The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1874-08-06
RIOT AND flEATH
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inmates in Deadly Fracas.

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inmates in Deadly Fs-acas.
Last Monday wa he last l,uHlic dav
before the election and everybody and
lbs 'iog came 10 town to get the Iates.
developments concerning the election.
The town was crowded carly with Whit.
men and negroes, some Walking ana
others riding The jockey ward was
damned by ten O'Clock with horses ana
mules, varying roin the oh stiff kneed
horse with the glaeders TO the dilaDila-
ied sore-back muie j,st out of he crop.
and thousand iaet, af every shade and
hue pranced tbeir steeds about and ex-
patia-esi upon merits an idiot could see
they never had, Dragging and hantering
staggering aud sauntering Fistacn
cents was the outside limit OF boot. and
a bottle of WHISKY had the clements o.
% swaps ensconeea in its bubbIing bust
heauedness Business was pushed with
vim until about1z5 horses. 37l5 mules
ana $8;l5 bad changed hands and )
O'Clock rolled round, when difficulty
occurred between white nlan named
Hays and negro named Minor Carter
near the town spring, which eliminated
III serious riot, resulting in the
DEATH OF os,e Man IL Sor TWO.
Minor Carter was at the spring watering
Judge Walker carriage horses. when
Hays role mp ana ,antered him for a
swap. Minor told him that they were
not his horses and II they were he
would not swap FOR his old s,ogy. HAYS
kept insisting on a swap ana finally got
enraged aud squared himself fora ffght.
Minor accepted the challenge, dismount-
ed, and the two exchanged several rocks
and blows, another white man coming
to the assistance of Holt A SQUAD OF
negroes up about Ben Nelson's grocery
on Main street saw the unequal contest
and came rushing down in line of BAT
tie to the scene OF the fracas, and 9th
ers, white and black, from all directions
gathered in, seizing rocks as they came
and dividing oil each TO assist his color.
Town Constable John Arch Richardson.
the arch-peacc-forcer of the State, "A
man who comes nearer being where he
Is needed at All times than any other
man alive, and one who understands and
and ofIectuaIly executes his
mission as mob dispenser and terror OF
peace breakers, appeared just in the
midst of the carnage, arresting here and
there, and succeeding with menacing
gesture and threats in driving back the
cloud Of eolored warriors, from whose
serted ranks were being hurled rocks
and missels until the air was thick with
passing projectiles. Again and again
they rallied and advanced, and again and
again did this powerful one man per-
form what host Of white opposers
were unable to do, until fiually, several
having fallen and the white men who
originated the trouble having mounted
their horses and fled, the crowd gave
back and all was peace again A survey
Of the battlefield revealed several men
badly used up. Minor Carter received
several severe ticks and cuffs, Ben
\ elsOn, colored, was knocked senseless /
TO the earth, the two white men decamp-
ed leaving scattering blood-drops on
their pathway, and several others re-
ceived bruises and knocks of minor sig
niiicance. Ben Nelson was not cOnsid-
cred very seriously hurt until after sup
per, when his wounds dev eloped their
dangerous character end doctor was
but his efforts TO save his
life were fruifless, aud Ben expired
about o'clock. \ report also came to
town after supper that one of the white
men fell exhausted out about pond hill
on the Fayetteville road, and had died of
his wounds. This, however, proved to be
a mistake. He fen from his horse there,
but rallied, re-mounted and rode on.
The affair was not directly the result
of political difference, but Of whisky
and bad blood. Neither Minor Carter
nor Ben Nelson were considered bad
men, and we may be safe in saying that
Minor never wouldfhaye brought on the
difficulty. He was quietly attending to
his business. On the report reaching
town of the death OF the white man
negro named Ben Field was arrested
and put in jail as the man who threw
the rock, but was afterward released for