The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1891-01-24
REPORTER GLENN ANSWERED.
Or. Ward writes about tle killing Of tn
Pos'ma,,er al Carroli;on, and gives
Some Facts about Crime in the
North and Sou h.


Gait. J. F. Merry, Assistant
General Passeng r Ag-nt Of the
Illino Certial Railroal, with
headquarters at Mancirster, a.,
wrote editor Hurt, Of The Wlnona
Times, for the particulars Of The
killing of, Mr.. J. p. Matthews
Postmaster at Carrollton, Miss,
and the arrest of Mr.. Glrnu'
reporter Of the Chicago Tribune
Bro. Hurt was i'll when The tt,r
arrived, and so it was handed 70
DIR. b. f. Ward, a wtllknowll
physician, who replied 70 il, as
fellows:
WINoNA, Miss, Jan. 12.-You
letter Of 5h inst to II, Z. Hurt OF
this llace, containing your very
courteous inquiries IN reference to
Il he tragic death Of j. p. Matthews,
at Ca rollton, aud the subsequent
arrest at Winnna ,ofone Mr.. Gl M,
a Chicago Tribune reporter, was
-tceiN ed while Mr.. Hurt was in
bed with a severe illness, aud " Is,
in cons quence, banded To me wit
the request tina; should resp nd.
as far as ! might be able, to you
IeSpectinl eilolts to ascertain The
1 facts.
] Tie constant demands Of pro.
/ + ssional labor have rendered I'M
| possible an earlier compliance wlth
Mr.. Hurts request.
Coming from u less respectable
source, il is but caudor to say that
such a communication would have
p ,ssed uunoticed In plain truth,
my dear sir. the peopleoi he South
are utterly weary of eXpl lining ht
conduct Of their affairs to PARTISAN
newspare $ and politicians Of other
States, who to whatever eXt-ut
they may be responsible for the
existing state of things here, are
not I, cognized under tie organic
law us holding he rel itiou TO us Of
sFathcr ConleSsor."
For information conce ming the
melancholy death Of Mr.. Matthews
| cannot do better than TO rcfe
You to the sworn testimony Of the
witne, ses, simply ealing yonl
attention 10 the fact that one Of iii,
States witnesses is a knsman Of
MIR. Matthews, another his irpnty.
another negro Republican, and
still ano'hrr, Mr., IIaasbiough.
II white Republican aud acting
postmaster Their evid,nc il con-
lusive that they would all have
been good witnesses for the Il feuse.
Almost every one OF Mr.. Glenn 5
assertions in reference to that
trag d., except the admitted fsct
that Matthew's was slot hy Me
Brid,, is with cut the essen or
srmbie nee of Truth: in feci, many
t his lal-ehouds aie 81 glalng
and Al surd as TO furnish tile stamp
Of Their own inlamy.
Tacre was no more Dol tical
: gniticance in kl ing ol NJ T.
I ews Than there was in the mur-
d Of DR.. Cronin in Cmcago, or
| the sldu4 hter of The policemen III
the "lIay Market" Iiot. II The
Govern OF Mis>islippi had tele-
gragh q the Cove mr. Of Illinois
ggestng what action he should
take IN these matters, the G,N, rn-
or of Mississinp wool have mad
! hin s,lf ridirll u. II i Miss s. phi
newspaper had sent a senSa on
mong to @ icago to meddle with
the facts, the Mississippi lapel
would have been lmpertiueIit.
The Tiibnne reporter was arrest
ed in Wiuona solely az d exclu-
sively on an i>sne b tween him and
J ). S. Weed. M one else had \
interest or manifested any feeling
III the case. The WHO affair dti
not cre te the slightest ripple on
the business or social uliace OF
the c immunity.
Not single citizen left his place
OF business to inquire about TIE
! arrest, or 70 catch a elimpsA Of The
/ reporter. Not DOZEN men in town
saw MI. Glenn TO know him, nor
was any effort made to see him.
! Except the cont officers aid S. S.
Weeds attorney, there were no
half q d, I'm people 10 the court
room, a d IN sc were youiig mzu
WHO had stiolled IN through 'tsa
! promptiDgs Of curiosity, and WIG
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