The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-08-28
The Negro Riot I'm Burke County
Ga.----MOre Afsidayifs.

We learn from q gentleman living near
the scene of disturbance the following par
ticulars in regard to the negro riot in Burke
county, an account of which appeared in
the ConStitutionaHSt yesterday morning,
copied from the Savannah ADVERTISER.
On Sunday morning last, rs stated in the
advertisers article, the dead body Of a
negro man was found in the road near No.
Central railroad with bullet hole through
his head. The negroes soon gathered to the
number Of one hundred and fifty to two
hundred, and without knowledge or inquiry
as to who had committed the deed arrested
two white citizens named Belcher and
Smith, and tried to arrest Mr.. Henry Wilkes
Jones, near whose house the dead body was
found, but Mr.. Jones evadcd them and
spread the report of their doings through
the neighborhood. The news was brought
to Buckhead church during service, when
most of the white men proceeded imme-
diately to the scene of disturbance, and
on arriving there found about one hundred
and fifty armed negroes, many Of them
being armed with muskets having bayonets
attached, and having the two citizens named
above under forcible arrest. Up to that
time but few whites had arrived, and the
negroes were insulting and defiant, and re-
fused to release their prisoners. Soon, how
ever, white men came from other parts Of
Burke and Emanuel counties, when the ne
groes were plainly told that they would be
made to release the white men by force if
necessary. Still FIVE or six of the negro
ringleaders would not consent, and had 1t
not been for the cool, determined bearing of
the whites deadly conflict would have
been the result. One moment longer. our
informant says, and firing would have COM
menced. Mr.. Belcher and Mr.. Smith were
released, and FIVE or six Of the negroes ar
rested. Three of them were afterwards
lodged in the Waynesboro' jail, one of
whom has said that the fuss was not over
yet; they 1.-THE negroes) were after the land
owners.
No one yet knows who killed the negro
who was found dead in the road. Many
negroes in the neighborhood believe he was
killed by one of his own color, and in the
afIdavits made before the negro notary
public in this city yesterday by two negro
men (ochoSe names toere suppressed BY the
'otary), it is stated that negro was con-
cerned in the killing. We publish these
auddVlts 10 SHOW "Hdt eott VI sestIuouS IL
being manufactured against the peace of
our State. One Of these swears "that on
Wednesday night about 10 o'clock he uas
informed that colored man was killed by
four white men and one black man." Who
informed him? Where IS the witness or
witnesses that saw the deed All the infor-
nation received in Savannah and in this
city state positively that the dead body was
discovered on Sunday, but these negroes
swear they 'swere told of it on Wednesday,
and arrested three white men and negro
on Saturday, Here are these sworn state
ments, as furnished us by q person who
was present, and which We believe to be
manufactured out of the whole cloth:
"The following statements were made
and sworn to before George W. Snowden.
notary public, ca oticio justice Of the peace,