The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-05-08


seem to have been as much the OBJ
Iject of the rioters as negro killing.
| One negro was asked if he had any
arms, and on his answering that he
had not, a pistol was placed at his
head and his, money demanded
Twenty eight dollars was taken out Of
a trunk broken into in the house Of
Becky Pleasant in South Memphis.
We heard the particulars Of the
robbing of from ten to twelve negroes,
from the parties themselves. The
sums taken ran from the most trifing.
up to three hundred dollars. One,
SAID he was ordered by police4
man on the corner of Bealy and De
Soto to give up his money and his
weapons. "A colored man living In
the northern portion Of the tow, 80
they entered his house on pret ,n eao Of
mother ~ arms, and killed his
r. an old colored woman, in her
Jed
Two or three negroes were shot in
Chelsea.
Six or seven houses occupied by
negroes were burned on Echols Street.
n AOU RAOPCA
but formerly belonging to the Gov.
eminent, was burned on Gayoso, east
of De Soto Street. PHI
The. grocery al. 81 Causey Street,
belonging to colored man, was en-
tered and robbed of half its contents.
Bob Church (colored) was shot in
his saloon on De Soto Street.
A col0red man named Caok, aporter
in a store on Main Street, was shot
near the corner of Main and Exchange
Streets. 'ia 4a4
A colered boy on Main Street had
his brains beaten out.
| A shot was fired at a negro man
| who was Quietly looking through the
| grating IA front of the. billiard saloon
in the Gayos0 House. The ball missed
him, and passed in close proximity to
two of the players.
The body of negro who had been
/ shot lay in the. morning at the corner
of fernando and Beal Streets.
An attempt was made TO fire every
| Government building in town. In one
that was burned it is said that an I'M
mense amount of Quartermasters
stores were destroyed.
The carnival of blood and fire con-
tinued the whole night. The sky was
| continually lit up, sometimes by one,
land again by four or FIVE fires in diff
1 fcrent parts of the city, at time.
| Crowds of armed rioters were NOV
ing up and down the streets, firing,
shooting and threatening negroes and
/ Union men, The Post was repeated
/ " threatened with violence. Friends
inform us that at one time crowd up
Main Street, seemed to have been full
" decided that the damned Yankee
nigger-sympathising Post y should be
wiped out, and that they were the
ones to do it. The only call we re-
ceived, however, from these lovers of
a free press, were from two ruffians
who fred at the building, and ran
with all their might. No damage was
done.
The rioters seemed determined to
repeat the tragedy last night by at
| lacking the teachers Of colored
schools, the colored ministers, and
Yankees generally.
Although the city was generally
quiet, the assault and robbery of ne
groes continued. A colored man
named Louis Bennett, who had just
come on boat from Mound City, was
asked on the levee where he was from.
/ He replied that he was from Mound
City. They called him a smoked
Yankee robbed him of his watch
and money, broke his arm, beat him
over the head, and kicked him off.
Robert Jones (colored) had just
come in from the country and was
Z standing on the corner. of Beal and
| Causey Streets in the forenoon. A
man, appearing to be a policeman,
took his pistol and twenty mine dol
lars in money, and, as he turned to
leave, thrust knife in his back, I'M
der the shoulder blade Another,
standing by, known to be policeman,
made no arrest of the rObber. Us
A colOred man named Bob, who
works at Mr.. Odells livery stable, was
stoned as he was passing the Engine
Z House near the corner of Adams and
Main Streets. He FASTENED to get out
of the way, and was shot in the leg.
A negro was shot in the knee near
the corner of Towards Row and the
levee. This was done bya well known
individual for the sake of amusement
and was laughed at by the citizens
who saw it.
A large number of armed men from
l the country arrived on the morning
trains They hoped to have hand il
T putting down a great negro insurrec
> ton. Very general quiet was however
maintained.
Yesterday morning found the cit,
q quietly doing after the long night
excitement. South Memphis wal
1 nearly deserted. Dead bodies of ne
$ groes were found here and there il