New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-09-20
MRS. CHISOLM'S NARRATIVE

On Sunday April %. 1877 my husband went 70
Mobile to transact some business with hismerchant.
| On Thursday afternoon he returned home. Our
children just ready to into the woods 70
gather ferns and moses, my daughter CoTneha In
tending to build fcrnery I'm the parior fireplace
| How well remember my husbands entering the
| front door of the family sitting-room where Mrs.
| White Mrs. McLanahan and then were! In the par
! or sat Cornea on the piano stool, her gloves aud
| handkerchief living by her side. Clay and COrncia
| finally drove oil in the buggy with the pretty bay
horses that their pride. When tine dinner was
finished my husband placed the table "a box. say
ing tones "There is something for YOU OIen-
ing II a beautiful jewel sparkled and scintlacd be-
| fore my eyes. Once more at the twilight supper,
We all came together. How gladly Johnnie helped
TO tell Of what the children saw in the woods Of
/ how thoy climbed the steep hills and descended into
/ the deep gorgesl Angels never guarded happier
home than that. After supper over, my hus-
band aud the children went cut on the front porch
/ In few moments muatto man, ca.led"Dce' IIamp-
ton appeared i'm the full light. He was one oil tho
| farm aborors, and was on horseback. Near behind
| him came another horse. sadIed and budled. bno
uGoress. Before hating from a brisk hard gallop
he seemed TO be under excitement, ami 10 talk n II
20 himself. lie saId " They have got him az last
| Directly MY husband came % me IN
/ the dining-room and said there was an
unusual disturbance about Gullg's store. lie
did not know what hut SAID he heard sore unusual
talking about somebody having boon shot. Getting
no satisfaction rs 70 what had really happened and
knowing thai in any event It was not likely he
would aet any correct information. NV husband.
beng tired from his journey, asked Tor lght AMI
BATH after which he went 10 bed. he children
went INTO tho parlor To hear music. Suddenly no
the back door / heard n violent kn cln,. and went
t. ;hc door, The cooks voice SAID, "Opon the door.
quick" said /. What IS tho matter| She re-
piled, "Od John Gully Is dead. Somo ono shot and
robbed him, taking his hat aud boots adding
and lis lie and family went to HIM as he lay IN
tile road
Horrihed, I turned and went to my hus-
band. That poor old man. must here add, who
! had been summoned uuprcpared ia meet his God,
and had been robbed, was for long years ~ hus-
| bands enemy. Time and a.ain ne had planned aud
! almost executed his murder, and when he had at
one time heard Mr.. Chis)lm hi died. lac cursed
| his soul ard SAID he ought 10 have been dead and
i. long ago. But when | told my husband ~
| his MURDER me WIS at first hor1ncd. When | told
him his WHO aud daughters had gone to hun IN the
road ne sad: "Weu poor old Gully has been .
bai man, bd- surely not worse than the wretch who
| ,onid ,lD ,uci "a crime as that" Al bedtime Cor
-, lis WAS a.rlii I'D 20 ID her roOn and went With
h,. AID j, lnui, at her request slept th her be-
uiday uOtning bat the great crime was talked Of.
and on saturday Gull,'s body was taken To a coun-
a., church, behind which he Wa 10 be oE,ied. That
/ saturday niy daughter ahd went 60 Colonel
Grnii'- to visit noticed "a blank iooA ON the
ladies' faces. but they were very cordial AID hDow~
in. them 10 bc our friends attributed il TO NY
n,ci-sru-tiyoness Mrs. Griiiu alui IN a laugh
ing way 20 Covert. OF Meridian, coming early TO
,a,ir Boo. o.. AID shc having 10 receive Inn with
.HH f.rsrs
ibc chief lop.c "a conversation Mis-. Griffin told
HE Nj Griffin went out to see the family "n tiiday.
tina: t.cro VS. grca, grief, and that tIe body was
le.riaiIy swollen and biac@cnei.
WHO MURDERED JOHN CT LILY.
! But to a wond. ring thought OF mine expressed
aloud a. 40 wDo the muro rer could have been. Mrs.
Gri,in said lt was Ben" Rush. TINS told her was
| iu,po., Bile "a, Rush left the country when Gully
was shot j.. fore, because lie wa told t.at hey III
tended To mob ban that time aad llaAc e. shoot
ing 81 Gully TIE for killing man thoy hated
But ,hc wod.d not be Satisfied. and sall Gully had
IN hi, pocket wAeu killed letter from ilioAd near
/ wh,re Rush had goue stating chat Rash was to DO
there on that particular evening to Kill Gully on his
way home from town. / asked il Mr. emilia saw
the letter ami sold Der II Was strange they nd not
show ID. and strange SIr. Rush would cote strange
country aad announce bimsclf an assassin, when he
went there In distress and wanted friends ge
/ that he should advertise hundreds oi miles away
! that he would arrive Gu particular umc, md
Gully ~ particular place, and be ready 20 Kill Inn
do So ride his pockets of everything save the letter.
and let that remain. But she could not be convinced
because she was prejudlced by her feelings. We
went nome and toll C0rneia was glad went
as that gossip important 10 be Snown-that im-
possible as Il was be true. feared that It would
| work trouble for Captain Rush. l went back home
1. frsftt la ft..
direction IN which was coming. went IN az the
gate and saw some of the men looking at our house
closely. They acted AS they had often done before
a riot. and they were filed with wbishcy
| Invent into the house. Directly my husband came
| in | remember this SD veil for II his last
coming home. All the family were there, and 1t
| being unusually cool we had bright wood
fire | placed a large easy chair lor my hns-
| band and sad We have been visiting Well'
he replied " | hope you have enjoyed yourselves"
i | then related the gossip aud asked him what he
! Thought OF that for news. He replied that he
| Thought the whole was "A base falsehood. Said he.
| Rush is not nor has he been within 400 mile, OF
here for four MONTHS and then added. had a
| talk with jim Gully Just now. aud he expressed
feelings Of warm friendship for me ; told me his
| father and he bad always been among my best
| friends Al heart even when his Uncle John was
most nv enemy. Gully then went ON TO say that
some hot-headed fools had been fools enough to lay
IhaA some knowledge of his Uncle Johns death
but said lac. we all know better Well!
replied. of course you do. You know we'll that
lawlessness is not my style. Ii viii all be we'll
understood but at the same time. 1 presume. II
had been murdered on the highway, no doubt some
of my friends might have attributed a. TO Gully OF
las friends" " JIM Gully then he--. Mr.. Chs
! olm to remember that he and his father were hi'