Daily Republican., 1879-10-08
ylCTIlas WITH CHIsOLM.

Two Men whose Names should
Not be rGOdtsn-Mr. Gfimer'a
YOUNG wife Given . Place in
Washington.
A Washington despatch says II
may be remembered that In the politi.
cal massacre that has made Kemper
county in Mississippi UNANIMOUSLY his
toric, there were in addition to the
Chisolm family two other Republican
victims. One was ex-State senator
John P. Gilmor, and the other was the
heroic Scotchman, Angus Mcclellan.
While special prominence has been
given to the fate Of the Chisolm family,
the other sufferers in the tragedy should
not be and perhaps are not forgotten
by the people Of the North.
Mr.. Mcclellan, who fell at tie post Of
chivalrous duty, left no relatives, as
known to mourn his death.
Mr.. Gilmer left a young wife and an
infant child, having been married little
more than year previous to his muir
der. He was a native Of Mississippi,
an entsrprising merchant, and thor
ough Republican. From his local prom
inence and known courage and ability,
he was couspicuously regarded as one
of the men necessary to be "removed"
before the Republican organization in
the State could be suppressed. The
story If bogus warrant issued for his
arrest on charges preferred upon forged
signatures; his voluntary start to join
his friend, Judge Chisolm, who he had
heard had been arrested on the same
false charge; his pretended arrest on the
way to Jail, and his brutal and coward
ly murder by the "officers" who held
him in prefessed custody, form a start
ling page in the history of Southern
perfidy. Mr.. Gilmer's property having
been wholly embraced in his business,
was swept away in the events that fol-
lowed his murder.
incidentally hearing Of the unfortu-
nate condition Of the young mother,
suddenly reduced underterri circum-
stances from comparative afluence to
poverty through her own and her hus'
bands allegiance to the Republican
cause, and learning also that she was q
lady Of education and intelligence, Sec
retary McCrary rendered to Mrs. Gilmer
an appointment in the War Depart
ment, which was gratefully accepted.
Here the widowed lady quietly, modest
ly and bravely earns her support and
that of her child.
Mrs. Gilmer has just returned from
attending tho recent farcical trial in
Mississippi, where she went unaccom-
panied by any friend, though burdened
with her sick child. She went at her
own expense. She expected that the
trial of the persons indicted for the
murder of Mr.. Gilmer would have then
occurred. While there she perfected
the necessary arrangements for their
prosecution. She is aware that the re-
suit Of the trials yet to be held cannot
be different from that in the one just
closed, yet she feels as she might be re-
garded as being herself indifferent to
them if she should neglect any neces-
sary or proper measures in respect to
such prosecution. The trials are ex-
pected TO be continued for the formal
acquittal of the guilty persons for that
ia what they appear to amount to- at
the succeeding term of the court.
Mrs. Gilmer gives full credit to the
presiding Judge for his impartiality,
and to District Attorney Ford for the
ability and fidelity with which he per
formed his duty as the prosecuting ofil-
Ger of the State but she admits that
the governing public sentiment OF the
South is not only not in favor OF pun
isning the murder of Republicans, but
that it emphatically rewards the per
petrators of such crimes with undis-
guised appreciation.