Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-10-02
Prom the y. y. TribuBe.y
kempers Best Citixeps IS

fhe best citizens of kemper County.
Miss, have been acquitted. They Killed a
man. >hot hi. helpless daughter. murdered
his baby boy. aud still the law hiss M ter
rors Tor them. They sre still the best
citizens OF kemper County,
The testimony OF the wife WHO vainiy
| tired with rare courage and good sense tn
save the murdered man. y told TODAY In
our columns. a. she len il for the Trtbnas.
1 in case she should not live To tell IL uaier
oath. That she is \ woman OF more than
ordinary Intelligence her testimony show =.
ant the events OF which she -p.sA- are 80
tragic aud terrible ihst no one can Imagine
that shc erred from lack 81 memory What
loving woman suuid uo remember to her
death every detail of such horrid scene
u ~as told with simplicity but With earnest
mess. and heDpsr's best citizens. seated In
the tuTs box. beard Il without a shadow Of
disbelief. They voted To- acquH the mpr-
deTer, nevertheless; but that MAS TO save
the party"
The testimony of Mrs. Chisholm. 10
should he said Of the oul.ei. disposes of all
the storie. which were set sfoot a. cxcus.-
BY the men who murdered her husband
She testincs with great precision OF detail
a. 10 the presence OF Mr.. thi-olm al home.
at the time John Gully VAS Killed. ard
proves that he had no connection with the
kiliRg She shows. too. that al sttemp5
had previously been made Ia take her bus
bands lite, aud that the very ucu u ho AFT
eTward murdered him admitted to her that
the stories upon which the false aTrr~: aa-
made we're utterly unfound.d aud uu-
worthy OF belief The Ism.s of witnesses
we're falsely affixed to the aiiidayit- upon
which the arrest WAS based. aud the arrest
Itself. IL - only too evident. Vas merely
the preparation for = mos, cruel and 10
famous massacre. Said one uf the Wit
nes-es. Henry Gully Wa IN command
that day. aud whomryer he said XIII would
be Killed 4 great many shots were iirrj.
for the "be-t citizen. OF kemper" were
such contemplate towards that they could
not ever commit dAstardly murder with
uut shooting some women aud children by
the way. bnt the mob did AZ Henry Gully
ordered. and be has been tFigmphangly &C
Quilted by "hempcrs best citizens
II /, not easy to speak calmly OF the
scene which occurred In the iAil OF kempcT
County. Men and women who want Ia
understand the solid south should read
the testimony for themselves, Carefully.
ihough,fUlly aud patiently. II will bring
tears. II q reader has DOT heart OF stone,
bot members OF the jury shed tears when
they listened 10 Il. and then went out aud
voted to scquii the murderer. because II
would burt The Democratic party to have
him convicted. There are not many ooun-
,ies. let u hope. tn which exactly such
scene would have been possible. The
SAcTid was the mere tool OF The mob The
guards. chosen by the victim himself. Ia
the hope that come lingering human fe' J.
log might prompt them to DO their daty.
Kept Their guns loaded Until they could
empty them Into the prisoner they bad IN
dertAAcu TO defend Men who had eaten
bread Nth Judge Chisholm. and who had
lived upon his bounty. wetc foremost
among h.. murdrrors. said hi heart
broAsh wife, An Arab OF the de.ert would
rcfuss t. .tah msn whose sAl. hs hsd
tasted But tt4.-r ~..r t.# Ar.'., 80 The
desert They were the best oIiiAca. Of
hcmpcr ,ouniy.'
Ia srtae COMMITTEES Inen are considered
below the beasts II they arc auity Of Cruz
city 10 an Innocent woman. II she i hell.
les. What mAn would no, deicua hrf' Bot
The test ciiiEeas OF kcmpcr County" uoi
only empiicd iheir suns Into the arms AuI
then into the BODY Of The brave WUe boy
who i'iei SA.u'y TO defend bis father, thrr
not only empileI their sho, lnio the sweet
face And soG aims Of the loving daughter
sho tried ;osp.cSd for her father 10 vain
bLi aficr Tia; father WAS murdered. '':Ac
bcs; citizens OF hcmp.r Couniy" siiii bad
loads 10 the.F guns, and emp,icd them Into
The limbs OF The helpless aud !Aini.uE
dag bief a. ,hc iay by the body ot her dy-
Ing father
This b. chivAlFy Yes. men OF tic North.
TIL, Is the solid Souih Look a. i. The
spectacle . not pleasant one. but L ].
xh time THAT human beings AMI hycu4.
shu1id not mcct ~ the ba.loi-boX WGaou;
knoWlug each other II NC are 20 share
the Gov~rumeu; % This oouaiTy SEh the
creatures Who call themselves ''ibe beet
cliiEsas % kemPer County" Il b, worth
while al ls4sl TO AnuN enough 81 thcm "a
.,"tc AgAlust them. II lhefc &. = chance
even the faiuicsi Chaucc-fhai CREATURES
Ike these. h1 car Dc fuupd la every com
~ OF the solid South. arc to become rulers
OF TIL. c"uutry. j. II not lins- f1r civilized
and deC.ut men - vote them down. Of 20
get out of the oouuit, a. sae would nee
from 4 jungle Infested By tigcrss The
comparison i uuJI,i Tiger never lived
in Indian jungle SO cruel. SO beasiIy ard so
brutal a. IA" beet culEens o: kcmPcr
touuiy"