The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-05-18
HON. PHIL. b. THOMPSON.
MS STATEMENT WIEN IL SURRENDERED
HIMSELF FOR IlAyi"d KILLED
WALTER DAVIS.

MAY it please your honor, ] know
il is ~, Gust mary On OCCASIONS o.
this kind Tor tho person appearing
before Tho court to make auy state
ment OF tho facts surrounding Oh at.
Tail Ike this, bat deem it dco t.
m s'f. the p sit'on I occupy, the
commn ily in which I have lived 20
long anl who have so of'n hot ored
me, lha! / should Say something in
regard to this unfortunate affair. ]
need not point TO my 'ons lifo ard
nnLl mishvd character for honor be-
fore these people as justification
for whl, I did, but feel la, the,
.honll know from NE or lear his
tory OF tho case or porio7 OF it.
Last Dc mber being called TO
Washing on CT Y by the In iss grow
on f my ,osi iop. WAS nccompnn.
nd t. GIN 'irng,l 10y NV wif'; and
bol, z anxious 20 30 ia Wasl,ihg On.
u soon rs po,ribI",I let on Midday
to samo day If my arriva! III Cn.
uuLnti, ma eft MY wifa with iri',d
IA thai ~. IN" hex; dsy Mr. Wal
'er II Davis, ihc drce red. en-. To
Cincinnt. u d i"s'ng me. her npou
h-sr.et, rcgit I'd himself at II ho
,el, AMI leaning from her and The
lady who aecJmpa led hIr tbat she
was stopping NJ II s Clair Ho o.
h. followed them down 10 tho hu'cl
snpgLt her cut and registered ngai
here Il dor M ~ rmcd name. and
"ok = room Il, lho st. Cl,ir H,cl,
II, thsn clriicd her ont uader the
pg, t.s, OF iri nds, and having piled
or with dirk until 'ha was utterly
besc tied, we ! knowing her inlirmity
in that r,s9cc,, and continued his
applications until no carried her "a
hls room. deb.uchnd her, max n: her
tne vic IN, Ia lie. uuiort inntc ccadi.
i,r, Of hrs d graded last; tt,n
turu'd her Ut Ia wardcf wlCrc So
w,n'd, u",ii r'tle | up ~ tho righ'
W. Gilman rnl carried 10 her fr'fras
iIwr & accomplished roy ii lonoi,
D. G !cG h-r'h)as" /, f,r. brc ,kfist.
W io ] l.ai roon Informed ( on
o. Il, fac 3 relating {, her iu,pxlc..
,ion, AMI that he was the Cause of
her publ: cxDoslre ~ b, hot ! IN |
her d, grad .tion. / did no! know
'ho .x'cut o. the wrong mil last
Tu, SHAY night as I rstirnc'l hone,
Sh.n va tally inform d If the IN
ANY wIici h h Il h'.p,l nI'n her
and my family. d,nt believe that
| VIII rrre w tra c3lsnrs oi his
people, BIZ what. over il lii" Will of
tho Codr, bow 20 it ard submit,
~ b comes n god c.t;z'n. Til lns
lr,kru up AM destroy ci my d nestle
relations ard my peace ard happi.
loss aIN daught'r. dcarcr to me
tnnn all is, o earth, a',xi!c fl, m
1nme AID IN tp'"asi Tom society.
$ - has G"bled hriGC!f 10 sleep on
ny bJsrm u ld.r tnio great c'lau.'y
unly upirr of which slr knew. H>
blood ~ bit a ferb'o at nemcnt tor
her tears, ind had no u hundred live.
O! them woniiu't atone fr til,
great wrong. For the Grst timo this
IN Irni' Z | net hun, u d L teol thai /
lid what any mln who had u home
thai IN loved ard a daughter d .ar tn
him would do ii he had the courage
to defend th,la from wrongs. In
ellis l hope and feel thnt 1 receive
thu mpithy ol the good md vir'
u ius, an now submit. 10 the actions
oil III, mt"
Whcn he c'rclude1. his H,ncl
J ,dg, I. ii II rli,. cid in sub
>'apc.; l. l., perhaps, impr"pr'
tr me-, cccnpSius th. bal ch, to *
y cS' the 81. THY [ feel Tor NJ.
Thompson IA mar, Int | deem It
my oiii 'iGl Hat, - hol him to bai.
~ wit any inlic'mrrt the Gand
Jury, IL Nv in sss.inn, IN ~ find sra's'
hi,n AID viii fix the n,iI at 5000,
Bal was promptly given, md Mr.
Tuom psun was '.l,a o. from custody,