Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1879-10-03

papa never did anything but good. An
! Johnnie and herself both said TO Ovcrstree
+. 'lou are guard, shoot" 81 can't, sal
he, They will shoot me" | saw Clay pas
ing back and forth from where the guns wei
: 10 where his father was, taking them, as
havcsncc learned, to disposition. All this tim
Eoiand, who drew the loads out of the gun!
and has since for the service been electe
magistrate, and who was u guard an
? Wallace Morrison, who has since marie
, Gully's daughter, and who was anothC
guard, were sitting leaning back in chairs a
easy as if they had been at their usual haunt
of vice. ] saw these things, it seems, in
} moment. ! turned from time to time to tn
4, mob | think fifty of them must hav
knocked me one side and shot past mt
There were two tiends, if possible more dey
: ilish in their looks than the average, VIII
stood one step below me and on each side
they seemed to do the cheering and prompt
ing.
Henry Gully came up with his gun.
said, Go back, have you not drank bloo
enough for one day Back, say" He pu
the gun within few inches of my head. am
suddenly turned it through the CRATES AM
fired. The fair faces of my children neve
for one moment turned aside, the blood al
ready riinning in streams from Cornrlia's
Rosser stood ut the door hallooing for an axe
''Bill' Gully came up with 4 long -handlet
axe and McRorey with a short one, and re-
turned again with heavy piece of iron.
told him to go back lie said, mo, wan
revenge, had my beard pulled once;
mean to have revenge" Still they Kept oi
coming, and falling back after firing to hav,
their places taken by others. Henry J. Gully
fired one shot-or rather one gun-with tw,
h.r 10 Lou 1x~
another, and he fired that before leaving hi!
place. "Bill" Gully fired, and then cam,
another sneak, whom ! caught hold of as
did the others, and he dropped his head.
said, You had better stop before you fire.
He dropped his eyes and said, You had JUS
about as well hush If was an officer yol
might get me to go back, but always obey
orders. am private and am acting undel
orders This fellow fired almost in John
MICS face, and he it remembered, each one
fired two barrels, and the great broad stair
way was all the time crowded, and at NJ
time did the firing, the chopping or the
pleading cease Another came. held him
with both hands till he wrenched himself free
cxcaming as he did so, Go away, d-r
You" held ROsscr by the arm with which
he held the axe with which he was chOpping
out the lock | said to him, stop, implorC
Won by the God who made you, and before
whom you have so soon to appear, to stop.
beg YOU by the mother who bore you, by the
thought of your wife and children don't dc
this deed. Have you not wife and chill
dren?" "lcs," he said, land 50 had Mr..
Gully" "Well,' said | ''will the murder OF
an innocent man give John Gully's wife n
husband, or John Gully's children a father y
Cornelia, thinking he was listening, began to
plead to him in person, when he said; Go
back, d-n you, or I'll blow your ID n
brains out" We'll, lam glad he got his re-
ward so soon. Some one whow just push
ing me away to shoot said: Would you
shoot II woman?" YES, d--n her; | will
shoot anybody who gets in my way"
don't record his profanc words because they
are pleasant, but because he used them. All
this time be held reserved gun.
The crowd behind began 10 grow for mo-
mcnt thinner when RosScr began to rave
and curse thcmaS set of towards who Were
afraid of one man. The demons outside
fired all at once, singly, or as it happened.
II seemed as if they were under pledge TO
shoot, for some came half way up, and firing
turned. The axes were cutting around the
iron bar DycrStrcCt for moment, and only
for moment, loosed his hold and sprang
back. | was trying to draw the door, but it
was nothing-and the whole protection of
my husbands life at the moment was John
ME and Corneia When Overstreet sprang
back, it was fatal movement. Johnnie
was at the lock side of the door. Rosser's
strength outdid Johnnic's and he stuck his
gun through the opening, which was kept
open by half dozen wretches, and fired
both barrels do not know whether or not
both barrels struck Johnnie's wrist. but his
hand was literally shot of save narrow
strip of skin on either side Of the wrist. He
threw up his arm and gave one scream,
looking pitifully into my face. But before
the surging tide of wretches had time to see
or know, his fair young forehead and his right
shoulder and arm were against the door, and
Overstrect had once morr pressed against il
50 that only the time it took ltosscr to fire
his gun was it open ran my hand through
the miserable CRATES of the door and patted
his shoulder, and smoothed and rubbed his
face. Said |, Johnnie, my precious dar-
ling son, 60 back, the next load will kill
you" He only answered by a tender look.
