Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1893-05-09

brought upon themselves and Lo,.,
families, fairly groaned and ILipleSs
Strong men all over tbn n ,,',..eted.
were moved to tears. and go 81 Uom
wore a solemn expression. JnJo oe
Chrlsman himself was visibly moT| s3G
and as the wife of one of tbn '' ra'
came up to him to express her sori r,Ign
/ full condition with small child T. INV wv
arms the judge tenderly took Tho i,eF
conscious little innocent i'm hi. lll'
and caressed and fondlcd if, wbi,o ms nus
whispered a word of comfort ana uc
in the ears of the mother, 'pe
a little later the stern and fo,r,,
Judge, but sympathetic and tnnjon
heated man, was seen in another mon
ton of the courtroom. holding a.
child of another weeping mother "a,
derby in his arms. and assurin,, ' III
that he would make liberal confirm
ton from his own purse to help ala
viate any additional pang of poyertr
that today's misfortune might visit my.
ON her ans herSelpless little ones y
1t may be safely assumed that tbo
determination shown here during tbs
last few days to enforce the law Gov
Stones presence and speech. and tbo
result of Mondays trial. have com.
/ pietely paralyzed white canism
in Lincoln and surrounding counties
\ number of last Thursdays mob, in,
Guiding one of the principal leaders
/ realizing their mistake and the tur,
/ things have taken. wanted to nlcad
guilty and throw themselves upon the
mercy OF the court. Their olfense i,
one for which they may be confined in
the county Jail not less than onemonth
nor more than six. or fined not more
than $500, at the discretion of the
court.
The judge refused to hear their
cases Monday, but gave notice that.all
who wished to come in and give them.
selves up and plead guilty might come
in and have a hearing next Friday. II
! is understood that large portion Ct
them will come III at that time. and
that they will get
/ REV. J. II. GAMBRELL
| to present their case to the court and
appeal to the judge for clemency. Mr..
/ Gambrell, who has never given the
least countenance to white capism. and
who was one of the first men To
shoulder "a Winchester to protect the
court and uphold the majesty Of the
law, has consented to represent them
with the distinct understanding that
they are thoroughly penitent and viii
| hereafter act as becomes good citizens
and that he in no wise sympathizes
with or condOnes their oltense
/ Court adjourned as soon AZ sentence
was passed until 9 o'clock Tuesday
morning. All the military was at once
withdrawn and by night the town had
assumed its normal condition.
The convicted white caps are Martin
and j. r. Moak. RUDE Leonard. Jane,
Robinson, Dodd Simmons and .Ale>
Reeves. Those released were: Thad
Moak, Owen Moak and Thos. Lay
renee. The grand jury Monday morn
ing returned fifteen more indictments
against white caps, but no arrests have
yet been made
Judge Chrisman continues to receive
compliments and congratulations from
all quarters on the happy turn things
have taken, and is regarded as tie
breakwater which turned the tide i'll
favor of law and order and redeemed
the good name OF Lincoln county; but
the Judge himself is disposed to divide
the honors freely with the foreman OF
the grand jury, Mr.. j. n. Cooke, but
for whose thorough work in the grand
jury room and promptness i'll organl,
zing resistance to Thursdays mob, re-
suits might have been far different
from what thew now are