The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-09-14
RGOT IN CHARLESTON.

On the night of September the 9Th, n
bloody and disgraceful riot was inaugu.
rated in the city vi Charleston b. d ;;;oh
Of injurious Republican negroes, who
were determined to kill some colored
Democrats who had organized Demo-
cratic Club, and were having meeting
on the night in question. The white peo.
pie were informed Of the plum, and, for
the purpose of escorting the colored men
home, formed procession with six white
men around each eoloreti Democrat, and
marched up King street in safety, until
they reached the German Church, where
they were attacked by mob of aboat
$50 Republicans from the Live Oak and
Hunkadory Clubs, who came yelling, for
Hayes and Wheeler. upon them The
advance of the. attaching party caue
upon the column, and knocked down the
first white man they met, and shot into
the procession, declaring they would
have the colored men if they had to kill
every man in the crowd to do so. The
whites returned the fire, but overshot the
mob. a portion of the escort, however,
took the colored Democrats safely to the
United States Troops in the Citadel, and
thereby rescued them from the impending
death. The mob had by this time in.
creased to fully three hundred, and fell
! nnon the forty wh;tss with pc.tsSc. s:.y.
The whites retreated up King street, re-
turning the fire from the mob tn keep
| them of. ,;,-
At JOhnastreet they were attacked by
another crowd and this surrounded.
The fight here was fiercest, an' the four
or Ave policemen could DO nothing, as
the blacks were shouting "blood p Po-
liceman Chas. G-een. colored, got be-
tween the crowd and for moment seem,
ed to be pacifying them, but skirmish
on the outside. renewed the fight, and
| Green vas shot through the abdomen BY
one of the mob, it is thought. A young
white man named j. NJ. Buckner, an. ex-
| cellent young gentleman, was also shot
through the abdomen. Both of these
men have since died. At this stage Of
the fight the whites only numbered fif.
teen, numbers of them having been
4 knocked senseless by the clubs and
| palings with which the mob was armed,
The blacks soon became undisputed mas.
ters of the field, and stationed themselves
ut tho street corners in squads of about
forty. Every white man who came along
was assaulted and badly beaten. For,a a
| while no white man dared show his face
on the streets of Charleston. 4 portion
of the wounded weie carried to the station
house for protection during the night.
They were fearfully battered up. Lloyd,
3 colored policeman had huge cash
from o brick bat in the back of his head.
John Hoiuies, son of Prof. Francis
1o!mes, was badly beaten over the face
and head, and spit up quantities of
blood. w. 8. White was shot in the
back BY pistol. e. M. Reeder was ter
Tibly beaten and his clothes saturated
with blood. CiIarles Behl, young Ger
nun. was caught while going peaceably
home and beaten almost to a?jelly. An
unknown white man was picked MP In
an insensible condition. Several OF the
detectives and policemen were badly
beaten up.
The City authorities have arrested
about fifteen white men for shooting pis-
tolls, but have only arrested two colored
mon. The City authorities, who are Re-
pnblicaHs, proclaim virtually that it ID no
Offences to kill men who are protecting
colored Democrats. The Mayor has Is.
sued o proclamation it Is true, but the
rioters are ho4 arrested. Tho Jury OF In.
quest Oyer tho bodies of the murdered
men was unlike the Hamburg Jury It's
saasAiSn was shot, mud its verdict i.ablica!
! ted no one, but said In substance that
!5si ss.sTi5 CAIN 8 10 death BY accidental
pistol shots fired during riot. TIKI ID
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