The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-29
BfTTLE WITH LYNCHERs.
Desperate Fighting Hand 10 Innd--The Killed
and the Wounded.

The colorod people thronged the strcots
yesterday with view II lynrhing : simon John
son. colorel, guiity al nS-aulting and killing
little colorcd girl.
In order To Induce them to dispersc. "a colorcl
minister. the hry. W. q. Butler % the Methodist
ZION Church. spoke To- them. His Hpp,Hi- 90
them were impa-si lned and full ot ,1lru' .tnr-S.
for The ministers q their chur,L % seemed to
have los, it, usual efficacy. aud although thcy
listened 10 his remarks. there wn- lacking any
lniimaiion inhtth" words "i solemn counsel that
fell from his LIS w"re Appreciated
AMI hy that time. and from that time until tn
grand effort Wa- made. but few negroes could
ha seen on the s'rcc'S Even up 10 II o'clock
there was q dead quiet everywhere. and nothing
was heard 10 Indicate anything unusual. An
soundyg stops of the bnlnted pedestrian home
ward bound. broke the ~tiiln. ss Oi 'ho quiet
night. Ia front of and around Ithc jail wcr"
hit",n Or twenty. mon standing, Ihi- was ,he
special posse & the sheriff The hour 81 II
struck. and Oh" half hour was noted before any
demonstration was made. Then. about ll4.
th-re suddenly appeared in front Of the Jail u
large body of fully $50 men. The crowd II
col1rcd mon was headed l'y George Caro-. who.
hating his men before the Jail. called for the
sheriff Shorin HUTCHINSON stepped forward
They Immediately made n demand for the
person Of simon Johnson. The shcrin firmly
him-that he WIS in Jail IN his custody. andthat
rs Sherin Of this county he would protect him
mmedatcy some one in the crowd Of negroes
said: " We'll Doe damned II We don't have him :"
The Sheriff then made u dash iqr George Caro-
the Leader, and catch hold of him turned HIM
over % Deputy sheriff Pnrdue. and ordered his
being carried To- JAIL then ordered the crowd To
dispers", The nsseniblngc Of lnfuriated people
one was to De seen. This. however WAS but Il
lu in the storm that hal threatened for nearly
twenty-four hours. aud every man prepared
himself for struggle. For some time the
guards remained H. perfect quiet. but soon
there came the mun,ed hum Of voices aud the
steady tread Of u large body OF men. Direct to
the Jail they came, and tho view MS opened upon
Saragossa street rrNea l"d body OF at least 800
colorcd people, quiet, but evidently determined
10 accomplish their object.
A similar demand to the first was made. and n
Ike refusal given The refusal to surrender
shot, which vii istled by the head Of the Shertf
and lodged in the wqll behind him; The Sherif
sboicu1 Thn rro Tsir baa d ms
regular fusilnde, Sherin Hutchinson Attempted
10 IRE the right, hand barrel Of his gun. but il
led 10 do It's duty. He then drew both pistols.
and opened on the crowd right and left All
and the Sheriff was ably seconded by lis posse
each man standing square in tho front rank
and giving shot Tor shot. All at once The mob
outaide gave yell, and mad 4 chnrge for the
enclosure surrounding the Jail. and in n twink
Ing the blanks were torn " a. II they had been
blades Oi straw. and IN" crowd began to sui.. %
IN, Then there ensu"d ia the lql, yard Il hand
tp-hand ilrhi amid which could DE heard the
sharp crHck II tho pistol and the irenZied eXcla-
nations Of the assallHnts,
All AT once the posse discovered that their am
munit0n was exhausted, and then Sheriff
Hutchinson shouted 10 charge. So2ing axes.
fence picke's. and whatever they could lay thor
hands ON. they nude such an onslaught that the
mob was forced back. and finally driven pcll
nell from the scene by the lilt" body Of ten or
fifteen mon. During the llght the sheriff shiy-
orrd his gun 10 pi"~s while using II as club,
after cNhnustiug his ammunition.
Situated Immediately by the side Of the ieil
yard was twO-slnry fran" house oceup cd 10y
colored people. The balcony Of this house WAS
filled while the contest was going on, and from
il shot aitor shot came one Of which narrowly
n L - d. ht