The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-09-10
A Model Independent Candidate DIR.
DeBrutz.


On learning the names Of the indie
pendent nominees in Yazoo. DIR. j. }.
L. DeBrutz among them, We inquired
il he was the person Of that name who
figured cons pieuously in politics in Choe-
taw county, Alahama. some years ago
The question has been answered IN
letter from that State 10 a citizen of
1azoo, aS follows:
PCsHNArAHA, Ala, Sept. 4th, 1879,
MAJ YAzoo CRY, Miss.
DEAR SIR-Your letter OF enquiry, under
date OF the 30th uIt is received l have known
J. ]. L. DuBrutz about thirty-fve years. /
have had ample means OF learning his eharac-
ter. | knew him to be an intriguing seoundrel,
even while he had a good standing IN the COM
munity He Is man OF very ready faculty
OF deceiving. He was ardent Democrat be
fore the war. He never offered Tor office before
the war. but was a candidate for Representa-
tive OF the county in the Convention that form-
ed the Constitution preparatory 10 our State
being re-admitted into the Union; he Was de
feated at the election-this before parties
had formed themselves in the South after the
He next accepted the double office OF
Tax Assessor and Collector from Radical au-
thority, and became as black-hearted Radical
scalawag ever swindled an oppressed and
patient people. On election DAYS he dlstrlbu-
ted Radical tickets to the negroes and had
them so drilled that they marched up in solid
column and voted.-He, himself, was too cow
ardly to ma ke his appearance at these times
lie became SO obnoxious finally that he had TO
flee the county for safety. HI ieJt teitt den
cheney on hs bond irlch his securities had 10 pGg.
They are a0ir sting feeorer from parties 10 'choa
DuBFalt@ sold idad arAch he ocHed uheis lee made
has bond. He owned negroes before the war,
and was VIGOROUSLY cruel is 4 master / saw
him once have one OF his negroes holding log
for him while he was chopping the end, build
ing i house, and when the negro would LET the
log turn he would strike the negro on the back
OF the hands until the poor negroes hands were
perfectly sore.-He held the Office Of Notary
Public and Ex-Offcio Justice OF the Peace,
while here and made some Judicial decisions
very much in keeping with his general char
acter. One negro had another arraigned before
DuBrutz for
DuBrutz persuaded them to compromise by
I the defendant paying to the plaintiff $1,000,
/ and the cost TO him. Accordingly the defen-
! dant went to one OF his white friends and bor-
rowed the amount DuBrutz had told him, viz
$1,000 DuBrutz paid the plaintiff $500 and
! pocketed the remaining 81 90. These negroes
names were John Rutin and Frank Thomp-
/ son.
He had poor white man firing at a mill oil
/ his and on tax assessing day he sent the man
on TO his work usual, and charged him 4
| fee of IS cents for not meeting him at his APP
pointment He did several negroes the same
way. There are numerous white men in this
community who will make affidavit that they
believe he collected much again taxes from
/ them as just assessment would allow.
He moved from here To California and came
back to this State about Is months ago He
did not come to this county.-The last We had
/ heard from him previous TO the receipt OF your
letter, was that he had run away with his
daughters cook and married her. DuBrutz
finds nothing too low down and dirty for him
to engage in, ii he can make dollar by il.
/ Hoping your county may be delivered from
such an infamous scalawag. l am
Very truly yours,
j. \. GLIDER.
P. S.-The signatures of 100 OF the best men
can be readily hadshere to any paper stating
the above, and many other instances OF his
rascality.
eve may add that DR.. Glider, the
writer of the foregoing letter is lead
ing well-known citizen and physician in
the county where he lives.)