The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-02-21

Pteuetermination among the whites to
Dmng on riot. The condition of
anairs was threatening in consequence.
az ne thought of tho local government
at Danvillc. The negroes crowded
White men and white ladies Off the
sidewalks. The witness had been
insuited by Lawson two DAYS before
tnc rlo'. Lawson advanced towards
MN, drawing sOmo kind of weapon.
Whcn witness. threatened to shoot If
Lawson advanced beyond q particular
point. '' '''0''"'
DIR. ID. B. Temple, of Danvillc. was
the next witness. g.. He testified to hav-
ing been present ut the meeting Mt tho
opera house in Danvillc on tic NIGHT
OF the riot, and that there was urent
excitement among the six hundred
ana more persons present. He said
thcrc was stir in tho street and some
oody said there was fight. Quiet
was restored, however, through the
cNcrtons of the chairman, who said
the disturbances on the street was
caused py some one who wished to
ofcaE up the meeting. The witness
remained in the opera house until a
resolution had been adopted, when he
lcit and got out on the street Ec saw
hltcen or twenty men confronting an
imiurlated mob of "niggcrs." The
lattcf were violent and threatening.
ana shouting out that thev could
sloot us well as the whites. Some
persons, among thoms policeman,
Mclt ehn,nGavorlhg to aliay the excite
n'cl't' The negroes would not 90
a"a., however, and soon the shootiHo
Dc&ah. The white men fired vollcv
Mn'cn inc negroes returned, and on
.hc ilrihS OF the second voii." by the
Wh'tcS, negroes ran, firing rs they
l"i; INC witness was armed and fired
WIN ihc rest. lie fired four shots
,n'o inc crowd of negroes. He said
nc was obliged to do it. He did not
m''hc any inquiries as to the cause of
inc trouble. He only saw ten or fif.
tcoi or his icllow-citizcns contending
uSainst MOB Of negroes and he took
t1 tnc Sluc OF ms own people. Witness
n naa nought his pistol Il month before
I'iS .hinS occurred. 1t was, he said,
notorious fact that the nc,rors wcrr
armed, and the whites had taken meas
urcs for their own preservation. WHOM
witness fired his pistol he fired riyht
int" the crowd. lie didn't know
whom he hit. lie did not fire nftcr
the crowd began to run. and tried r.
prevent others from firing. Witness
had taken part in the discussions
which preceded this riot. Like cvcrv
other good citizen, he said, he wanted
to get rid Of the terrible, miserable
government they had. Witness hnd
oiton said he would leave the country
if that government were not ovnr-
turned. His COMPLAINT was that tho
people who built and owned thr TOWN
had no voice i'm its management. Uc
said that every white man. woman and
child had been enlisted i'm the foht to
get rid Of the government thcv COM,
planned of, and had promised to im-
pllcitly obey the orders of thcir lcnI-
ers. They had been warned bv every
man in authority 10 avoid any COLI.
SION # they could He denied thnt thc
riot had been prccipitatcd in order tU
li'tllnldatc negroes 'n""t- voting, but
thoughf II had that effect. 1t did not
make any difference in Danvillc, as
lhnI county was Democratic with u
iull colCrcd vote. He stated that he
I'aG hcard part of Col. SimS's speech,
ana that it was the most villain0us Inc
nao ever heard " decent man make.
ne thought that the speech had wrought
.nc negroes up TO the pitch Of excite
mcnt that ended in the riot.
On the croSS-cXamiuation by Scu,-
tor Vance the witness said that ne nnd
NOT known OF collision between the
Mn''cS W ana negroes in his county since
'"c "af tllat some mean white man
was NOT responsible for, and that they
i'lVariaoIy lctt their negro dupes to
pear the brunt of any trouble that fol-
lowed. '''''' W.
\. II. Blunt, white, of Danvillc
io'ioWca ana corObOratrd substan-
t'all! the testimony Of the previous
witness, attributing the difficulty
NANNY TO the lnsolcncc and rude be-
,I'V'of or the negroes on the public
.!ofo"2!larcs. At the conclusion of
adjourned.
WAsITNGroN February l5.-Thc
investigation Of tho Danvillc election
rlots was resumed this morning. The
nrSt witness was Edw. NJ. Hatcher.
"hite, VINO, according to the tcsti-
mon! OF Jack Redd yesterday, assault
Gu the latter and wished to shoot him.
In reply TO series of questions bv
senator Sherman he told the story of
tle rot, and asserted that he had no
' ''S vi 'lIdt OoN, nau never carried
Il pistol, had not carried any other
weapon than Il pockct-knifc for twenty
Years. lie did not remember sceinr
Jack Rcdd, and did not think he struck
any one on that day. He did not sec
hcdd struck. lie might know Rcdd
Ii he saw him, but did not recall him.
witness, in reply TO Senator Vance.
SAD he was not in the vicinity of thc
market when the alleged assault ON
hcdd occurred. On that day witness
saw the marks OF bullets ON several
buildings in the rear of the white pco. !
pie, which bullets must have come !
from the crowd of colorcd people.
a number of other witnesses were |
examined, but, except in minor de- !
,aliS, their testimony does not diucr
from that already given.
The committee thc3 adjourned fin
Monday, when&several witnesses. for
whom subp9ups have been issued
will be eXaminca.
Tie Cits' OF Augusta
Mr.. II. &. Grcckc, Augusta, Ga. biohIv