The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-03-03


'illo. Miss. shortly after The hanging
,f Che mardCrcr Geo Connor a lai
.eveuiecn or eighteen years al aee
was seen on ihe street swearing aul
Furnishing hie pistol Deputy sher
n irlp'st- arrested iim and sfa.tel
o fhc Mayor Geo rih Aim, uhen
De BOYS employer tslAli 0p ad
iskei bis release. Stating ae wnaI
-4 he.ora it conn AND pas Use
bows l1o air Tdp'elt lhcfeapan
.o.d tho boy if De aoull leave COW
be might go This lho hoy prom
..el As soon ae Iip.ett a1l 'hr
hos q employer walked on from him
he wheeled his horse. and CursinE
and delyiug the officers be started
down The street in Q mad gallop,
nearly running over several persons
who were crossing the street Trip
lett ran, aud jumping on horse,
started ia pursuit Of him, calling on
two Young men by name to follow
him. He distanced the help he had
summoned, and coming up with the
boy, whose name is Thrasher, COM
handed him TO surrender Thrashcr
did SO, when a fellow named Hind
man galloped up and tod Thrasher
to kill Tripleit, or die and 90 to
hi before allowing himself to be
taken. Thrashor then told Triplett
IL he did not release bis bride he
would kin him Tfi7lell told him
not to resist bot 20 surrender, aud
summoned Hindman to assist in or
resting Thrasher Hindman swore
be would not, and tod Thrashcr not
to be arrested Thrasher then drew
his pistol and shot Triplell through
the heart lie aud Hindman then
fed One Of The posse summoned
by lripictt then came up lie im-
meiiately rode back 10 town Will
the news. in q moment tho wildesl
excitement prevailed, and ia o few
minute Sheriff Johnson and dozer
men we're Ia pursuit Eight mile.
from town Sheriff Johnson and on,
man came up with Thrasher The,
had left tho rect far behind, SOM
taking different routes When thi
Sheriff aud his man Stevens cam
4 mp with Thrasher, he had left al
horse, and had taken TO tie woods
making for a cane brake on the IA
aide of an old field. when in ahou
a hundred yards Of Thrashor %
Sheriff called on him to surrender
Ihrasher kept on TO the brake, an,
the Sheriff started around the hrak
10 head bin on In the edge az th
brake was an old lightning blastei
/ pine Thiasher got behind this. an,
laking cool On Deliberate elm 90 ih
Sheriff, Cred, the ball barely missin,
/ its mark, buried itself 10 the Sheriff
horse Stevens WAS then ia fort
yard Of the murderer, and tellin.
him ID DE would surrender he w0ull
only be fined, Thrpsher started To-
wards Stevens wilh .he barrel Of th
pistol ia his hand The Sheriff OF
dcred him to drop bis pistol AM
walls Off from It. This he did AZ
ter he was bound, and told he ha
shot Ttipleti, he seemed much cha
/ griued ~ hsviae SURRENDERED saying
/ ifho had knovu he bad hagt Triploi
he would never have been taken
Nor could Do. for &c is hamy TO b
excelIed ID pistol shooting as bis sho
at the Sheriff proved, be having at
distance Of a hundred yards misseI
The Sherif's thigh by not more thai
two inchea; and besides be had
navy pistol while both the Sherii
i and stevens had only 9 inch ban
rel pistol
The greatest excitement and In
dignation prevailed when it wa
known that the Sheriff had bfough
/ the murderer back Everywher
could be heard loud and emphati
/ cries for the immediate hanging c
| the murderer. and 20 was with diff
] Guilty that the mob could be restrain
ell from taking him to the gallow.
that he had bat a few hours pre-
viously seen to be the doom that 70
lows the crime he so wantonly con
mi;tod. When 1t Is known tbs
Tdplett was the SherifTs nephew
too much praise cannot be given biz
for his determined protection OF th
murderer Standing on the Jail step
when / saw him, with The tears run
ming down his gray beard, and hi
massive chest heaving with emotion
be vaiuly tried TO suppress, he said
mo, boys, / loved Bud, frnplctt,
Z like q son, and I told his murderer
/ would walk into The jaws Of h--l q
take him, and ] have him, and / te
YOU, BY Cd. 7 will 60 throug
them before you shall take him fror
me-" Tie shalt tie, bul at The Shei
id S hands, not yours Tho GROVE
I knowing how tender was the tia
between the big hearted man and hi
, noble young nephew, knowing to
that il would lie death 10 The IN.
man who attempted 20 enter The iai
we're calmed and soon dispersed.
Young Tripiett was Just %. an
although SO young be had many year
been a member Of the church. on
was o church officer His murder,
although a mere youth, has kIlle
two other non lie was proleo
| of Dixon, aho was killed by Burke
dale, in Yazoo City Thushef say
after be killed Bis second man, Dixie
furnished him money to leave III
State on lie Says be is now a fug
tive The people here cay Il is use
less for the authorities Of Yazo
county to attempt to take him ava
/ liom here He will never be Above
% leave the county alive / thia
! Der citizens are unanimous on thai
I I don't believe thatif De were to da
granted a change of venue he woui
( be allowed 20 cross The border q
4 Winston county. How it will be j
/ Julg whcn Circuit Court meets,
don't know AZ any rate the gQl
/ lows Is to be lolt standing to avail
bis goutence. The preliminary ex