The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-10-01
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W eave tAs rebel vsrs;sa q - aAltf =
Canalla, Georgia. Thaa proved s ese
rnneed murder Of whites and blacks haoefse.
hey vsrs Republicans. The trne - !ull'
nart;culars Of the massacre hesghtA4e IT,
e.or.ity. Capt. W. P. Pierce hspuARean
candidate for Congress in the Second Geof.
3. Congressional District, is Ksntuceians
and - gallant soldier in the Union aeny:'
NJ. John .Aprpby, Republican shssl4 slk
81 his county, Il from Indiana. and was :
.oldier 1iInssins the var. Murphy accompa.
MED Pierce 10 his canvass. They vent to
Am,,;cus. il pierce's district, where wa
hn ART appoiatmsnt for the campaign.
Tier were driven from there By armed reb-
els, Who publicly swore to kill them. They
vere kept concealed o. friends until night,
and were then conducted through fields, ana
eacsped. Al the same time the roads lead
inn from Americas wers picketed ny armed
rebels, Who stopped every passer, avow'ns
.he;r purposs 70 intercept and murder Pisrcs
and murphy. The next appointment Of the
latter vas 1t Camilla. They went there &C.
companied BY Rev. Mr.. Putney, Phiilp
Janin, and about ssveaty.fise colored Re.
publicaas. A. they approached Camilla,
they were me. BY rebel, James Johns, who
carried gun, and Who told the party that
he Was coarier sent to notify them that
they could not speak in Camilla that the
people Of that place and the county would
permit no Radical speaking county vas
theirs, and they intended to rule It. Inc
partv went forward, and were met oy the
Sheriff and IN armed posse, Who rave them
The demand Of the citizens that they should
mot enter the town. Mr.. Pierce answered
that no had . right - = citizen to speak in
Camilla, and DO proposed to do It. The
Sheriff and his party dashed away into town.
The special correspondent Of the Nov York
Tribune tells the rest Of the story thus;
M. Pierce, In : buggy with Mr.. Putney, pro-
cseded toward the town, followed at some distance
BY tho rsst Of ths party. With these latter VA
plantation waeon, drawn BY four muies, con-
taipipe the colofsd band. consisting OF two drum
ners and Q ffer. Messrs. Pierce ana Futney
drove int the town, dismonntsd from their bng'
~ and hitehed their horse ut the Court House.
A. = hundred yards from the Court House the
band-wagon WAS met BY the-msn Johns, with :
dou bio barreled shotgun, which he discharged
| into tho wagon, wounding two colorsd men. Upon
this there rose up from either side of the road
upon which the eoiored people were apProacning
the town, . lAsgs number OF white men, VINO NAG
been concealed in tho under growth, Who opened
| Z cross-Ars upon the oolorsd people in the read
| A lev Of the solorsd people having pistols, en-
dsavored to defend thsmssivve bat majority o.
then dad, Nsssrs. Pierce and Putney rushed to.
ward the sontending parties, Mr.. Pierce throwing
! - his AasAs aad calling upon The freedman to
stop, ssyias : Deaat d thai, don't do that
Upon this ths whites, or portion efthsm, turned
upss Pisrss end Patssy, and hred. voun .a y
Pierce In the leg. and Mr.. Putney in the eibo.
and shosldss. Both. however, toak TO the wood,
and escaped, resching the plantation Of Messrs
Plaee md Fish, two gentlsnen from Massschu-
sstts, st o'clock shis morning.
70 return to the battle or Dassacre at Camilla
| The freedmen who wore armed having emptled
their pistols ned fer their livss--saeh - had mol
alrsadv been placed hors du combat-leaving the
woundsd on the ground. Tho whites pursued
some of them nrst assuring themselves that those
colered men left on tho ground were dead by 70
pes:ed shots ct their PROSTATE bodies.
Murphy and Janin endeAyofed to escape Il
their buggy, but eight miles FROM Camilla wsr,
ovsrtaken b. ave 81 six mounted men,. Both dis
mounted from the buggy, Janin taking 70 the
woods, and MuQy taking refuge in deserted
house, where he prepared y sell his life Is dearly
~ possible. His pursuees surrounded the house
and demanded his surrender. He refused, AMI
told them to commence firing. After some par
10y, upon solemn premise that hs should mo-
DO harmed, nor detained, be came out, AMI
while talking to some Of the party, he Va
deslt horrible blow upon the head. With barre
Of gun, in the hands Of another. He was then
after some Questioning and examination, allowed
10 proceed on his way.
| Up toS O'Clock this morning the white psoplt
wsrs sun IL psfsat II the 6seiss and woundcs
With hpsies snd bloodhound.
| Tbs white people IN Camilla boast that on
pond contains twelve dead "niggers." This pont
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