and son we're arrested and in
prisoncd at De kalb Mrs. Chisoim AID
daughter Insisted on sharing their confinement.
Sund2y Chis0im scEt 10 Sa1ota Tor Gi!uier, Tor
whom warrant hal beca issued. elmer
came, and ou arrival was arrested, but Just as
he arrived 1T the jail, he was set upon By 4
mob and killed. The jaiior was then over.
powered By The mob, who Immediately attacked
ChisGIm, mortalIy wounding hi;n, and killing
bis so1 Miss ChisoIm, in defeating her father,
shot and killed DR., lto5scr, and MIS-. Ehsolm
severely wounded young Gully, 4 son Of Gully
who was assassinated. Miss Chisom vas also
seriously wounded Roscnbaum and Hopper
were carried to the woods by mob 10 cxtoit
from then the whereabouts CT Rush, tie a.
legged assassin Of Gully. When last heard from,
some weeks ago, Rush WAS in Arkansas. 1t Is
supposed Roscnbaum and Hopper we're haas2d.
1t Is reported that horrible state Ot !:fa!ls Is
existing throughout that section, aud tic people
arc wild with czcitcmcot. anI other hangings
will probably FOLLOW.
HEaEsY.--Tho Preshytery wiIi"h !Aeols NJ
Trenton this week will arraign DR.. John Miller
on the charge Of hercsy. He has lately pub
li:hed 4 book entitled 'Questions Awakened by
the Bible" in which he denies three Of tho car
dinal doctrines Of the Prcabytcrisn Confession of
Faith, bssins his dissent from them solely upon
the authority which he claims TO find in tho
Bible. The doctrine: denied s-e tie immortal
ity OF tho soul, the sinlessness OF Christ snd the
Tri1ity. As to the first he holds that the soul
has no existence separate and apart from tho
body. That tho death Of the body involves the
death Of the SOUL and the resurrection Of !he
natural body is the resurrection of the soul. IN
his view there Is no conscious existence between
| the death Of tho BODY and its resurrection the