The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1883-11-10
War Of Races.
Four Negroes and one White Man Killed
and Twenty Wounded.

The excitement Ct the late political con.
test IN Virginia ran 50 high, Gnl through
the Vaccinations Of Malone was made so
nearly n dead issue between the whites
and negroes, that 1t required constant for
bearancG on both sides to prevent an out
break between the races. Al Danville,
where the negroes arr Target, in the ma.
iorlty, the bitterness between the parties
was especially intense. Two weeks ago
% of the leading white business mG@ OF
the town issued u circular, depicting the
state Of affairs in IAnvIlle under negro
rule, and imploring tie people Of the state
to vote against supjGting the whole state
20 a like calamity. The circular was made
the subject OF an intensely bitter speech by
Col. w L. SIMS, the Malone candidate Cor
the state senate. TINS was followed on
Saturday of last week ~ a mass meeting
of the whites or democrats which passed
resolutions denouncing Col. Sims speech
as Incendiary and intended to incite riot
and bloodshcd.
Meantime the street front OF and Gd.
jaccnt to the buildngWas throngcl by
Tremendous crowd Of negroes just released
from work in The tgCtoles for their usual
Saturday half day Holiday. Some OF
these negroes, partly intoxicated, jecrcd az
some Of the whites wlo passed into the
building y young wite man, Charles
f. Noel, passing up tie street about a
block above the Opera House, with com
paniun, encountered twf negro men, one
of whom trod on his tO's. Noel stopped,
and the negro Immediately apologlzed.
"rhars all right, then SAID Noel. The
nCgro's companion, who vas considerably
intoxicated, said, "'SpOsClt Gin'tuli right,
what are YOU gong to do about it?n NJ lie
same time drawing a pis,O. 3NCG} and his
comp lniOn we're unlrmCd and went on tut
presently ruturned-N armed with
whip and his companion with IA pistol.
4 quarrel cnsuCd between Noel and the
negro, whose name is Hans Lawson, who
had drawn the pistol and now struck Noel
with his fist. Noel therculOn struck the
negro with the butt of the Whip and pun
Ishcd him quite severely. Meauline II
large crowd Of negroes gathered around
the scene and attempted 10 interfere, but
were kept back by Nocls companion with
a pistol in his hand. lie faded to do this,
but in the struggle the white man was
thrown into jhc gutter, still retaining the
pistol.
The negro then run of, but the white
man rising fired his pistol at him As he
ran, but without effect. At tao pistol shot
the negroes generally scampsred III every
direction. Noel and his companion then
went on their way, as did lso the negro
whom Noel had punished. For n, least
ten minutes thereafter quietule was main
tanned, though number Of white men
coming from the mass meeting collected
around the scene OF the fight \ large
crowd Of negroes also again gathered
there, they being in the road and the
whites on the sidewalk The excitement
of both races became intense, and Severa!
of the negroes displayed iist0ls and dared
the white men to come on.
Immediately Il pistol shot was fired,
some say by white man and others by Il
negro, and thercupol instantly ensucd
usllade OF pistol shooting, IN which one
hundred shots were fired The negroes
again scampered in every direction ana IN
less than two minutes the street was clear
of them. The whites continued 10 hoii
their ground, and scores of other white
men appeared in the streets armed win
shotguns and pistols. These patrolled the
streets but did no shooting The fire oeii
was sounded and hundreds OF white men
turned out, many of them armed. Mayor
tombstone, who was sick, now appeared
upon the scene and ordered out The one
white military company in the iowa, anu
this company then patroled the town 70
restore and preserve order.