The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-26
Further Accounts from the Scene Of the
Attack.
From, the Meu, and Courier Of Ms 1st6 inst.

Further Accounts from the Scene OF the
Attack.
From the Ne,p, and courieer; Of ms 1sa6 inst. t..
1t will be remembered, as was stated
in yesterdays paper, that it had been
agreed that neither party should carry
guns or rifles to the place of meeting.
The whites kept their faith, and the ne
proes apparently did likewise, but only
apparently, as the sequel showed.
The riot began while McKinlay was
speaking. The negroes had not; kept
faith with the whites. They had brought
their muskets to the meeting, and lhad
secreted them in the swamp and in an
old clubhouse near the church, leaving a
guard over them. tt seems clear that
the negroes intended to create not
when Colonel Delany should attempt to
speak They probably mistook McKin,
lay for Delany, and, as soon as he started
to speak, began to carry out their pro-
gramme.:. % A company of armed blacks
Immediately marched out of the swamp
with their arms and opened fire upon the
whites, who were unarmed, and q portion
of whom at once made rush for the old
frame building, in which about forty
muskets we're piled, Then the rest of
the negroes retreated to the swamp,
where their guns were concealed, and,
seizing them, opened brisk and indis-
criminate fire upon the whites. Bowen
attempted, or affected to attempt, to in
terfere and preserve the peace, but was
told by his Black henchman, Cyrus Gail
lard, to stand out Of the way; that they
intended to get the damned white men
now. Both Bowen and McKinlay disap-
peared soon after, Bowen telling the
white men that they would have to look
out for themselves, and that he was pow
erless to preserve the peace. .,,..,-i
In the meantime Colonel Delany, Mr.
VIM. E. Simmons and several other aged
white men had taken refuge in the brick
house adjoining the church. Under the
fapid fire poured into them the whites had
retreated to the graveyard west of the
church, such of them as had pistols re-
turning the fire. The negro militia
charged out of the swamp, surrounded
the brick house and attempted to batter
down the door, Failing. this they
broke open the windows and pointed
their muskets at the occupants who start
ed to retreat. All of them escaped ex-
cept Mr.. Simmons, an old, crippled and
silver-haired white man, who, upon
emerging from the door, was knocked
down by the black savages and literally
beaten to death. Not satisfied with this
they fred load of buck: shot into his
PROSTATE body.
Alter the fight commenced whites
retreated towards the village. A stand
was made among the tombstones, and
another about half way to the village
among piles4 of cut wood. When; the
party arrived at the village about six men
were missing. Three Of these were
brought in in the evening about 8 o'clock
by a couple of colored Democrats who
visited the scene. The dead body of Mr..
Simmons was horribly mutilated.
Mr.. VIM. DAILY, young white Charles
tonian. was also brought in dead. He
was shot through the neck, received
| thirty-three buck shot in his breast and
was fearfully cut up by Ratchet or axe.
| Mr.. Thomas Whitaker was brought in
in a diving condition. His right arm was
fearfully shattered by load of buckshot,
evidently fired at short range. After he
fell he was evidently set upon by the
crowd and beaten over the head and
body with ;clubssa1d hatchets. ,He lived
until 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Be-
fore diving he dictated the following let
ter to his aged mother, who lives in this
city:
| My Dear Mother-I am very seriously
wounded. They took off my shoes and
cursed me for a id Democrat, saying
that T. came here to raise row. l told
them I did no such thing; that L only
came here to hear the speaking. I send
my love. I wish I could come to see
you, and 1 will do so if am ever able
I am trying to put my trust in the Lord,
and hope to be forgiven my sins and
meet you in heaven.
THOMAS WHITAKER.
The forty men who had been leftto
protect the women and children at the
village were found encamped around the
residence of the Rev. E. G. Logan, where
all the ladies and children of the village
had been collected. The wounded were
lying in the chapel attached to the resi-.
dence, and every one of them had not
only been horribly mutilated, but they
as we'll as the dead, had been robbed oi
their clothing. Hats, shoes, stockings
coats and vests were taken, and every
ones pockets were riAed. Mr.. Simmons
leg was smashed so that when the men
who carried his body to the boat at
tempted to lift him, the leg bent oyel
above the knee. He had no arms With
him at the time of the riot. The ladies
in the house bestowed every attention
upon the wounded, who were laid upon
mattresses in the chapel, the cushions
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