The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-08-12
The Case OF WILEY BUM.
The Sheriff of Calhoun County,
Ark, Takes Him Back
From East St Louis.
TIE PRISONER FULLY IDENTIFIED.
The Negro Murderer seemed Relieved at
sight Of the Omoer, and Apparently
Anxious to Have Dune with the Tor
n,rnt OF an Accusing Conscience HIS
story Of the Crime,


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orler oI Alt'n N"I''" ~ 49,. l.',' I'm
VIII leaNe MN lor s"t''N''P '"s'
court enh'ehes III 'al''ou'' ''"''''' -
the state pehiteHtlafS'
Inc sherlil, huil'' anu nv -.
Ice liauss oil Easi o. '''''H' IN.
bunn surrendered mao '"is ~"
frdaS evening" anu Nv - .,,,,a
seemed ihueo relieNeu ~ 5o,', ~.
from near tue S'el'e VI No -,
showed felharhapit "'i"''"'
"i'h the people u ''' ,'"''s, ,,.r,
aaesuuileu lilt si'eiiii ''''1'' -
sons lhefe' bulh SEEM" - -
.'e ~ ~ " ~, -. ',,f,b him IN,
lhat Nil'l'NsI M'a w 49,, -. f.,
uon' At ""t'' ~, -, sf,.
VIM" IT, ,''s
} ears 'Ii'''u' .,..
IN aualliou l" Tue NV 49,
Nhleh ne suffers II W. -.
night thaI BUM lau ''''.' '',''
itpiH """Hu ne
was p"' - S'''S "'"'
frequently Nl'' "'""o'
The sherlil recoghl%eu nun" ''''''''
| diatelE, ana the heEf" ais" i'''..
bered the shcrlH' aliuo"s" az ~ ''''''
the crime was eoh'h'' 'eu ! u''o" ''''
| in private NE. ne shell" 80
| the murder does not u'iiei lii''e' 10y
from that given by tlie ln''i'.e's' II
self. lie was carelu' 10 nv o'" " ~,
and sad as TO me irouo'' li"'
rectly up to the shooting 'H"' ne '''''
knew IN a genera way ma
dispute between Mar''H an" 'N' ''
The sheriff sala tIial ihlee
had already paia the u'ali l,e"'''
the crime Bum comml',ed' anu i''
description oil the events u q''''
ring
There was negro shot anu Ni,'''
in Drew county, who Was supposed 10
be Wiley Bum, ABOUT "etN ''N'
the murder of Martin sld lhe SUR
itf. You see there was mo. '''''i''
as soon as the murder took place 10
catch and hang the murderer olIe ~
the posses that went Out al'er '''" II
, was composed OF deputy silei IT.
. whose name | forget jim NaI'''i' "
nephew OF the murdered man. anu -
+. Northlngtoh. IheS went o''i :"
Drew county, and near Derlno'' ''''
, deputy and NOrthngton saw !lcHt0
| run out from the swamp l'pa
thought II was Bum anu Slo' MN
3 They piled logs on the corpse 10 h''t
r the hogs from eating hlm' ana wen
I back TO Dermott to get JIM Mafl'i
] and see if it was the nght negro 'il
Y went out to the place where the uS"'
j.. man was and said he thought II wa
d the negro that shot his uhele' pu' lit
n never was very PoSltiNe ABOUT IT, ."
the corpse had All sWellea up anu ,
a was hard to tell JSst What ne u'u 'o'''
n like. They all came TO OIay 'ou''
and got the reward Oh so,i'e'L,iiS ,,N
$500 Tor killing huI'h' Inc o,hei
: negroes who were huhS lor ,iie - '''
$ were Jim and jack WIRE. lheN Hei
h hung sort OF on general Pf'n''P''>
YOU see they were smart per ~ ~.
u and we uoi' St"iu lol ''l az, s'
h negroes down tNere' we Nh
l. six OF them every year ",,' ''''', n ~.
is the others oehaNe toleI"pie "''i. -
n two Wire negroes hau peeH "'''H''
10 for being accessories 10 the Hiu'"''
ID We always thought that BUM was
is good negro, and that II was me wire
lie that put him up to killing Mar' J.!
N They were arrested soon AFTER 'lle N,''
ing and placed IN the county Jan
Hampton. Court was IN session. "
a that was kind OF SLOW loF the boy > IN
e. Wire admitted that the shootlhS M
at been done with his gun ana sad IN
y Bum had borrowed it, saying that /