, 1876-07-18
MI they had wus a portion Of TINT issued to tho

NIL they had was portion Of TINT issued to tho
company when II was first organiged.
After the firing begun, 1t waA returned by
thc mtlltiA: md u1c OF the attacking party, Nc
tlllery, said to belong To the Washington Ar
t'llcry,. of Anguish, WAS brought over from
Mnnsu.st, n.as and touf clarges q G sastGr Wfre
)ur3ng any ono. Thu persous In tho armory cs.
calcd from the rcnr by means nf ladders, and
NO lndcr floors ot atitaecnt buildings, or whcr-
ever else they could find aha1tcr:
The f!rRt man Killed by thc whites was James
Cook, Town h1arabnt. lfo lsad been In tho
aTnorT' bl.t was net member Of the company:
!le hatt gone into the street from the rcnr Ut
ti's ai!,lsy building, and was at once fired on,
as1u Iell Hcnd lrasatitly,
PIERCED nr r1vH on SIX nuL1nrs.
j.. Afterwards the whites lFEan their search for
The mcmlnrs OF the company. They succeeded
IN getting about Twenty-Five eo'orcd men as
!f'sS%n:rs, so's o. whom wr,c never members
'1hey ,,, Hsse taken TO place near tc sonth Caro
men stoo! guard over them.
NYnc of these thus captured had arms In their
'iands.
subsequently, and at about o'clock, a. M,
siS fncn teok 4: T. Attaway out Of the ring"
it9 ana !ils mother heEYcd Tor big l!fc, bnt N
vain lic WIS then told to turn round and was
thes
s'1,!lnrly killed. .
Pom|ry, Curry vas, next called ont Ne
re n t eq M sa,c l,cnTJ Ss1
to keep tho other ncl, from killing him. l!c
Ing him in tho right leg, below tho knee.
: afterwards, Albert Myniatt, Moses Parks, and
Hampton Stevens were killed. Stevens did not
belnnE to t!lc company. ......-.-
Nclt!Ir .lohn rnFkcr, who ilas been commonly
referred tn In the newspaper reports ne John
Thomas, wns Corporal ii thc cotnnany. When ho
" two Ecntlcnlcnof Augusta, mined TwlggH and
Gsuttcc; !le nppcn!esl 70 them f9r protection:
They 6all llG sl9ud not be hurt. lie states that
I'd rnseals The rcp1y '7as In the affirmative.
Lie was then
SHOT IN TUE nAcK.
Mcssrs I"igga allll clat!rc tllcn said, II he WIS
sllot nEa't,, they Wunlu shoot the oncs WIN did
\. They teok hin, oil, anil hull linn taken to
Augusta. lie wns shot before AttaWAy wGs
killed. lic niny recover fro1n his Wounds
:, Onc nutler Edwards was talscn as prisoner.
lie says he was taken before 4es1. UutlcF, w!D,
nt t!Ie time, ,vas In the street near tho Slblcy
Bnt'a!ng.. Tits wus about f2 O'Clock. Threats
we're made to slioot him. Gen. Butler directed
tllat liz 10 taken tU the others. lie recognized
among tho crowd one Capt. Carxilc and
Dunbar, u Augusta; sntu he hatl a long talk
VIII the fGFnicr. lie WIS among the prisoners
who were let loose and told to run; ~ they ran
TnEE WE'RE FIRED At,
and he was shot III tho head'' lie H2s not
nctner of the company.
ttWillic Davis, one Of the members Of tile conf
puny, Was taken to tito place where wcrc tho
other prisoners. The men stated that John
SwArtnEcn, Ut I:lgcftcld CuUnty, hnd charge OF
the prisoners. II. states that he saw Gen. But
lcr bcfnre the nlen were killed, who askctl h.Hi
what he was doing, and told hin he would have
enough nj II before lie gut through. Ho was
Rh0t III tho urn, near tho elbow, when about ~
pages distant from the crowd. The ball Is still
n his urn, and hc suffers In,,cl, ruln. Tic a!so
states that some Of the young nIcn from Gcor-
gfu demonstrated against shooting tho prison.
era, but tn vain.
Ncstlcs tile killing and Wpltnding OF tho men
herein natnctl, tho party broke open several
stores ami houses, and, i'll some Instances.
... nOnDEp THE INMATES. i
They took from atr. Charles Roll, tho Post
muster, a rery respectable wftte citizen, d gun
crty. From al old colnrct! mat,, named Jacdb
Satl1cls, In hts employ, they took u watch, and
get ilrc to his house.. They broke opun The
1lnDsA t,f Trjh1,Ttistfrh iliyera hrh It1