The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-13
"a Riot and .Etsbblng AKraysa.

I A1 alos and .stsssIng A1rayi:. D s. 8,
a. dlsgracefuI .scene occurred III this
town about f8 O'clock Pm, laat Satut-
day. and night was made ktdeous .by q
Elot, ,pf dsunken colored men, who deaed
t.h s:thorities,s:5 s.-.:.:s!..;as, 49,. ,i.,ss
pistols, cursing and swearing that they
could not and would not be arrested.
All this occurred in front OF the dwell
ing OF Col. J. L. Young, one OF the
most respectable citizens of our place,
and within hearing of his wife and chill.
dren. This OF itself was an outrage;
Dut Shen our efficient Town hMiafsaa;,
Mr.. John Faucet, interfered to stop the
disgraoeful scene, these infuriatedy be-:
ings set upon him and defied his power
and authority. In attempting to arrest
Rube Bates, who appeared to be tho
main leader of the rioting crowd, a
desperate fellow by the name of Sam
Harris undertook to interfere aud seized
the Marshal's mace. Finding himself
unable to cope with such a number, Mr..
Fauoett called upon Mr.. Greer, Deputy
Sheriff Of the County. to assist him.
EEz. G. promptly responded and pushed
his way through the crowd to MIR. +. u
side. Seeing the danger. Mr.. q. seized
the Town Marshal's mace and hoored
Bates and Harris. Harris rose again
and drew his knife and cut Mr.. Greer.
Mr. Faucett seeing the movement, told
G.. that he was cut. This was the frat
knowledge Mr.. Greer had that he had
been stabbed. The blood began to
show on his shirt bosom, and seeing it,
the crowd Of negroes began to give way
On examining Mr.. Greer it was found
that he had been stabbed badly in the
breast, the knife entering just below
the collar bone and passing down about
three inches, making q severe though
not mortal wound. Harris SUNK away
from the crowd rs soon as he committed
the deed. Mr.. Greer was taken to Drs.
Moore & Dobson's store and had his
wound dressed. Up to last night he
had not been able to leave his bed.
One of the rioters. Rock Johnson,
was arrested and lodged in juil that
night, which caused much excitement
among the oolored people. and Silas
Hawkins, Trial Justice, aud Elijah Meng
undertook to forcibly enter tho Jail and
iiberate him. In this they were foiled
by two or three reaceable colored men,
who prevented Hawkins entrance.
Hawkins acted in a most riotous man
ner for peace officer, proving himself
entirely unworthy the position he occu-
pies, and ignorant Of the duties of his
office. The next morning, (Sunday,)
Elijah Meng, Rube Bates and Sam
Harris, the leaders of the row, we're ar
rested. The two Bateses were released,
but Harris is still in Jail. This fellow
Harris is desperate character, having
seriously cut two colored man before.
We are reliably informed that when
the row commenced, June Mobley, the
County Auditor, Was among tho crowd,
and was seen to draw his pistol and
afterwards replace it. Hawkins is Mob
ley's Trial Justice, and Mobley is Gov.
Moses pet in this County. Through
Mobley's influence, Hawkins was ap-
pointed.
After the iigh: was over. Mr.. Faucet
discovered that his coat had been cut,
evidently by some one who intended to
stab him below the ribs.
Whether this row was gotten ND to
unite tho colored people in opposition
to the Democratic ticket at the election
on the following Monday, or was solely
the result of drinking whiskey, is not
certainly known, but the fact that
number of leaders OF the colored men
were in it, and used no influence to
quell the disturbance. gives strong pre-
sumptive evidence that it was gotten up
for some purpose.
We heard q gentleman say. that after
the row, he passed squad of colored
men on the street. ond heard one of
them threaten to drive the white people
ont of town. There was disposition
on the part of the colored people to
keep up the excitement, but the pru-
dence and perfect silence of the white
citizens gave them no excuse for such q
course, and kept them in awe.
II about four colored men we could
name could be induced to leave this
County, or go to work like honest men
and get an honest living, instead of
seeking official position for support, we
could be cortain Of perfect quiet and
harmony in Union = Union Times.
THAT SPEECH. Tho editor of the
Greensboro IN. C.) Patriot is q North
ern man, and fought III the Fedcra
army during the late unpleasantness.