The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-10-13
SrRIMMAGE BETWEEN WHITES
AND BLACKS.
A Race Connlet threatened.

day, because OF an tmpeuulhR cOn1lct BE-
tween white and colored citizens Of that
locality. Il 10 said that iil-feeling and
the possibility Of trouble has existed for
some lime in this direction, and needed
only a starting point 20 bring q coaclu-
sion. This starting point was furnished
on Friday last, when Esq. Jas. Bushart
sent his wagon 20 Hickman, in charge Of
Is year old boy, Andrew Shaw. when
shaw started home with the wagon, Sid
Dixon. . negro, demanded the privilege Of
riding in the wagon and forced his way
into it. On the way down, Dixon 10 re-
ported TO have been exceediI al, abusive
and insulting. lie and q whI,s man by
The name Of Lee, both under the iuflusnce
Of liquor, got into fuss, aud the nsgr'
struck Lee in the face with q whisky Jug
The young boy, Shaw. got cut Of the vag-
on and refused TO 60 on. but the negro
threatened to kill him unless he would
drive the wagon. when they reached
Mr.. n. J. Bnshart's, brother Of the owner
% the wagon. the hoy asked assistance or
protection, and the negro grew more in
suiting and outrageous. Edwards and
Bushsrt tried to reason with him, bat he
commenced terrible sbuse OF white men.
In this melee, Lee, q white nan, drew .
knife ON the negro, but Edwards prevail
ed on him to give IL up. The negro snal-
iy directing his taIk 20 N. J. Bushart, Mr..
Bushsrt picked up brick, bat SIR. Ed
wards caught his arm. The neg 70 then
prsmi scd to 60 on sE,-aRaGH Ar+-
ed with. him down the road. Rssna ~
far ~ the LauderdAle farm, Mr. Edwards.
Who had been protecting ths aegro' turn
ed and Knocked him down With stick.
| The negro rushed at him . second time,
aud Edwards the second tine knocked
him down. This ended the trouble on
Friday.
On Mon day, Edwards went 10 Linder's
mill, en- business, and Sid Dixon and
other colored aien were employed at this
mill Edwards Was the only whits man
then at the mill. Dixon and two other
eolored men attacked him, Dixoa striking |
him with slab. asserting seaeIhing TO
the effect that the eolored mea were In |
the majority and were going to stand to-
geiher against the whites. Edsards told
him they had the advantage ofhim then,
but that he would see them ssain.
rHEY xIEE on THE wnITEs.
On Monday morning. John Stowe, 10
Bushart. Frank Cation, L. n. Bushart.
Esq JAS. Bnshart. y. J. Bashart, Andrew
Shaw, Johu Edwards, and little boy,
Sam Jones, had sccidentiy met ~ Nc.
Bushart's farm. While they we're there,
SEINE on horseback aud some on foot, talk.
ing Of the trouble with the Regre Dixon.
soRse one saw Dixon and four cher col
ored men, armed with shot gaas, slipping
siong the fence and approaching toward
them. when Dixons squad reached to
ley into the whites, seriously rounding
mule sud some shot passing through the
ccat Of Nc Bushart. The whites we're
uBarmed, and therefore could not return
the FIRE Mr.. N. J. Bushart ran TO the
house where there was a loaded shot gun,
got IL. bat by this time the Dixon squad
had made good their retreat
ruz PURSUIT.
The whites then collected fsecsher. {
came 10 Hickman, obtained wauantsl
against Sid Dixon, Nick Dixon and Joe
Norveli, coiored, armed themselves and
securing the services Of officers johnson
and McNahan, constituted themselves q
Sheriff . POsre, aud started in pursuit Of
Dixon aud his squad.
On The same evening At
JACK uFsHAw's FARM,
one Section Of the Sheriff . posse ran up |
on three colored men, armed and equip
ped, aud eomman ded them to halt. In
stead of halting they broke through the
Esld, the Sherifs posse pursuing them |
shouting to them to halt. but the negroes
not needing the summons, they ared Into
them. and two OF the fleeing negroes fell.
but before their pursuers could reach
them they jumped up and suee esded in
making their escape, but left their guns
on the ground. IL 10 very certain that
two OF them were wounded, but TO what
extent We have no information After
this the Sheriif's posse vas unable TO OBJ
tain any trace OF them, und they are still
At large.
cAPruRB or LEwIs WISDOM.
On Wednesday night. constable MeAas
han with posse, captured Lewis Wisdom,
one Of the coiored men who fred into the
white citizens In the 'ibottom" on Mon
day last. He Was captured At Lewis
Bells, coiered, on the Troy roSd- Wisdom
Acknowledges that he was one Of che
day, an 4 that he shot only one time. He
says that he, himself, had no Provceation
whatever, but that he understood that the
whites were hunting for himself and
other colered men to kin them, and that
he and the colored men with hin procur-
ed arms and started TO Hickman 70 get
protect ion. and that on tho way 70 Kick
man they run upon the ~ h. Hsfpec,-
I eddy, and thinking the v hitesinisnded 20
kill them they fred upon hem and run
wiadom is preacher, talks calmly,
quietly, and boldly about the affair. He
says no white people ever nistreafsd
him, aud he, himself has no cause Of COM
plsint against any cfthem. His examin-
ing trial was held before Judge MurreIi,
yesterday, and he was consulted 10 Jail
to await trial before the eiresit court.
There is very great danger that Wis
dom will be taken from The Jail, and
lynched.