New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-16
NATIONAL CAPITAL TOPICS.
THE AFFAIR AT BAMBERG, S. C.
THE coLoRED PosrMAsTER's STORY OF THE FIRING
INTO HIS HOUSE.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 15.-The Charleston Neics and
Courier contains the following dispatch from VI
augsburg about the attack upon the postmaster at
Bamberg, S. c., and what he has to say about MS
fight:
T. g. Robinson the Bamherg postmaster was here last
ngHt and made the .o0wing -tat meDt OF tue anair
About sixty days I've ceived an anonv nous lei,1
faed e h 81 10 would be- Kid Sunday night last
between l end o'clock. aroused b. vol ev oi
ildrpn were asleep One shot fell near hi bed AID he
found another IN his bed tne next m rni e. he oun t
Another said Break DOWN the and kill him nc
didt know OF persons bat thinks he reeoSISSy y
the crowd and 10 the n. %eSnti With 'f him
al and made linn pfonisq to resign the cice at
b .mberc threatening to Kill him II be repoTIeuI
the mat e but n nsn WITT nr! 20 days and
s2n recommendation for the appol nlod on. for
be- d Of hi fe DIS and neighb RS wer at,r ,e
ell by his and came his rescue Inc cr'Wu VIZ ~,
left He further says he ught he was getting h "n
eved he general sa iSfactOn 10 thr pun, ~ Ue
heard of no dissatisfaction or opp siuon; inc
does not know that hi. pc itics had a nvirnf
To- do with IT, Believing tiat his lie was ~ I'm, hnt
peril he di not go back Balnberg on Monday U
made bis escape 10 OrangaburC Robinson was az ons
time hdent OF Cla1n University mere ana ,snIv
taught school in tins county lie vas a. thor3uey
scared and demora last night as It Is posslD " Of
ceye II ia believed here b. his friends ever INA arm
hi fear il without foundation and that no Ieal am
was i"tendcd Trere no doubt that Ko linson wa 70
scared BY the advice OF fr end ne n , - me De-
Bamberg and will meet s9ec al lnsp tctor vi ,i n
partmeni for the rpose Of invesgaigg Lhe uauGr,
he Courier's correspondent interviewed beigam,.l
stmpson the pos-olicc inspe sent 10 make the IN
vestiga.ion Mr.. sirsp-on made the following ate
mo ming orders were received from 81 post office N
sIector Wash ngton Gre ting an inspector ~
s sss4e had f seen clio. nat aud % tho IFS
the postmaster treateTe star , ,enor
rtly m chargr Of his d trict arrived at mdniah asst
night md his morning called on quite number o. tn3
III al fE
hat the men cause u" Of the troubles Of tne
postmaster WIS Unknown ' o,rr to and ne aEG charge
IF tRe Office and that nc wou be proec ed In the as
charge his duties ihen saw the postum vi. aIn so
Of tie attack made on him on lay hight; at ne
was fred upon his hous". and informed 1at II hG re-
1 MG9d XII r' nm ToT and hat he would required
sign his office within thirty a"y7 auu sg , a, P ,
r. commanding the appointment o tue VIC Q, e,s 10
dece sor j. G. Varr aHd IN vl.w otthe danger t.s ne
in he agreed the petill, Aer herro ~ his tv
ms postma ter; that was fully "a isiicd rom we
general expresson Of the good people oi b2G ~ "d
he " ud be fully protected he nsent ~ 10 Il" So, ahu
Immediately MT with the discharge OF his d,ItJ rs
postmaster Lam some naI az loss 90 kno" s"T G'
oppo. ton 10 the pOs master ortgnq cl az stl1n VI
,m.. :, Trn,n nil that can learn am satisfied
that the attack upon the postmaster wa' no oul o. l
hostli the admin traton or TO ltopn'oh OH "o'o"
nav" found ali through ths Southern country COZ
siderable prejudice against color'd mems hoohg m"'c
run satisfactorily a. the and that TIC po'inasier
will be fully pr tccc by the tcop q" Bainers n,h
i'm pectea he office nd fUutd II correct ana couuc h
uoStmasiets money and ,rsnlucd Ills books nnd louuu
them hight To a cont
Robinson the postmaster, is thus described:
lie il nm into llgcnt negro Of gusc'brcai nue. ana
was neatly dress a and quite commu J. awe ne
wa. vriby excited while relltine his recent ,or ,y
carc terrence or ~ h scntcntluuSy oNpc aA ~ ne was
cared vet" lie told The oil wing soiy; nave Gu
postm,stcr ut Bamb since January ~. ADO thr .
months ago The Republican state COMM iee h9
In Columbia. Ju't he ore ! wen 30 t"'umo' /,
und an anonymous e ter IN me
letrrboK directed me- the pos mas or. dtecihg 'ne
io rc-lg nv Office Tin sixty DAYS. The etter read
shou ne 10 lows We have pledged oursc YES, seven OF
ma hat unless you resign IL onicc wi nm thill ia
we viii pm YOU cath II yu think or the al ~ OF
your children, you sign THIS ONE Wtuh siAy
DAYS We are not going Ia allow you or any Other d,
X dca negro of the Fred n I stamp To De ~ tns oce
main ath. Seven OF us are sworn Us carry ou tuc
nmrnnrfs OF this elter. lOuIs, COUNTY bDln