, 1866-09-11
4 TERRIBLE DEED.
1nhunan 0utr:ges Upon a Negro.
The Negro Shooting Adtfr. OF the i5tf.
ln<f.s Mt RnFis, Ky-Tlle n nj dcrp1s47c-
cofnpl1sh thelx Desires The Nero
Taken frn1a the Couaty JAIL His
Throat Eut and Hody Thrown Iuto
the Itfycr.

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/, lnkt.s Mt Enris, Ky-The n M dcrpTs i e.
compl1sh thelx Desires s-Thc Nero
Taken ffnna the Comfy JAIL His
Throat Cut and HadT Thrown Iuto
the River.
tcorsespondepce OF the Cincinnati Commercially J
PARIS, Ky., september :, 1868,
q few Of the citizens OF Paris and Rpur.. -
county harc expressed The opiaibn that
account Of tue shooting afTFay on the 5;.
| Inst, which | telsEraphed you. WAS csac-
Ecrated. and hare directed ME to correct #,
VIII now give you the particulars aud tAe
Whole truth:
The trouble which occurred on the Sth in
slant originated heswecna nesro aud white.
man, who had been playing cards together,
They 1uartclled and police omcer fntertereI
anu attempted TO arrest the negro, who drew
revolver and fired 3. the otGccr, the ball
Passing between two Ho@cEs Of the LEFT hand.
intlct!ng triatng wauud, The officer then
fred three Or four shots ut the negro, only
one Of which took effect, and that In the
back of his neck. Otis fully believed BY
many of the citizens Of Paris, aud
others Who saw the difficulty. that the
negro did not ahoot, md that the
officer wounded himself in his attempts to
shoot the negSn. Certain 1t Is that no arms
we're found In The possession Of the ne-ro.}
The nsfro, having been disabled, sutren-
dered to IN officer, who was taking him fom
the grounds, when, 4 large crowd having col
lccted, (scveral hundred pereons, J and to the
: numerous inquiries as to what was the mat.
tsf, the word was passed that "A ntgger had
sAled white man, To this cauc The re-
the datnned nigger; hang lin shoot him =
aud rush was made to ret hold Of him.
Pistols were drawn and the holders sYore
they would Kill him. Others resisted. and
where aEus weIe drawn by some, others
seized them, and fos q time there was at least
n fErf 61F ,$,n.{ =.
eight to ten, each struggling for the posi-
sion Of the arms. The police, who were feY
In number, worked hard to get the ueg1o
away out Of reach Of the infafiated crowd,
aud bad got him In wagon and started Oft
out Of the wagon to thu ground. Tie crowd
a::a,G rushed forward, repeating their cries
Procuring position on shed, not twenty
6et over the negro, ! saw men rush up to
MIN, p he lay helpless on the ground, and,
drawing revo1yers, attempt to shoot hin. In
most cases their efforts were resisted By men
who Voluntarily defended the negro; -bnt
these persons we're, unfortunately, oyerpop;-
cred, anu saw men pla-e theE- revolyers
wit9in faFe feet Of the regro, who was lying
helpless and nlotinnless, and fire.
saw weucdresset gentleman q rush
fsnntical1y adoht through the crowd, beg
ging some one to give him 8 pistol that Ia
might Kill the negro; and failing to hare
arms furnished him, be rushed up through
cane attempted to braiu the cesro us he lay
helpless en- the ground; but his efforts weru
frustrated br the bystanders. There vas, bv
this time crowd Of i've or sir hundred PED
pie around, many denouucing the whole pro-
eeedins. while others were curafng and beg
gins somebody to give them arms that thsY
hight give hi.a another shot.
After having been shot six or seven times,
and life nearly extinct, be was thrown fntna q
wagon, with his head in the wagon and his
legs hanging outside over the end-board, aud
In this condition the horse vas started Of
wandered through the fair grounds. where
there were several thousand people,
The horse aIst started along the beaten
road toward the gate but when near the
stables turned around With the wagon and.
tried to get to it, At this time Mr. KeE.,
Elliott, on ez-Confederate Officer, fvp EiH
venture the opinion that he was good ort1s
leu the horse and wagon outside the nir
grounds, and there turned It over to some
Elliott WIS leading the team from the ground
. 5oung man approached the wagon, and
begged to be permitted to shoot the negro.
snying t'let me give him one more shot; IL.
amt dead ret. I sa.F hiai waking"
.Rrase, wasn't hes He WIS prevented from
be atsndi1g by, aud who threw Els arms
around the eAiralross Hosssh, and BY main
strength held him.
When the difficulty first commenced, thern
we're fully eight thousand people pfeseuf.
Including three or tour hundred aeprnes
TIE latter stampeded for their homes, snJ IN
d few minutes black faces we're u scarra n
the fair grounds as ainners are IN bearen
Nearly the entire mass Of citizens present
dcnounce the whole affair As onsraEeops1v
wruug,
Tie above {s tie substance Of ry first df.-
patch giving you the particulars Of the aHsir
Up to six o'clock p r. Of the 5th Inst, ana
the above is true; the Cincinnati Enpuirx-
and the Kentucky 0aseTrsr osl RtoorIe,-
to the contrary Notwithstanding and
would merely statc here that the
reporter for the above named papers
did not make his appearance on the
ground TIL tueaty:Jonr hours 9Jter tbs ousruqe
had tets eonamittd, and, therefore, Is not
competent to give report Of the outrage
as he became the willing tool Of persons
WHO gave partial account Of the aHalr. -
On the eth instant, much to the surpriS
Of al, it was announced that the negro
would probably recover from his wounds
When this was nolsed about on the Streets
It Wss Threatened that II there was chancr
OF his recovery, certain persons would pra-
vent 1t. -
II order TO prevent further ou.,ass. tho
ctsil authorities ordered that Tho negro ha
placed In the county Jail for &9fs ketps,a.