The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1888-05-05

lS9S VI 1hS obaC WAC llAi iyCucu ny
whisky IN the court room. Ham
llton had his strikers round with
theit jugs, corrupting whoever
they could. We believe the use
of whisky won over man who
was instrumental in shaking in
two or three jurors in his interest.
Of course, the july was a weak
one. Every reading man had
formed an opinion, and that left
only such as do not take an intel
ligent interest in public affairs.
Seven Of these were white men
and five were colored.
The State had substantially the
same witnesses that testified in the
habeas corpus trial. The defense
charged their theory and their
witnesses. They set out to prove
that Roderick Gambrell attempt-
ed to assassinate Hamilton. To
do this they brought on four wit
nesses from in aud around Clinton
to prove threats. The sum Of
this testimony was that Roderick
said Hamilton had kept him from
being State printer, and thus
knocked HIM out Of $4,000; that
he would never live to do it again;
that he would kill Hamilton be-
fore his parents returned from
Kentucky.
1t IS strlkingly suggestive that
the four men belong to faction
in Clinton with which Rodenck
Ganbrell never was on intimate
terms, to which he was always
Two of them were ne
groes, and one of these witness
IN another case in which Col. Nu-
gent of counsel for defense was
interested, which was worked up
by the same factional leaders at
Clinton. When Hugh Campbell,
a wealthy bachelor died suddenly
and the claim set up by negrtss
or his place to being his wife,
Ellis Young swore that the dead
man told him that the colored
woman was his wife. The legal
heirs won the suit, aud now Ellis
Young appears as the confdant of
another dead man, lie was broken
down by impeachment, but the
prosecution were not allowed to
show that Roderick Gambrell had
never been a candidate for State
printer; that he was Il minor when
that cfiice was last flied before
bis death; that he lived in Clinton
when the Legislature met. Nol
was the State permitted te prove
that he told Pres. Webb, of Mss
College and Pres. lIillman, OF
Central Female Institute, Judge
Cabaniss and other friends, that
the difficulty was over. Wheth
er this is law, we canuot say, but
it IS not common sense or justice
Following these was a new SCI
of eye-witnesses in jackson, sil
of them. One was a saloon keep
er, and a close friend to Haml
ton. Another was an ex-convic
who belonged to a gang OF thieve
IN Hlnds county a few Yeas az,
and was twice convicted. Still
another was a yagabond gamble
who confessed that he had dc
serted his family and never earnc,
d dollar while he could win one
A fourth was the son of a notori
GUS negro henchman of Hamilton
A fifth was a young Jew, a frien
to Hamilton. The sixth was
young white man, a briehess law
yer. gambler and rake, who ha
been taken up by friends of tn
prisoner, furnished with a room
ridden around, etc. All but on
of these professed to have see
the shooting, but went away fror
the scene, never told any one, an
did not testify before, thoug
friends to Hamilton. The prose
cutior believed without a dout
that the whole lot was bought uT
The real eye-witnesses, Hard
and Eubanks, who were wit
Hamilton in the carriage, AlbrecE
and Figures, who were near By
were not put on for the eyider
reason that they had been s
broken down on former examin.
tons that they would conyl,
Hamilton.
There never was such a cas-
before, and the popular verde
will ever be that Hamilton's poYs
over the low element of Jackso
and surrounding country was use
freely in his 81 cat need. Spac
will not allow Of extended rs
marxs, SO we hasten on. Whe
the case was given to the jnr
they stood to acquit s, to convi'
"a. After n hours they had NJ
lagreed. Early in the morning