Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-08-24
A NEGRO RIOT, WITH LOSS Ut
LIFE, At MACON.
Three White Men Murdered by
the Blacks.
S~uDpression of the Disturbance
The MetrOpOlitans Called
into Service.
A SpeCk of War at Lafayette Depot.
Etc E1c Efc
A speck of War at Lafayette Depot
Etc. ETC., Etc.
HOW IT WAS KNOWN.
TO STOP IT.

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sent.
MEASURES TO STOP 1T.
a request to notify the authorize:
here was promptly complied with
and by 4 O'Clock q special train
was rolling out Of the depot
conveying thirty me of the Metro
pOlitan Police force, under command
| Of Capt. smith, of the First District
to the Gene of the disturbance.
SUPPLEMENTARY RIOT sQUELCHED
The train was met at Lafayette by
| the Deputy Sheriff of Fayette county
who informed Capt. Smith that thu
negaoes had been dispersed and tn,
riot quelled, but stated that a band o
armed blacks had made a stand at a
| point some mile and a half south o
the station, and requested the Cap
! tains' aid in either scattering o.
arresting thelawless r~ufians, which, o
| course, was granted. ThefOrce moved
| out, officers c. Burt Smith and -
HOlleran, acting as skirmishers. The
pickets came upon the negrOe.
guns at the officers and sem
these gentlemen to the right abou.
in very short order. The main body
though, was more than the negroe.
| could stand, and they fed, panic
stricken, peIl-mell into the bushes.
\ FEW ARRESTS MADE.
One Of the blackguards was cap.
/ tured with his gun in. his hands, and
| three others who had thrown theil
arms away and taken refuge in the
house Of an old darkey not implicated
in the eyHe1He, were hauled out Oftheir
hiding-places, and delivered to the
posse acting with the Deputy Sheriff
of Fayette county.
HOW THE ROW COMMENCED.
We give the three statements in our
possession as to the origin OF the dis
turbance, calling attention to the con-
Trajectory character of the reports, ex-
cept as regards the killing Of the white
men:
THE FIRST NEWS
was that a party of negroes were, on
Sunday evening, collected under some
trees in or near the village engaged in
eating melons, and that some white
boys at play ear by threw a brick OF
stone which accidentally struck one OF
the negroes. The negro retaliated by
whipping the boy who had thrown
the missile, and was in turn shot and
killed by the boys brother. During
Sunday night the negroes held a pow
WOW over the body Of the man who
had been shot, and which was
left lying where it fell. Mon
day morning at daylight found
an armed mob of negroes,
variOusly estimated at from one to
five hundred strong, marching about
the streets of the village. Their first
demonstration was to demand the
boy who had killed the negro, and
who had been arrested soon after the
killing. This was very properly re-
fused, and the refusal was followed by
an attempt to take him by force from
the custody of the officers, which was
resisted by the Villagers. A fight en-
sued, the negroes firing the first vol
white men in the assault. The whites
rallied, however, and drove the ne
grOes TO the woods. No mention OF
any negroes being killed in the melee,
SPECIAL TO THE APPEAL
from the operator at Lafayette Depot
gives another account of the affair,
which is as follows: " \ Mr.. Boswell
shot and killed a negro on account Of
some misunderstanding between
them. From the threatening of the
negroes, the citizens sent to SOmerville
for the Sheriff and posse of men.
They came this morning and tOund
about fifty armed negroes around the
dead body of the one killed. The
Sheriff ordered them to give up their
guns and bury their dead, upon
which they fired upon the posse,
wounding four, some MORALLY, after
which the Sheriff and his men dis
perSed the negroes, ndpOw holds the
place. Troops sent here 0R a special
train have returned 70 Memphis, as
their services were not required. The
above is the best information ! can
give. have not learned how many
negroes were killed or wounded, if
any,"
Z THIRD VERSION
was furnished US by officer c. Burt
Smith, who gathered his information
at Lafayette Depot. He says: &" was
told by the Deputy Sheriff of the
county, who we met at the depot, and
also by Others, that the fuss COM
menced by a negro threatening to
shoot a white man, a resident of Ma
con. The man asked the negro an
explanation Of his conduct, telling
him at the same time to either deny
the threat, withdraw it, or give up his
weapons. The negro saucily refused
to comply with either of the require
ments, attempting to draw his pistol
as he spoke, when the white
man shot him dead with a re-
volve. The friends of the negro
assembled and sWorP vengeance yer
the dead body, and commenced their
bloody work early on Monday morn
ing by firing upon a party Of villagers,
MORALLY wOunding three at the first
vOlley. The negroes were then at
tackled by the whites and made to take
to the woods. The same parties told
me that they thought the affair was
over, and that no further trouble need
be apprehended."
THE NAMES
of the men shot did not come to hand
through either Of our sources of infor-
nation.
THE METROPOLITANs
left Lafayette Station at s O'Clock last
night on their return to the city. There
were no signs of any further distur-
bance when they started homeward.
The train arrived at tbs depot In the
city about 9:l5 pm, when the de-
tachment was dismissed.
THE PROMPTITUDE
with which the detachment was got
together, armed, and started on the
route to the locality OF the riot, reflects
great credit upon Superintendent
Pearne.
THE RAILWAY AUTHORITIES
also expedited matters materially bv
a train ready at the earliest
possible moment.
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