The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1875-01-01
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CoaEFesioal lnToiigAlipg Commute,
arrived Yesterday and net Today Ia thi
Court Houts, ths fan committee heiRI
present., With Chairman C0nEsF in III
chair. Quite = lnumhsF q The pronihrnl
dliRss q he dfy VsFe in Etiiendlnee,
\ Major Oleiy UAs the fret sitnesa eIam
ihed, Uho staled that he police ioroe oi
The city va not Increased until alter ths
fghi u DeconbeF 7th, ahd that his proc.
lImHiion iaued on that day, and hereto
lore sat in thee dispatehes, vas pub
lishsd ItsAM In reply to = question
\ b. Mr.. CoRgeF, be said that the pToelama'
tion ~ Issued bsCause the one i-sued BY
Governor Amea va Unfair and calculated
to excite the PeoPle, On Sunday, The 6ih
lol DecemheF, Crosby, the eolnFed sheriff
I cams % hin and told him that the eoloTsd
people In the country we're very much sI.
| dlsd about his being put out Of oihoe, and
Hked him 70 Assist him In preserving the
peans, which he promised 10 do. About )
9eloek The next morning DR.. Shlnnon
and two other gehtiemeH cane % biz
house, woke him up, and told him
/, that an armed body Of negroes were
marching on the city, He told shannon
% have the court hOuse and Ore bells
rung 20 a to.aFouse the people; though
be had heard several such TumOra and
thought little Of them; but about 5 o'clock
Dr.. Hunt came 70 him and reported
three or four hundred armed negroes
marching on the city By the Grove street
road; ho then ilsued his proclamation
ordering them to disperse and retire to
their homes and sent policemen Welsh
and Hav % meet them and read the
proclamation TO them; they had
White hAAdkOEehieL on sticks; they re-
tuFued about $50 P. X. and reported that
he negroes had hred on them and would
uOt ALLOW them 10 approach.
By CongVF-Wsrs they both sent on the
same rOAdl
ARl. The negroes we're reported TO 10
approaching on the Baldwin, Ferry and
Halls Ferry roads; Welsh went on the
inrmeT and Hays on the latter; lhet had
the proclamation printed on posters,
BY COnger-Did they make On olicill
fepOFt7
A. Did not see them till afternoon,
when Welsh reported that they had fred
on him also; that the negroes seemed to
be fighting among themselves aud WeTein
confusion. After Issuing his proclama.
ton the Mayor rode around town caution.
Ing peoRle who had arms to repair to
the court houp The company which
had gone out on the Jackson road return.
ed reporting that they hnd had 6ghl and
killed 10 OF 20 negroes; but they after.
ward learned they were not lhat many
killed. They then sent 1--WE citizens on
,coul on the WaffentOn road, and tearing
On outbreak In town, returned and told
the police not 10 leave their beats. The
WaffentOn road scouts returned and
reported no enemy, but At the same time
received areport Of the fighting on jack
con road, that the negroes were routed,
With % or 30 killed. Thee reports were
not official. While at the court, house
Peter Crosby, the colored Sheriff was
brought there under arrest BY order
Of Col. Miller, in commanded the citizens.
lie was kept there until everything had
becOme quie and then sent to Jackson
The third 6ght occurred on the Jackson
road, near the Pemherton monument, and
lasted half an hour, but was principally
at long range. ThlsWas the hardest fight
Ofthe day. heard that 30 or 10 negroes
had been killed, and 'alsoyone whit, man,
and another wounded. This was the last
eight, and occurred between nine and ten
bclDck. Brown, the white man killed,
was coming into town from the country
and did not belong TO our forces.
BY Mr.. COnger-Were any persons
killed In the city on that day1
Wltnesi-No, sir. Heard that colored
man had been shot In the Jaw who refused
10 leave the street when ordered Heard
that early In tie morning FIVE negroes took
4 gun from n man on the street, but lid
not see Ii. Mr.. Hrenelh saw H.
BY COnger--What time was the second
proclamation issued7
A. About moan, after the fighting was
over.
BY Were these fghn within the
city limits?
A. The first one, Oh Grove street, was
lust Of the corporation line, awhile the
one at Pemberton Monument was half 4
mile outside.
BY same-Did you make any disposi-
lion Of the bodies Of the killedI
A. They were outside the city limits,
but | went to Newton, County Treasurer,
TO have them buried. He said II ! would
sign a paper to the county under letter
he would, which I did.
BY Conger-Did yon feel that You had
any more right to kill them outside the
city limits than to bury them7
A. Ny instructions 10 Colonel Miller
we're 10 defend the city, but | did not tell
him where to 90.
CROss.ExAMINEn
By Mr. CoDgt--COuld not tell how
many We buried; conld Tomorrow from
The official books Of the undertakefH; had
heard Of nOne left unburied; had heard Of
no cOloted men being killed since that
day, except one named Mack, killed near
Haynes Bluff, IL miles north Of here,
where funeral procession was fired into,
and Vaughn, white man, killed Crosby
was brought 10 the court house hbOnt the
time Of the ffst hght by order Of Colonel
Miller; did not call upon any Of the
county officers to aid him In maintaining
The peace, becahse he believed they we're
interested with the negroes In the move
nient; when he first saw Crosby that day
be was under arrest; had no conversation
with him or any Of bis deputies In re.
gard TO preserving the peace; Crosby WaS
offered his liberty, but suggested to him
that he Was safer In fail than In the court
house, but he was not taken there I'LL next
day. Remained there till the following
week, when he was taken out and sent to !
Jackson. Had nothing TO do with put. !
ting him In jail Thought he had no
fight to restrain him. Had heard that
seven negroes we're killed IN the Grove |
street fight, thirty on the Jackson toad,
and about twelve or fifteen on the Cherry
street road. ITO Gen. Huflbutt.l Col. |
Millef's command wa Of armed citizens,
without any regular organization. Capt |
CoWan alsO acted "a an officer. was
down on the levee when the bells fung.
Col. Miller acted under orders from
me, but ! was not present At the