The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-10-27
The TiIden Terrorists.
The Rife Clubs South CarOlinf
Game.
TIE FIGHT AT CAINHOY
The Manner in Which Oaganized Bands
OF Roughs are Trying to Cove
the Republican Voters Of
the State.

The following official report of Z. NJ.
Wallace, United States Marshal for
South Carolina, addressed TO Attorney
General Taft, was, among other pap
ers on the condition OF the South, read
at the Cabinet meeting Friday.
CHARLESTON, S. C. Oct, II, 1876.
hon. i. Taft, Attorney Gen., Washington:
SIR: have delayed giving you polit
ical report Of the recent unfortunate
riot at place near the town of Cain
hoy, il this county until l could get a
correct statement of the facts. It is
one of the iegiinate results OF the in
timidatioD policy. Oh the Mississippi
plan, adopted by the Democratic party
in opening their campaign, for the
purpose OF
BREAKING DOWN THE REPUBLICAN
MAJORITY
IL this State, the first meeting in this
county, at which the Democrats put
their shotgun policy into practice,
took place over q month ago. on the
Cooper River, some ten or twelve miles
from the scene of the late riot The
Republicans had called IL meeting, and
the Democrats in the cly chartered a
steamboat and took about 80 well
armed men IT, the meeting. They form
ed their men iu a line near the stand,
and demanded that they should have
halfthe time for their speakers. The Re-
publicans did lot relish this kind of
peaceful POLITICAL discussion" but
the request was
BACKED UP BY $50 WINCHESTER RE-
PEATING RIFLES,
in the hands of men who knew how to
use them, and they consented to q
division of time. Other meetings fol
lowed this, with a similar display of
arms, and in order TO avoid a collision,
which was imminent at each meetin e
the executive committee of each party
arranged to have q series OF joint dis
cussions, and agreed tha. their people
| should not come armed TO tue meeting
The discussions in the county had been
going on with more or less bitterness,
the animosity mainly growing out of
the fact that
THE DEMOCRATS CARRIED LARGE
FORCE OF MEN
from The city TO every meeting, who
irritated the Republicans by their VIC
lent denuncation of their leaders aud
their party. The meeting at the brick
church near Cainiioy was called by the
republicans, and was largely attended
| by men who were present at the first
meeting, at which the Democrats had
enforced their demand TO speak, but
had not attended any of the joint dis
cussions; and, many of them being
suspicious of the Democrats, carried
consisting of
OLD MUSKETs, SHOT GUNS, AND FOWL
ING PIECES,
but no militia went there with State
arms and ammunition, as the Demo
Gratis claim, aud the best evidence OF
that fact is, that all the dead were shot
with buckshot, aud not with rifle balls.
When these colored Republicans arrig-
ed at the place of meeting, their lead
ing men told them that they were vic
lating an agreement by co:aing armed,
and that they must depcsite their arms
at some place away from the grounds.
THE CoLoRED MKN COMPLIED
with the request, and some guns-say
15-were placed in an old diIapidated
building some ifty yards from the
stand, and others were placed across q
raviaa, in the wood. About $50 Dem
ocrats accompanied their speakers
from the city OH steamboat, and soon
appeared at the meeting. The first
speaker was a Demccrat-a candidate
for Prosecuting Attorney of the Circuit
He was heard through, very patiently.
He was followed by w. j. Mckinney
(colored) who was u delegate TO the
Cincinnati Convention from this State.
| Soon after Nc Kinley commenced speak
ing commotion was observed in the
crowd on the side next to the dilapi
dated building, and Mckinley jumped
! oil the stand and said: "Those white
| men in that house
HAVE GUNS, AND ARE GOING TO
SHOOT.
The colored men raised shout. sThe
Democrats have seized our guns," and
made rush for the other guns. The
white men who had slipped into the
house and seized the guns then fired,
! and the first shot killed an old colored
man, about seventy years old, who was
standing leaning on stick; and this is
the only colored man who is known to
have been killed. The colored men
returned with their guns very soon,
and attacked the party at the old house
and then commenced q general fire on
the Democrats, who were generally
armed with pistols, but had to retire
rapidly toward the boat, under heavy
fire.
THE CoLoRkD MEN BECAME FURIOUS
when they saw that some of their arms
had been seized, and one of their old
men killed. Sheriff Bowen, whom
they recognized q their personal and
POLITICAL friend, rushed among them,
and tried to stop the firing, but they
did not cease until all the white men
were driven away from the church.
Six white men were killed or have died,
and one coicred man. Several white
men were wounded, but rcne seriously
Il is not yet known how many Eeg:oe.
are hurt. As soon as the fight ceased
Tie steamboat returned TO the city for
arms and reinforcements, and over a
hundred men went back in her, in two
hours notice, with arms for themselves
and for their one hundred men already
there. The next morning,
ABOUT TWO HUNDRED MEN ARMED,
went up. On the same boat which
had returned these armed men, were
the military companies or a portion OF
them, which Gov Chamberlain order
ed to disband two weeks ago On the
night of the riot. l telegraphed to
Summeryille, TO the officer in com
mand ofthetroops, for company to go
70 Ca'nhoy. He replied the next morn
ing tha- be only had one artillery com
paDy, which bad 20 small arms. I |
then telsgraphed to Gov. Chamberlain |
TO know where could get ..oops, and |
he referred il TO Gen Ruger, al Allan
ia, who has ordered company from
Columbia, which viii arrive SATURDAY. |
morning, and viii proceed with them
at once TO Cainhoy. l will REQUIRE I
the armed men there TO disperse, and !
will see that no futher- riot;ng takes
place. Very respectfully,
r. ". WALLACE.
United States Marshall.
THE Grand Central uo.ol NJ