Daily Republican., 1879-05-14
the Chtsholun Murders .

evidence in the case and commenced to
detail 1t to the House. Chalmers wilt
ed and his friends pitied him. He was
farther from being vindicated than ever
he was before, and his friends were glad
to shut off the batteries that were pour
ing hot shell down upon his defrnceless
head. A day or two ago Mr.. Money
another misrepresentation of Mississip-
pi, arose to an explanation OF the Chls-
holm butchery in Kemper county in
that State to show that legal proceed
ings had been entered against the as
sassins of the family. He says that in
the October term fs77 after the murder
six indictments we're found against the
murderers, and twenty more for being
accessory to the crime; that in the March
term following the witnesses could not
be procured, and in the fall term the
yellow fever was raging in the district
and the case was again postponed at
the request of the prosecuting attorney.
When the March term of 1879 came on
the cases were again postponed on ac-
count of the witnesses not being pres
ent, so that If this be true the cases are
still on the dockets for trial. Mrs.
Chisholm and H. C. Chisholm, the only
ones of the family left after the as,
sassination, it is averred, are wanted for
witnesses for the State. We have no
reason to doubt that what Mr.. Money
says is true in regard to the postpone
ment of the cases, but he might have
added also that Il the prosecution OF
them depends upon the attendance OF
Mrs. Chisholm and her only remain
ing son, the Mississippi authorities may
keep on rostponing until it will grad
ually dis s.ppear from the dockets. Mrs
Chisholm and her son had great diff.
Guilty in getting away from the blood
cursed soil without also being murdered
and we carnot wonder that they do no
want to return even to give evidence
against the murderers of three of theiI
family-in fact they do not feel that
their lives would be safe in doing So
Mr.. Money might also Just as well
have told the House Of Repre- s-ntatives
that there were scores of witnesses r-si
ding in Kemper County who saw the
assassination and upon whose evidence
if they would tell the truth, the mur
derers would soon be consigned tc
the gallows if they lived and were
tried in northern State where justice
is done. He might also have explain
ed why Gully, the chief assassinato'
was afterwards taken up by the Demo
cratic party and elected, We believe
without any organized opposition
sheriff of Kemper county. This surely
does not look very much like punish,
ing murderer. The prosecuting at
torney may we'll have the case post.
poned from term to term if he is waiting
for Mrs. Chisholm to appear as a wit
n $50 against such a band of assassina
to.s. The memories Of that bloody day
on watch her husband, her daughter,
and her little son fell bloody victims ia
southern hate are still too fresh in her
memory to risk the two remaining
lives of the family in q vainless effort
to have the assassins punished.
She has no heart to return to the
bloody scenes, for she knows as we'll as
does this postponins prosecuting at,or'
ney that the trial would be the veriest
farce, and she and her son would in,
deed be fortunate if they got out Of
Mississippi again with their lives. Mr..
Money, while he was explaining, might
as we'll have told that the Chisholm
massacre made Mississippi solid for tht
Democracy, though there are 10000
more Republicans in tue State thar
Democrats. After that massacre ther,
has not been the least show Of opposi
tion to the solid Democracy of Mr.
Moneys district-iudeed there dare no
he; if there was, those leading in i
would very soon meet the fate of Judg'
Chisholm. In that district where ther,
, are over %, 600 voters, of whom 20, ,OOt
are Republic ms, no Republican ticke
dare be place in the field and an homes
eff Jrt made to elect it. In that dis strlc
and in Chalmers district, adjoining
: "bull-dozing" has arisen to perfection
# and the subjugation is complete. Botl
: Money and Chalmers are sent repeated
C ly up to Congress, each receiving th'
4 little dribbing vote Of 5000 or G,OOl
= in ler respective districts, when ther'
n should be 3o,O0l pole in each. Money
4 might have explaine that as he wen
: alon,.
We are glad to see that the Gazette
has at least cen compelled to mention
- the Chi,Lol IL massacre, though it ha
only beel done nferentially by quoting
g Mr.. Moneys speech tlom tie Congress
I onal "Record." We have tried 70
: years 10 get our neighbor to say some
l ihinp abOut these murlers hut all m