The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1866-05-05
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here made a stand, bot lhc negro.
N3nhcl them aHd mmp very nenr
cutting them or from town The
police by this time under lbc com.
mnnl Of Captain Garrett and lfcut
Riley hal cshau.tcd ali their am
mnniii0n, and seeing the armed fore.
0anking them, started to retreat up
Main street, but just as they arrived
opposite Morris Cemetery, there
being on cmhNnkmcni, and o hedge
on the west side Of Main the me-.
grocs having succeeded in making
their flank movement, fired n vollcy
into the %rctrcating force Of police and
citizens, several men falling Mt the
shot of the negroes, hut one Of our
reporters who was 90 the ground,
having been slightly wounded at
South street bridge, took no time Ia
scc how many were able TO get away.
The police charged again, and the
few shots took effect, some dozen
falling NJ the fire, Two ncgroc. who
had been captured, in attempting Ia
make their escape, not far from the
intersection of Shelby and Union
were shot down, but it wa,
hard to tell who shot them, a. they
were between friends and foes. The
negroes pressed the r%ctrcating column
of policemen aud citizens as far u.
the Second Presbyterian Church, on
l}calc and Main streets.
In this melee there were some
three or four policemen wounded
among them were James Finn and
Mr.. Slattcrly. The last named gen.
tlemcn aud our reporter were wounded
the same shot, in the charge over
street bridge. Mr.. $. was shot
through the thigh-only n flesh
wound. Henry Dunn, engineer on
fire engine No. ., was MORTAL,
wounded, aud has since died. II /,
thought Mr.. Finn will die. Some
six or eight negroes were killed and
several wounded. Two of the killed
are now at the police station-housc
As our reporter was passing down
Causcy street, there appeared to b,
much excitement as well rs ut nj
parts of the city, from Adam.
but in passing through Canscy
there was much sympathy manifesto,
for the negroes. Some of the lowcI
went 50 far rs 10 curse the poss.
comifdiuS who were following th,
police, and wished them, with tn,
policemen, in the inf rial rerions
Many of the white citizcns-but non,
that could be called respectable
Join II with the negroes. and nssi.tr,
them in their mancuvcring. Som,
of them conducted the flank move
mcnt from the fort 10 the ambnscad,
on Main street, opposite the Norri.
After the stampede of the police.
men on Main street. they rallic,
again At Gavoso. and .,onnc1 tLc n.
making n stand. Tho no.
grncs advanced us far M, next stree
Bcale and GrcJ s,v,r,l .L,,s
but hurt no one. There the polic,
were scattered 10 roycr From, Nh
and Second streets. obout ION ~ r,ri,
street, the REMAINING ar,c rc,irins -
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