The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-12-03
SAW MAMMALIAN DIE.

A gentleman passed through Atlanta
Thursday. who was a witness Of one of
the saddest tragedies ever enacted on
this continent The gentleman in Ques-
ton was w n. Walker. a veteran news
paper man of Dallas. Tex. ana the trag-
edy which he witnessed was the execution
of Macmillan in Mexico.
Mr. Walker has not always been IN the
newspaper business. In the HuSh
of young manhood-from 1851 To lSO'-he
was more familiar with lead bullets thah
lead pencils and knew how TO hahdIe
the sabre better than he did the shearS'
For Mr. walker was a soldier OF the
southern confedcracy. Born al Baton
Rouge. La, when the war clouds roheo
darkoning over the south. he enlisted III
a Louisiana cavalry regiment and saw
active service till the close Of the war
lie was al Shiloh where Albert sydney
Johnston fell ana where the flower oil inc
youth of New Orleans died for what 'hey
believed was right.
when the war closed, talk 90 emisra-
ton was rife ~ the south. THOUSANDS
of men who had followed the stars an"
bars through four years of bloody con-
diet did not relish the idea OF living uh-
der the sway of the north, even 'h,S
were PERMITTED to live at all. the ltte
governor Of Tennessee during the war
was one. of these men and the late Gen
oral loo shelby Of Missouri was an
other.
Macmillan was then emperor OF M'Ni-
60 supported ny the bayonets of France
but the patriots OF Mexico were up /"
arms ana lighting desperately 10 utNc
out the invaders To Mexico accoruihSlS
the minds of the southrrnels l"ihv"'
Macmillan was in need of troops 'i'
,atriots Womb welcome aid from any
where. and II was thought that the S'.'-
soned soldiers of the south would b1
warmly welcomed across the Rio Grande'
General Toe shelby was already an Mex
loo having dashed across the border at
the head of several hundred gallant sa-
breurs. when the tidines OF APpoln"1''N
had reached the trans Mississippi depart
ment. Governor Harris was eager To ~
not only because he hated northern DOM
nation. but because he thought ms it"S'
on life would he longer in Mexico Una"
in tho United states. For Harris was M
terlv hated by the union men ol tdSt
Tennessee. and they. under the lead 81
tho in,nlacoble "Par5on'' BroWnloW. were
ciamoring for the eX-conioderate' niood.
The result was that a company 81 tN-
confcdorateg was formed TO SAIL from New
orleans tor Mexico. and MI Naihe''
tf-,
member. After stormy passage across
the .-ulf the men without a country
landed az Ne'" ""' IN. Nv
""'N'.' - ..,,..,.,.f,,,e az an for
lcahS 9''",o - -, ti.r ex-con-
IS. o,,rliallv The aaveutur-
i'"'' =, ~, r-,.,o and cstah-
Ishca i colony IN the interior. hut i"'
col,n,- 1t1u't thrive Tho members were
al eN-sl7Ne hoi,'.7' .I',,. ,,na,rsl for
mahual ld.o'' IN .r e.n, ,.oors ~ war
pfacucnl me ~ .f.y.c,,sions n. 10
rare. lEen 'H'iv -, 49, Gladly
poley- N'N'i'''.''',' ,,,.io, Inns the
- .,..l+.f ~ tho Thought 90
ohledef"''S ,,s,,,,,ar 1egotia-
taxing S'iN ''' '''4 -, ., .,triots INF
lions We're optHeu VIZ, ',...r., ,,.-ro
came 70 h'uSa'' 4'i ~ ~, ,onrel-
distrus'Iol oI Tue P'''
crates. ,s.t.,.7,o-. ,1..s.
Ana So co"H' i'F' asa" ','...,,l ,bafr
eXilcS Wore ONT the weary gay ,'.'N me-
hearts sweiled with l"h@'hE '''
Mr.. Walker says ID was ''h't "a
hardship. but ne was IhlI'79'" "i''.
fact That no matter no" -.
straits. tn cynical hIuioI % '.-
Harris never wahed, The F"Fe.""' 80
ed his hand To awning anu ~ " -,
cut a lol OF '"i" ,.f.b
who owned large l."' -, -,
borhood OF the coiLeaSi az, -
shelby kept MS loF'7l Si.'i,7 ~" '''r
icksome MOOD irel|'"'E ~
devils from oNefPoWeiiHs ''1 ~
But ilnally the ''iil''' "''0 ''"." w
il no longer. Things were CROWNS We.
in Mexico. and Wha' vague news .d'i' u
dictated that the ie"crais Wee '"lhE 10
wholesale killing in 'le S"u'h =" me
col"hisls 'eE'" I" go -
border and finally ohN "a Ie" were i'i y
OF those left MT. walker was one =
rich Mexican had taken q fancy /" ihe
young southerner ana MT. walker eject
ed TO remain with ms new lFleHd TOT
time
An this while the struSg'e between Max
imiliau and the patriots "ent on ne
French troops Wee Wilhdr""h ana In"
the work of the patriots was easy th'y
pressed A'Nimiiian closer ana closer.
Carlutta had eos To- Europe to solicit
aid for her hap'es7 husband, but was
stricken with madness from Wh-ch She
has never recovered. Al la@t M'tNihlilti''
in despair. surrendered a. tne patriots ana
his doom was sealed. Mr. Walker accom-
panied his Mexican friend 20 the place
where the emperor was confined aud they
remained there tin the execution.
Mr.. Walker saw the tragedy from be-
ginning to end and says that no man
eyer lorc himself ian more kiuely man
ner than MaNimil.au His. bearing was
50 s1perb when he faced tho cNecutiouers
that the latter seemed disincliucd 10