Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1876-09-07
Massey.
. rauH STATEMENT OF THE
KILLING OF SIX NIG0ERs-
An Occurrence as the Cer.ers-He~
she Chivairy we're Forced INTO"
CoIlision OF Races.

From the ro'eio n'sd''l
CoSrrpRir Y RoAp>, Wicu II n Ihh
sr.rE Nv kESTroK,, august ~, is.o
To prevent misrepresentashena the North
I haasen 10 give iroothiul account uN an
occurrence wich took place al the corners
last week. wieh Ia regretted by every sin-
zen. IL Will be pnolsh' ihe,.Iy aui,"an W
paper nv the North that the Democrisy Nv
the Corners killed six Eigyers last Io"sday
without coz. ~he KILN ! admlt-the coz
I insis, the nigsers furnisht them-Si',s.
This "a too st.'e Nv Wa y. "''' "
called the " Corners Massacre
John Pogrsm, the Dcekins oldest sou,
troo southern shivAlry; He was recon.
structed. and aecep'su ,hc sioos''Vn' ~,
niggers riles nm, wien nc lsno' ~ y, "''"
accountable for, for its eons,oo.hnel'
John wux in frame Nv MIMI loosday
mornin. He he'd 1 akors NV grass Nneh
needed euttin. and he bed tried IN Nane 20
git some one 10 90 II. Nota hiss'' cou.,
he hire for love or money, ez 'hey wuz All
cuttin their own. and, eH we hevht eny
Northern whites he, NV course no Nhi"
man Good be he'd TO 90 mAhyei i,po';
And 10 add 70 ms discon'eh. 'os plsler
he'd seIes'ed 20 him tha' 70 sI,e ms f'aS
he tPograml mite cut u nlsseni wen IA,
suit he darsen' f's>h'' jug "''" "A"Hs
with his revolver ,
John he'd bin isyih On MS pa'a IN pa a.
CONS fur two hours srsooin tha 'ns
South vu= goin 10 room iur Wah'V'
labor, when some one remarE 10 MIN
"rhere goes Joe.
Joe wuz u say S.s' tur Joe Isn now,
formerly slave OF sonn 'a.ner anu
John know that he hadn huthih W 10
that wuz prcssin, and he went out anu
hailed him: a.,
"Stop. 700 d--d BLACK son OF
swat do yoo wantf wuk MS hsoieh'
reply.
"I want 700 to cut that grass NV mine
back of the barn, d---n your black
hearti"
"I can't do IT," wuz the an-er.
will not give the conyersashen In full,
but enuff 10 say that the Niger wux ca
impoodent ez he Good BE-. Finally, when
pressed fur reason fur not cuiiin the
grass. the niger said plump,y that he'd
do the work ef John would paw him ~ 10
that he'd owed him fur work over two
yeer.. and pay fur this In advance,
Nv course, John he'd but one thing 10
do. Reused BY this insult 10 madnis, he
s.Ilel into Toe. AMI Joe hed the insOlencc
,o s,,ile b.k And the awdashus Niger
-o,d h.y ,xh.led him IL the rest nv n.
h.dn., come 10 ,he rc.koo.
In ,hs melee I'M. Niger wuz killed. and
vs wen, haek and took drink.
I, occurred 10 us that this aekshen NV
Joe's wuz in,endid TO bring on a collision
bstwixt the two races, and We determined
10 min II In the bud.
Anticipatin dreadful eonnlk We armed
ourselves. determined to sell our lives
dearly. Race wars are allux bloody.
We wen, 10 the late Joe's house and
found that he had a shotgun, an ave, and a
boe. evidently arms 10 be yoosed agin us.
ON the way TO another niggers house 10
search for arms. we diskivered the Niger
in his fecld pretendin 30 b. al work. On
seein US he run ontil lssakcr Gavitt, who I
death ON a niggcr at GO yards, put ball
through him and he stopped.
Nv course that Niger intended TO rise
agin the whites. nv hk DID NJ VAT pni
M Erx rom Troo, we he'd shotguns
rifes and revolvers, but wat rite he'd he q
spo.e that We meant 10 yoo-e 'em ON him
The next house we cum 10 We iound w
Niger q ioahn In his front door yard. III
he'll his hayin all done, and was harhes-i'
his mules 30 cum TO town. Ihete ooou
but one interpretashen put onto TINS move
He wus goin 70 the Corners TO llhe m 70
movement agin rs. When we asked mn
"where in hi he wuz soin p he .s an
svered In the most fecndish manner Una
he wuzn't aware that u wuk any NV ou
bixnis. and went On nA'"'
Er measure nv safety his he'd was blow
on. and we went on.
Icanno, defend the ackshen nv our Pc
sur maddened by what they had had. disk, i,,i,
cred. ard shot every nigger they coul
and. Nor kin blame EN-. The nisser
hev withheld from US that confidence nee neS ..
essary 10 good feelin; Ever since ,ney y
the nooas s u, ,ha;,,,sa s1rs o S1 Ii,,Ie "n po.s