The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-05-16

that she was shot before beng thrown
into the fire.
a grocery kept by an old colored man
in South Memphis was broken into and
robbed, ard he killed in his bed He
was to be seen lying in bed in Just tho
posture in which he was killed yesterday
morning
a large number Of houses in South
Memphis, occupied by the blacks, and
some in other parts of tho city, were
burned, No etfnt was made to stay
the flames. In one case tour negroes
we've fastened up in house and the
house set on fire.
a colored man en- Alabama street,
informs us that his house was broken
into and about two hundred dollars in
money taken, and he beaten over the
head, and the same party broke into his
neighbours house, killed HIM, locked
the wife and children in the house, set it
on fire and burned it down.
a colored woman named Rhoda
Jacobs, while lying IN bed with her child
at her home IN South Memphis, was shot
in the breast.
John Mason (colored) was shot in the
head while in his house in the same
neighborhood. His money was then
demanded of his wife, She replied that
they had none. The house was then
searched, ard everything Of any value
taken. Indeed, robbing seems to have
been as much the object Of the rioters as
negro killing, One negro was asked If
he had any arms, and on his answering
that he had not, pistol was placed to
his head and his money demanded
Twenty-eight dollars was taken ont of II
trunk broken into IN the house Of Becky
Pleasant, in South Memphis.
We heard the particulars of the rob-
bing of from ten to twelve negroes, from
the parties themselves. The sums taken
ran from the most tritling up to three
hundred dollars. Ono said he was
ordered by u policeman on the corner OF
Beal ard De Soto to give up his money
and his weapons. A colored man living
in the northern portion of the town
says they entered his house on pretens(
Of searching for arms, and killed hi
mother an old colored woman in he
bed,
Two or three negroes were shot il
Chelsea.
Six or seven houses occupied b.
negroes were burned OH Echols street
A building, now private property, bu
formerly belonging to the Government
was burned on Gayoso, east of De Sott
street.
The grocery at 81 Causey street
belonging to a colored man, was entered
and robbed Of half its contents.
Bob Church (colored J was shot in hi
saloon, on De Soto street
A coloved man named Cook, porter
in store on Main street, was shot neal
the corner Of Main and Exchange streets
A colored boy on Main street had hi
brains beaten out
A shot was fired at negro man who
was quietly looking through the grating
in front of the billiard saloon in thu
Gayoso House The ball missed him
and passed in close proximity to two o
the players.
The body ofa negro, who had beer
shot, lay in the morning at the corner O
fernando and Beal streets,
An attempt was made to fire ever.
Government building in town. In on
that was burned it is said that an i'm
mensc amount OF Quartermasters store
were destroyed.
The carnival Of blood and fire contiu
ued the whole night. The sky wa
continually lit up, sometimes by one
and again by four Or five fires IN differ
cnt parts Of the city at time, Crowd
of armed rioters were moving up AM
down the streets, firing, shooting AM
, threatening negroes and Union men =
The Post was repeatedly threatened wit
violence, Friends inform us that at on
, time crowd up Masa street, SCENE
to have been fully decided that tn
"damned Yankee nigger-sympathizin
Posto should bo wiped out, and that the
were the ones TO do it, The only call W
received, however from these lovers Of
| free press, were from two ruflians VIII
: fired at the building, and ran with q
, their might. No damage was done
The rioters seemed determined TO r.
+ peat the tragedy last night by attackin
, tho teachers of colored schools, the co
ored ministers and Yankees general
A Although the city was generally qui