Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-06-27
Dis,urSance In Houston. uu IA,

very sVTlousllSluIUinCc louh pluCt III
the city of Houston, on Sunday, the lill
last, Which II was at ono Time feared
4 would resulriif much b!oodshcd and other
rioious nctsg Tile Telegraph gives the fol-
loving as the cause of the disturbance
Ia a colored)man, hamed Geo. No.
bic, and another colorod man, named
| Bob lIenrick,r were at II acolorcd
bdance, orball, ~ on .Saturdayalnight,
in the suburbs of the cityInearCthe
I"Old Grave Yard, j" at arplace kept
| by n colorcd man named Bias. An
,aItcrcation cnsucd between Bob
i IIcnrick and another colored man,
! whose name VIC have, not learned.
George Noble intcritred and en-
deavored to stop the difficulty in an
amicable manner, Bob 1Icmick
took offence at this, and Presenting
it, put his hand upon his pistol,
drew it, and fired missing Jhisnim, f,
aGeorgosNoble drew his pistobutothc
jmomept he saw the action, Of the
iother,, and also 6reeh hitting Hen
rieks iu the meek The ball coming
out iat the back of the. shoulder.
! lIenrick, However, in not danger
ously wounded ugnoN L,I "a l4ol
j, /. From the statement Of Marshall
|. c. Lord and Deputy MarshallJ.
N. Lord, .-wo. CLEAN the following
particulars Of the subsequent event :,
! Geo. Mobiles, iIpmediateI y.ailer The
above occurrence went to Deputy
Marshall Lord and stated his diff.
Guilty and delivered himself up, and.
was placed in confinement, in thoa
Bell Tower,,o on Market, Square
About, 4 O'clock The next, (SqpdayD1
morning q number Of freedmen,
armed with guns, came to, the Gala !
boosc and said they wanted Mobiles.
or course he was not given UP to
them. 'rho negroes insisted that /
lie Should be given up-ahd they !
believed ho was not in confinement, 4
ibat,at liberty. One frcedmap,i Ned
Lock hart, offered to lead bis com
papion TO the calaboosc, take, bin
out and hang him, Marshall Lord
went up TO LoclShart and attempted
to arrest him, but he broke away, |
but Ford succeeded in getting to,I
him, and struck him witt, his cane,
when il general melee, resulted dur
innga. which Marshall Lord was /
brniscd and shot in the back of lie |
head, aud Lockbart was slot in the
thigh, aiidther. freedman, wiip lad
siloti at Marshall lord, was PnrSpedT \
and aftcr being disabled by a ssbiotaf
was also arrested and Sent to the L
lookup, Immediately after u csc I.
occurrences, the colored people be-
gan to pour into The Market Square, !
fi6anif All, parts of ,tlc city, a large
number Of them beilfg armed.
vcifecancc on tie prisoner Mobiles, |,
Was the generally EXPRESSED object, Z
anti bitter hostility and threats 10 /
d7the vliitc people were gcner- /
nlly manifested aud uttered. The y
FafcgraraiSdastHh 90" t5ht "
titnelthe cityqBelr oBellan 4
10 riRg 10 otail theititizens together,
mil they s,fsoa came pouring. i'll, a =
secat Bni6y 9f them armed aud as =
ltctwo rhces ininglcdit5gcther, and I,
.xpres sciI1heif feelings according
fsiithep temper Of the octasicn,l "a u
yicody collision seemed fct a time
ifi'1'- oiA t'Hi
laAfter a time, however, the negoes Z
lispersed, aud IN httle while the 'a
,csrs spFead RAPIDLY ithatlovef FIVE g
lnudred ~ them were assenfbIed az 81
BE icoIored Methodist Cbartih, anl 4
iAt they openly prsposette mafcii :
Ivwn Main nistfeet. seizeailthc.affiis .
hev could. ara the black pertfla- y
ION genrrzify, attack the whites. s
AL hat the unas1ned ones lam0sg =
hem Fosld assist by 6idng fhe eiiyL n
has .tnrnedoutfol have been Veng d
early cvErerts Bat better t,OBuseis {.
4 length prevaIled1i SererafOf eHT D
remineni Ehiie, citizens. who Ksrs =
itber sentfsr OF Went'0ftkslF eva
notion, together with the Mayor, v