The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-29
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was one of the Caldwell family :
oy this time these white men were over
.aken and partially surrounded by the
negroes and one of the white men CT +
think Frank Robinson) was knocked down
and Henry Page, the colored man before
referred 10, took him, Robinson, off the
ground and carried him away, being
pursued by large number of other ne
groes out of this crowd took advan-
tage of these negroes following Robinson
and moved on toward town with the
other white men following me. We had
gone about one hundred yards, still being
menaced by negroes following, but not in |
such force until Robinsons pursuers
again overlook us; they came up again
with their cry of ''kill them" and the |
white men begging for their lives; one
or more OF them surrendered their pistols
to the negroes, among them thus surren-
dering was Martin Sivley, who handed
up his pistol and Immediately another
neglo struck him over the head q think
the same yellow negro Caldwell, before
spoken Of, , with pistol, knocking Sivley
down and breaking the pistol; Sivley
got up and ran, and think DR.. Bracey
with him, holly pursued by many ne
groes, this same yellow negro in the
crowd Sivley jumped the fence and
ran about one hundred yards in field,
and soon | heard demoniac wells and
many shots from towards the direction
Sively ran, and where think his body
was found; | took advantage of the abb
sence of the negroes that ran after Sivley
and Bracey, and | moved on towards
town again followed only by Capt. White
and Willie Sims I got near TO the rail
road crossing, nearly half mile from
where the fighting first commenced; we
we're still being pursued and menaced
by many negroes and at, or near, the rail-
road crossing a negro, who | am informed
is called Wade Walker, assaulted Capt.
White, swearing he would kill him any
how then l again tried to parley with
them, the negroes, again telling them
the white men could be had when wanted
by the law this big black negro hest
tated for a second and said "God damn you,
then give me your pistol Capt. White
handed him little pistol; he then de-
manded my pistol, and gave it to him /;
he, the negro, cursed, and / started
down the dirt road and White down the
railroad, diverging so that lost sight Of
him (White), but he was again over
taken and beaten and left for dead, as
have since learned; L moved forward
again and got near the depot, and hear
ing shots again looked back and saw a
white man Calvin Wells) coming in his
buggy and saw a negro who had as
/ thought, his horse by the bride,
while others from both sides of the road
were advancing on him (Wells), firing
at him; Just at this time Capt. Mongomt-
cry came to Wells relief with double
barrel shotgun, and firing both barrels
the negroes gave back and the horse
bounded forward and was running away.
Wells not having the lines, which were
down under the horses feet Wells hal
Iooed to me to stop his horse, which | did,
and he told me he was wounded and to
get in and take him home | am satisfied
that there were not more than seventy
five white men and not more than fifteen
or twenty were armed and 900 or 1900
negro men. very many Of whom were
armed, and many women and children f;
this was on the 4th September, 1875, in
Kinds county.
H. T. T. DUPREE
EOWABfu 10 anu SuDSCEID6Q DSIOEe NE THIS
10th day of September, 1875.
SEAL. SILAs j. CAREY, j. T.
The sworn statement of D. W. Rice,
/ am and was on the 4th inst. clerk in
the store of T. &. Rice, merchant, in
the town of Clinton, Miss; under the
instructions of my employer, | closed the
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inst, and went to the meeting then being
held about three-quarters of mile from
town, arriving there Just before the con-
clnsion of Judge JOhnston's speech |
went up to the speakers stand Judge
Johnston concluded his speech, and Mr..
Fisher had been speaking some FIVE min
utes, when | saw a negro running from a
bottom some one hundred yards from the
speakers stand, who said there was
fight between white and colored man );
O crowd of negroes Immediately went
down; the same negro again returned,
and proclaimed the same thing, saying in
addition, come down, boys, come down;
Immediately the whole crowd of negroes
ran rapidly down to the bottom then
went down to about twenty-five yards of
the crowd, hoping to preserve peace; l
saw Simon Jackson (colOred) backing
Wade Walker (colored) out of the crowd,
begging him TO keep quiet; Walker was
very violent, declaring that he would kill
the " damned rascal; about that time a
kettle drum was beaten rapidly for
minute or so: then | heard shot fred
in the crowd which was followed by
rapid firing and hallooing; when the fir
ing began, had changed my position to
point about fifty yards from the crowd,
and heard cries in every direction, "kill
every damned white man on the ground;
about this time / was shot myself; up to
the time was shot, | had been doing all
in my power to preserve the peace, and
had shown no weapons; | then drew my
pistol to defend myself, there being about
me a dozen negroes with pistols in their
hands, firing, and shouting, kill every
white man on the ground; the negroes
were Infatuated beyond my power to de-
scribe; l felt that it was death to a white
man to remain on the ground | made
my escape to town as soon as | could, and
got ammunition and returned as | pass
ed the railroad crossing when escaped to
town, a negro, Wade Walker, was stand
ing there with pistol in his hand, calling
upon the negroes to rally as | passed
him he fred on me; am sure there were
not over seventy-fve white men on the
ground when the fight occurred, not over
twenty-five of whom were armed.
d. w. RICE.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 9th of Sept, 1879.
[sEAL.] SILAs j. CAREY, J.P.
The sworn statement of II. c. Mar
shall.