The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1879-08-27

Office or for any Office in ihis county on tb.
issues thus made up by him We have also
some other grave reasons why the man Diror
should not be permitted TO be the Sherifoftbi
county. some Of which we will here nam
He is gambler by profession. he admits
and as we know him to be. He has declareI
time and again that all gamblers win sregI
and we do him no credit when we accord him,
great candor in making tais admission H.
declared last June in YazOO City 90 %
BriscOe, District Attorney for this judicial
District, that he would pack "a jury If he r...If
to acquit friend and he made this dpcIars
ton in the presence of several highly resr.-
table gentlemen Of Tazoo City, and rs s,s
dence Of this charge, We here produce rhe .a[
ter of Mr.. Briscoc 10 Mr.. j. A. BarksIa..
which is follows;
NAzoo CITY, Aug. Z. l,-s.
EDITORS HERALD :-Understardiu- THAI N
NJ. Dixon denies making the statement Il. A.
Briscoe embodied in the following uut, 4 ...
dressed that gentleman "A letter ut yuuufr.. LII.
his reply viii be found below. which 'y.a ..
publish ON my responsibility.
Yours, &c., JAS. A. GAEHsutIE
JACKSON, Miss, July 81. r.-,.
Jas 4. Barksdais, ESg Yu-oo Cru.
DEAR SIR-Yours of the 10th inst. p..r-.. .r....
to hand. In reply would state. thatIl III I.-
said 10 me that he Dixon .'wouId at ..., ..
if lac could, pack jury 10 8cquit % If..a. d.
afterwards made the same statement fI O....
ner's store in the presence of myself J.rfu..
Hammond, Kent kennard and two uru.r... .....
do not recollect.
Yours truly, l.. T. Eu-,.r
Here then we have a man who Is 81 ..n...I...
for Sheriff of our county who UubIn.'E LAD. ..-...-
edges himself base enough DO pack . ..-.-
acqut friend A man who will raeg ~ Ely.
L. acquit a friend viii do the same tHlr.. D.. .
Wet an enemy. OF all the officers Co., t..,. ......
the Sheriff has most tu do with the GRAND ...t
Petit Juries; he has access To them gt Lii ....
he has every opportunity 10 corrupt them. b.. 3D.
is base enough to do SO. Dixon nan.t. . .
base enough, and shall We allow him t. ..t. ....
"A place where he can exercise such ..#.-..
baseness. We believe he Is "a murderer F..
ing 10y the eases of many men who l.le died In
his hands in this county, we believe t'.r. H.,...
murdered Mr.. ~amuel Harrison iu cold T....
The Mayor of Nazoo CITY, Mr. j. ID u...
thought so and committed him To Iau U.I..+
/ bail. Our Circuit Judge, Hon - IS J.I...,
| thought so and remanded him 60 itH vIt...-+
bail. For months he filled frlou's cell gr... ,..
! believe that he only escaped feluu's doom .r4
/ a felons death for want Of intelligence IfH III.
/ tue in the jury that tried him. To sum rr b..
brief, our opinion and estimate of the eb5r..
/ ter Of the man Dixon, we declare MS our d.f.
/ crate opinion that he is a murderer "a gamble ,
bully, "A thief, man of violence of blood sfI-..
| a man who viii pack juries, low uuuriurllF..
demagogue in politics and an inhdel iu r,.iar.J
| He unites in himself every quality regu.rei I.
make him the detestible monster that b- !. .,I
! he wants every qualification necessary t4 ..l.t..
! him the gentleman that he is not. For fb...
! reasons we say that we detest the man 81 Nd
| Dixon, and we say further, that he is NOT ff h.
any sense to hold any office of honor pragr 4
trust known to our laws and wc furlhrrr..
declare and say that he shall not.hold 4r.y ....G
office in our county if in our power to r,r.....
it; and rs evidence Of our sincerity ina tn., DICK.
/ laration, we do hereby further declare thst H.,
ratify and confirm the acts and Guiug~ uf ..-
| fellow Democrats at Yazoo City ON the .5tt .
! July last and that will stand to and 4I4I
/ by their actions and actions of this m.pIr... 7.
| every hazard, and to the last extremity
! We declare as to our belief that the man ui,
| on appropriated to his own USE some ISl5lu d.
! 1000 fifteen hundred or sixteen huudr,IdaI.-.
| in money, warrants and notes, which was taken
/ from the body of the negro Patterson. who a.,.
hung on Silver Greek in 1870. IL can br pr....4
! that Dixon took this money, and when IN. ,g..
asked, in Gazoo City, few days after tine har,-.
! ing what he had done, or proposed To- do ,yIth
the money, he replied (waving his haud M
/ the iron safe of MessTs. Nathan * Hir,h aIf +.
| in there and / intend that the bows shall h.e.
| o good time on it," The person who put tlr
question, replied; "as one of the BOYS / want
no good time out of that money" 4 highly rr.
! spectacle gentleman NOW in this cityI was Zee
! quested by Patterson 70 send il % Patterson,
relatives in OhiO.-This gentleman viii provo
that he saw this money put into Dixou's hand.
and although he urged that wish of the uerr.
should be strictly compiled with, he haas reason
| to believe and does now believe that the rpI.-
tives of Patterson never received one cent of
this money.
In reply to the sIanderous statement ofJ. ID.
Bell and j. +. Bell, 10 Governor Stone touch
ing the condition of affairs i'm this county. ve
here insert a card of our Board of R,gi-trars
on this subject