The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1872-05-25

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About iwo uesks anoe. q hoif Of
arnei men b. disguise. visited lhs
premises ossugied assbexro quarter,
On The plantation u Mr. T. J. II.
Christian, hear f'ores station, In
this county, and, after auhg 81 their
guns, they threatened one Of the ne.
grocs, 10 take bis life " be did not
leave The premises, bu. doipg no
personal violence. An examination
Of the ground on the next morning
by reliable citizens, proved The fact
that at least q part Of the masked
maraudcrs were negroes, and every
effort was made by the citizens 10
obtain some clue to the real parties,
but without avail. The negroes were
very much excited in the neighbor-
hood, and several left the country
In fear. Nothing further developed
in that neighborhood concerning the
matter until last Saturday night,
when q body of masked armed men
visited the plantation Of Mr.. Crozier,
near Eureka, aud surrounded the
cabin Of the President, Vice Presi-
dent and drummer Of the colored
benevolent society Of Eureka, and
shot Sam Trantham, the Vice Presi-
dent, wouuding him severely in the
leg, and shot the drummer boy, Jack
Miller, in the head, as they ran from
the cabin, escaping in the woods.
The President of the society was
away from home, and they took an
i~nofensive negro boy, by the name
Of Ben Kerr, and badly beat him
with sticks and cut him with knives,
trying to make him tell the where
aboutsof the President of the society.
The negroes upon the place recog-
nized four young white worthless,
irresponsible boys, about eighteen
years of age, living in the neighbor-
hood, as part of the squad, and also
thought they recognized three nc~
groes who lived in the neighborhood.
The opinion with the negroes is that
the masked men were composed of
these four white boys and a party of
ten or twelve negroes,
The reason given for this outrage
is that these negroes and white boys
were offended at some action of this
benevolent society, and we're trying
to break it up, and 70 give stronger
proof of this, the negroes on Chris
tian's place, threatened, were also
prominent leaders in this benevolent
society,"
The result Of this most terrible
onslaught was to frighten all the
negroes in the neighborhood from
their homes, and the white citizens
had to meet and form an organiza-
ton to arrest these hell hounds that
were so cowardly breaking the peace
Of the country,
Sheriff Ozanne was sent for on
Monday, and the arrest Of the four
white boys and the negroes who
were recognized was to be made that
night by him, assisted by the good
citizens Of the community, and ar
irving at CORTLAND, Sheriff Ozanne.
Mr.. Dewitt Clinton, deputy sheriffs
Farmer and Jarvis, with some three
or four white men and negroes,
started out to the farm of W. s,
Mills, where his son, Joe Abb Mills,
and Jim Adams lived, both abo1t
eighteen years old, and keeping
bachelors hall on the premises, who
were two Of the parties charged with
being in the squad Of masked ma
RAIDERS. The father, W. s. Mills,
and another son, left CORTLAND on
the arrival Of the Sheriff, and ydes-
perate riding reached the residence
Of these young men before the Sher-
if and posse could get there, and
Jim Adams was notified to make
his escape, young Mills not being at
home. The Sheriff then went to the
residence Of q G. P. Pollard, living
five or six miles east Of Pope's, to
arrest his son, Clarke Pollard, who
was charged with being one of the
party, but the boy had made his es,
cape returning to Mills place, ar
resting on the way a negro, who
afterwards proved his innocence.
The Sheriff began to search the
house for DISCUSSES, and while in the
house, Joe Abb Mills rode up to the
gate. Discovering for the first time
what was the matter, he put spurs tc
his horse, and after q five or six
mile race, he escaped under cover O.
the darkness, from the Sheriff. The
{ Sheriff then went to the premises O.
J the fourth white boy, who wal