The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1879-09-12
In the Courts.
Trial Of the Chisholm Murder
Case.


ing. Seventy witnessess-thirty.
two for the State and tiiirty-eiGht
tor the deiense-were sworn, p,hI
under rule and excluded from the
court room. Mrs. Chisholm, the
first witness, testified that an exci'
ted crowd of mel entered Dehaio
on the evening of April %, 1871.
1t was largely increased on the
following morning. Sinclair, then
sheriff, arrested her husband on
the mornig of the Goth. He asked
to be placed under guard at his
own house, and sought an instant
investigation OF thecharges against
him. Armed men. kept coming
around the house. Sheriff Sinclair
convcrsed with them and then talk.
ed to Chisholm. Chisholm told
one of the crowd. "You cOwardly
scoundrels, you will kill me before
evening, but before you do It,, l
will make some of you bite the
dust.n Sinclair came to my hus-
band about IL o'clock and said:
"They say you must go to JAIL
Mcclellan, myself, my sons, Clay,
johnnie and Willie, and daughter,
Cornelia, accompanied my husband
to Jail. We were clinging to him
to shield his body. Mr.. Mosely and
Mr.. Overstreet were inside the Jail
with a party, and the door of the
lower floor of the Jail was locked
behind them. The family were up
stairs, and the door was locked on
the inside. | was sent home on
an errand; heard firing as | came
back toward the Jail ; saw old man
Mcclellan fall, pierced by several
buckshot, behind the jail.
81 rushed inside the Jail and
found the stairway crowded with
men. Rosser was at the top of the
STAIRS, aud VIM. Gulley trying to
break the lock off the door with
axes. My daughter Cornelia, son
Johnnie, and Mr.. Overstreet were
holding the door on the inside. My
daughters face was bleeding. Ros:
ser said TO my daughter: Damn
your soul, l will blow your brains
out if you don't get out of the
way.n
ssRosser fired the first shol
through the broken lock, which
severed my sous hand from his
arm. The door was here broken
open and my little boy fell shOt
through the heart. Some n in
side fired and Rosser fell dead
Two mel caught him by the heels
and dragged him down stairs.
"My husband was bewildered a
the death of johnnie; L and m.
son Clay carried the dead boy
down stairs. Cornelia ard fathe.
came down stairs. Henry j. Gul
ley came mp and raised his gun.
closed the grated door at the bot
tom OF the stairway; my daughte
clasped my husband around thu
neck Gulley fired through tn
grating in the door. My daughte
screamed, Il am shot
"Chisholm opened the doc
and rs he stepped out, Henry GuI
ley came out OF an adjoining rool
with another gun and fired agai
at him and he tell. Clay aud | as
sisted my husband in r~eachini
home. My daughter was bleedin.
in the face +; her eyes were blackeI
ed by a blow she was shot in tn
wrist, in the ankle and in the hee
she was shot by Henry Gulley sh
died on the 10Th of May ; she die
from the effects of her wounds"
Mrs. Chisholm produced Cornt
lia's bracelet, which was broke
and driven into her arm ; also tiv
buckshot taken out OF her body.
DeKalb, Miss, Sept. S.--Cros'
examined--Mrs. Chisholm state
that she begged Rosser by the Go
that made him, his mother VIII
bore him and the wife whom he lON
ed, to be satisfied with the bloc
of Gilmer and Mcclellan. He repl
ed 4: "John Gulley had wife, an
y he would shoot any woman VIII
stood between himself and CHS
t holm"
The defense asked the question
"Did she not (Cornelia) die froI
the effects of an operation" etc.
Witness said she did not know
In relating the scene %connecte
with the death Of her son Johnni
Mrs. Chisholm tainted. When ash
ed if Sheriff Sinclair was not over
powered by the mob, she said sh
could not tell whether the sheri.
commanded the mob or the mo
commanded the sheriff.
DIR. Chamberlain, who waited o
Cornelia Chisholm, testified tina
she died from the effects of he
wounds; that one of the bones G
her leg was injlred and two of til
bones of her arm were broken b
buckshot, and that she was wound
ed in the face by some blunt instrr
ment, and that no treatment coul
have saved her life.
Chas. ROsenbaum testified tina
he came to town with Gilmer, i
custody of Deputy Sheriff Brittor
followed by eight armed men; sa,
many others in town with guns
As we walked toward the Jail
saw Virgil Gully shoot Gilmer Il
the back.
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