Daily Republican., 1881-11-11
THE SHOT GUN.
Further Account OF tho Riot At
Meriutnu, NfsslSslppi.

The following il from the Assoc ate,
Press despatchc, to the Northern pa
pers, and may be true, but it would no
be amiss to accept it with several grain,
% allowance:
| MERIDIAN, MISS, Nov. l0.--In re-
gard to the Ma',pu troubles no new de
velopmrnis have been made since Tues
day night, except the arrest Of one no
| gro. After the lapse ot two days and
conversation with ~ or j0ditlrrrnt par
Elephants. the recapiiUlatiun of th.
whole affair IN brief IL ~ follows On
Tuesday, while he State election w,s
progressing tai Marion, this county, los,
rph Raruert, Al. tsrd white man, hay
my lust voted, was insult,d ~ u negro
At III" pplls Blrnert raised hi, ann to
igrv q stick nu the Nr,ru. Before he
could strike, auo'h"r negro, name'i
Frank johnson, Shot aim with i ri ItUl
IN the neck. ctu'tnS the jngniar vein
md killing him almost INSTANTLY.
George ,loiuAor, (culorrl) forn"r,y y
slave Of Barr tt, ran up W defend hiS
odd master, and va, ,upt Ivy negro,
from the effects which Ii" di|d -
dA,, and general Sho" inS among the
negroes then r,mmenc-h. The whites
were all unarined. Jetl = 'g.trS (wnilel }
was killed by a negro namri sam.
Gillespie.
Alexander Harvey. the Democrat
candiiat5 for County Assessor, iit,y
yards from the scene, va, rushed upon
by ll.gr =, and kitod bya shot through
Ia, head he was shot i'll the face hy
frank Johns N after lln was dead,
lanes Hodges twhite) was wounded
seriously III tho Hnr', L1vy Moore
(whltrJ " ~ wnvndti IN tho han'
Nir'r &r5ArS wlS "ouNird and exp -,
I'd 10 die. The Me5rucS doing the sho"L-
ing vrrr Gt,L. ~plr, Frank Johnson, "
ga and RurwrI !.rowu, and MaItu.
Malone. Marlun was not th'ir voting
place, tlry vrErtTDm tnpth pre- 'inri.
VIII. NAur" w'rltr,) Republican,, IS
said to At1o inlut,d snh negroes :" b.
4in lh3 ,IrrrI
a. ,opIIn, thnurwS rrfri 'd Meridian,
six nil,, distant. Sh'rlll /. l.. li"uIcr
sOli, VITA a ln,,,o u - mon, r"pAitr4 /"
'hr S",nr. rh, UregotS hau all LETT. y
r,rty II - 'arn w'nt ~ 'h1 house Of
Id Vance lHh!tr,D i."Nlh IrA", ana,
appruArhluL him with WARRANTS Of ~
rest, ,inm.u,lrd hi4 surr, ndrr, lni were
p,p p'.ri tp ty Ndn,, hollow nE , them
iogO 70 ----. They We're then tir'd q on
anl rrpu.~nd, "rr ho - bang ~hp'. Ey
ti7" oslo, r lnih.at'ternoon ~ rIirI.ranr,
ana thr :, .rr,i HitF' hltHirn -urro'tnd.
ed thr aDu,r. The ,l,riii rIiiri ont 10
thlar lu,i4r 10 -urrruitr, y "hilt
tir, WIS prr,Sru III a. thr front dnlc.
rhn ~hcIif met tbs b.ag,r IN halfway
ground, snl ~. promise that hh "ouid
uyptrc, \aur" and a IN tn hJu7', sur
render was agreed on. Tn" 9heIli'
drove his brg1y = - The s2te % 'a> p
in the prisoner.
VIII Vance and his men gathered
about the yard anticipating no danger
John Nanc" was seen IN 4 NtoCp ng a.
titul", hehini the corner ot shr Stdh.H'
with d gun .rvetlr'i on the horse, bat
betor. he could tire he w,s 4hot and
killed. A. tho same time "alle a. q.
W arrell, ut thrp S|r, "tn pIhfSlnE pro-
trc'ion 10 the females ot Vance laAiNy
he was .hpt thruuLn III" Arad by some
Dnn from inside IT." huu,e aud instantly
killed. The shrih and Hardin Jones,
pi the pOssr,w " re -h'.y wounded. HI.
Vance escaped.
Several negroes were sen % ilre Oh
.he pos = from the hO41r and run on.
No negroes are kno"n 20 he kiIlhd-
-Four or ive Irr wnumlci. VIII NAn9"
WA brought 10 Irglt;in by the sheriff
at nj. ht, and l,ls"d IL Jail. No harm
was OF, rai him. Young ~ Vance, a
boy OF /, W.. captured but wa, allowed
70 remain without mV.rstption. IcStrr-
day u PARTY ot tl'ty men went under he
DIRECTION Of IN" sheriff, Ia search oa ht.
Vance aud others 80 IGrrntd III tn" rio'
None were found except y negro named
Martin Ma. ar, who took AN active part
in the rinr. II i+ no" in jail.