The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-12-11
THE CLAEss0RNE COUNTY As.
SASSINATHON.
A fec tf0g Scenes at the Dea ah bed
offae Sheriff, Uhe Late Dr. c. r.
Buck.
Port Gibson ReveilIe.1

n HI &c fA1 g scenes sat the Death bed
offlae Sheriff, GEae Late Dr. c. n
Port Gibson ReveilIe.l
Last Wednesday morning about early
/ breakfast time, the startling news was
br nght To town by Deputy Sheriff Har-
wood that Young Robt. j. Lum, Deputy
/ Sheriff had been killed, and DIR. C. E. Buck.
/ Sheriff fatally wounded
/ Intense excitement was the result, and
without waiting breakfast large numbers
! of men were on their way 10 the scene OF
conflict and blood, in charge of Deputy
| HAYWOOD. 1t seems that the Sheriff had in :
1 formation that Harrison Page, tie notori-
Gus outlaw who had two years ago. assassi-
nated our Chancery Clerk, Briscoe. and
! since Il fugitive, was at the residence of his
( wife on the Singleton place about three
miles from Port Gibson. on the Grand Gulf
road. just before daylight. DIR. Buck, with
Mr.. Lum and Mr.. HARDWOOD, went to the
above named premises 10 arrest Page, and
as events show, he was on the alert-par-
haps always so, and some now think the
whole arrangement was a STA yetic decOV
bit we doubt this. AT all events. as Mr..
Lum advanced to Il window on the lett of
the front door of the hous- the sash flew w
suddenly. aud Mr.. l.. was ii red on aud in
SANITY killed, only giving utterance to His
com paripn. Harw God, to the words TON
1 aIn a dead man ,; DIR Buck advanced to
thu front door at the same time Mr. Lum ap-
prodci ed the window, aud was fired upon
and fell,--then "a blow given him on the
forehead. and then, as it to make sure of the
bloody work, he was shot in the abdomen
while down,-dll the shooting was done by
Harrison Page.
In the meantime, or simultaneously, out
side negroes, the StWyerS, il Is believed
kindred OF the Pages, seized Mr. HarwoOd,
and a dreadful struggle ensueG he repel ling
the assault with the butt of his gun, while
they were cutting at him with knives, aud
aSSaulting him with other weapons, and Mr..
HARDWOOD was being severely handled, but
something occurred, and they fled The re-
mains of Mr. Lum were brought to town,
and DR.. Buck, attened by physician, and
Others, was brought to his residence.
Large numbers of greatly excited people
repaired 10 the scene of carnage and Mr..
Charles Weilman. a salesman in the house
from his command, and fell into an ambush
supposed To be the Pages, and was fired on
by these parties. He was shot through the
cheek, and the ball, or shot, passed. through,
severing, as we hear, his palate; three
fingers were partly shot off and he was
wounded in otner places. Mr.. Weiiman
showed wonderful presence of mind; ne
FIJI from his horse and lay on his face.
played dead 80 successfully that his &Ssail-
ants took off his cartridge box, belted
around him. and his gun, without further
disturbing him, surprising him dead.
In the meantime numerous and greatly
eY cited crowd were in pursuit of the muir
dererS-fi 4mes soon wrapped around the
as those of his father, and they were burned
to the ground-and, in the midst of the
general excitement and firing of guns,
some sho ting into the house, supro>ing
the guilty parties 10 be there, James Page,
and one other, Tin the house) were killed,
and afterwards Lewis sawyer.
Men under prudent leaders are in pursuit,
and will we trust, bring the offenders to the
infcJion of speedy vengence. While we
write, Friday, large numbers of men are
coming in from all parts of the County, and
from Favette. But quiet prevails. 1t
has been i'm possible to get all the facts and
hence we give only what we have obtained
incidentally.
The death of Robt J. Lum is a severe
loss to this County. He was native-son
of the worthy and well known VIM. j. Lum,
and young man of great promise, Indeed
those who knew him Intimately accord TO
him every virsure; and speak of him as
yonng man of remarkable intelligence and
business capacity. We knew him to admire
him, and to praise him as .oae of the very
best young men of che County.
DR.. Charles E. Back. after the am putation
of his arm, which had been badly shat cred
from the wrist to the arm-pit, a surgical
operation of great difficulty performed by
DIR. Barnett L. 5. A and DIR. w harton,
fingered until Friday, when the spirit OF as
noble man as ever lived passed up the
have kaown him from his early youth. and
all his lite, and, il We had been called upon
to choose a man in the county, in whom all
perfection abIded, Charles E. Buck would
have been the chosen man In the peaceful
paths of life in the tented field, in his pro-
lie sion. in all the various positions OF re-
sponsibility gned HMM the social
circle and in his family circle, AMI con-
spicuouSly in the church, he was almost
without a peer-and We say this from the
depths of heartfelt and intelligent convic-
tion DR.. Buck was a gentleman OF splen-
did attainments-a graduate of Princeton
College and always constant reader-he
mad few superiorS. Conscious that he could
not live he talked calmly of his readiness
for the stern realities of death.
The death bed scene of DIR. Buck was one
of mournful grandeur, and wonderfully il
Illustrates the lovely, amable character and
life OF she man When told that he could
not live he requested Mr.. Vertner to make
memorandum of what he had to say, and
then he gave a distinct and wonderfully ac-
curate statement of his business from mem
DRY ; the names of his many tenants--just
how much each one owed of old balance
and this years rents. even to naming the
precise dollars and cents. He called his lit
tie children around him-admonished them
to 1--we holy lives, cultivate and practice
honesty; to the loved com panion of his life,
he gave parting blessing telling her that
God would raise up friends and protectors
for her and hers. And this ended he re-
auested his pastor Rev. E. H. Mounger to
pray with him, but enjOined him not to
pray for his recovery How grandly such
a death ped scene breaches aud teaches the
truth of the everlasting Gospel and puts to
shame imprudent irreverent and unblush-
ing infidelty.