The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-01-02


,,e,ltv ulfSthh tool place 81 yazoo City .
IS - night Of dsh ult, and in which |
he lies Of sevssA valuable citizens
xer sakeu in cod blood. 4 meeting
was I'D the mex morning and com
init appointed which reported tne
following resolutions which were aaop
aRezolyed. That4he tragedy Of last nlsn.
i fraaea1t with deadly cDnseqaences @ W
Community unless some example IS ma leVs
al the guilty parties, and 1t ls me 49, ~
this meeting that there are parties enessIsS
in said tragely thatshave been ana VII y
: disturbing element and tire-orahd amo3
us. and must be gotten rad Of py Us c IN
,-b;ls We are laH-abiding citizens ne eau
~ sbat. down as was. !dene last night;
Ne therefore suggest the aPpolnlneinnS,- =
tyssIx persons to assist the Hherin' %
ofher officers in arrestflg all parties llPa.-
cited ii last nights. Ha9edy ans. 70 SAVES
s. fsfk5g such measures as may be 9ecessa.! |
s visit proper punishment on the gan'y
sIes6lved, That we request Of this meet
ga, tl,itt this COMMITTEES be continued ior
L. IS 1n,;rit5ae Of. furnishing TO the puphc a
! hittorvtlanSi explanation of last rignt
Tragedy. lass i'tt z $500 s.4
The Committee Of twepty-siN was
then appointed. Another meeting was
held Wednesday evening, 26th, to hear
from this COMMITTEES, who made the fol oil
1oYipg report So. sise.-sas' pa
awe tbe Committee. report to the meet
}nss.iio f citizens. that we declare from the
IAvI5euce brought before us, we believe W.
| #. F6ote, Micajah Parker, and Bob Swayze
lAp,,iltv. - s4s.. .---tt4a ~
51The report was received and adopted,
Att After econsiderable discussion as to
| what course the meeting should pursue,
several able speeches being made for
land against, a vote was taken as to
4 whether the. Law be allowed to take its
i course, and was decided in the affrma-
4 tive ads 81. II sasi 57s.2 asH 3ta
The meeting was composed of nearly
1.-THE whole Of tbs white citizenship Of
the city, and among the names Reported
j by the Sentinel, we find many who have
iEnot acted with the Democratic party for
tSyieaars. TIE forbearance of a com NUM-
\ ty who, can assemble en- alaqssf and dis
4 euss their grievance, and yet deliberately
d decide to let the law take It's course can
4 not too greatly be appfauded. We are
\ very much surprised to find Lynch and
. sFeute implicated in the affair. The fer
n1eri We had thought was COED Demo-
4 trhtiec citizen, and the latter a represen-
Itatye of the best element of the cOlored
race The accounts of the terrible ira
! Pgedy as given by the Yazoo Sentinel of
4 D9cember 9th, may be relied on,
> One OF the most cold -blooded, unmiti-
i gated, premeditated pieces of assassination
| that ever occurred in any community be-
fell this town. on Monday night. at about
1 ten o'clock, by which three men, in the
fpriImne and vigor Of young manhood, were
1shot down fike dogs; two others, also in
r the prime Of life. were seriously, and one
1 of them probably tnorta1ly wounded. And
l. y TSese Killed werssfessrs Jho. T. and
Garnet Posey tbrothetsl, and Jasper Mich
oe6ls. the two former being merchants, Of the
4 firm of Williams & Posey, and the latter
a steam boatman. The Poseys were sons
saf Gem Posey, of Confederate fame,
l gallant and brave officer. who fell on the
/ battle field at the head OF his comm and.
| The sons inherited the gallantry and brave
~ of their father. were. popular and highly
regarded throughout this town and county.
