Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-07-09
RIOT AT FRANKLIN, TENN.
NEGROES FIRE A VGLLEY
INTO A CROWD OF CON
GERVATIVEs.
A White Man Killed and Five
AOre Reported Wounded.
The Firing Retmrned---ThiPty-
Five Negroes Wounded.
Regulars Arrive from Nashville
Sunday MOFHing---Quiet Re-
stored.

On Sunday night the telegraph briefly
announced a bloody collisiOn between
whites and blacks at franklin, Team.
Saturday night. Dispatches received
yesterday afternoon from sources entitled
TO credence give the following version Of
the riot:
1t seems that on Saturday Hon. John
Trimble, Of Nashville, the radical can
didate for congress, made speech in
Franklin, which was the occasion OF
eongregating in the town a large
proportion Of the radicals in the
county, white and black. No DIS
turbance occurred during the speech, good
order being observed throughout. Some
time after Trimble concluded, 10 Will
liams icOlOredj who had been at Spring
Hill making a conservative speech, ar
rived ia Franklin, on his way to Nash
vile. He was induced to stop aud de-
liver an address, which he did, without
interruption. But as sOOn as he con-
cluded, a colored mob, headed by a white
man named J. Q. Bliss, appeared on the
borders Of the crowd, having been col
lected by the beating OF drums. The as
semblage dispersed, however, without
any violent demonstration, Bliss and his
crowd retiring to a grove about half q
mile distant. This was before nightfall.
About eight and a-hRlf o'clock the ne
grOes, headed by Bliss, re-eutered the
town, the majority Of them armed.
They proceeded to the courthouse, in
front OF which a number Of white men,
whom the mob doubtless rec2S1i1ed,
were standing. Into shis crowd the ne
groes fred a volley, killing one white
man, M. H. Cody, and wouuding five
others. The firing was stonce returned,
snd with such vtgOF that ia a few min
uteG tbs negroes and their leader beat q
nasty retreat. During the melee thirty
i've negroes were wounded, some Of
them MORALLY. The affair created the
most intense excitement in the town
and vicinity, and in a short time a
large force of white men was
assembled, ready to receive the mob
should another attack be ventursd. but
the night passed away without any far
Their disturbances. 1t was feared thera
would be more trouble on Sunday; but
early in the day a detachment Of regu-
lars arrived from Nashville, whose pres
ence prevented any additional demon
stratiOn that might have been projected
by the discounted mob. The above are
all the reliable particulars that could be
obtained. A thousand rumOrs were
aHOat, but being uncon3rmed, we do not
deem il proper TO mention them.
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