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The following are the details Of foul
murder Perpciraicd on the l2ih of Noyem.
beE in Jefferson county, Mississippi. The
parties concerned were John Catlin the
deceased, Abel Kelly, Abnm Kelly, Jesse
IL. Martin, and Wm. Clawson.


Il appears that Cailin was courling Il
sister oiihe hcllys. Tho match was bro.
ken OF by her friends. She w,ote him a
letter making an appointment to meet him
at a ccrlain place on tho evening ofthe sh
of November. She did no, conc, AMI he
susprcing that all was not right, went and
silently rcconnoiltrci the house Of Kelly,
whore he overheard plot to muIdcr him
on the "Wednesday following Cailin then
returned 30 the residence ol Squire Davis.
where hc was making kiln Of brick, and
prepared ahlni Of brcag.wDrk ufcod wood
and procured some aims tlr his defence.
In this situation things remained until Fri.
day following, when The two kcll,s, Mar.
tn, G.a~s1n, aud another young man rode
up 10 Tue bflck yard, Unexpectedly 10 Cat
lin, aud while he was engaged in giving
some directions to the hands, aud whccln,
their horses Martin 6rcd on him. Tho shot
struck Gaiiln IN the neck, seyeHng an NJ.
lcyi Gailin then turned aud ran 10 bis
breast work, caught up q ril5 ami .h0l
Martin, the ball striking him on tho loll
check, shattered his iaw.bonc aud passed
directly through and lodged in The back Of
his neck. The others then led, but byihis
limo Calm had become 50 weak from The
loss Of blood that ho fell, whcrcupon they
returned, and Abel Kelly shot him several
times, it Is said, even after life was extinct.
CIawsou has been arrested aud is now in
jail. Martin died on the 18th November.
The hclIys have not yet boen apprehendcd.
The elder Mrs. Kelly IS now under arrest
Tor aiding and ahcIting the Wanderers.


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