LITTLE JoHNNIE's DEATH.
Meantime Clay caught Johnnie in his arms
and ran around behind the corner of 4 cage
with him, saying, Bud Johnnie stay here,
! will hold where You were holding, You will
he killed" Cornelia and Oyerstreet were
now all who were holding the door. the
streams of blood running from her face, bits
Of broken lead from the striking of the bull
lets against the sharp bars rehOunding TO her
face which was burnt and hlackcned by the
powder-cvcn the inside of her lips was shot
full of the burnt powder her strength was
fast failing and the rush from the outside
was increasing. Rosscr was provided with
II fresh gun, and the wretches from the out
side were pressing up and shooting, and fresh
guns were handed in by those below. All
this was happening more quickly than thought
can take recognition of. The door again
gave way, and Johnnie, having escaped from
Clay, ran back just as Rosscr had levclled
his gun at my husband, and cried out, ooh,
my father" and rushing between them stood
up in his spirit of lf-sacrifice, and ROsser
with the same demonical spirit he had mani
tested all day, stuck the gun to Johnnic's
heart and fired both loads into it, the load
going clear through his body and coming ont
the other side. When Clay ran off with
Johnnie, he Ind happened 10 have Mr. Nc
Lellans gun. This he placed in my hus-
bands hand, and with that gun he killed Ros
Ser | did not know Johnnie was dead, but
saw Cornelia fainting, and leaving every
thing else | ran once again my hand through
the CRATES of the door, and taking hold of
my baby-girl with one hand | stroked her
bleeding face rubbed it and chafed it to
restore her to animation. Already was she
falling against the wall. cried out, MY
darling" said ], ''if you are only my brave
daughter little while longer, maybe we
will save father. There is no time 10 faint,
my child" Suddenly she spNng to one
side | heard cry of despair 60 up from
my husband. Even then | wondered that
he had falterrd. did not know the siSniti-
cancc OF the cry. heard ilav and Cornelia
join in it.
suddenly the crowd surgcd around us.
"Out of here, let us ont, was exclaimed,
and they all seemed to drop down the stair
way as if hv one action. save the two dem
ons who had through all stood ON either side
of me, urging the throng Ia more violent
crime They went partly down and ret urn
ed, and each taking Il foot of R0sser, the
murderer, they the mur,lcrcrs. ran down the
Steps, springing down two or three steps at
once, and dragging him over the bottom of
my dress. | have since been told that his
brains were scattered all down the steps
The door was now left open and nothing pre-
vented my entrance To my husband. All
this from the time | heard my husband cry
out in SORROW, joined hv CLAY and tornrlia
had not occupied, | am sure, two minutes.
Ny husband stood with the empty gun in his
hand. and the language Is neither written nor
spoken that will convey an hirn of his sor-
rowful face ''Oh. my wife, they have muir
drrcd my boyl' he said. Here | met Clay.
He gave one piercing cry and said 'Oh,
mamma Bud Johnnie is dead :" and
here Cnruclia said oh mama. Bud
Johnnie. poor little Bud Johnnie
is killed" She said, "llcrc, have
carried him here SO they could not tramplc
him under foot" | asked where he was,
and followed the children, and may God al
ways remember what siw. There was my
Johnnie my darling whom we had all been
most tender with because in his early child
hood hr was more delicate than the rest -
Johnnie. who had been 81 gentle and for
bearing that his sister had often said, Bud
Johnnie is 80 good, am afraid he will he
imposed upon Johnnie. who had fought
till one hand was gone and then turned his
head and one remaining hand. Ills arm was
stretched out the strip of skin holding the
hand and his burning sleeve, which he had
never had time 10 put ont, was still burning
at the hole Il great hole WAS through his
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