Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-27
CRIMES AND CRIMINALS.
THREE MEN LYNCHED AND THREE
KILLED AT MoDADE.

Fears of a veritabIe Riot Now ouieted-
Three Citizens Shot Dead and Two
wounded by Ambushed Negroes at
Hazoo City-A Harvest of Tragedies
in South Carolina.
GALVESTON, Dec. Pa dispatch from
McDade, Texas, says: cat 1880 last
night Henry Pfeiffer, Wright McLemore.
and Thad. McLemore, were taken from
saloon by fifty well-armed masked men
and carried mile into the brush, where
they were hanged to tree. Thad. McI.e-
more was under arrest at the time, having
been taken early in the evening on a
charge OF burglary, preferred by S. j.
Walker, of this town. The other two
happened to be present when the lynchers
arrived. Pfeiffer was under Indictment for
horse theft in this county. To-day six
men, who are friends and relatives of the
men hanged, came to town and picked a
quarrel with Thomas Bishop and George
Million and fight with shOtguns and re-
yolvers ensued. Two of the sextette.
Jack Bayley and Asa Bayley, were killed.
and third, Hayward Bayley, was badly
wounded. The remaining three escaDed.
Willis Griffin, an estimabie young citizen
OF McDade, while assisting Million and
Bishop to defend themselves, was shot
through the head and mortally wounded
by Hayward Bayley. The bodies of the
two McLemores, two Bayleys and Pfeiffer
are lying in the market house, as vet un-
claimed. 1t is thought that their friends
Will come tonight and that the trouble
will be renewed"
GALVESTON, Dec. 2G.-An authentic re-
port from McDade, Texas, the scene of
the lynching and sanguinary street fight,
| says that there was no trouble there last
night or this morning, and it is thought
| that there is no immediate danger of more
bloodshed, though considerable excite
ment exists. Many of the citizens of the
county are In town, armed with rifles, and
| propose to keep things quiet. Two COM
panies of militia arrived in McDade this
morning; the Brenham Grays, numbering
100 men, and the Johnson Guards, Of
Hampstead, 20 men. They were not
| needed and returned home. A. NJ. Ste
Vens, another of the six men who raised
the street fight subsequent to the lynch
ing, has been captured by the officers. He
is slightly wounded
Regarding the rumOr that the Governor
mad ordered out troops to suppress the
disorder at McDade, private advices re-
| celyed here from Austin state that the
Governor has not yet taken such action,
though the measure has been considered.
The belief prevails at Austin that the
local authorities at McDade have put
down the trouble. At 2:45 O'Clock this
evening the inquest on the five bodies was
still progressing at McDade. Milton and
Bishop, who were attacked on the street
by the friends of the men lynched, are
under arrest and will be examined to-day.
1t is considered that they were justified in
killing the two Bailey brothers.
SHOT DOWN BY NEGROES.
YAZOO CITY, MISS, Dec. 25.-Last night
J.T. Posey, the firm of Williams IS POsey,
was insulted by John James, colored.
After going away and getting some friends
POsey returned with them to where James
was last seen, when without warning the
party was fired on. John Posey,
c. Posey and Jasper Nichols
were riddled with buckshot and
instantly killed, and p. Elliot was dan
gerously and Fritz Halder slightly
wounded. The negroes had organized
and under cover of the darkness had shot
down these men, who refrained from
shooting because the streets were full OF
men and boys not connected with the
difficulty. TO have fred would perhaps
have been to kill many innocent persons.
Only one of the negroes has been appre-
hended.
BULLETS IN A BOARDING HOUSE.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 25.-Mrs. D. G. Gibson
keeps large boarding house in this city.
Sne is separated from her husband, D. c.
Gibson. Last night, while the boarders
were at dinner, Gibson entered the dining
room and attacked John Burlington with
pistol. The first shot struck Arthur
Mulholland and the second and third
struck Burlington. Gibson then fired into
his own brain. Burlington is believed to
be mOrtally wounded. Mulholland is not
dangerously hurt.
BANK COLLECTOR ASSAULTED.
NASHVILLE, TENN, Dec. 26.--To-night
A. j. Journard, collector for the First
National Bank, while going to the post
office, was assaulted as he passed his own
gate and beaten on the head with large
stone, his assailant securing the bag with
the mail and disappearing in the dark
ness. A son of Mr.. Journard, while rum
ming to his fathers assistance, had a
pistol knocked from his grasp by an un-
seen person. Journard is badly hurt.
A FAMILY FEUD.
AUGUSTA, GA, Dec. 26.-At Red Hill,
s. c., to-day, John Agnell was stabbed to
death by James Hamilton, and Agnelrs
father had his cheek bone fractured and
an arm broken. The trouble resulted
from family feud between Hamilton and
the Agnells.
TWO KILLED IN A GENERAL FIGHT.
A general fight occurred to-day at Allen
dale, s. c., during which two young men
named Strange and another named Hew-
lett were killed and several others
wounded.
DEADLY ARRAY.
In an affray at Vaucluse, S. c., to-day,