New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-16

~, r,.re.s drew his weapon and told them they mus
stand back The negroes did not tee ot eho in
them The witness afraid Noel might XII lawson
with his st and he twtnessl St nd tp ont When
be Cwness) drew his pistol the policeman nad ~ psuo.
near the head OF Noel Witness placed ms sto as near
the face Of the policeman as he could get II. - :.
In reply TO repeated inquiries by senator Herman u"
his belief the pgTP9ses 81 @ manifest
purpose to XIII Noel later the wne'ss eot's I vsy
iaTg. negro Regarding his order to the negro police
man. the witness said II was the custom OF NhIe PoI
IN that section to give 70 h bsD he would take
from gentlemen Resuming the description on InS ~
the witness said the NEGROES rusne ;d The shooting
Whereupon the witness out and showed ms iafe
he declined to say whether he fired MS T OWN
senator sherman asked If the positions had been re
SsTssG 'S ons Whe su man, would not Wit
ness have been as rs sIES thai he did not think
~ St To- crowd OF negroes 10 overpower three mites
Tbers was not crowd Of white men In the SoulI Wiz
wOu nstols in he hands Of colored people There
were not than fifteen white men at te P Ioote5
the riot Pistols were aimed at negroes anu lucy
Senator sbermau-why did you carry arms, there ere
You and Taylori Al had carried arms ior three
Senator shermanDd you think the pistol would be
Tba witness said many shots fred in the air
The Shot which struck Holland was bred az wI WI
head Saw some eight ten pistols among coOreo ntu
popted at Taylor and himself the negroes demandbg
that they should out and show thelr races LUZ
whites had not used their pistols we wOuid nave peen
sbot into smithereeus sir and not only that our wives
and sisters would have been murdered IN tner s
knew this by threats made two OF three uhys oeioo
by their leader" ,.N.. hroo+, A-Idid
The witness could imagine how an excited erowa OK
people could have shown as Inuen mertS t n was the
leaders who ought have been killed and not THESE poor
negroes The direct cause OF the e1ctemenId
murder Of one of best citizens by our Yer
brndetaed Mayor" There was no feeling Snon f o
coorcd unequal in point OF law me o%eeuo,
the rule of the negroes was on account OF her
The town government was run by unso ousSt tbe pres
epce OF Young Dance with his SHOTGUN saver h 6 W.
nesss life Whenever negro leVeuso na did not FIRE
pointed his gun, but witness believed Dance olu ho' o
the gun. u,,o. a,d vou mean by brindle-t ailedi"
vi those men who sail under so many colors
Thought would hit them all, so would nave mem Youth
CaroIinsns but was informed by frends that he had
made such threats. There was prluuIce ~ ., he
some of the best citizens there came from North Car
DINA The United states officials were mP IMP and
in his opnion they had right TO hOld once anu
sitspt TO control affairs He had never heard tne tern
"brnde-taed applied to any one oeIore: i,emnHoS
Mr. Rastop as one OF the officials who we're SO
t. control local affairs Knew nothing against Mr. has
toms private character. II Sims had atscneu to
bortatjveness of that circular and not dealt ID personal
Hes Il would have better. The witness was QUE VI
the sgners o. the circular i was deGmea 70 ne Dam
the peope Of Southwest virginia WIN INC 'SS' ' Ian
| Vile people having OF negro rune. -. ,, ,ho
Senator YOU noI obe and daughter,
WA ,hc proecon of coIored menI A-Thst was be
fore class of mischievous came there TO ead inc
,oes STRAY MAYOR johnson OF tine obnoxious
leaders OF the colOred men, The ouence Oh tnee h
was I'm attempting array the cOlored people against 'ne
whites. ,.....o,, Ia 1nar no,hinr per.
sonaly of the insult offered by LAWSON 20 Noei ,b+ IN
Is n your opinion that you and Taylor were rlght III
going armed Noel that occasion ana TOR tns puI
Pn 1op tnow that three men going armed for pur
poses OF violence constitute mop ia the otae Vi VIZ
The witness did not know it; sorry to say he was
not familiar with the statutes OF virginia.
To senator Vance the witness SAID grand Jury naa
nassed upop his action Of November B. and
him There apprehenslons OF secret pInliss
was the general opinion OF the WINES IN Tue Sotn t
the colored people when not mised were lnOncnslVe
There no animosity The changed conduct oil ine
rule was the rule people were ever cursed
with. cOOred man was not sale I'D pehg ~ 49,
COOred Democrats were Ostiaclsel. i hn InS0o
threatened to leave them. The women had lodse
among themselves for the purpose OF keeping th men
rirbt The white leaders Of the party incucaed that
sentiment The same ostracsm did not operate among
whites when they turned Republicans
NorI,s STORY OF THE CAUSE OF THE QUARREL.
Charles d. Noel Cyhitey whose quarrel with the negro
lawson preceded general riot was called TO the wit
ness chair In reply Senator Sherman witness de-
scrlbed the quarrel On NJvember he was trpped by
tyo eored men and he asked why The man replied
getting ont Of the n wag Fb dy ana ana Hned
awsv The other SAID 1t don't make any adherence
"hn,tIt" Witness struck the man and both negroes
then struck him Both negroes made motions As II 10
whether he was armed. lie had bought pistol on the
dav before Bought II because he wanted pistol II
was NOT with him the time OF the hgt Conunung te
description, witness sad crowd collected anu nS
went oG Witness went 10 dinner, then to store ana
made purchases preparatory 10 going to the country
Cot his pistol from his place OF business Ia iIOht %
The Arlington Hotel heard some one hail MIN ana
say BY -, here am" witness PASSED aons anu
The colorcd with whom he had the 9lIIel eaIIed
solcTed him and "touched up" the coored men ne
passed on the way Witness described the sninnoh9g Oh
H. friends TAYLOR and Lee and the first fight with Law
son substantially as Taylor and lee had DONE Witness
INTO blood OF and the general uIln4
TOOL Mace during his absence witness did not fire his
pistol that day 49,, 81 ,,,o o,,,
Several other witnesses were examiner ANU In0 YUM
ntttee then adjourned until Monday