The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-09-13
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A disgraoeful soene occurred Ia this
town about s8 O'clock r. M,. Lat Satuf-
Hot Of drunken 1colored men, who de6ed
Ethe authorities and brandished their
pistols, oursing and swearing that they
could not and would not be arrested.
All this occurred in front OF che 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;
but when our efficient Town Marshal,
Mr.. John Faucett, interfered to stop the
disgraoeful scene, these infuriated be.
ings set upon him and defied his power
and authority. Iu attempting to arrest
Rube Bates, who appeared to be the
main leader of the rioting crowd, q
desperate fellow by the name of Sam
Harris undertook to interfere and seized
the Marshal's mace. Finding himself
unable to cope with such number, Mr..
Faucett called upon Mr. Greer, Deputy
Sheriff OF the County, to assist him.
Mr. Ct. promptly responded and pushed
his way through the crowd to Mr.. T. y
side. Seeing the danger. Mr.. q. seized
the Town Msrshal's mace and Hoored
Bates and Harris. Harris rose again
and drew his knife and cut Mr. Greer.
Mr. Faucett seeing the movement, told
Ct. 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 tue
breast, the knife entering just below
the collar bone and passing down about
| three inches, making q severe though
not mortal wound. Harris skunk away
from the crowd as soon as he committed
tho 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 JUL that
night, which caused much excitement
among the oolored people. and Silas
Hawkins, Trial Justice, and Elijah Mene
undertook to forcibly enter the jail and
iiberate him. In this they were foiled
by two or three peaceable colored men,
who prevented Hawkins entrance
Hawkins acted in 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 Batcses were released,
but Harris is still in Jail. This fellow
Harris is desperate character having
seriously cut two colored nun before.
We are reliably informed that VIII en-
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
leys Trial Justice, and Mobley is Gov.
Moses pet in this County. Through
Mobley's influence, Hawkins was ap-
pointed.
After the fight 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 tue Democratic ticket at the election
on the following Monday, or was solely
the result of drinking whiskoy, is not
certainly known, but the fact that a
number of leaders OF the colored men
were in it, and used no influence to
queil the disturbance, gives strong pre-
sumptive evidence that it was gotten up
for some purpose.
We heard gentleman say. that after
the row, he passed "a squad of colored
men on the street. and 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 tho excitement, but the pru-
dence and perfect silence OF the white
citizens gave them no excuse for such u
course, and kept them in awe.
If about four coIored men We could
namo 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.
THrr SPEECH. Tho editor of the