The daily gazette., 1883-11-05
VIOLENCE IN VIRGINIA
FATAL RACE CONFLICT m
DANVILLE.
FOUR OR FIVE PERSONS KILLED
The Bitter Feelings Engendered by the
Campaign Result In Desperate Com
hIct-The City Under "a Strict Guard.

hIct--The City Under "a Strict Guard.
DANvILLE, VA, Nov. 3.-Last night w.
E. Sims, Coalition candidate for the Senate,
delivered most incendiary harangue, and
this evening there was general fight be-
tween the whites and blacks, In which Wal
ter y. Holland, a son of c. G. Holland, was
shot In the head and Is supposed to be NOR
tally wounded, and Thomas Seward shot
through the body. Five negroes were killed
and II is supposed many were wounded
The beginning of the conflict was the beat
ing by one of the citizens of negro who
abused another negro for apologizing for an
apparent rudeness, and spoke roughly
about the citizen Some of both colors in
terfered, and a pistol was knocked out of
the hands of one of the white men and ex-
ploded.
Just then report reached an assembly of
white citizens, who were In session about
political matters, that a conflict was going
on In the street, and they came out in q
body. As both classes formed in separate
crowds, some of each crowd being armed, q
number of negroes approac HUG the white
crowd called out, ''Shoot - you; we had
as soon settle this thing now as any other
time." just then somebody In the white
crowd called out, Fire p' and the firing
began. The negroes returned the fire and
ran of, some firing as they ran. ALI the
stores were closed Immediately and the
alarm bell was sounded, and people came
out with arms. The town sergeant came
out soon after with one of the military COM
panies, and commanded the people, in the
name of the Commonwealth, to go home,
and the streets were soon cleared.
The city Is now under the supervision of
one OF the military c. mpanies and the
mounted police, and the town sergeant, in
response to message from the Governor,
offering assistance If needed has telegraphed
that all is quiet and no further trouble is
apprehended.
No arrests have been made as yet. PoIiti-
cal excitement has been growing more and
more intense during the present canvass for
| members of the Legislature.
TWO MORE DEATHS.
DANvILLE, VA, Nov 4.-Besides the five
negroes reported killed last night. it is said
/ that two Others have since died. The names
of only four can be obtained, however, and
these are probably all-Juntus Hall and
Ned Davis, servants in the Arlington Hotel,
| and Jere Smith and Peter Walters. The
| colored people the street appear to know
/ nothing. The bodies of those found dead
on the street were handed over to friends
and taken away.
Charles Adams, Edward Baptist and
| Thomas Keen were slightly wounded.
Walter Holland, who was shot in the head
and who is a son of G. G.. Holland, chair
man of the Democratic Congressional Cam
paign Committee, rested well and hopes are
| entertained OF his recovery. j. K. Seward,
who mas shot in the abdomen, will recover.
he being tieshy man and the ball not hav-
ing entered the cavity. Richard Valentine
was shot in the hand accidentally. About
| IL O'Clock last night, while K. NJ. Hubbard.
| George Coleman and P. B. Gravely. on duty
as mounted police, were passing house oc.
cupied by colored people in the outskirts of
| the city they were fired upon. About 30
| shots we've given aud returned Hubbard
received several shot wounds in the leg ard
hand and his horse was wounded in sev raj
places. The party entered the building and
| captured one negro, William Coleman, on
whose person was found, though he had de-
| MED having any weapon, "siX shooter"
| three barrels of which had been discharged,
and some powder and a fuse. He was
lodged in jail. Hubbard was suffering
greatly this morning.
IN A STATE OF SIEGE.
By agreement no services were held In the
churches to-day. The city is under the su-
| pervision of the town sergeant, "The
| Greys" (the white company and volun-
teers, who were accepted by the advice of
the Hon. G. G. Cabell, member of Congress,
and other leading citizens. Town Sergeant
| lanes Wood did not call out the colored
military company. After the delivery of the
mails this morning, which was largely at
tended by whites and blacks, the town SER
geant proclaimed that no assemblies on tho
streets would be allowed, and he requested
the people to 60 home ard remain quiet.
The Hon. Mr.. Cabell and Judge Aiken
joined in the request. All is now quiet, but
the people of the city are not without appre-
hension of further trouble. About 90 per-
sons in all are reported to have been
wounded.
The physicians report as wounded only
those named in previous dispatches. The
| ball has been extracted from Walter Hol-
lands skull. Peter Walters, colored, who
was shot, is not dead as reported. The coro-
ner summoned jury, but the bodies of two
of the men had been taken away In the
| case of the third verdict was rendered to
the effect that he was killed by some un-
| known person.
A circular was issued this evening, signed
| by Mayor johnson, Judge Blackwell, Ju ige
| Aiken, the Hon. George Cabell and q num-
Der of other citizens, in which they say they
desire to have peace preserved and fair
election on the 9th inst. The law requiring
the closing of all liquor stores at sunset pre-
ceding the day OF election, an order has been
issued requiring that they be closed during
tomorrow and till the morning of the 9TH
instant