Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-16

witness, IN reply to Senator Vance. said
that ne was not in the vicinity of the mar
ket, where the alleged assault on Redd
occurred, on that day. The witness saw
marks Of bullets on several buildings in
the rear of the white people, which bullets
must have come from the crowd of colored
people.
HE HAD HIS LITTLE PISTOL.
j. c. Reagan (white), of Danville. de-
scribed the riot, but his description varied
put little from that already given. He
had sent his wife and children out of
town for safety. He was on the ground
soon after the riot began. armed with a
pistol, but declined TO saw whether he
ire9 any shots. When he arrived only
nan dozen whites were present and
20 or 100 angry colOred men.
A DISCREET WITNESS.
a witness named Glass, colored. said
that he did not feel safe about testifving.
as he expected to return Danville. He
was treasured, and said that he had
rushed to the scene when he heard shots
fired, as people will do. He saw about 20
colOred and % white men facing at each
other. The whites were ordering the
colored men to leave, which they refused
to do. He saw pistols and cartridges in a
real estate office. which were distributed
to the whites. This witness said that he
concluded early in the fight that the safest
place for him was in the rear of the
white men, and there he remained.
Tho cOlOred men had not gone
to work on the day of the riot. They ex-
Pected that an attack would be made on
Col. Sims. He said that as many negroes
as whites in his section own guns and
pistols in proportion to their respective
numbers, but the cOlOred people don't 90
armed, while the whites usually do.
GLASS VERACITY IIPEACHED.
George Lea (white) testified that he
had spent the greater part Of the dav in
the real estate office whence the previous
witness stated pistols and ammunition
were distributed, and he said that it was
not true that men had armed themselves
there. he was positive that there were
no arms there.
Charles q. Freeman. a white DEM
ocrat, and policeman of Danville.
described his efforts to induce cOlored
men TO leave, and their refusal to 20 until
they had had their rights. Portions OF
the Danville circular were read to him.
and he said that they were somewhat
OVerdrawn. This witness saw fifteen or
twenty pistols among the colored men
during the riot.
NOT WHAT SHERMAN WANTED.
Lemon Coleman, colored clergyman of
DanYille, who has lived fifty Years in
Danville, testified that he heard sounds of
riOting, and went towards them. but met
a crowd Of flying blacks and sought safety
In store. While looking from window
he saw white man raise his pistol and
fire and another white man fall.
Senator Sherman crOss-eXamined the
witness to test the positiveness of his
knowledge that 1t was a white man who
fell, but the witness was emphatic in his
assertion that he saw what he described.
NO ADVANCE MADE BY THE BLACKS.
Wylie Williams, colored, testified that
there had been no advance upon the
whites after the firing began, except by
people running from distance. -
FRIGHTENED WITHOUT CAUSE.
John Stone, cOlored, testified that he
saw an assault made upon 'Jack' Redd
by COyingtOn and Reagan, which Reagan
III his testimony yesterday denied. The
witness was not interfered with on elec-
ton day, but the cOlored people generally
refused to vote because they feared trou-
bic. The committee adjourned to Mon
day, when a number of witnesses will
appear for whom subpGnas were issued
TODAY