The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-06-12
HANCOCK COUNTY vINDICA-
TEL.

Our attention has been called TO
u very remarkable editorial, which
appeared in u little patent sheet
called the Gulf Coast Progress, pub
lished at Bay st. Louis under date
of June A., 1885. The article is
beaded "The Ulman Case" and
is the most liceucioUs, slanderous
and mendacious document that we
ever had the misfortune to behold
in public print.
Had any one asserted that Han
cock county contained SO calumin-
Gus a falSifor MS the responsible
editor of the Progress has proved
himself to be, in defence of our
section, we should have most siren,
iously denied it. TO the trial we
shall only refer incidently, where
forced to do so in the vindication of
nj peoples honor, and had the
attrOcious declaration OF the edito-
Iial in question no circulation ont
side of this county, OF away from
the Coast, we should have merely
treated it as "A "brutuIn-tulmen,'
and let it have died anaturaI death.
To begin with, this nr6ane disciple
of Washington says: "That such IL
case ever resulted in an indictment
and a trial is a startling revelation
to all strangers and to all residents
as well, whose SagaciouS eyes had
not penetrated the mysteries of the
Mississippi SeacOSt."
The statements contained in this
paragraph are utterly and entirely
false, and what is worse, Il mali
ciOus insult to the good people OF
our whole Coast. On the contrary
the only surprise manifested by II
majority of our people, is that the
grand jury had not indicted tue
justice of the peace who admitted
these persons to bail, and the sneak.
ing "Pettifoger" who advised him
to do so. After slandering at great
length some of our oldest and most
esteemed attorneys and citizens, in
language and slang phrases that
would have disgraced the columns
of the Police gazette, and intima-
ting that our board of supervisors
were in the habit of packing
grand iuries for the benefit Of
criminals, he Gays: "Ths indict-
ment was buried up with railroad
speed" etc, etc. This is false, and
not only an unjust imputation upon
the district attorney, but il vile
Islander upon twenty OF the leading
representative men OF Hancock
county, who composed the late
grand jury.
Again: In abiding to the other
four prisoners in the case, he says:
"The humble and innocent men
who were only bystauders at the
homicide, but had cruelty and tdlSe-
Iy been included in this Indictment,
0nly to Hspdraqe them as 1citReSSeS."
This assertion is not only Il ven
OmOuS and Infamous ialse!ioOd, but
is prompted by thoughts which
could only originate in vile and
sordid mind of the lowest order Of
intellect. Here are twenty one men,
the district attorney and the mem
bers of the grand jury-mrn select
ed from ap.ong their fellows as be
ing honorable aad upright, charged
Will the grave responsibility of
mkiug the in%itiatory steps in the
Niudlcation of the violated law,
bound under d solemn oath to per-
form their duty without prejudice,
fear or favor. Here they are made
by this vile Slanderer, to lay aside
their duty to their country ; all re.
spect for wives aud children; all
feeling tor their fellow men, and
forgetting the Sanctity OF their
Oaths, perform an act so foul and
base that would have put ancient
Antiochus to the blush. Verify,
we do not believe that twenty of
the worst men in the wickedeSt city
in America, would willingly aud
knowingly indict four "hamDIe and
Innocent men for murder.
Passing over quite a space of this
vituperatisn aud balderdash we
again quote from the humane aud
truth.lOving writer, as follows: cit
was equally evident in the earlier
stages OF the trial that the district
attorney had been deceived and
lied into believing that Ulman was
guilty" Not satisfied with the H.
bellOus and scurIilous attack he
had made upon Our people in gen
eTal and the officers of the law in
particular, this foul-mouthed de,
tractor stOops so low as TO vent his
spleen upon the heads OF innocent
aud unprotected females, ladies
who testified on the part of the
State. Eye ont! go, Shame !
where is thy blush 7"
Talk about ''pettifOggers" and
"shys;ers." We do not know tue
definitions of the terms, butit they
meau a man who calls himself a
lawy er, who is so cowardly and
base as to grossly insult in a crowd
ed aud open court, a young lady, or
who does not hesitate to utter aud
the most malignant aud
defamatory libels; aud, IN the face
of all this, is continually singing
his own praise, when no one else
sees anything of merit in him
then we must confess that we know
OF but one such, aud he was not
engaged on the side OF the prose