The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-11-16

bad volunteered to act as special police.
Gen. Hunt, commanding the United
States troops; had conference with Chief
Hendricks, and squad Of colored police
men. were sent out to quell the disturb
ance, while the rest were kept under
arms in front of the main Stationhouse.
About o'clock Company E, of the 5th
Artillery, Maj. Kenzie, and Company b.
of the First Aatillery, Maj. r. T. Frank,
arrived at the Stationhouse. The citizen
police were ordered to fall in the rear of
the soldiers. The negroes BY this time
had all disappeared, except in certain
localities. In the bend of King street.
neat Market street, about 200 of them
had assembled with their muskets, and
no white faces being in sight amused
themselves with firing in the ar and
smashing tho windows of the stores. A
part of the Rame crowd occupied Robbs
lot, firing upon and clubbing white men
who CHANGED to pass
FIRING ON THE BOYS IN BLUE.
Private Remke, of Company r, Fifth
United States Artillery, while walking
down King street to join his company,
was fired upon by the crowd, and narrow
ly escaped with his life Several genllc-
men were shot at on their way down town,
and several Of them were wounded and
beaten. The character of the negroes
who took part in the riot can best be
illustrated BY m incident which occurred
in the Guardhousc. a negro rlau named
Marcus Green was wounded in the leg.
He was also drunk. Upon being laid
upon the floor, and while the surgeon was
attending 10 the wound, the savage would
rise up Ill sitting posture and exclaim !:
Lemme kill one more before ] die
Lemme shoot one white man more" He
was painfully but not seriously wounded.
The mob who had tlironged the Court
house, and who were mainly instrumental
in getting up the riot and continuing it,
retrcated up Broad street and procured
their arms in an incredibly short space of
time. Buttz and Worthington were in
Buttz's house in Broad street, and were
seen to pass out rifles to the mob
THE LIST OF CASUALTIES.
AS far as could be asccrtained last
night, the list Of casualties footed up one
killed and about twenty-five wounded
The names of these are rs follows:
WHITES.
Dir. E. H; Walter, shot through the
breast; dead.
Mr.. Geo. H. Walter, through the left
breast dangerously wounded.
DR.. @. G. Patrick, slight wound in the
head.
Mr.. Williams, shot in the groin ;
wound painful, but not mortal.
Mr.. John Burns, wounded in the face
| seriously.
Mr.. Houston, badly beaten, and right
arm dislocated.
Mr.. F. J. McGarey, wounded in the
head; slightly.
Capt. F. w. Dawson, shot in the right
| leg flesh wound.
Mr.. J. G. Patterson, wounded in the
jaw; slightly.
with club and badly beaten.
Mr.. Foster Black was struck in the
chest with rock.
Mr.. George Tucker was badly injured
He received pistol shot in the leg
another in the thigh and one in his righ,
arm.
Mr.. John Esdorn was shot in the leg
4 number of other gentlemen were
wounded, but none mortally.
CoLoRED.
Cicero Gibbes, colored Democrat
from James Island, was mortally woun.
ded, the ball having penetrated his abdo,
men.
A. Washington, shot in the knee.
John Chestnut, shot in the stomach
supposed to be mortal.
Private Delaire, of the police, wounded
in the right arm, slightly.
Private T. Brennan, wounded. in the
arm, slightly.
Marcus Green, wounded in both legs
dangerously.
Abram Branch, wounded in the lef,
cheek.
James Drayton, shot in the back of the
head, slight.
Private Thompson, shot in thc righ,
leg. :.
Felix Drayton, shot in the leg.
Policeman Henry Carol, flesh wound
in the head.
At late hour last evening most oftht
wounded col0red men were conveyed te
the hospital.
THE ACTION OF THE POLICE.
DR.. Cassimir Patrick gives the follow.
ing statement in connection with the riot
and is willing to make an affidavit of the
facts az was standing opposite the Ne,o
and Courier Office when the row com
menced. After the firing had ceased
temporarily in Broad street, 1 heard shot.
in Meeting street and went up there, ant
at the time reached the corner Of Meet
ing and Broad streets, there we're ut
white men i'll that immediate vicinity
While stood by the lamppost at thu
northeast corner of Broad and Meeting
streets saw three negro policemen e
behind the first pillar of the Stationhous,
and fire ut me with rifles at least six time.
in rapid succession. was doing nothing
at the time but quietly standing at the
corner AS soon as I found beyond
doubt that they were firing at me, drew
my revolver and returned tho fire and tn,
policemen ran into the Stationh0use..--
Immediately after this l was struck or
the head with q brick, and turned to
colored man standing near by and asked
if he had hit me. He replied that hl
did not, and that he had nothing to d.
with the row. A gentleman then cam,
up and told me that colored man hat
lifted the sash in the City Hall and hnt
hit me with rock and then slammed tn,
window again. then went over to Capt
Hendricks and told him that his negr,
police had fired upon me several times
Capt. Hendricks said: I have seen thei
iiring into the whites, but mud nothing
to do with it, and they have had no or
ders TO Are upon any one.' Capt. Hen
dricks appeared very much annoyed, am
am confident that he was not in th
slightest degree to blame for the infa
nous conduct Of the negro policemen re
ferred to- This statement is corrObora
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