Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-05-01
At the November election tn.

III the November electiou tn
Liberals claimed The election a
| held commissions from the Nj,
Enery govermlnt AMI hal b-e'
il possessions ofthe Parish of
flee. for some ii No.. The Re
politicians also held commi sioa'
from the Kellogg government anf
were very de-si Gus Of <. ting pos
session at the off ..ei and to ac
coniplish this. S me eight day,
previous to the fight they quictl,
collected a large force of. armel
negroes, aud during the nigif'
came down upon the town, aud
captured and held military pos,
session OF the place. They put ost
picketts i all directions up and
down and on bo:h sides .,t the
river, they also erected ear,i,
works etc, This created great
excitement and alarm in the
community, the liberal or Me-
Emery sheriff occupied himselfin
collecting u posse eomitatus TO
put down the rioters and re-
capture the town aud his Office.
The negroes ere we'll entrench
ed, with look holes cut in the.
brick walls of the Ceu.t Ilonse
and otherwise well prepHe &.
tor war with Il force estimated Al
about $50. The sheriff with IA
force of about $50 caunprd in tue
vicinity ofstlie town pref airing his
f rces for thes ruggl.. On Su
the 18th inst at 10 in the morn
ins the sheriff placed his fnrces
in position and sent Ia IA flag oi
TRUCE and had a parley with the
negroes, he offered them com.
plete amnesty If they would lay
down their arms and return
peacea!,ly hpme, t.lis they hooted
at and offered The Sheriff the
SAME terms and conditions ii he
would lay down his arms return
to his home, they also told hiu
they could whip him and would
il it lie would give thenl;ime
to ecure their homes aud chill
Que hour vas granted foi
that purpose aud the fight begun.
By the Siler.f throwing forward
sklrmishers an placing in posi-
ton artillery Cone piece the ne
groes were soon driven from the
work Into the Court House.
sharp shooters were then placed
to guard tie look holes an soon
after a squad OF the Sheritfs posse.
advanced aud fired the building.
Up to- this time there had bee
but slight loss on either side but
tie flames r. pidly srre ding
the building, tile neg pcs
must do something 5000 Q ther
out and fight or surrender.
rney chose the later alternative
and raised the white flag and
I'll FREEING ceased at once. A.
Mr.. Headnot, . leading man n
he Sher;ffs posse, advanced to
.eceive the surrender and was
Immediately shot down with the
nuzzle of the gun almost touch
ng the abdomen. The Sile-iHs
,ossc now ,openedfr.upoahe me-
,rocs as they run from the burn
ug building and never ceased fir
until every negro in thebuild-
ng was killed. 1t is esiin,tef
here was between 100 aud 125
there was not u single es
ape from the Court IIouse.
)ne gentleman who visited thu
lace the nextday after the
told ME he counted IS
orps laying close around the
House and saw the re-
lains of several others thai were
inthe building. The
,ss on the Sheriffs side about
killed aud wounded. AL the
'hile the leaders of these deludeo
egroes made their escape a
wv days previous to the fight
lcept one by name Shaw, who
as killed with the negroes
ome 90 negroes not in the Court
ouse escaped. S.