The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-06-24

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daughter u il'e only trfam living
With her IA, We wtfp lnftmedD
! seems that The negro iSy had
been 10 The habit n going 10 Mrs
Taylof's, consequently h. knew III
alHait The pfemime On the nlsht
above mentioned, some time alter
twelve o'clek, Laird entered The
lrni.e, whether by fotce ~ not, wa
did not learn, and attempted his
l'elllsI work IN Tie ymung lady
while In the hnsc, but Mrs. Tay.
lor came 10 her daughters as.
sistance striking Laird with a
boarjj whercuppn he struck her In
the facc with n pistol, and took
the girl from the house and salts
fled his lustful desire. lie then
left there, and when next we hear
Of him he Is found asleep on the
gallery u Mr.. Gabc Wells, of this
place. When asked why no was
there, he remarked that he had
been out with the girls the night
before, and hadn't slept much. lie
was then asked what made his
face 81 marked up with smut ; he
failed to make satisfactory answer,
but asked for water with which "a
wash it Oh. After washing his
face he left Mr.. Wclls's md went
out in II field near town, climbed
down in a large gully and again
went to sleep, where he was found
arrested and brought before Squire
Balch for trial. All the evidence
against him was circumstantial
but 80 strong that he was place.
in Jail to awnit trial, which wa,
set for to-day wednesday,. Or
Tuesday last he admitted to Ger
tain parties, that he was the righ'
man, but he denied doing more thar
striking Mrs. Taylor with a pisto
and s~ubjccting the young lady Il
such violence only as To show he
Gas he said) that he could do wha
he wished with her. Little did h
know what n few hours woul,
bring forth, for that night n com
pany Of masked horscmen, number
ing about scventy-ive, more o
LEGS, came to the Jail about hal
past one o'clock and demanded th,
prisoner. They first went to Nj
George V. Lester, deputy sheriff
and ordered him to give up tn
keys. Mr.. Lester cmphatically n
fused to obey the order. They the
told him TO come out Of the hous,
which hc did, when several Of III
masked men rushed in and wcr
To the room occupied by Sheri
Smith, who was in bed sick, an
again demanded the keys, but NJ
Smith was as determined as III
deputy, Mr.. Lester, to do all h
could To save the prisoner, and h
ton, refused to give up the key
Thinking they were not going |
got the keys, the leader ordered hI
men " break the doors down, 81,
ing they had come for the ncgl
and were going TO have him. A
they started to carry out this con
mand, Mrs. Smith saw that tho
were determined to do something
became uneasy about the saf
ty Of her husband, who had so pc
itivcly refused 10 obey their con
msnds, and knowing II would onl
make n difference Of n few minut,
IL they did have To break the doc
down, for they had come prepare
10 surmount any emergency, n
gave them the keys. They the
took Mr.. Lester upstairs 10 sho
them which cell Laird occupic'
By this time the negro underrtos
his peril and began calling for helI
crying murder J" "murder !" /,
the top Of his voice, but NJ
cries were stopped forever who
his cell door swung open and !
fell into the hands Of those dealt
dealing, masked horscmcn. II
was rushed down stairs, across u
courthouse yard and mounted @
n mule, and As the main body pas
} cd along the streets the sever
guards, placed on all the mo
frcqucntcd corners. were called II
and the whole company rode o.
East Lee street about one mile