The Portland daily press., 1881-11-11
THE MARION ARRAY.
Particulars of the Race Conflict in Missis-
sippi.

Particulars of the Race Conflict in Missis-
sippi.
MERIDIAN, Miss, Nov. 10.-After the lapse
OF two DAYS and in conversation with forty or
fifty participants reorganization of the whole
affair In brief is as follows:
On Tuesday while the State election was
progressing at Marion Joseph Barnett, an aged
whiteman having just voted was insalted by
negro at the polls. Barnett raised his arm
to resent it with q blow. Before he could
strike another negro named johnson shot
him, killing him almost instantly Geo.
johnson, (colored) formerly slave Of Barnett,
ran up to defend his old master and was shot
by negro from the effects of which he died
to-day. General shooting among the negroes
commenced The whites were all unarmed
JEFF Segars (white)was killed by negro named
Gillespie. " Segars (white) was wounded
and is expected to die. The negroes rushed up
on Alexander Harvey, Democratic candidate
for county assessor, who was standing nifty
yards away from the scene and he was killed
by shot through the head. Frank johnson
shot him in the face after he was dead. James
Hoages (wbile) was wounded in the knee and
Levy Moore (white) was wounded IN the nand.
The negroes who did the shooting were Giles
pie, Frank johnson, Allen and Burnel
Brown and Martin Malone. Marion was not
their voting place. They were from another
precinct Will Vance, (white) Republican,
is said to have given the negroes word to begin.
the firing. AS soon as the news reached
Meridian Sheriff Henderson with posse of 10
of men repaired to the scene. The negroes
had all left
A party of twenty men went to the house of
Ed. Vance (white) with warrant OF arrest
and demanded the surrender of its occupants
They were replied to by Vance, who told them
to $50 to He'll" They were then fired on
and repulsed BY 5 O'Clock in the afternoon,
on the promise that the sheriff would protect
Vance and all in the house, surrender was
agreed to- When the sheriff drove in buggy
up to the gate to take in the prisoner VIII
Vance and his men gathered about the yard
anticipating no danger. John Vance at that
moment was seen in a STOPPING attitude behind
the corner of the stable near by with gun
levelled at the posse, but before he could fire
he was shot and killed. At the same instant
while G. G. Warren was pledging. protection
to the females OF Vance's family he was shot
dead by some one inside the house. The
sheriff and Hardin Jones, of the posse, were
wounded. Ed Vance escaped. Several ne
groes were seen to fire on the posse from the
house and run off. No negroes are known to
be killed, but four or five were wounded. Will
Vance was brought to Meridian by the sheriff
at night and lodged in Jail. Young Ed. Vance,
a boy of II, was captured but was allowed to
remain at home without molestation. Yester-
day party of fifteen men went under the d.
rection of the sheriff in search OF Ed. vance
and others concerned in the riot. None were
found except negro, who took an active part
in the affair. He is now IN jail. No negroes
were murdered in the swamps and none shot
at except those resisting arrest and running
out of Vance's house, nor have the blacks
about Marion fed in terror. Notwithstand-
ing certain sensational reports telegraphed
from here there was circus at Marion to-day
and the streets were crowded with negroes as
If nothing had happened. After the fight
three kegs of powder and a large supply OF
buckshot were found in Vance's house. lie IS
said to have bought keg of powder on Satur-
day.