New-York tribune., 1875-10-16
NEGROES KILLED BY WHITE RUTFIASS

QUARREL BETWEEN A PLEASURE PARTY OF CoLoRED
PEOPLE IL BROOKLYN AND WHITE MEN-TwO
NEGROES MURDERED WITH sroNEs-ARREsr OF
TIE ASSAILANTS.
A shocking tragedy, which resulted in the
killing Of two coored by gang Of white rnlians,
occurred in The southern border Of Brooklyn about l3O
a. H. yesterday. According TO the reports the police and
information cleaned from other sources the negroes were
killed without proyocaton During the night there had
been festival coorcd the schtzen Park,
at Thrdaye and Fieth-st. Among those who attended
the festival were Samuel Jackson and Henry Thompson,
tbe two murdered men; Mrs. Sarah endlics, who was
Jacksons sister; Samuel Bennett Charles Hicks James
T. Docket, and several other colored men and women
who live near by in the town OF Ncw-Utrecht.
While the festival in progress, about ll::'o p in,
John McGuire age %, laborer OF No. 81 Thrtysxth-
IT. and Matthew DOwdeD, age %, plumber OF No.
lO45 Thsd,ve., the alleged mur'ierers entered the
Park with Walter L. Kent Daniel McCarty John Tracy,
James Thornton John Hail. and Other young white men
who live I'm the ncighborbOOd and began TO annoy the
coorcd people They tried to pull coored girl named
Walters away from a man with whom she was dancing,
and il is alleged insuted several women. Ihey
arterward left the Park but loered near its entrance
until the festival ended, about 1:30 a. M, when
Jackson and Thompson left the place with their friends,
and started honeward. McGnre and Dowden with
their companions jeercd at the coored people as they
left and followed them to Ffyilrst-st, where McGuire
caught hold OF Mrs. hendricks, ana trlcd 10
separate her from her friends. Jackson demonstrated,
saving "Dont touch her; she's my sister and is going
home with me-" Mcclure responded with an oath that
h, would kill Jackson and struck him the head with
tagged stone Jackson few steps when he iell,
having been also struck the head with stone In the
hands of Dowden. general fight ensued during winch
THOMPSON WAS also knocked down by blow on tie head
from stone and samuel Bennett, another of the coorcd
| men was severely beaten with fence picket.
The 0utcries Of the colOrcd women alarmed the white
men who fled, leaving jackson and Thompson lying on
the ground nsensible aud with their skulls crushed
Jackson died almost instantly aud Thompson, who was
taken TO the Long Island College Hospital died OF has
Injuries Yesterday Jackson % Old
aud had been married only short time lie was farm
hand for Justice Andrew q. Cropsey OF NewUtrecht,
who saws he bore an excellent reputation Thompson
was 30 wears old and unmarried He was employed as
! n farmland by Justice Andrew M0ntfort Oi the same
place speaks very highly of his general character
| Mc(;uire, DOwden, Kent. McCarty, Tracy, Thornton,
and Hail were pursued and arrested by acting Capt.
Mahcr and squad of officers, who had been summoned
from the Eighth subPrccinct station by Of the col
orpd men The prisoners locked up until 10
when they were arragned before Justice Delmar. They
wee attended by counsel and all pleaded not guilty, and
ayrrred that cOorcd the aggrcssOrs. After
brief proceedings all discharged except Mct nlre,
! DoNdtn and Thornton, who were held to await the
| action of Coroner Smm-.