The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-19
From a stan corrcsnondent.

From stan Correspondent.
WAnALAK, Miss, Dec. lS.-Two of the
victims Of the murderous ambush of last
Sunday are dead and buried, and three
more are lowering between life and death.
The names OF the dead are Seth Cobb. a
section foreman, and NJ. II. Maury, n
wealthy sawmill owner. Both leave large
families ]. T. Nicholson, about whom
the whole trouble originated, was badly
shot In the breast and cannot recover. +.
Maurv was shot in the arm and right
shoulder. lie is in a serious condition TO.
night. John w. Dew carries q buckshot
hole in the right groin and nothing but
miracle can save him. Mr.. W. II. Mauy
was buried today. The scene was heart
rending; the grief OF his widowed
wife and five orphaned children was
indescribably touching, and the pres.
enco Of scventy-live stern looking
men who for once had deposited their
rifles in vacant building, by heroic efforts
controlled their emotion in the presence
Of the stricken family, added no little to
the tragic aspect Of the occasion. But
when they left that grave they bore on
their faces an expression Of such stern de-
termination and
AWFUL RESOLVE
that even the spectator from n distance
was struck with awe. That look meant
dire, dreadful, sweeping Vengeance TO the
guilty; and woe 10 those upon whose head
the blow falls. For iorty-eight hours
these men, all grizzlcd and wcathcr.beaien,
have been In the saddle, but no one thinks
q fatigue. A tighter clutch on the rifle
aud a sternor look in the eye were the
only pereeptiblc changes In their de-
meanor in the half hour that inrcrycncd
between the time Of the burial and their
departure on their man hunt. The carnage
will be terrible II they meet the enemy In
a body. Their task Is full Of danger, bard
ship and fatigue. The fugutiycs are sup
posed 10 be concealed Ia the iasnoss Of a
range Of hills which rise abruptly from
fiat valley about ten miles from this point.
IL was on the crest Of one OF these hills
that Sundays massacre occurred aud Il Is
said that scattered In the secret rcccsscs Of
those minute mountains 200 negroes he
concealed and some oi them arc well
armed. desperate and determined. The
night IL clear and bitter cold and the
bright light Of the moon affords danger
Gus advantage 10 the punucd. No one
can tell what the night will bring forward.
IT MAY M MORE HOOD.
Tho list Of whites dead and wounded
thus far are as follows Seth Cobb, section
boss, aged thiriy-iour, dead, leaves wife
and seven children in destitute circum-
stances.
NJ. II. Maufy, sawmill owner dead,
ngcd thiHy-iour leaves wife and four chill
drcn we'll provided Tor. W. NJ Vaughan,
aged iorty-fye; nine motherlcss children;
shot in chest and arm fatally. John w.
Dew, aged tbirty.nvc; bachelor; MORALLY
wounded In groin. The Sheriff Of Kempcr
County, J. Il. Key. lives twelve miles from
here AZ Dekalb, The county seat and the
scene Of the famous Chisholm riot IN 1875.
Ills services have not been called into
fcquisition and probably will not be. The
criminals II caught, will have stern JUS
leo melted ont to them without the inter.
geniion Of the laws delay. The spirit Of
he people has been aroused to point
which demands
SWIFT ASD NrnciLEss VENGEANCE,
mdnothings Of that will appcase them.
)nc hundred mon arc reported coming