The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-09

BLOODY IRAGEDY-OSE NEGRO KILL
ED--OSE MORALLY WoUNDED--ONE
SLIGHTLT-ONE WHITE MAN MoRTAL1Y'
WOUNDED, ONE SERIOUSLY, AND TWO
SLIGHTIY.-A terrible and horrid tragedy
was enacted on our Public Square last
night. About 10 o'clock large body of
disguised mounted men entered the Square
from Washington street, and slowly, order
~, without word, rode around the Square,
and passed off the same way they came.
At the time, there was Radical meeting
being held in the court house, composed
almost entirely Of negroes, who, when the
procession appeared, rushed down from the
courtroom and set up the widest yells,
cursing and crying, Charge on the Ku-
klux Shoot the damned rebels !" After
the cavalcade had left the Square fully
two hundred yards, q body of at least
twenty negroes rushed through the north
gete, armed with shot-guns, pistols, and
clubs. Among them were number of
white men who had been in attendance
at the meeting. On the sidewalk, along by
the Moore building, were large number
of persons, white and black, drawn there
to witness the procession. Just az the ne
groes rushed through the gate some one of
them fred upon the crowd on the sidewalk,
and in moment as many as thirty shots
we're fired from both parties, when the
firing suddenly ceased, the negroes running
off in many directions. The sequel of
this dastardly and fanatical outrage was
the killing of one negro outright, mortally
wounding another, and the slight wounding
of third; the mortal wounding of one
white man, seriously wounding second,
and slightly wounding two others. The
negro killed was named Alexander Reid,
shot through the heart, at the foot of the
steps leading to the Mayors Office. George
Roper (negro), mortally wounded, shot
through the body, in the arm, and beat
over the head. He was known certainly to
be one of the attacking party, being seen
with shotgun in his hands.
The third negro, named Milton Martin,
had flesh wound in the side.
Judge Thurlow, present judge Of probate
court Of Limestone county, was shot through
the bowels, and is almost certain to die.
He was shot near the yard gate.
Mr.. W. w. Cox, the well-known saddler
and auctioneer, was shot through the head,
near the door of his shop. The ball enter
ed on the right side just behind the jaw
bone, passing nearly through the left tenn
pie. He was taken to his home, and the
ball cut out by DR.. Bassett. The wound is
not dangerous one, but will be painful
and tedious in healing. At the time he
was shot he was walking toward Martins
corner. He had not fired on the negroes
al all.
Mr.. Billy Winston was shot in the arm,
but fortunately slightly. He is an old
man, and We suppose had no weapon about
him.
DR.. Allen, q young dentist with Or. II.
A. Mcdaniel, was shot in the thumb.
Such wanton and unprovoked shooting
OF white men by negroes is on outrage that
will never be forgotten, and we fear will
bring fearful retribution. The leaders
should be ferreted out by the officers Of the
law, and made to suffer the last penalty.
One of the chief outlaws was George r..
Williams, the incendiary speaker. He was
heard by several urging the negroes on to
charge and fire on the Kukhx, and an i'm
mense navy pistol was taken from him after
the firing ceased. George Womack, the
negro constable, was another leader among
them. ,Ishmael Acklen is another.
The negroes came to the meeting with
guns, for We saw one in q Negroes possession !;
and it is attested by twenty witnesses, some
of them Federal soldiers, that the firing
was commenced by negroes. The Kuklux
did not modest the negroes in any way what
ever, and were off the Square fully 200
yards before the firing ceased. Negroes
were heard to say afterwards that the mat
ter was not settled yet. Let every white
man be ready to defend himself to the
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