Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-01-25

Nrgro lll0i NrnflIrmplIral.


alarming character Negro Riots
murder arson, etc. We have Gll
II our duty 90 fully investigate th,
samo and received the follow ing
account from Capt Lancaster Com
manding the troops hcru, He says
that yesterday evening two gcullcr
men came into camp, saying tia, q
negro had been murdered and that
the negroes had risen, cnmasse
aud taken prisoner a man named
Bell, twelve or fifteen miles iiun
here, and put him, Bell, in chains
on suspicion of being the murder
or also bearing a loltor from n jus
tice holding I he inquest, calling
for help, Capt, l., informs us tia,
he sent Lieut., TrOxel with six mcu
10 investigate the matter W e
await fIthcr information, aud suS-
pend our opinion on the subject M
ill il is gained, hoping that our cit
liens will rest assured We shall pub,
fish the whole truth about the mat.
tor rs soon as possible, That II ne
gro has been Killed is mduublcl
that q white man is held by u baud
Of armed negroes is also trur, ~
we do not know the particulars, We
refrain from comment, Capt, l.
assures us he will bring the man
here, ifthe testimony is against him,
and protect him until trial We
await further particulars with much
anxiety.
LATER. Since writing the above,
Lieut.. TroXel, sent out by Capt,
Lancaster with II detachment o I
troops, has returned, and furnishes
us with the following facts ahou;
the disturbance
Upon proceeding to the place
where Bell was confined by the no.
groes, he found the premises swarm
ing with armed freedmen, to the
number Of $50 or 200. Some five or
six Of them were in the room guard.
ing Mr.. Bell. The Lieutenant or
dercd them out at once took posses.
sion of the prisoner, and dispersed
them, telling them to return 10 thlir
quarters and put away their ;."mS,
threatening to arrest an d carry
them to Hampstead if they did not
obey. In very short time order
was restored. The inquest ar
then held by Squire Hcnslcy, and
the vedct, as given by the jury,
was that the deceased came to his
death from a gun shot, fired by
some person or persons unknown.
AT the trial next day Mr.. Bell was
found innocent of the charges pre-
ferrcd against him, and fully acquit-
cd.
ii appears that the negro was
shot on the road, and Mr.. Bell hap
pening to come up the road ab"ut
the same time was suspected by the
negroes, who put u guard around
his house that night, and early sun
cay morning arrested him. The
negroes were in state Of great OK
element, and but for the timely ar.
rival of Lieut.. !roxcl, it might have
resulted in the murder Of Bell and
an Instruction in the county. Too
much credit cannot be awarded to
Capt. Lancaster for the prompt and
energetic measures he took to pre-
serve order. They at one limc rails.
cd a nondescript sort Of tla", aud.
themselves under its folds,
said chat they belonged to the
Union League, and that there was
boenI to be a war between the
whites and blacks some day, and il
might rs well begin now as any
time" We will try in our next is
sue to have Il detailed account Of
this riot, and a statement Of the con.
dition Of affair in that part Of III"
county.
We were called upon last eycn;i,y
before going TO press, by Capt. Ian
caster and 1t. Troxel, accompanied
by Mr. Bell, who is the man the ne
groes held prisoner 90 miles from
here on the Glover place, and in ad-
dition to the account we give in our
local columns, we learn from Mr..
Bell that the negroes in that part
Of the country arc in drcadiully
state. lie assures us he
will not dare return there on ac-
count of being bushwacl,od. Capt. .
1ancastcr's prompt action has un-'
Iloubtodly saved NJ +. Bells life, {.
Something must be done to stop the
aggressive spirit ofthc negro. The
power can not try thom
for offcnscs, the civil Gas shown in
Ibis aflair) is incompetent.
Mr.. Bell says the negro was shot
in four places, by whom, he knows
not, nor does any one. The negro
WIS Il very bad man and possessed .
many enemies. We feel assured
Mr.. Bell is perfectly innocent.
TmELABoR QuEsTIoN,-Thc Ncws .
Letter says that Mr.. IL. Hardy, liv-
ng three miles from Millican, has
on his farm three young
men, educated at the best universe
les of the South, but who, owing to .
the stringency of the times, were un
lble to obtain situations at remun.
,rative rates in the cities. These
tcntlcmen. although nnaccnstomod |