Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1871-12-23
BUCKEYE.
Horrors orthe Police.

Leave not AfaeA hehlnd' o,o,..,.,
Horrors Of the Police.
On the public square ofour city,
Inst Wednesday evening, just ut
dark, Capt, +. A. Cooley and Capt,
r. T.. House were attacked and kill.
cd by h crowd of policemen and 9th.
or negroes. Our heart sickcns and
our pen inItcrs ut the recital. De
tailk have been difficult 10 obtain,
and we may err in attempting 10
rcpor, the affair. because run ors
and statements aio c5hilcting, and
we can only give thom as we hear
them. Oh Wednesday morning
there arrived here some sixteen
gentlemen from Wood county. as
prisoners arrested under the Ku
Klux law, we believe. These sr.
rests, we understand. are in con-
ncction with n difficulty which ot.
Cured sometime ago at QhitmaH,
in which ono Brock was shot and
wounded by the Sheriff Of that
county and his posse while resisting
arrest. The Sheriff of Wood conn
ty and his two deputies AcrG among
the prisoners brought here by the
Deputy U. s. Marshal, and it is very
GENERALLY believed that the plot, Of
which there is n strong indication,
was for the purpose of harm TO
those officers About dark Il police
man, Ran Johnson, met the Wood
county Sheriff, Mr.. Williams, aud
demanded his pistol. The Sheriff
cohtipccd him that, being an officer,
he had il right to carry his pistol,
though he had none ut tnat timc.-
We believe Capts Cooley and
House were both with Sheriff VIII
liams at that time; both being law
yers, and had been or were about
being detained as counsel by the
prisoners. The policeman then de-
manded n pistol from Capt. House,
but he told them he had none =
Shortly after this several of the
Wood county gentlemen, accompa.
nicd by Capt House, won't from the
City Hotel to SCOTS Saloon, where,
we understand, they found Capt,
Cooley sill in conversation with
the policeman, johnson, and per-
haps others. There Has at this
timG considerable crowd of ne
Groes collected about the saloon and
upon the street in front, apparent
ly all much excited Capts Cooley
and House, with the Wood county
gentlemen; left the saloon and start
cd in the direction of the hotel
When they had got some seventy
five yards off, about the south. east
corner of the court yard, One of the
party was missed, and Was said to
be back at the saloon. Several pro-
posed TO return for him, but Dcpu-
ty U. S Marshal Griffin told thein |
to rcn,;iin whore they were and he
would bring him. He went back,
and as he came up to the crowd |
again with the missing man, large |
crowd of negroes, policemen, &C.,
came up in his rear Some one
among the negroes spoke and said
"there are more pistols IN this
crowd" Capt. House was called for
by one or more of them. lie an
swercd, and the negroes, one or
more Of them. said she's got a pis-
tol--siiont him, damn him, shoot
him" Upon this Ran Johnson
raised his gun to shoot House, when
Capt. Cooley caught hold of it and !
told him not to shoot that there
was no necessity for it. Thcrcup- |
on johnson jerked the gun from |
Cooley and instantly shot him; and
Immediately turning, he shot and
instantly killed Capt. House. God
ley was shot in three different
places. and died about 2 o'clock |
Thur,day morning. Almost in
stantly after the first gun fired,
there was general and promiscu-
Gus firing by the negroes, and it is
estimated that FROM twenty five TO I
fifty shots were fired Iftbere was
any firing by whites the evidence |
has not revealed, and it is said there
were no arms among the whites
Ono white man got 4 shot in the !
thigh and another was shot in the
foot. Two or three negroes were
wounded.
For several hours after the kill |
ing, excitement ran high, but there
were no demonstration of further
trouble. As soon as the shooting !
ceased the negroes fed in all dircc- /
ions. and notwithstanding the Sher-
# and a number Of Deputies we're |
busy all night, but one arrest was /
made.
The next morning., as soon as
Judge Norton came in, ho was in
formed Of the whole matter. and 4
went TO work in great earnestness
to ferrit out and have arrested the
guilty parties At the time we
write some twelve or fifteen negroes
have been arros cd. aa1 an intesu
ration was boghn this morning
Many warrants have issued, and
the civil officers and citizens are
working snergetically and harmo-
niouSly together.
We have tried simply 10 tell the
circumstances Of this MISTER as We
hare been able 70 gather them, for