The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1884-03-13
Bourbon EIectioneering.

STORY OF THE DANVILLE MASSACRE.
A recent witness in the Danville investigation
was j. d. Blackwell (white), judge of the cor
poraton court of the town of Danvle He
witnessed the entire riot from window Op-
posite to the position of the whites, and de
scribed it logically and clearly. He was called
to the window of the room by cries of murder,
and saw a white man beating negro over the
head with a stick. The negro was crying
murder" at the top of his voice. This word
'murder' was the only articulate word he
heard from beginning to end of the riot. He
saw two other white men with drawn pistols
standing by the combatants. A powerful
negro crossed the street and attempted to take
Leas pistol from him. The two fell and the
negro, for some reason. Immediately jumped up
and ran. Lea arose. took deliberate aim at the
negro, fired, but did not hit him. The whites
and blacks collected from all quarters. the
negroes in the street and the whites on the
sidewalk. Several whites We're gesticulatins
eNcitedy and angrily toward the negroes. APP
parently trying to di>per>e them, and three or
four of the negroes We're gesticulatng as eX-
citedly in return. Two or three of the whites
We're then seen in close consultation and short
y atterward the whites formed in an orderly
line, one end being curved slightly. owing to
distractions and the shape of the crowd of
negroes. Pistols were drawn and evelled.
The negroes turned to run. Possibly all had
not then turned when the volley was fired. The
discharge was like that of a drilled body of men.
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wt,r IlNe ,,iose lilru d. WI. iie neAl I'lis
neighboring street corner, and turning about
discharged his pistol thee times in different
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use'la. Stu lis PISTOL III lit an turning apoGt
VI 'ii,t iie 'e'Iu iNe man peslue
nation by senator Vance. witness said thnt ne
had no uer,onal aco,,aiutanre with either NonI
or Lawson. He rrpeatpd expliciIly that the
white man he saw beatinp A NEGRO was dnino
50 with stick; this notwithstanding the fact
that all preceding witnesses had sworn that
Noel had no stick. Witness said he was sure
OF 1t. and that on reading the evidence to the
contrary he had reached the conclusion that he
dld not see Noel and Lawson on that day at all,
but some other pair of combatant>. Witness
was surprised when the smoke cleared away to
see that no execution had been done by the fir
ing The whites had aimed deliberately at the
crowd of negroes, with Il purpose. 50 far as
witness could Judge, to do execution.
senator sherman handed to witness copy
OF the panNlIie Circular, and asked if its state
mentS were true. Witness replied that some of
them We're, but IN his opinion the great major
lty of them We're false. The negroes were II
large majority in every ward of Danvlle.
lhere lad never been time when they could
not have elected Il negro to ill every position in
the town council. As q matter of fact, the
whites had always had majority in the coun-
cii, and the power to remedy the evils com
planned OF III the circular. 1t was in the power
OF any man who signed the circular to learn
that certain of its statements We're false. Wit
ness dld not accuse all the slgners OF Intentional
fal>ehood. Men became so blinded by passion
as to be unable to Judge impartially. Witness
was native OF Virginia, and served for four
Years IN the confederate army
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