Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1876-07-26
The Hamburg Horror.

4 On the glorious Fourth. COMPANY
A OF the Ninth Regiment of the Ma
tional Guard of South Carolina being
a part of the State militia, to the nun.
Der OF tthlrty-eight men, turned out al
Hamburg in that State, to celebrate
the Centennial Of American Iudspen
denceby parade They were going
through their drill on street between
100 and $50 feet in width, when
Thomas Better and Gefzen drove up
in a carriage and demanded that the
company get out of their way,-a de-
fmand made by Butler and Gstzen
white men, to demonstrate their su-
periority ever the "d-d uiggers" who
composed Company A, aud which no
two white men in South Carolina
would have dared make of any white
militia company. After some parley
the Csucaslons refusing to drive around
the "niggers," the commandant of the
company ordered the ranks opened,
and the worepresentatives Of the su-
perior Caucasiou race asserted their
superiority by driving through. crowd
ing the negroes into the ditch on eth
er side. s153 le.satI. I ra'.85e
Next, these two young bloods made
complaint before Magistrate against
Company A for obstructing the high
way by the Fourth Of July parade
When brought before the Trial J US
tics, Adams, Captain of the company
was arrested for contempt of court,
aud his trial continued until the 9Th
On that day Seen" NJ G. Butler, un-
Gle of young Butler who drove through
the ranks of the company, appeared
as counsel for the prosecution, aud
there also appeared in the town two or
three hundred armed white democrats
Gen Butler, instead of going into
court with his case, then proposed 70
settle the matter by having surrender
ed to him, the arms Of the company
tie bad no shadow Of right to make
such demand. The arms were the
properly of the State, and were law
iully in the hands of the state militia,
while Butler was mere private citi
zen, having no authority whatever in
the matter. But be had two or three
hundred armed white democrats there,
anxious, to shoot down id niggers.
He graciously acceded to the request
of the members of Company A that
time be given them for consultation,
agreeing that fire should not be op-
ened upon them until they bad done
so; and they retired to their al nory 10
the second story Of building near by
From thence. Butler, having declined
to guarantee their safety in case they
surrendered their arms; further than
to say sit would depend on how they
behaved" they declined to disarm
themselves, and less than forty all told
were then attacked by the two or three
hundred white democrats, reinforced
by other white democrats who crossed
the river from Augusta. Co., imme-
diately opposite, to take hand IN the
nisger-killing.
| After a few rounds, the negroes.
whose ammunition was exhausted, fed
out OF the rear Of the building. Some
of fthem, with others who were not
members of Company A, and in all
twenty-five men. were captuaed. They
we're placed in the midst Of ring of
/ their captors, and one by one Away,
David Phillips and Pompey Curry
were called out Of the ring and. with
out any pretence Of trial, were shotin
cold blood Later the remaining ne
groes were told to run, and were fred
at as they fed five being killed out
tight and number wounded. Eh3o fa
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