LYNCH LAW.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 816, 8 September 1877, Page 3

LYNCH LAW.

In nothing BomuoHftß in tho : security to life and property do the British" Colonies afford a more favorable field for etnigra- ; Mon over that, of Annrioa. The a'd| vantages must be great indeed which would compensate for the possibility of sooh roaqrrenoes as the following u.M In IJe Kalb, Kemper. County, MisaUsipi, John a leading <leriiocra't■•• and f< rmdrly sheriff of Hbe County, was shot . d >a<jj , pttj-the public road, "several ine: fc.otuai*aftempts having 'bwtf'previ'oiisly made On biSjlife. .■ The good people of De Malb got excited, and the question, 'Who is) to hang ?' was the first that occurred to itbelr minds. \ ,The; victimsjneleoi ed v/ere What was called the Cnieholm-Cilmer clique, oh What is termed by one of the local papers ' a suspicion' that Ohiaholm . met Rush;, the 3UHposed actual murderer, 'at Moble. On this and other'equally

v|igue surmises, warrants, were issued for the arrest of W W Ohisholm, «fP Gilmer, • Charles .Boßenbaum, and A ..Hooper. Gilmer and .Rosenbaurn notified their whereabouts to tie sheriff, who sent a deputy to conduct'them to gaol. Asthey w_ere passing.throughjibe..town.in charge of the deputy, the infuriated mob made ah' 'aisault ! Upon'i r them,;: : au"d (GKlme'r was* ghdt to deatti? ß B ;ihadVßix«ee>it buok- j shot penetraWd hie freut, besides* fcfiverai shotthafr penetrated ifrbm the rear. The-browd. now surrounded tjhe^^'TOl* l andC> cursing; A and qlamouring c fok '-thet Juried"" ofk Judge Chisholnv The eheriff And diis depnties, with two or three exceptions? surrendered to the mob'. ; A MrMoL€llan> a Scotchnian"iahd< art unnaturalized who

was placed'bn guard {outside, the gaol, i yield to the Jffibb, and declared he,would defend the.pri«oners<to<the last. Several-guns were'levelled;upon him, and he fell dead, riddled with bullets. At the demand of the mob,.the sheriff or gaoler now unlocked the -gaol, and several men Pushed dnl < The. prisoners and the family of Judge.COhisholm aud two or.three.guards .were upstairs, aud, the staVway' being narrow, none were willing tb go boldly: up, but several crept up and, raising;their guns so as not:to expose their persons, fired random- shots towards that part of the room which Judge ChisUblnv was" known to occupy. One of these, random shots hit and shattered the arm of his little son Johnnie, > : whd'i we*, standing , near 'bis father; At this' juncture rDr David -Boeser, one of the leaders of the mob,

turning to his comrades, called upon them toyrally ,aud cease j acting lik,fi;cowards, but to come on like irieti and foiio\y hini. 'Followed by four or five others, he lushed boldly. • upstairs':;, as -soon as :he had !'eaohed the upper lanling he turned and evelled his.... gun,, upon Ju'lge.Ohiriholm. Miss Cornelia Chitholni.bad seized a gun , belonging to : one, of, the:guards and handed it to her father. Judge. Chisholni and Dr Bosser fired simultaneously. Almost at the same instant the latter fell dead,: having received.a. fall charge of buck-shot in his face aid head. The judge's little son ; also ■ < fell dead, shot through the j heart antf horribly mangled. The.followers of , Rosser, were, panic-. stricken, and after his death was reported no one would, jentur,e. upon the stairs. The mo^^herivdemanded fire, and declared'its 'intention to burn the jail. Light wood was -procured and the cry of tire was raised. Judge Chisholm now turned vto w the surviving members family and.laid,: ~| jqmo ietfjus b d'; jibfls better that 1 should be shot to death than that we should -all stay and be burned," wife and daughter bliugin'g to' him, -he^started downstairs. As soon as they CAme in sight of the mob several shots Were fired, and the arm of- ' was' shattered at 'the wrfsf^'a-itfrfd 1 of: effect in one' of her lower limbs, and she was struck in theifaCe* wk-b. 'pieces- of'-splinter and shot. - uust ; as,he reached the hall below the judge was - struck in the right hip and lower bowels —ten buckshot having-been lodged in the lower abdomen —when he fell to all appearance in a dying condition. ..< This .ended the:firing. This disgraceful .'QUlr.ige.has- been, described as being lameutable and unfortunate, but not / one.: rof the. Southern Democratic papers; jfcsj the perpetrators.