The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1879-09-23
THE CHISHOLM MURDER.
Trial of Henry Gully ns ne kaib,
Mississippi - Testimony of urs.
Chisholm as ca How the Horrible
Crime Was Enacted.

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| Wississ,ppt Testimony of urs.
Chisholm as to How the horrible
Crime was Enacted.
DE KALB. Miss. Sept. 9.-The hear
ing of evidence in the trial OF Henry j.
Gully for the murder Of Cornelia Chis-
holm, April 29th, 1877, begun yester-
day. Seventy witnesses-thirty-tw
for the State and thirty-eight for the
defense-were sworn and excluded
from the court room.
MRS. CHISHOLM,
the first witness, testified that an excit
ed crowd of men entered DeKalb on
the evening OF April 2s, 1877 Ii was
ing. Sinclair. the sheriff, arrested her
husband on the morning OF the 29th.
He asked to be placed under guard at
his own house, and besought instant
investigation of the charges against
him. Armed men kept coming around
the house. Sheriff Sinclair conversed
with item aud then talked with CHS.
holm. Chisholm told one crowd: "You
viii kill me before evening, but before
You do il / will make some OF you bite
the dust" Sinclair came 10 my hus-
band at about ii O'Clock, aud said ::
They say you must go to Jail.
Mcclellan, myself, my sons Clay, John
ME and Willie. and daughter Cornelia
accompanied my husband to jail.
WE WE'RE cLINGING To HIM TO SHIELD
bis body. Mr.. Moseley and Mr.. Over
street went inside the Jail with the par
ty, and the door Of the lower floor uf
the Jail was locked behind them. The
family went up stairs and the door was
locked on the inside. / was sent home
by my husband on an errand. Heard
firing as j came back toward the Jail.
Saw old man Mcclellan, pierced by sew.
eral buckshot, behind the jail. Rushed
inside the Jail and found the stairway
crowded with men. Rosser was at the
top Of the stairs, aud VIM. Gully, try
ing to break the upper door with axes.
My daughter Cornelia, son Johnnie
and Mr.. Overstreet were holding the
door on the inside.
MY DAUGHTER's PACE WAS BLEEDING.
Rosser said to my daughter, On
your soul, / will blow your brains out
II you don't get out Of the way" Ros-
ser fired the first shot through the
broken lock, which severed my sons
hand from his arm. The door was
here broken open, and my little boy
tell shot through the heart. Some one
inside fired, and Rosser fell dead Two
men caught him by the heels and drag
ged him down stairs. Ny husband was
bewildered at the death OF johnnie. |
and my son Clay carried the boy down
stairs. COrnelia and father came down
stairs. Henry j. Gully came up and
raised his gun. / closed the grated
door at the bottom of the stairway.
Ny daughter clasped husband round
the neck.
GULLY FIRED THROUGH TIE CRATES
in the door. Ny daughter screamed,
~ am shot Judge Chisholm opened
the door, and as be stepped ont of an
adjoining room with another gun aud
fired at him, and he fell. Clay and
assisted my husband in reaching home.
Ny daughter was bleeding in the face.
Her eyes were blackened by the blow.
She was shot in the wrist, ankle and
heel. She was shot by Henry Gully.
She died on the 18th of May. She
died from the effects of the wounds.
Mrs. Chisholm produced Cornelia's
bracelet. which was broken aud driven
into her arm. Also, five buckshot tax
en out of her body.
On being cross-examined she stated
she begged Rosser, by the God that
made him, the mother who bore him.
aud the wife whom he loved. to be sat
isfed with the blood OF Gilmer aud
Mcclellan. He replied, "John Gully
had a wife, and he would shoot any
woman who stood between himself and
Chisholm.
Defense asked witness: "Did she
not know Cornelia died from the effect
IF operation?"
Witness said she did not know.
In relating the scene connected with
the death Of her son Johnnie,
MRS. CHISHOLM PAINTED.
When asked II Sheriff Sinclair was
not overpowered by the mob, she said
she couldn't tell whether the sheriff
commanded the mob or the mob com
manded the sheriff.
DIR. Chamberlin, who waited on Cor
lelia Chisholm, testified that she died
from the effects of her wounds; that
me Of the bones of the leg was broken
aud two Of the bones Of the arm by
buckshot; tba. she was wounded in the
ace by some bluut instrument, and
that no treatment. could have saved her
life.
Charles Roseubaum testified that he
,ame to town with Gilmer, in custody
II Deputy Sheriff Britton, followed 20
town 10y eight armed men. Saw many
lthers in town with guns. As we walk
ID toward the Jail | saw Virgil Gully
shoot Gilmer in the back. Gilmer
cried go Lord, I'm killed." and ran
down, where he was followed and dis
patched by the shotgun Of Virgil
Gully.
Rosenbaum corroborates the state
ment OF Mrs. Chisholm as TO the scenes
IN Jail. At the alarm Of fire witness
ran out of the Jail, and did not see the
shooting Of Chisholm aud daughter.