The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-03-24

'0unQst one IN tbe Tigul clDON anu OhS
q the thigh. Ed Brown received )
light wound in the stomach, while s
Jharlie Brown got painful shot in the
boulder" 1t is said that the negroes
commenced the firing.
The two Browns were arrested and
,ave bond for their appearance at the
Circuit Court. John Johnson fled.
One month after this ARRAY, on the
18th inst, for some reason not disclosed,
Ed and Charlie Brown made affidavit
before the Mayor against Mr. Liddeli
and six others for assault with intent to
kill and murder. The accused were
arrested and the trial was fixed
for Wednesday the 18th. On that day at !
u o'clock, the case was called in the |
circuit court room, the defendants being |
represented by Messrs. Somerville and |
Askew end Capt ID. n Estes, the State
being without counsel There were less
than fifty persons present, and of these
a majority were negroes. The exact
number has not been stated, but we are
satisfied that there were not more
than twenty-five negroes and about half
as many whites
a one o'clock, and while Capt. Estes
was addressing the court on motion to
quash the warrant of arrest, one hundred
armed men rode into the town OF Car
| rollton, and dismounting, posted them
selves around the court house and be-
tween the court house and the fence. 1t
is impossible TO get an accurate account
Of what occurred at this moment. The
Picoylne's account represents that Ed
Brown, seeing the crowd of armed men
| through the window near which he sat,
arose from his seat, drew his pistol and
began firing on Mr. Liddell, and that
armed men up the stairs, when firing be-
came promiscuous. Mr. viii Liddeil,
the brother of JAS NJ. Liddell, Jr., being
interviewed by reporter of the Times
Democrat, in New Orleans, on the day
after the slaughter, said that he could
not say that Ed Brown fred the first
shot at his brother, and said further,
that the excited negroes had started for
the door before the shooting commenced
Mr.. Will Liddell was there. The Plea
yUne reporter was not Under all the cir
cumstances it seems most probable that
the surrounding Of the court ,house and
the appearance at the door of the court
room of a part of the crowd of armed
men were about simultaneous acts, and
that it was the armed men at the door
who attracted the attention of the ne
groes and caused the CONSERVATION
among them. We doubt not that these
men fred first, and did not wait fol
provocation, and that Ed Brown, if be
fired at all, fred at them
Bat why consume time in discussing
disputed matters? Enough is admitted
to damn the hideous affair.
1t is admitted that the Browns had
given bond to answer at the circui
; court for any otfense against the laws o.
the State of which they had been guilty
= 1t is ADMITTED that they had caused thu
: arrest Of Jas. Liddell and others on al
} affidavit charging them with felony
1t is admitted that these defendants hat
been arrested and were being tried by
lawful officer of the State, holding
, lawful court ia the very sanctuary of thu
law, when one hundred armed mel
, appeared upon the scene, surrounded tn,
temple of justice and shot 10 death unde
the eve OF the court, eleven citizen
of Mississippi and MORALLY wounded
nine others. 1t is ad,aitted that not on
white man was hurt.
1t does not lie in the mouths of tn,
mob to say that the arrest of Liddel
and others was without cause, even i
4 that were a justification Of their crue
: and bloody conduct. That was tn
matter the court was called on to tr,
and was trying. Certainly the affidavit
r made by the Browns charged SOM
criminal act, else warrant would no
have been issued. 1t was a case, of al
Others, where the defendants SHOULD
! Lave demanded and the Mayor shoult
, have required the fullest investigation
; of the facts. A motion to quash tn
, warrant seems TO be ut variance witt
the object of the investigation and tn
q alleged defense of the accused.
5 It is hard to realize that there coul,
: be found in Mississippi one hundred mel
t who could be led to avenge the persona
! wrongs and injuries of friend il
the heartIess, constituencies and cold
blooded manner which characterized tn
conduct of the mob at Carrollton. 1t i
harder still to realize that the plac
selected for this exhibition of hideou
atrocity should be the temple of Justic
i. and at the very horns of the altar. Ha
it come TO this that there is no place s,
sacred that the bloodthirsty will no
enter to do their damnable deeds? IT SO
! then indeed we are worse than heathens
Do the people of Mississippi realiz
: that at the door of the courtroom ii
= Carrollton in Carroll county, the blood,
9 bodies of Its slain citizens lie heape,
one upon another? They have not BEEF
). removed. They cannot be removed
= There they will stay as monument L
the folly and the wickedness of thei
:. ruthless slayers.
. There can be no adequate punishment
e for the injury which has been inflicte,
' upon the good people of Mississippi, b,
: the murderous mob at CarrolltoE. Their
! viii be no punishment of any kind
Time spent in an attempt to bring ther
a. before the bar of that temple who's
' sancity they have so grossly violates
!. would be time thrown away. We d
: not know who took part in the blood
% deeds. We do not care to know. TO
. their sakes would that al knowledg
and all remembrance OF them could B
: blotted out They may be powerful
and influential citizens whose favor
= were we'll to court and whose displeasur
Z. lit were dangerous to arouse. To sue
considerations We can close our eyes an
s our ears; but we cannot be blind or dez
/ to the appeals q the weak Who clai'
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