American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1874-03-14
RIOT IN EUFAULA, ALA.

A serious riot occurred at Eufau-
la, Ala, at the late election, III
which several parties, white and
cOlOIed, were wounded, The riot
grew out of an attempt to force Il
ballot in the hands of deaf and
dumb IDIOT, by the negroes, which
was very properly rejected by the
inspectors. The animus of the riot
ers is fully set forth by the Eutaula
Ne,cs, in the following account Of
the disturbance. On the rejection
of the vote in question, the Neics
says:
! A brother of the idiot, one Abe
/ Cawi hon, rushed within the ropes
drawn to protect the polling plac"
from The crowd, with ii large open
knife 1t his hand, and, with a mans
n-r violent and aggressive, rushed
up against Mr.. Solomon. He was
ordered back by Mr.. S. IN" person
being allowed within this space eX
cept the voter. he chaiIengerS and
some policemen, and NOT leaving
" hen ordered, he was foIcibiy eX-
PEELED by Mr.. 5. He was not struck
with any stick 10y Mr.. S. for at that
m-ucrd curSing Mr. Solomon, and
WAS told 10y Mr.. S. that he must not
curse him. Bill Flagg, another ne
gro. took mp the matter and also
commenced cursing Nj. S aud
hltr men generally aud making
Violent denirnSt I'll Ions. A this
.junctu =, whIie Policeman Brow ~
WAS e d.-avOrI"G 10 qntil the dis
| furbance 10y calling on the par tbs
t" keep quiet and stop the noise,
Il. ID. Locke. Esq, X ,iic..l ca' d.
da e for Alderman l. the ThIri
Ward and C..un.A Sn,iri o., got up
ont OF his char where lac was ~Ii tin.
aud came. ~ er I" where Brown was,
aud cal eel OUT very loudly and tx
eli edly to the negroes. saying, 'Rr
pub leans, sta"d up; don't give
back al: inrh," ''Stand up to y"nr
party" ''I'il b. Id if | dOut
stand up To the Republic III partl,''
repeating these or words of similar
import several times. The negro.
th+i eupOu became very much excl
ted, and commenced yelling. Bill
Flagg was Induced, at the instance
of ii white member of his party, Mr..
A. Locke, to leave the polling place,
but he only went a few steps and
came Immediately back aud cons
menced his violent aud excited talk
again. Mr.. A j. Locke again went
to INN with Mr.. q. &. B-ckham, ii
Democrat and Conservative, and
tried to induce him to leave, but he
would not go. Mr.. B-ckhdm said
that the idiot was not entitled to |
vote. Fiagg contradicted him. Of
fensively shaking his fist in BIS face,
wherenpOn Mr.. Il. seized him by the |
collar. Flagg then raised large |
stick which he had and struck at |
Mr.: b. Several interfered on both |
sides and the fight soon became
general, and pistols We're used by
those who had them. Flagg Was
shot, aud also knocked down, but |
only after he had struck Mr.. Solo
mon a violent blow with his stick
III the face, cutting il and drawing
blood. 1t is utterly false that Fiagg |
was shot by any one after he was !
knocked down. Mr.. Solomon had |
no stick when the fight commenced,
but Snatch-d one from the hands of |
IA by-stander after Flagg had struck |
Beckham, as above stated, and was
rushing upon Solomon
This same Flagg, be it remember
ed, was II 1t a citizen OF voter OF the
Third Ward, but was a voter of and
had voted III the Second Ward, and
Was heard to say, when he |, fl the
SeconL Ward, that he WAS going tn
the Third Ward ard WAS gong TO ;
have his rights If he had to have Il
difficulty 10 gel them.
No white man dreamed of dis
tuI bance at the election. The ID m
Ocra S cOuhtcd on an easy victory,
and did not think there was Interest
enough in the election 10 get up ii
dis urhance. The election of the
Drn"rdiIc nominees waS conceded.
as Democrats ihou-ht. by every
body. The II ght folio ing the
..lec ion the Exhibition Hal at the
Fair Grounds wis blrn, Il, e> iI..ut
~ the work of an IncrniiaIN. The
negroes were REPORTED that evening
after the election to be maxim.
threats III do SOmt.t h ng
One negro, ID elk ThOm,S, was
head % FAY i'll the evening after the.
election that '-hr wanted iluud."
that The negroes won.d b.. ready foi
, hem that ri. h."
A second remarked, THAT The.
" bite men did heir work in the la,
time, but hat the negroes We're
like chinchrs, the, did their work
alter night.