The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-29

be white man, have since learned, was
Capt White Wade Walker was beating
nm with stick, and held q pistol ic |
me hand there was crowd of negroes
around Walker at the time; q son of
White, lad about seventeen, apparent |
y unarmed, was begging the negroes for
Gods sake not to kill his father, he beg |
ged them to kill him but to spare his
father the negroes shouted, 'kill him,
kill all the white men," and they knock
ed him down and beat him; l passed
this group, as near as ten or twelve steps,
and saw this in passing; they seemed to
be occupied with Capt. White and his
son, and did not seem to notice me L
also saw a group of negroes shooting at
white man in buggy, shouting, "kill
him, stop him." / have been told that
Calvin Wells was the man in the buggy;
| reached Clinton safely; there were
about 1900 colored men on the grounds
during the meeting; | saw about 40, or
45 white men on the ground; many
white men in Clinton did not go out to
the speaking indeed l believe that the
greater part of the white men of Clinton,
did not 90 out to the speaking at all
during the day, IN town and on the
grounds, the white men were sober, quiet
and orderly in their conduct and bearing,
and saw no disposition whatever, mani
tested on their part, to create any DIS
turbance, or to interfere in any way with
the negroes or Republicans.
F. GUIOL.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
CT oh 12FR
GsEAL. SILAs j. CAREY, J.P.
Sworn statement of Silas Thomas,
colored
am hired farm-laborer, and have
lived for several years with ThomasWells,
and worked on his plantation, eight miles
south of Edwards Depot, Kinds county,
Miss; have been there and in the neigh
borhood all the latter part of August and
September, up to yesterday, when | came
to Raymond on or about Thursday, the
18th of August, A D., 1875, colored
man, who said he was from Clinton, Kinds
county, came to Haffa's School house,
where the Oak Ridge Republican Club
met, and made speech to that Club;
am member OF that Club, and was
present on that day; the said schOol-hOuse
| is about two miles from where L live in
his speech he said he had come down to
1 tell them to come to Clinton, on the 18th q
September that Caldwell was going to
make big speech there that the white
folks had said that Caldwell should moi
speak there, 81 but we will show them, he
shall speak there come prepared fol-
business :" that if we did not hold up oul
heads on this side of Big Black, we
would be just like Vicksburg was; thai
| he wanted us to come mounted and
prepared, and Marcus Kelly, Presi
dent of the Club, arose and SAID, "Gen
tlemen, you all know what that means
don't you? ?" we all understood that he
meant for us to come armed said thai
those who did not have horses mus
borrow from those who had more thar
one; the club agreed to come to Clinton
= elected their officers = formed tive
mpanies-William Jones, Captain o
one company, and James Richards
Captain of the other; did not see tn,
companies going, but saw some of tn
men returning, and they told me that tn,
companies did go to Clinton on Saturday
the 4th saw them returning home OIL
Sunday mornings the men told me the,
had been in the fight on Saturday; the,
said they did not know what it starteC
about; said white folks trying to rul
over the black folks, but we showed then
bet than that.
Il his
SILAs X THOMAS.
mark,
Sworn to and subscribed before me, thi
9th day Of September, 1875.
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