They have fond mother, two noble broth
1eis and two devoted sisters, and Mrs John
! r. Pose5y true and loving wife, to mourn
their iuntfhlely demise Mr.. Nichols was
| not 80 well Known in town, but leaves. a
'fmost excellent reputation as a young man
I of sterling worth, of industrious and sober
khabits. He leaves father and other near
relatiVes.24 E.a1laeF '!tA ,#fs4tf3 40
4 esiThe wounded are Meesrs Fritz .Halder
rand Henry Eilet, theformer County Treas
L urer, the latter a, general nierchant The
ishot struck, Mr. Halder on one of the lower
kribsr and came out at his back, hut whether
it ranged round or penetrated the cavity is
! not known at the time we write TUESDAY
EeFeniugl.f Mr. ,Ellet is shot. in several |
places, in, the side. and, in the arm. The
/ wounds Of neither are considered necessa-
/ rily fatal, though they are thought to be 1
serious. W.. II. Fpote, Deputy Internal
Revenue Collector for this district, who is |
! a niuEatto, was also wounded on the head. |
/ being beaten thereon with stick or pistol.
B. The origin al the affair Wassas follows,
/ as near asewe Sean ascertain. the Monday |
1 evening" Richard Gibbs and Kinnie Logan,
liuegfees had a. fuss 10 Bafkhan's saloon,
and Messrs.l Henry ElIet and ,Jno T. I
Posey, who were present, undertook to |
stop the disturbance, Whereupon John !
James, "a negro, 'ititerfered, and was told |
! they wanted nothing out of him, and he |
began using offensive language. Later ind
/ the, evening" as .Messrs. Poseyi and Ellet |
| were passing Lynehs obuteher-shop, where
lanes stayed, James was heard to cry out. |
Clear the way, and ! will shoot both the |
dz-n s---r-of ,b---s,%- They naturally I
|. felt op TRACED, and went to LynchIs butcher |
shop to, resent his insolence. Many. per-
kons, were on the. streets. Suddenly a pis-
tot Was fired, and witnesses viii swear that |
Foote was the 'one, who fred the same, and
as If it were the signal, firing became I
general, pistols and shotlguns being used. !
Mr. John Posey was riddled with shot |,
while his brother Carnot received charge |
ofshotiin the shoulder4aIld side and MS /
toiball struck him inttle' back and ranged /
formafd through the heart. Mr. Nichols
was also killed by aichargea of shot. Mr..
Shetland fislr. HalderH were shot with pis-
tolls, the latter receiving a bullet that was
probably 9tended ion Mr.. John Poset, he
Relng bJ hH sldenzeiA 7.s.gtfua aEi! -
Is khe negroes we've seen In, the evening in |
Icllqnes and crowds talking in a ,mFstefiouI
manner and predicting difficulty, as has
been deyoIYed since l8e tragedys5',,.f, ~
~, That the ,Ehfte men were taken By s1rt-
prise that nothing Of the kind was BY them
Thought of expected, the result shows. and
IT also. shows that the dfabolicAl scheme9t
eoncocted in v anton deFfltry and executed {
With uneffing precision, was deliberately I.
PlantIed BY the negroes, most ofthe shots. IA
some thirty or forty in number looming
fronlthe darkness, Footel being the only B
egruengaged inthe SIGHT who was in the
light, asfar as we ihave learned. haa 5ffal
isMr. Eleti is a northern man and a Re 4
Pubiicauj acoming hete from Indiana some
ten tEeaRs ego. L. Hisafather lives I'M tchi4
son * aRsas. The tragedy has no political is
Significance, EhAtsver, 4 growing out OF the
aHray, abgYe mentioned.. a4.lfrt,-i - .
The occurrence js nov being Investigator /
the bottom. :. hs7''1s=t no ~
Several arrests were made yesterd ayand :
The day before, as follows Al. s.. Lynch :
white owner Of ttife butcher silob. a acl4 l
cesgory. before the fart w. II. Fo6te, Mi u
5a5ah Parker Bob 5wayze, Ike RichaFd-,l
on; Wash Hall; OctaEifis 944iiori q. Ii ehyy IA
5eAuler and jim Gibbs, ii Fc6Fored Other4 2
arrests wi be made.si 9nialsalGan1 ZIqAfI
aJ8hhi j amss, tbs Cause Of die iInfdrtu! v
tate teageasd wbd was atdespetate9IIaEi5gt Il
naEatthe kAsr killed Q iFueafay irsrI1orhino I b
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