The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-10
THE KEMPER AFFAIR.
Mrs. Chisholm Under Cross Exam
inatiOn-She Faints ON the
Stand.
Other Witnesses Examined -Testi-
mony of the Doctor Who At
tended Cornelia Chisholm
at the Time of Her
Death.

Mrs. Chisholm stated that she begged Rosser
by the God that made him. his mother who
bore him and the wife whom he loved, to be-
satisfied with the blood of GImer and McIel-
Ian. He replied: "John Gully had wife,
and he would shoot any woman who stood
between himself and Chisholm"
The defense asked the question: ibid she
not tCornelia) die from the effect OF an opera
tion," etc.
Witness said she did not know. In relating
the scene connected with the death Oh her son
Johnnie Mrs. Chisholm tainted. When asked
II Sheriff Sinclair was not overpowered by the
mob, she said she could not tell whether the
sheriff commanded the mob or the mob COM
manded the sheriff.
Dr. Chamberlain, who waited on COrnelia
Chisholm, testified that she died from the
effects OF her wounds: that one OF the bones
OF her leg was injured and two OF the bones
Of her arm we're broken by buekshot, and that
she was wounded in the face by some blunt
instrument, and that no treatment could have
saved her life.
Chas. Rosenbaum testified that he came to
town with Gilmer, In custody Of Deputy
Sheriff Britton, followed by eight armed
men; saw many others In town with guns.
As we walked toward the jail / saw Virgil
Gully shoot Gilmer in the back. Gilmer ex-
claimed, "Oh, Lordy, I'm killed?" and ran
down an alley, where he was followed and
dispatched by the shotgun of Virgil Gully.
Rosenbaum eorrohOrates the statement OF
Mrs. Chisholm as to the scenes In the Jail. At
an alarm Of fire witness ran out OF the jail
and did not see the shooting Of Chisholm and
daug hter.
Representatives Of the press from New
York, Chicago, Vicksburg and New Orleans
are here. }. s. Morris is making most vfg-
orous prosecution.
sp. m.--The trial OF Henry J. Gully, for the
murder OF Corneia Chisholm, is still pro-
crossing. The State Is attempting to estab-
lish a conspiracy.
f. G. Sinclair, witness for the State, testi-
fed that on the twenty-ninth Of April, 1877,
he was sheriff OF Kemper county; that war
rants were placed In his hands for the arre st
of Chisholm and other sT parties, charged With
several parties to accom- pany him and aid In
making the arrests thinking he might need
assistance. He found Chisholm at his home
and told him his business. Chisholm laughed
at 1t. He placed men 70 guard Chis-
holm. crowd, during the morning. gath
cred around the house. Among them was
Henry Gully. Chisholm sent for him to come
to the house. On his arrival Chisholm said
to Gully: "You think / killed your brother,
John Gully" Gully replied: "If you did not
kill him your money had him killed." Chis-
holm did not deny this, but only replied, II
don't want to die just now" Witness OBJ
iected to Mcclellan, the Scotchman going ais
guard to the jail, because he feared some dam
ger would befali him on account OF his being
Republican. He knew Mcclellan to be dis
tasteful to the crowd.
On cross-examination the defendants coun-
sci attempted to show by this witness that
Mcclellan was distasteful to the crowd and
people generally, not because OF his being
Republican, but for other and different rea-
sons, principally on account Of his being q
bad man. The State objected to further In
quiry into the sheriff's reasons for apprehand-
Ing harm to Mcclellan, and the court sustained
the objection.
Witness stated that the keys OF the Jail
were twisted from his hands while Chisholm
and his family were in Jail; he did not see any
Of the shooting; he was at the funeral OF John
L. Gully; several hundred people were pres
ent, their actions caused him to suspect that
serious trouble WAS brewing.
w. A.. Hoher was introduced by the State
counsel for the prosecution Asked Witness Ii
he did not hear some one say Chisholm was
being carried to Jail SO the crowd could kill
him?
Witness replied: "No, sir"
"Are you afraid to testify heTe?' asked
counsel.
A.-No, sir.
Q.-Did you not state to me the other day
that you heard this?
To this counsel for the defense objected.
Counsel for prosecution-Yo can stand
aside; we have your private statement here
In writing.
Several other witnesses have been intro
duced by the State, all Of whose testimony
goes to establish conspiracy, The State has
not yet closed its testimony. Argument WILL
not probably be reached before Friday.