The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1874-08-28

compelled to remain all night without
proper surgical attention and nursing
and listen to an unccasing fire Of mus
Retry.
The firing was KEEP, up at intervals
all night, aud every white man seer
walking the streets was shot at by III,
negroes.
A young man, Geo. Griffin, wa,
standing by the side Of DIR. BurletI
when he was first fired upon, and on,
ball struck him IN the calf of the leg
On Thursday morning squads of ne
grocs armed with guns and pistols Of
ever description, were seen in diferen,
parts Of the town. a meeting Of tho
citizens of the town convened for the
purpose Of devising means to secure
peace between the belligerents, when
the negroes rallied and formed line
for the purpose of attacking, bu,
were prevailed upon to desist and re
tire to another portion of the town.
4 special police force Of twenty-five
citizens succeeded in keeping down
any further disturbance during the
day, but on Thursday night the ne
grocs made an attack upon Mr.. T.. ID.
Kennedy's residence, and riddled il
with bullets, wounding slightly little
child, grandson of Mr.. Kennedy.
At the time Of this firing there were
none but women in the house, but for
iunately and We might say miraculous
", no one was wounded but the child
above referred to.
On Friday morning Mr.. Fred Yea
key, deputy clerk in Kennedy's Office,
was going from his residence to the de-
pot to attend the Richmond fair, I'M
armed, and was fired upon by two ne
groes, receiving wounds in both legs.
On Friday morning the residence of
Mr.. Kennedy was set on fire by the
negroes.
During the day, Friday, the negroes
were receiving reinforcements from
the country around. At the request
of the trustees of the townthe soldiers
aided in keeping down the disturbance,
but the commander, not having re-
ceived orders to interfere, withdrew
thom before night and left the citizens
at the mercy of from fifty to seventy
five armed and maddened semi-saya-
ges, who kept up the fire upon every
white man they saw during the night.
Reports of the disturbance spread rap.
idly through the adjoining counties.
Citizens OF the town were fleeing to ad.
joining towns for refuge, as threats
had been made by the negroes to burn
the town and kill the whites without
regard to sex or age.
Some fifteen young men went over
from Stanford to aid in quelling the
disturbance, and squads from other
towns FASTENED to the scene of conflict
to take position with the whites and
assist in dispensing, and, if necessary,
staying the blacks-to restore peace at
all hazards.
Up to Saturday morning. Sellers
was at his home with a body-guard
composed Of negroes and one white
man named Ward, who was wounded
in the final battle On Saturday even
ing.
All day Saturday both parties
whites and blacks-were receiving re-
Inducements. Ward, with large
number of negroes Sellers having left
town early Saturday morning. had
barricaded themselves in the dwelling
house of Sellers, and from this place
shot at every white person who passed
or showed his face, while the whites
let pass, unmolested, negroes who were
unarmed.
Several times during the day propo-
sitions looking to a cessation Of hostili-
ties were sent to the negroes, but they
answered with volleys from the port
holes Of their improvised fortress.
They "did not want peace, they must
fight"
Just before dark the whites sur
rounded the negroes completely, sta
tioning brave aud daring men at the
different points OF ingress to Sellers
house, and, with the aid Of turpentine
balls, set fire to an out house, from
which the flames soon communicated
to the main building. They again Of
fered terms to the negroes, with ample
protection, if they would agree to
surrender their arms to the civil au-
thorities, which offer was again an
swered with volleys from their guns.
When the flames began 10 envelope
the building, Marshal Miller again in
,ercedcd with L. $. troops to stop fur
ther proceedings and blood he'd, and,
with the understanding that the whites
would lay down their arms on the sur
render of the negroes in sellers'house,
the commander of the troops took a
squad of soldiers, waving flag of
truce. When he arrived opposite Sell
lers' house, he was fired upon by the
negroes, and the whites stationed near
the soldiers, who were not made aware
of the arrangement with their
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