The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-11-11

HffilaH eiih ihf tthfana FfhFfef q Hsh
ttisshs . Hleamffhsi ilesfiHs the ffisen
efs spsi aud tfsh. whH wsfs tHasf
ths rfuiseilsn ~ the state Hllllls Tbs
ffaara ftfe ipen the tfi#shlna fsfsf.
and rDn NWmi,ar ~ Spectators ass
stsi Hnisd asd Mass Dthsfs waesasd
nath slhes ~ ths sisst,
lnOafss, ~. November 4
william Neai ani liia tfHn sefe eunslstsf
sHma months aru NJ lhH taileffsitifa iIiugf
tauniy, NJ circuit tiWfl. ~ The murder NJ
Hnltefl ani Fannie ulnlshs aud fHiHa e.
fleF They wefe rfanlrsi = rev tflHi bT tn
SUPREME Cauit ueWrr nills. au nesemlihe,
whn confessed and was ssnirHelsl ~ lmpfiaufl
Hrnt fuf llfr, was hanged by q mot, n Ashs
land last summer
On Monday last Neal anil Craft, guarded hv
two hundred and iwcnty Htata irnutm, with
fnr section ~ artinefy, arrived N ralleifa
imrp from i,esiuHun, whrre They have lecu
held foF safe krrpna ~ ataud TRIAL II wsa
leatued ~ Ashland. IN aume mysterious say.
that Judge lruwn wins ruina 10 grant ehanHr
Of venue, AMI thu esdtnent there l,eesme ~
| tense, About eleven O'Clock ihls morning
wuri vas iclcaranhri from that risru :"
tnilelisburs that most ~ the men hal qut
work In the lrun works. and that the nail fss.
tnry hal clcsed down All the men, 80 The
dispatch said, were marching On catietishuT.
In m hour ~ ~ nearly one hundred and fiity
uf them DID arrive aud hard, detarmincd.
looking crowd they wero. They carried ~
arms about them, hut were said 10 havo
weapons concealed out side Of town. AZ they
marched sullenly abou, the streets, the nimors
Of coming trouble Increased,
| AZ nnr O'Clock the courthouse yard was
Iaoked with dense mass Of mon, most of
whom seemed 10 have come from tho adioln-
ing counties. Tho oourt-housn was packed
when the soldiers marched IN with the prison.
ers. Tho soldiers went inside the bar. sur
rounded the chaIr u tho prisoners, and pro
pared In defend them 10 tho last. The esidene.
for change Of venue was overwhelming.
Judge brown said he was sorry to say. for tho
honor OF hia old homo, that lloyd County could
no, give the accused men fair trial, and be-
would have 10 grant change Of venue. and IN
compliance with the law lsc would have to
select nm adjacent county. iIcseectrd Garter
| County, aud the trial would bo act for the thiri
day u tho Carter County Circuit Court which
begins on the frst Monday iu February.
A few moments later the soldiers again gath
cred about tho prisoners AMI marched them
back 10 the Jail. tho room Just above the court
room.
soon there were but few men IN tho yard
or near the building. and tho danxerousIook.
ing crowd had melted away. They could bo
seen In groups about the street corners do
nouncing Neal and Craft, and uiterIns threats
Of violence. strange Co say, His Rxcellency.
Governor l.. y. blackburn, was abused almost
~ much as those two.
This afternoon nj $50 Sheriff kountz, with
the state troops and prisoners, boarded tho
steamboat 0mnte state for Maysyillc. intend
! ing 10 Ro thence by rail- u Lexington TO tho
jail, 10 copino tho prisoners until trial.
. After the Granite State, with the soldiers
and escort hnd left, the citizens took the train
! and returned TO Ashland, which 4 nvs miles
Ssc q Se SSs sTrsyns Tsey as" s's ss
about thirty Or forty mostly Wild boys, board
! cd the forry.boat and starts'd out 10 hail tho
! Granite STATE. which was hurryinT hy near the
I rs the Grnnite state passed her, She had die.
. | regarded the ferry.boafs signal TO land. and
i about this time. some one on the boat Dis
. charged u revolver The military opened Z
) the boiler manhrad There was no fiirther. ~.
! | ply from tho dIsab I'd ferry-hoat. several Of
1 the mob had been wounded but none killed
. The frc of tho soldiers was sill kept
) whprf and Front street. al Who wcrs iiiirl
and mortally wounde weru shot On or peee
Al nv whGss ss"ons S oesscd n from
= forry-boaf tho military kept Airing - long
; as they. could ase tho boat or : sou y
! town. u looked Ike . vengrfui defcrmina-
eySs y u s' Il Yp' Toya ISs coansy Thea qhs ioio~Ins. u
eds John Iiass, James Mcdonald, Colonel Ilap-
} p,ri, George Kseisr. NJ, nun!!aRs hsby. nor]
Mr. Jack socr' Graham Randall, hob Lsih'
, se,en,een other persons wsrs slishsiy
wounded.
Mr.. phister. cIerk u tho 0rsniss Blste. snys
Major Allen onsnTcd their steamer Tuesdny
night IN convoy the pr.sonru and froops b.
Maysvilla. but this was kept profount -
crei, even from the other boat onioers. Mxjor
Allen Wishing 10 avoid collision with The
, | mob. They tclsrnphcd to Major Allen thut
they would b. ai Caileiisbnrn II lin hut
! failed 20 roach there tIIi afternoon Ne thinks
II they could have arrived there promptly thu
whole trouble would have been avoided.
when Ashland wns uached he fsFry-boat
was seen, apparently hikd with beIlIxurenf
people, and the uharfboaf vas also full Of
men. and tho bsnFs lined with people 1hs
I pilot blow two whistles. - II 70 iand. hut viii
! no intsution Of landing. 1his rs = re lo
} get sway from the fcrry-bost whsnthe laitss
saw the Granite stnfe wns Streaming By. fous
whistles scre sounded by the fcrry.boat b Rct
. the firan'tc State 10 land. No attention vas
paid 10 n. and then the nrinx began The
finnite stato refused 10 take the prispners
j until a written order was issued commanding
them 10 do so
. Brose Dennis, Who, with Mr. Williamson. %
, cupied tho pllothou.c. tho latter hcins on
watch. says the soldiers were placed IN ths
J pflothouse 10 keep the pilots u their pust He
says that shots we're fired n the Grnnife Hfnfe
both from the whsrf-bouf snffhe n<n n ~
) bank. Many Of these were aimed 4 the pilos.
house, and six balls sfruck The pIIothosase. a
number of other bulIetmarks Appear - othes
parts Of the boat
, or tho nrns from ths bank and ~ uhnrf.
! boat Dennis 10 certain. Both hs ard ~ clerk.
Phistcr. say II would have been easy for he
fsrry>boaf 10 have ovcvsatsn them nnd had .
/ renewal Of tho battle n the trpops ~ M
: acted with psoupsn-ss IN rctunins ~ ~
Thsy spsak IN commcudAfioA ~ ~ nsston of
, ths ofBcerr. and say thsw - ~ dfsDou11tsn
shown 10 b bIoodskIrusy o. naIlolCua.
Upon the ~ urn ofsns trveg p Ifzla9sse ?
s,szs z,Iss ssss.a ,s s.'sst ss r. sssn 49,
ment; Tho motion for cnenl2 q yenee ~
rsss r1evsd 70 csFter County, q oz1g ves
s,ss asd e. % So d'~"s re- 9 eessst - 49,
| hark ~ Lexington for safe eo14GE19u& DuF>
Iss lsaf sfteFnoon thesg vssv ~ ne1y ~
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TEsjS ziiss ~. . 60 = o 60
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