The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-01-03
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u 4 lss aDi a the late
ther "a n 'hAn that
t Z sbl,ca1 ucke', Is frrsh
Il sd - at p opie. Most strenu-
"a Ell baAe be, made by the Bour.
buns 10 cs,veF up and deoy the iscss Of
the outrage. aud the cry Of "bloody
shirt" has been raised TO silence the
Republican press. The facts, however.
will not disappear at the bidding OF the
murderers- The Washington Republican
Of the 5Oth contained long aecOant o.
the affair and Of the cohdition Of polIfscs
IN AissippI. from A. ". RaEana .
Republlean lawyer o. Co2lah esy.
. nallea. and Of . ssh koeWa ed
wealthy family e ki2snlpvl. Ne haaH
Just reached Washington. having boess
hunted down aad driven from his home
By mob Of Democrats. The RepublIcaA
says: The BOurbons of Hazlehurst
have robbed him (BaFnesi) OF home,
business and property. He il nov N
Washington and expects soon TO settle
somewhere IN the north. WhsEe his LIE
and his property, when he Aas aeAan -
cumnsated some. may Be tolerahay aafs
Mr.. Burnett Ii thirty years old e1a1YeT
BY profession. and . mAn of inAellieeaes
and educetiea. No tnan who talks
with him will believe him 20 Be-
either liar or q coward. he talks
most Of and seems most iniePested Ia
the murder Of his friend, Print" Astl
theWs, but as q Bourbon bullet went
clear through his own body less than
two months ago, it may be inferred that
his personal experience Of Mississippi
political methods are interesting"
Upon being asked If Wheeler, the
murderer of Matthews, ever made any
excuse for the killing, Mr.. Burnett re-
piled:
Mot q word can give you the story
of the shooting in his own words. He
says that when Matthews came into the
polling place that morning he said 10
him Wheele: We'll, good morning
Ras; what do you knoRr Wheeler
said he knew of nothing and then he
asked him: Print, sre you going tn
voter Print said Yea and Wheeler
said Print. wouldn't vote Print
smiled and replied: i prize
my right to vote very highly,
and teel that I owe il to my
Country Then he Stepped up to the
ballOt-bOx AMI gave Inspector COxwell
hls ticket. 4 then took the shot
gun said Wheeler, which was conceal
ed in q dry goods box, and cooking
bhh barrels, leveled Il on him. just as
pulled the Trigger he threw his eyes on
me and put his right hand to his side.
He had n" pistol In his hand 80 far as
saw That is Wheeler's own account of
the affair.""
Mr. Burnett gives Congressman
Bsrksdsle, If Mississippi, q square shot
in talking about the cnngrrssma ans de-
Dial that he s,:Vised he shotgun cam
paigu. H. say:
81 did not ear Bs-ksdale's speech,
but g. Mt a nan to b. him wh0 WAS
not Inspected by then and cnulsi safely
be- there. rhIs is rhe CT lac, uSge that
he used in II ei1urst the nigh; before
the % ,ctiOU, jul after 4ey had v ted to
SO VIII shnu'G kill N ..thoWs Said he.
Fellow ci IL ns-I must con- 'iment
I"u on " ur paIrOilism and the aanner
in which you have evInced u by shout
deTing your shOtgunR. saw in the
Carunt-nances Ut thi'se armed men who
p rad d the street, to-day, q determine
ton to carry this election. and I say
you must carry this election, re-
gardless of what the issues may be-"
defy Mr. BaTksdale to produce any law
abiding citizen, not part of that armed
mob who will say that he did not use
that language. He has produced certin-
Gates from several men that he did not
so speak. Every one of the men who
made such certificates, except one, was
IN the audience that night with shot
gun on his shoulder. Everyone Cfthem
is In the list which I gave you before Of
men against whom warrants had been
issued That is the kind of certificates
he has got. X. N. Miller, one Of the Ger
tiflers, was making similar Inffamma-
tory speech at WessOD, ten miles
q word of Barksdale's speech. ]. W.
Bsily, another of the certifers. was
called on for q speech when Barksdale
finished. He said: 4 have been
In the saddle for ak days, and am
not 1T for speaking. viii only make
q motion that we appoint Q committee
to bury the dead Independent and Re
publican voters of HazelhuFst to-mor-
row. I tell you Ethel BArksdale is
morally responsible for all thu
political murders of MissiRsipDI. He
was responsible for the murder of
poor Mahoffey. dragged from his
bed from beside his sleeping wife, and
shot for no other reason than that he
taught a colored school. / don't know
what the north is thinking Of 10 turn
over the control Of this government to
such men. They don't know what it
means That's what's the trouble. !
should Just like t. have Henry Ward
BPecher and some more of those men
who think It Is all so lovely for south
ern Republicans, spend q few weeks In
Mississippi during an election or can
vass."