New-York tribune., 1884-02-19
THE RIOT IN DANVILLE.
THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUED.

-,>,o~v OF TIE TWO NEGROES ON WHOSE AC-
COUNT THE DISTURBANCE BEGAN.
w,su,ycroS. Feb. 1s.-The investigation OF
no Danville election riots was resumed 'uis no-
senator shermans subcommittee OF the senate oon'n,
80 0r PRIVILEGES and Elections. Hense Lawson the cor
'.e -" hoss ouarrel with Charles d. Noel preceded
~ o s,d he II et Noel for the first tire on November
. witness was getting out OF the way Oh eoae
,aa,as and ran against Noel witness '"'u
nr1crsa me- SIR Noel replied, you ID nisEei'""a
Won mean by running against met" DAVIS Leweheh sNu
Noe, and Lewellen came TO blows ana Leweneh
.noctea Noel in the gutter twice Next 80" Noei III
-, ,n same day Noel kept looking back and witness
ts.Tavcn.n "Bctter look out for him. he may attack
,- few minutes later Noel, having LEFT MS buggy,
scnroached witness and struck him with pair Oh
tnucts, witness had 'wO companions; Noel h"u
asral conpanions Lea. one Of Noels companions had
cooked pistol in his hand he came up, and thrust
in the witncs face and threatened to blow MS head OIL
After the preliminary quarrel witness escaped through
s,o-a He had been in Boston ever since the rlot,
being afraid TO live In Danvile. Witness, IN reply
10 Senator Sherman, described the quarrel us
sntecedents and results, in detail He asserted
that he said nothing Noel and that he had never IN
suited or spoken to w. r. Taylor alleged by both Noel
and Taylor. IL,
Davis Lewellen colored told the story OF the preim
nary fight substantially Lawson did Lawson IN get
ting out OF the way OF ladies' accidentally tonched Noe
foot Noel asked: "What are you dOingP etc Lawson
apOlOglZed witness
Won have asked him 10 excuse you" Thereupon Noei
strnck witness and witness returned the blow knocking
Nosl into the utter Witness said that Lea Noes co
pauion prevented the policeman, Adams fTon sep'I'"
Inc the combatants Noel and Lawson Lea testheu 'i'
he "ordered" Adams to separate thein'
Mrs sopnia Powell, colored said she was In DaRvlue
% collect money for sewing November 3; heard O
,b dturhance and went to see II her husband was one
~ tho crowd lust before reached the scene OF the
disturbance the firing began. She stopped ana the
neople ran past her Saw several men with guns Ihere
was one man she knew-Mr Blunt. She saw him stand
on the corner OF the street near her position ana shoo
several times the escaping blacks
Mrs Violet Keeling colored, the companion OF Mrs
poral, on the afternoon Of the riot Mr. Blunt fire.
Ye acted like man "dat-I neber seed anybody IN wan
he acted like dat wilin TO take ie IL looAeu
ike he seed anybody runnin he would shoot witness
described the neehbOrhOOd ascmbages OF cooreo pepe
on Sunday 10 discuss the riot and the danger 10 coore
oola " II seemed dcv were all aeard 10 20 20 de polls
Il don't nk one hab got Ober dat fear up to dis present
dayp The reason why her husband didn't vote was De-
cause she didn't think it safe to let him CO.
senator Vance Are any OF the cOOrei people in your
country DemOcratsP
Witpess-"Wen don't hunt that sort. Il l
hear of colored votn' the Democrat ticket don't
hab nothin do with him-and don't let MIN come in my
house IdOu'tlke 10 a colOred man sell himself
robow tink II a co0red man votes the Dem
ocraic eket he already sold hisseli.
senator Vance~"Weh, when white man votes the
PenUhlican ticket do you think he sells himselfF
witness" I'll Just ten ye: Th31l nat 1ltr t3k hes man
senator Vance-"Wen, supposng your husband should
witness" nj Just tell yer vot-I would Just pack up
my clos and so my fadder-f didn't nab no ladder
I'd iu.t 20 TO work for twenty-five cents week 10 sup
note nv own SET" Witness didn't know whether her
sentiments shared by colored women generaAy
necessary for them stand together In reply 10 son
asoT iba neests she said: Il viii tel You Why
tink as may wrong. but tink dis tnk dat II a
pryileges and if he votes de oder he win hab
Dey haint gOt nOhOw." witness believed man
"half Republican and half a Democrat would DO any
I'LL a. Dted IT, and vvonld he 'spectfnl de white peope
lnout treat 'em tOlably well if dey didu't vote"
1ers vas called and described the rot which he had
witnessed from his the opposite side OF the
street thought the whites were IN danger OF being
CAPTAIN A. g. Walters, white, gray-headed man ap-
parenty sItyve seventy years or age, Grand
Mhaf afT he saw the o % ac denied s hS! said
Boys it's warm but is not as not as y IL go,S 10
be-" He did tell them II would be worse Tor them Il tey
brought Oh another riot
THE STORY or A FORMER UNION SOLDIER.
,ohn F. Carl, white superintendent OF the National
Cemetery at Danvile, eXUnon soldier. was called
He had lived in Danvile since August B. On the after
NOON OF November he was IN store making purchase,
when the disturbance began He went out 10 ascertain
its nature lie gathered from first appearances that two
u u it or two gb@f uisf0 was discharged Go
in nearer he saw crowd OF probably fifteen or twenty
white men ana iHotcg as>'L- VI tV-olCt p''lN V
an aces and both sexes. numbering about 100 individuals
some Of the cOlorcd people appeared to be demanding
The arrest OF one White one OF the white men
stepred 10 the front and said: Here am What do YOU
wantF A colOred MAD SAID il rely: You are not me
man" The man seemed 70 he pointing out another man.
Witness had his little with aim, ana h9stened 10 place
him IN peighbOriug for safety. While on hs way
rhc lOv said Father, they going 10 shoot Wit
ness then noticed number OF whlIe men II the croWG
hoidjug pistols at what lie called "rest."
They ned their pistols in their right hands the Ieft
hand serving a support. The whites seemed to DO
formed in double line arranged abreast nearly their
right al building the line extending diagOndIy across
tne pavement The affair lasted about two Enutes
Witness estimated that there $50 shots fired The
smoke Ob,cured objects across the street be saw no
arms in hands Of colored men, and saw no returning
smoke that the whites fired. ~ .
In reDIv TO Senator Vance. he said the "nne y OF
whites seemed grow of the necessities Of the case
leaving the impression that the Inc was not The result OF
fiFuffo