Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-02-16
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An affair occurred yesterday afternoon
about six o'clock which all regret, but
which could nothave been avoided. From
what we can learn from witnesses, both
white and black, It seems that two young
men were gcing down Broad street,
when directly opposite the store Of A.
Crane s. Co, a few doors below the burnt
district on Broad street, when they We're
met by a negro soldier, who, to all APP
p~earances, purposely ran against one
of them. The gentleman remarked,
"you had better run over me,n or
words to that effect, when the negro
commenced c~ursing him most bitterly
for a "son of a - a ''raseal - and
using the most insulting language. The
gentleman did his best to avoid a diff
Guilty, telling the negro to 60 away, and
walking off slowly. At last the negro
asserted he had put hundreds like him
under the ground and started to draw a
bayonet, when the gentleman shot him
three times. The negro, with bayonet
in his hand and still cursing, tottered
back to the shanties on the corner. He
was carried TO the barracks and, we are
informed, died in a few minutes.
The gentleman, who fired the shot, is
alleged to be Mr.. Cooper Lindsay, one of
our best and bravest young men. He,
fearing the vengeance of the troops, fed,
pursued by a squad of the negro soldiers,
one of whom fired at him at Gunby's
corner. This negro was arrested and
carried by the civil authorities to the
guard house, but was afterwards con-
ductedt to the barracks by Mayor Wilkins.
Mr.. L. escaped, and so did the gentle
man who was with him, said to be Mr..
Hub Rutherford. Two negro soldiers
came TO the scene of shooting with mus
kets, cuTsing f%uriously, but were ordered
back by officers. They obeyed, but went
back in the same style, and one tried to
strike a white man with a musket but
was prevented.
A collision between the blacks and
whites at one time was greatly feared, as
there was much excitement. The Off
GERS, however, ordered all the colored
troops to the barracks. The officers used
their best endeavOrs to avoid all difficulty
and promised that citizens should be un-
molested.
A gentleman, Mr.. Sol. Crew, while
walking along quietly at Duran's corner,
after the shooting, wa knocked down by
a musket in the hands of a negro soldier.
Afterwards several shots We're fired from
the barracks in Banks building.
In the excitement NJ. B. Ledbetter,
while in the crowd, was accidently shot
in the leg by a CHANGING bail. The shot
was not from q negro.
The negroes were confined to the bar
racks last night, and after seven o'clock
all was quiet.
The officers of the garrison here have,
we believe, tried to avoid difficulties and
have everything go n pleasantly but
a large majority of the negro soldiers have
done all in their power to provoke
trouble and have sought difficulties.
We presume the affair will be investi-
gated this morning, and that both gen.
tlemen will appear.
Since writing the above we learn that
Major Warner, formerly Of the Naval
Iron Works, who was walking on the
opposite side of the street, was shot in
the leg by a bail fired from one Of the
windows of the barracksin Banks build
ing. His leg was amputated above the
knee, a short time after, by Drs. Foard,
Stanford and others. These shots were
perfectly inexcusable.