The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-06-13
Attempted Rescue.

GANG OF NEGRoEs ATTEMPT TO RESCUE fHnEs
pR1soSERs-THE SHERIFF KILLS TWO AND
WOUNDS "A TH1Rp-REcAPTURE OF THE EscAP-
ED pR1soNERs-A DESPERATE coMBAI-TRooPS
SENT FOR.
F. A collision between the civil authorities and
the negroes took place at Orangeturg on Thurs
day, but ewing to the firmness shown by the
officer assailed and by the citizens, no general
outbreak occurred. /:
During the afternoon, the Sheriff sent his
deputy into the interior to arrest three negro
men. against whom warrants had been issued
for stealing goods from store in Oranceburg.
The deputy found the negroes, arrested them,
and get out ON his return. On his way ne was
met by crowd Of negroes, most OF whom ne
knew to be from the vicinity Of the place In
which he had made his arrests. As he rode up
one of the negroes came forward and demand
ed that the prisoners be released. The Sher1ff
asked him very quietly what was his authority
The negro drew pistol, cooked it, presented
it at the sheriff, and said, "rhis is my authors
ty." Without further parley, the Sheriff fired,
wounding the negro mortally. The rest Of the
negroes made rush forward, and the prison
era made their escape 5bdt The sheriff stood his
ground like, man, and did not attempt to
make his escape until he had fred every bar
rel of his pistol, wounding oneAnegre slightly
and second very badly. ~ 10 :
When the Sheriff reached 0rangeburg he
collected his posse and returned, At the place
where the attack had been made he found the
negro first wounded in the care of colored
man. Both were arrested and left in charge Of
q citizen named Izlnr,e while the Sheriff went
on and rscaptured his escaped prisoners. =
Soon after the Sheriff left Mr.. Izlars, one
of the negroes in Mr.. zlar's custody asked
permission to go to the spring for water. Mr.
Izlar went With him, and as they approached
the spring the negro seized stick and struck
at Mr. iIzlar. The blow was parried, and the
two had desperate fight, in which the ram
.mer OF LIE. Liars pistol was broken off The
negro, seeing he could do no better, brokt
away and ran off Mr.. zlar halted him three
times and then fired, wounding him in the
neck and body. eai - 10 ae' "a $50 -.
When the news of these events reached the
town there was great excitement. and the citi-
zens did NOT hesitate to charge the negro
s.senator" elect, B. F. KsnTdolph, with having
instigated the attempted rescue. Randolph
had around him 8 large number Of negroes,
whom he then, toldto go. home and rbe quiet.
There was some fear Of . rising in the night.
and arrangements were made that the citizens
should assemble when q gun Was fred or the
bell toAed. s.IAte .at night a. rapid discharge
of firearms was heard The citizens tumbled
out on ali Sides. but found that it was only the
,entree of.Herr bengel into the lions den dur
! ing the performances Of Ames' circus.
Yesterday troop ,weresent for to Columbia,
and q detachment Of infantry arrived at
Orangeburg, and d:wasmarched to the sherif's
Office. All was then quiet. and the danger ap-
peared 10 be past.son s5.4re7
MORE ABOUT THE Dill MuRDER.-We learn
from gentleman who left Camden after the
murder Of DIN that four arrests OF white men
had been made by the military, and they were
incarcerated at Camden.i The parties arrested
were Mr.. Lemnel Parker and son, Dr.. Glen,
and Mr.. William Kelley. These persons are
charged with having fired into Dill's house,
killing him and negro man Instantly, and
wounding Dill's wife seriously. The evidence
so far is only circumstantial, but has been
deemed sufficiently strong to cause their
arrest. n u -gs.a
Dill was member Of the Republican party,
and had made himself very oficious in abusing
the Democrats. Public meetings were held by
both parties, and Dill Tried to prevent the ne
groes rom afaiiating with the Democrats by
informing them that they would all be poi
soned. He had frequently expressed;a fearof
being murdered, and had taken the negro who
was ,Eilled, .toor his house as protector.
The parties arrested we're supposed to
be hostile TO Dill, and one is reported to have
said that he "would shoot him." 80 Tar but
few Of. the; facts are known, and the arrested
parties mayprove to be entirely guilaess OF the
crime. =, . 49,. ......- III Us ~.
The Camden Journal gives the'following par
It appears that Dill, his wife, q white man by
asss hs e as 4s s aaa that
they had OF, the presence OF any one else 'Tas q
shot, which took effect upon Ellison, who i'm
| medistely got up to rum, when he was feIled by
another a shot. biiI was next shot rom behind,
having two buckshot through his nook, one Of
which struck just above the left ear coming out
ing to escape. her thigh broken. Taylor ran
out Of the house as; soon as the firing com.
menced, badly frightened, so badly indeed
|, that although he Was In fence corner touch
ling the road, and saw two men: pass and even
Ilheard them whisper, and noticed that they
spoke rapidly, and although the moon was full
and not, q cloud in the sky, he could not tell
whether they were white ofscolored.
/ So far as We are Informed, there has been
very little excitement among the negroes in
relation TO the murder. 4 The general desire
expressed py them being that, every effort
should be made to detect the guilty, but that
the innocent should not suffer.
On Tuesday an inquest was held over the
dead bodies byJ. Z. Witherspoon, who render
ed the following verdict: That the parties
came to their death from gunshot wounds
in the hands Of persons 10 the jury unknown.
On Sunday the bodies OF Dill and Ellison
we're brought over to Camden, and funeral SER
vices performed in the colored Methodist
Church, after which they we're inferred the
former in the white and the latter In the color
ed burial ground. The funeral procession
WAS very large one, composed exclusively OF
blacks.
On Monday afternoon detachment of
United States soldiers arrived, the object OF
whose visit, we are informed, is to detect, II
possible, the perpetrators Of the murder.