The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-01
WEDNESDAY MORNING OCTOBER 1873

boy who had been active In handini
guns oil day was ready a his elbow Will
another. tried 70 keep Il from Gully
but could not. Gully At once discharge
both loads into my husbands body, ani
ran back to the door. Mr.. Chisoln
wRyeted from side 10 side, almost hayinl
10 balance himself with bis hands. There
were some goods back In the hall. / cried
10 Mr.. Ohisolm 10 get behind them. phil
Gully ran out Of side room with heavy
stick he was In the habit Of carrying, and
seeing that Mr.. OhiSolm could barely
hold himself up, ran 70 strike him down
with his club, sptang forward and ask.
ed him what he was going 10 do, but be.
fore he could strike Gully put another load
into his hip, and .tBob" Mosely, shooting
from the steps, put one load In, that made
the largest hole oil oil. My husband
several times said TO me aiterWard, as he
put his hand on his leg, that that wound
was the one that was killing him. can't
tell how many wounds were mortal. He
was wounded In all the internal organs.
he fell, and the mob retreated. I fell
down over him, OF course, ! was cover.
cd with blood, but not my oWn,-the
blood OF husband and children. Said my
husband: "My whole family are murdered;
you and Clay are covered with blood;
Johnnie dead, Cornelia killed; but preci.
Gus wife, u any Of my children uldliye,
tell them die an innocent man; their "a.
ter never harbored athoughtor did deed
for which they need blush. die for my
country, and because l would be free
man and n Rant h1tNanN
Cornelia fell over him, and he, kissing
her, said, "MY poor baby, you are killed. D
mo, l am not, papa she said. "Yes,
daughter, you are shot In your arm"
"Am /, papaP" And this was the first she
knew, though heavy gold bracelet had
been severed and driven through her
arm. She arose, and Clay sank down,
taking his fathers head on his knees. /
ran 70 the door and asked II there was 0
man in the town who would help me 10
carry my husband home, telling them that
they had killed Johnnie and my husband
and shot Cornelia 10 death, and could
not take them all. saw body OF men
coming, and ran back 10 him. MBilln
Gully was ahead this time, 10 shoot what
he thought another dead man, but /
snatched the gun that had fallen from Mr..
Chisolm's hands, and, raising It, stood be-
tween him and the mob. The idea that
there was even that much 10 meet him
frightened obi" Gully, and for o moment
he stopped, but he raised his gun and shot
both barrels OF me, without effect. Itired |
my gun back ct him, and afterward heard |
| filed his breast with powder. This |
guard then ran of In haste, and
CorneliR went to the door. There
was not hali.inoh oil her face, l may
8ay, that was not oozing with blood, and
cutwith fragments Of balls and burnt black |
with the grains OF powder which were In
her skin aud afterwards taken out by the
surgeon. She raised her right arm, from
which blood ran in two streams which
looked as large as her finger. She said
"Won't somebody come help
mamma carry my poor papa homer You
have killed him. You have killed Bud
Johnnie, and mamma can't carry both"
md, said she, showing her arm, ~ am so
ihot / can't help her" Just as she had
begun speaking, another division OF
. Kempers best citizens" ran up, and,
when my daughter came to this point,
i've or six guns were discharged at her,
aking effect in her right leg and heel, and
literally Kidding her dress. She turned
o me where was bending over her
ather and said: Mamma, they have shot
ne in the leg this time" I called TO her
without daring to leave my husband, "My
larling baby, keep out Of the door; the
lext shot will kill you and my little child,
you will have to walk home; mother can't |
AIRY father, Bud Johnnie and you" Peck |
afterwards Dragged that he |
had put one load Of lead into that girl.