Daily Republican., 1879-09-22
FIRST EDITION.

| FIRST EDITION.
|,oaNNYCMIsHOLM's DEATH.
extract from the Narrative Ol
rrs Chisholm In Detailing the
rurder of aer Husband. Daugh'
her and SON.
Colonel Hull ran hastily up. Seeing
he hesitatsd. "What," said I
Iasr your conversation with me just
Lw m He then turned and said
Fame down man, II can afford Il
M IL YOU cam" Henry Gully came
With his gun. I said, go back,
iva YOU not drank enough blood fol
% dsyg "Back, 1 say" He put the
n within q few inches Of my head,
h suddenly turned 1t through the
|tss and fred. The fair faces Of my
|ildren never for one moment turned
ide, the blood already running from
Irpelia's. Rosssr stood at the dool
llooine for an axe. Chill" Gully
ma up with q long-handled axe and
IRorey with short one, and re-
rped again with a heavy piece O
In. w
i told him to 60 back. He said, "No
Vspt revenge. had my beard pulled
cs: mean to have revenge" Still
~ kept on coming, and falling back
sr firing to have their places taken
others. Henry J. Gully fired one
pt--or rather one gun-with two
Frels, and there was a boy ready with
otb.r, and he fred that before lsav.
his place. "Bill" Gully fred, and
bp came another sneak, whom
,ght hold Of as l did the others, and
dropped his head. l said, "You had
tier stop before you fire." He drop
his eyes and said, "You had just
but as we'll hush. IfIwas an Officer
might get me to go back, but alias
by orders. lam a private and an
linz under orders" l believe these
his words verbatim. This fellow
ID almost in Johnnie's face, and, be
remembered, each one fred two bar.
}, and the great broad stairway was
the time crowded, and at no time
the firing, the chopping or thu
aiding cease. Another came. l held
with both hands till he wrenched
pself free-exclaiming as he did so
. away, d-n you" held Ros.
by the arm with which he held thu
with which he was chopping ou
lock. Isaid to him, ''stop, l i'm
10 you by the God who made yor
before whom you have so soon t
ear to stop. ! beg you by the mother
bore you, by the thought Of you
and children, don't do this deed
No you not a wife and childreni'
ps," he said, "and so had Mr..
ly." "Well," said I, twill thu
rider Of an innocent man give Johr
ly's wife a husband, or John Gully'l
ldren a father!" Cornelia, thinking
was listening, began to plead to hin
person, when he said: $50 back
"a you, or I'll blow your d.
ins out" Well, l am glad he go
reward so soon. Some one who wal
pushing me away to shoot, said
|ould you shoot q womani" "Yes
n her; will shoot anybody who
in my way" l don't record his
fane words because they are pleas.
but because he used them. All
time he held reserved gun.
he crowd behind began TO grow
a moment thinnsr-when Rossel
an to rave and curse them as a Sol
owards who were afraid of one man
demons outside fred all at once,
yly, or as it happened. 1t seems as
hey were under pledge to shoot, for
70 came half way up, and firing,
ped. The axes were cutting around
iron bar. Overstreet for a mo-
n, and only for moment, loosed
hold and sprang back. l was try
to draw the door, but it was moth.
and the whole protection Of my
bands life at the moment was
nnie and Cornelia. When Over
ct sprang back, it was a fatal mo
y. Johnnie was at the lock side o.
door.
osser's strength outdid Johnnie't
he stuck his gun through the open
which was kept open by half q
IN wretches, and fired both barrels.
not know whether or not both bar.
struck Johnnie's wrist, but hit
was literally shot off save a mar.
strip of skin on either side of the
IT, He threw up his arm and CAV.
scream, looking pitifully into my
But before the surging tide o
'shss had time to see or know, hi
young forehead and his righ1
platr and arm were against thu
and Overstreet had once mort
SEQ against 1t SO that only the tim'
ok Kosser to FIRE his gun was 4
Iran my heGG through the mis-
ie CRATES of the door and patted hi
lder, and smoothed and rubbed
.ace' Said /, "Johnnie, my precious
ing son, go back, the next loac
XIII you" He only answered by
er look.
santime Clay caught Johnnie in hil
and ran around behind the oornel
cage with him, saying, "Bud John
'ay here, will hold where yor
holding, you will be killed.
'ella and Overstreet were now al
were holding the door, and
vas broken down, the streams, o
running from her face, bits o
On lead from the, striking of TIT
s% against the sharp bars rebound
nef face which was burnt and
'sned BY the powder--svsn tht
y ol her lips were shot full Of thu
powder; her strength was fas
z and the rush from the outside
increasing.
sser was provided with a fresh gun