New-York tribune., 1884-12-07

"Ye strike at tho shepherd ana sne snsot ~ The
soattercdn In amazenent the negroes gaIcu ~ ,,,o
nlatform and at the bleeding body OF the.r smop I's
herd. An old woman with a bany I'D 'a ncr ann nmt
climbed up and leaning over the iailch MAJ" p"'
her hand on his heart. III hlo
"Dead.' she sobbed. ana mlSh'y wan ~
from the multitude. ,i % ,-o;ooe
@Drad. dead. dcadw shrickel hu pdrods OF voices ,
Vet no one moved Outside the crowd was parry
of vounr whites, laughing chaiing, swearing tu'H'
faces rcddencd by drink And now Their voices
heard above the walls and sobS, reacheu ~ Noui" >
cars n nj ,toi blandished aloft flashed on woman :
eyes-eyes from whose wild depths sudden madness
shonc. ,.
her way between the weeping, PROSTATE negroes slc
sprang upon the platform. She bent above tho
dead preacher. "My sisters chile. de pre- 'chcr
ob dc Lord.' she whispered. Tearing open MS
shirt. she pressed her hand upon the gaping wound
Then holding high above her head the crnnsOncu
hand and arm she shreked:
"Will YOU see de blood oh your preacher an bar
IL like cowardSi VIII YOU look on de deat ob him
who would hab died fer you an not take de Lord =
vengeance. God hab sand an eve fer an eye, to3t
fer a foot An Won lets dat white dcbbil take dc
life oh dis man who has sabcd you from hell fire I
Send him to hell, dat murderer! Vengeance; +;
Vengeance" Louder and lou lcr she shriekcd, and
sprinuinr from the platform she rushed toward lhc
group of whites followed by as wild ana hclce q
mob as ever stormcd liasille or guiilutlnod ing
This onset was sudden, SO unexpected, nat II
found the police who dreaded some disturbance.
quietly persuading the young gentlemen 10 leave
the carnp grounds. These "young gentlemen
were all we'll known. They were only - having
have to hc made aud somc sort of examination h'ld
the result almost sure; no murder had ho'n IN
tended and the uogros death would be put down
to "hccidcntal shooting II was "onlN nl9Err
after all aud there seemed no Injustice IN IT, hut
Dnah. Wild cypd ufuriated i)inah, did not Hcc thr
matter IN thia light. Like tistcsa hrrrit oi hoi
Young pho nushod aslc the officers ol TIE Jaw 1h
npiinring on the drunken youth. VINO Ftil la,ltnou
na ho hinndishod thu pistol, Hhr dug her hlilH mo
his ihinnt until hia blond mingled win tha' nl ih'
negro attn red upon her hand, Sho dtnss'I MN
back among thn mob. "Ahl' she shouted WIN
maniac laughter, " hah Nor' Even ~ thni d'',
pcrato moment when surrounded by lho ihhud'hoh
nrprncs, each mans lite was trembling III tho hhl
nnce two of the police dashed nomng them hhd Itird
to pul pnah away from her victim, Iul the lh
nn!eia never looscnrd their holduntl ah blackenrd
corpse she threw the murderer from her
" DcIe goes dc pride oh dc Eaton-, hhe shoulrd,
gone e. feed de flames oh hell" There were few
moments when il seemed that each one of that attic
band of whites would fall under the iuIy ol the mon
they had oxcltcd. But the line was broken when
Dinal leading Il charge. was caught ami made
prisoner To the surprise of the police she made hol
the slightest resistance. -
81 hab done wid life" she sald, and then called
ont Run, YOU gers, de vcngC ancc am satisfied :.
Tine negroes seeing Dmah u prisoner ana thOr-
onghly frightened at their own temerIty, fled Ike
sheep Some captured, but the greater number
escaped Leaving the dead and dying, the police
with their prison rs marched back to town, and
"thc gentlemen lifting the body of James Eaton,
bore il to the carriage which had so lately brought
them 10 stir mp the nggers," they had said when
deciding to ride out to the camp meeting