Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-08-13
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large number TO assist in catch
ing the fugitive. His place of con
! cealmeDt was soon found, and he CAV,
} himself up and was taken TO Austin ant
put in jail TO await his trial 6ubse,
qnently his attorney, General Chalmers
got him out under writ of hdbeds corpus
and be had a hearing before judge
Fisher at Hernsndo, who bound him
over under two thousand dollars bond
until the next meeting of the criminal
court. He came and pursued his usual
SvocatiOn. But the colOreds thought ht
ought to be put in jail, and took the Law
, in their own hands, and about two hun
dred of them from the neighboring PLAN
tations, marched up TO his residence and, ,
amid much noise and confusion, forcibly
took and thrust him into Jail. The white
Republican officials demonstrated with
them for being bois erous, but they
heeded them not, and told them they
didn't want burned word out OF 'em.
They told the deputy sheriff, who was
in charge of the Jail, that they would
put hundred bullets in him if he did
not look sharp and proposed to turn
all the prisoners in jail Loose. After put
ting Smith in Jail they warned the peO-
pie that If he was turned out and made
his escape they would burn the town
and play the wild generally. He Te-
manned in jail several days, but not
locked up, bat was afraid to come out.
Watching his opportunity, he came out
and fled. This exasperated the negroes,
and now they propose to carry out their
threat, and are organized in large num-
bers around in the deighborhood."
CARTER's STATEMENT.
Edward Carter, the colored superin-
/ tendent of education of Tunica county,
l arrived yesterday on the st. Francis.
| He says the trouble grew out OF the re-
lease of DR.. Smith from Jail. Some
/ four weeks ago, DIR. Smith, who lives
/ near cOlOred man, went to the latter
/ to demonstrate against the noise he was
making A quarrel ensued and the
doctor fired at the negro, the tail
striking him in the shoulder and glanc-
ing off, struck q negro boy, xii ing him.
DR.. Smith left town, but afterWard re-
turned, and was released on bail. When
this became known in the country q
number of negroes came to town and
made some noise about DR.. Smith being
out of Jail, but were told by Carter and
others that the bailing was regular and
lawful, that DR.. Smith would be tried,
and that no lawle ssness ought to be re-
sorted to. 1t is said that tDeputy-Sheriff
Neblett showed no firmness and very
little judgment in his conduct toward
the negroes. The first party were salts
fed with the explanation given by
Carter and others. Later IN the dsy
another party, numbering about twenty
five, came in from the country,
went to DR.. Smiths house, arrested him
and placed him in Jail, saying that be
oh ha tra I OF Esrfd fohf
DIR. Smith was released from his illegal
Imprisonment, whether by the interven-
ton of armed friends our informant did
not know. Saturday morning a small
party Of negroes from the county came
TO town, drank sufficient whisky to
make them noisy, and then commenced
making threats about what should be
done if DR.. Smith was not placed in Jail
iy Monday morning. The mayor be-
came fearful of trouble, and he and the
deputy-sheriff sent to the country for
white men to defend the place. A squad
of white citizens arrived Sunday even
ing, at which time Deputy-Sheriff Neb-
lett and the clerk of the courts had gone
to Helena to telegraph for government
troops. They claimed to have tele-
grsphed also to Governor Ames. These
officers never returned TO Austin at all,
but remained away sending dispatches
for help, while the town was in charge
of the white men who had come in from
the hills at the request Of the mayor
In the meantime squad had been sent
from the town, who captured seven or
eight NEGROES. While these were being
pla ,ed in the courthouse, one of them
attempted to escape, and was shot
and instantly killed. An old colored
man, not of the captured party, was
slightly wounded during the excitement.
Carter, in company with two Others,
then went TO Helena to dispatch to Gov
ernOr Ames, but had not received a re-
ply up to the time the boat left. AT
Helena, CarteEmet Nebiett and Duna-
way, who stated that they had tried TO
return to Austin but had been turned
back by the negroes. Carter says he
does not believe they attempted to re-
turn, and adds that il the sheriff had
been at home, no trouble would have
occurred. Carter claims that his influ-
ence for good with the cOlored people
had been destroyed 10y the reports that 1
Nebett and others had circulated ab mt
him. The supposition is that after the
trouble commenced, the negroes sent
coUriers TO the different plantations 10
inform the negroes of what had occur
red, and that they joined those in the
vicinity of the town. On some of the
plantations the hands refused TO leave
their work, saying that they had
nothing to do with the quarrel,
and that they supposed the |
officers Of the law could attend to the !
trouble. Carter gives it as his opinion |
that brave and discreet sheriff could |
have prevented any trouble. He says |
that Deputy Sheriff Deering, who went |
with the mayor after the people from the |
country, was, according 10 their report, |
under The influence of liquor so far that |
he could not take charge of the white /
men who came in. He says that on |
Sunday evening, when DR.. Smiths wife |
desired to leave Austin, Deputy Sheriff |
Neblett, who owns a livery stable, re-
fused to take her, fearing that 1t would |
iDjure him in some way with the ne |
grOes. Carter Tidiculed the idea of any
one interfering with women and chill
dren who we're leaving; and finally
Mrs Smith was taken to the steamer in
order that she might reach her husband,
who had LETT Immediately alter his re-
lease.
A CORRECTION.
EDITORS APPEAL-You will please
correct an article headed Later which
stated that two negroes and a white
man were trying to charter tug to go