The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-11-15
Radical Murders a0d HAWKES.
ness "A Fn.ette County
The following Is from the New q
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nao rOeS were <kai0 Al y cite. Itcl cost VI
NarcheZ Mississippi, on ei'cfion night.
His information i that this horrible atroe-
ity was committed without proyncation,
aud TO simply CRAFTY the lust Tor blood
which EaS prevailed since the inauguration
OF the Mississippi plan
The Jacks ~ CLARION. published under .
the inS'.- raj and patronage OF the usarp-
ing q. $ u - 1t Mississippi, advised that /
.si., .ist- c.i.4p.isn the enthusiasm OF the !
Young men muse not be restrained The /
proof i. contained in these twenty-four /
fresh bloody shirts that it has found f"ll /
ven.
The Times also has a terrible story of
ten "killed and wounded eolored men in
Fayette county" about the time of the
election. We have received our cx-
changes from that county published
since the election, and have made in
quirv from other sources, and can
neither find nor hear of any
thing of the kind We sup
pose the true story Of it i contained
in the following aft lavit, showing that
tHo negro men were wounded on the
night Of the 9th, in Fayette, while re-
sisting arrest by the Sheriff for the at
tempt to commit murder
Favette Chronicle
The attempt on the life of Mr.. Killings
worth was made while he was prosecuting
an authorized search for Pete Snyder,
black scoundrel who was identifies with
the affair at Dave Ross:
STATEMENT OF FACTS
attending the shooting at Allen Parker's
house, on the evening Of November 9th,
1876, which resulted IN severely wound
ing two negroes, one of whom Is Allen
Parker. About dark, posse, headed
bv deputy sheriff f. a. Cameron, with a
bench warrant tor the arrest of 4 negro,
who had, on the morning Of the 9th lust,
attempted to kill member of the Red
Lick Club, without cause or proYOca-
ton, and was prevented from SO dong
only by the failure OF the gun ID tlre, he
snapped the cap twice, with the muZzie
of the gun in the face of Mr. a. ,.
killingsworth. The posse i'll charge of
the deputy sheriff, Cameron, went to the
| house of Allen Parker. expecting to find
there the negro of whom they were in
search, and as they approached the house,
three men with guns came out OF the
when they were ordered by said party to
surrender, they refused, stepped back,
| brought their guns to their shoulders,
and the firing occurred simultaneously
sulting in the wounding OF two men, Meth
er of whom was the man OF whom the par
tv was in search. And We also further
state that the said Allen Parker and
| West Lynn did cock their guns and pre-
sent them in the attitude OF firing, III
the face OF Mr. J. r. Wade, one OF the
posse.
JNO. RIvEs WADE,
JAS JEFFRIEs.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, a
Justice of the peace, this the 9TH day Of
| November, 1876
5. S. Johnson, J. p.
If the reported affair dwelt on with so
much JUNCTION by the Republican and its
jackson ally, was not manufactured out
of the above case, probably it grew out
of another affair presenting Radicalism
in a still more murderous and lawless as
pect than is set forth in the foregoing
! affidavit. | is the statement of the
Sheriff Of Jefferson county to Lieut..
| Chance, commanding United Staes forces
near the scene of the occurrence, show
ing that colored man Democrat was
wavlaid and shot by men Of his own race
(Radiclls Of course)-that the Sheriff
and his posse in the performance OF tAeir
duty were ambushed and two Of their
| number were wounded, one of them
fatally:
OFFICE SHERIFF JEFFERSON CoUNwY, !
Fayette, Nov. 8, 1876.
To Lieutenant J. c. Chance, Commanding
{. s. Forces at Port Gibson, Miss
DEAR SIR; By request l present yea
a statement OF the affrAy that occurred IN
| this county on the night OF the 4Jh inst.
| was notified rs Sherh OF said county,
that a colored man, Charles Chester,
who resided on the plantation of the
| Hon ?. X Montgomery, had been shot
while at work in his field by some I'M
known person, and was requested to send
out and make an Investigation. / sum
moned a posse Of men VINO proceeded to
the wounded mans house, aud be
lieved from investigations there made,
that negro named Dave Binga
man was the assas.in-he resides
in the neighborhood- deputy and
posse then commenced Il search for
him; on reaching the house of Wiley
Macs they saw lights and heard persons
as they beloved holding religious meet
ing ; as they approached the house, the
deputy gave orders to disturb no one and
not fire until ordered just then they saw
three persons leave the house by the rear,
running towards a corn crib, orders were
given to stop them - the squad going
after them Turned the house they were
fired into from the cOrn-crib where the
party were in ambush, and Henry NJ
Darden was shot and mortally wounded,
dying from his wounds on the morning of
the 9th inst. The deputy in charge Of
the posse, who was in front Of the house,
not knowing what had occurred, suppos-
ing some of the posse to have fired, or
dered to cease firing they did not, the
posse fired gun Just then Walker
Harper saw colored men in ambush near
the garden fence and called out 'men,
defend yourselves" and as he did so was
fired upon and received four shots, Sc
verely wounding him. The deputy
then surrounded the house, and pursued
them; the conspirators fed, and they
pursued them. The news reached my
office in the night, and early next morn
ing. by request of the citizens, [ called
to my aid the squad of United States
troops sent here under command of Ser
geant Rattigan. They Immediately
went to the place where the conspirators
had assembled, with me, learned that
from twenty to thirty men had evidently
been in ambush, and finding no armed
forces, and no appearance of any further
disturbance thev ratnrned II thoir ror,