New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-20

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those which was grated in the door. in the centre
WIS . lunatic negro bow who looked at Corneha
aul kent reneating 10 himself: " The pretty lazy.
rrettv lady," In another-whai was called c'SP
made of great iron bars, with beams above peio"
and on all sdcs-was negro man, VINO nan p'eh nv
cused of an aflront tG some OF the noble men "I
Y.,,ner Countv. lie was chained in tins place and
an iron bar placed the door with an extra lock-
With lunatics and accused criminals my proud
Gifted husband was thus thrust, with ms WIG ny
his side They marched my husband lar up IN tue
prison. I gave him chair. Cornella, recovering
her strength. came and sat close 10y him. Somehow
| got a chair and sat close To him, with Corneha on
the.other side. while the boys and Mr. Mcclellan
stood near. John Overstree. and Bob" Mosely
came ~ near rs they could Both sat down. Mr.
Cbi.olm kent irving TO draw from those nearest
HIM who Happened 10 seem leaders, what the
crd Of If all was To be. Mr.. Mcclellan and l
were standing close in front Of Mr.. Chisom and III
answer To some word of Oyerstrceis MI. Mclel-
Ian said; For everyone You kill today two Will
die hereafter" In OvoIstrrct. who seemed then
among the most determined, my husband hac III
some way struck latent sentiment oil shame %!
calling on him Tor guard. lie had Il gun III MS
hand Firing mp ~ MI McLcllans remark, ne 'aid
anqrilv. whats that you say. SIR MI Mci-ei-
Low b,ron IN repcat IT, hut !, seeing the danger.
may h,ina about the death of others Oyerstrcct
tnen ancrilv said: "Is that what you said. sir =
A0,i, / answered Yes" And he was too much "l
n Gentleman to speak at all. for lie hc would not,
and he would not ,pnif my WORE ~ ~ Iau on' ~,
led out and Kill Ell. put hand on elihrr sh"niioI
and begged nm to let them do the taiAlng' telling
him If any of us escaped We would nave oui dhN
hereafter This was the last time ever spoke to
him.
TALK IN THE JAIL.
Noscly sat by nc and said to HIM, lou call
Yourself a guard. If Won were disposed to do any
thing. You have not even cap on your gun MI
Chi,olm said lyon do not know what you are talk
'ng about" Moscly touched a spring and doubled
his gun back. and said d" Look here F" Hooked.
and saw long cartridges as large rs my thumb.
These had been put there to kill my husband and
one Of them entered his hap aftcrward. All this
time Johnnie would say. oh, mother. will they
XIII fathcrl' wo1ld tell him hoped there would
be a way to save him, anl Cornelia would plead
fire case with such touching pathos, that an angry
Lyeua yvould have turned Of without spillng blood.
Putting her white arms around her fathers neck
and having her face against his she gave at times
piercing screams. and said. oh papa. what makes
them treat You sobadly" and lifting her head a
little. sh. said. why do YOU treat my papa SO
badly. who never harmed any Of you IN his life =
" BIZ Gully from the outside answered. " On
him we will treat him worse than that" Not one
of the original guards my husband had selected
came in. say not one, Mr. Mcclellan. the gallant
brave old scotchman volunteered his noble life. il
needed, to stand in defence of tie right, before We
knew he had heard Of the uprising of the mob.
Many of the mob entered the jail Mr. Chison
called for "Pml" Gully. He came in. and as
LITTLE Cornelia said. before she knew what he was
roinrto do. took her hand. II was lying over her
Ian while The other hand held her handkerchief to
her ewes. Mr.. Chsolm, Cornela AID were sitting
down. surrounded by these bl0odthirsty wretchrS
Chilly gave me look and seized Mr.. Chisom's
hand. Mr. Chsolm said, Phil Gully, YOU know
the meaning in fall of this movement . Yes,
Judge know. You sent for me a while ago, but
WAS told | would be insultcd. and did not 20.
will tell You. judge, you l,nowI have always been
your friend. There axe some violent ones who say
Won must know something ahout the killing %
iohrV MIR. Chisolm sand Nou know that is a
lie instead of a belief" said. " You know
il Is false, and believe y yo%o know 0d yf fId
murdered mans course was snch that hi,
political friends hated him." That he had
best consider whose way his brother was in. when
he hunted the key to the mystery OF hs death lie
said Yes, he knew he had hundreds Of htte
enemies. replied. YES. and you also know that
! although You are here 10 murder my husband. he
has been kind 10 you in every for fifteen wears
! and as tor that to John Gully too, as long rs he
! yyonid LEI, him be-" Gully replied. 81 know
| olI tbotv and for once he could not con
frnl ms dcmoniac countcnance if he did his tongue.
| then asked him what evidence they pretended TO
| haycf He without hesitation, replied none nut
/ That Of a vcrys triflrng negro, who said that on
Wednesday night about II o'clock, he was pass 2
the Methodist Church, and saw man ne 'o2H 10 De
hen Rush coming ont of our gate. lie was
sneakinr to me- ana | replied Just as feit, and
said. MY husband was III Mobile "Wednesday
! night" He answered he knew that. Then. SAID
/ "how dare Won talk of men coming out of our
gate at such time and. if Ben Rush was there.
| what did il proveT Gill;.
and Ioioi son.ih NAV TO Phil, and while Mr
! Chisolm and Phil Gully had further converse
ton he seated himself by NV side ! turned to nm
and asked HIM if he woud tell me their pretended
evidence He SAID Yes, there was none but the word
/ of a very trifin0 negro. whose word he would not
/ believe on oath" asked # he would tell me MS
| member he was Gully's hired servant, and was
early IN the day in the servants house IN our yard
| and made no communications, but i suppose was
there from CURIOSITY Hull then went on 10 say thal
the mulatto (''Dee" Hamptonl said he tbonght he
saw man. and that he did not see INN come from
our gate, but he looked as If he had come from mat
way" ''And," said |. ION that, which Is nothing
and false at the outset. because hush Is ~
Arkansas. and dark as 1t was that night Dee
Hampton could have seen no man that DIST nnce !:
You Join mob 10 murder man VINO has inrnlsheu
YOU money from time 10 time because You asked
IT, And said J. scarcely one man 10 here but
he has broken his bread, borrowed his money made
il convenient to sleep in his beds ana sought every
kindness at his hands" said /. The Arab OF the
desert would refuse 10 stab man whose salt lac had
| tasted They passed away, aud felt the time oil
the struggle was drawing nigh. The wretcheS OUT
side were placed around the Jail with their guns IN
their hand. | believed only chance was to hight
II out. Nv husband had taken no reireshment al
day and my servants | knew had prepared good
dinner thinking would stay at the house and
have friends with W.. | told Mr.. ChisOlm what
intended to do. He approved 1t. then asked my
little girl to 20 with Johnnie aud Willie TO the
house and IN get some bags of ammunition and a
pot of coffee and some food, and TO direct the ser
wants 10 bring "A bedstcad, mattress, pillows and
cover for If ner father stayed ut the jail that night
we an would stay aud watch for his safety. This
was done ssve that they threatened to kill the ne
GRO woman If she brought the bed Some blankets
were brought in. and under them we bid the ainmu-
ti1tion Coruclia brought.