Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-02-14
GENERAL NEWS.
Investigation Of the Danville
Riots.
The Water Many Feet High
er Than Last Year and
Still Rising.
Intense Suffering from Sudden
Colo.
CAPITAL NOTES.

1
Washington, Feb. l4-Secretary Liu
coin estimates the purchases of supple
oy the mayors OF various towns alop,
the Ohio, and the cost OF the expedition
TO sufferers from Plttsburg aud Louis
vile. will aggregate $1sU.O0O, leavip,
si2o.Ooo OF the appropriation to be ex
pended by General Beckwith IN charp,
at CINCINNATI. The secretary has re-
quested Gen. Beckwith to send him a,
estimate of what he will be able to 40
complish with that amount, and sup
gested his comforting with Hon. Richard
smith OF Cincinnati as to the best course
to pursue.
THE DANvILLE ELECTION RIOTS.
An investigation of the Danville elec.
tlon riots begnn this morning. Con.
gresham Cabell and Johu s. Wise pre-
sent. Walter 8. Withers a colored
policeman of Danville. testified that on
Nov. Srd, white man and a colored man
got to fighting; when separated the
crowd OF whites ranged in line along the
curb and the cololed were in the street:
the whlt-s had pistols in their hands and
said the colored men could get enough if
they wanted. and if they didn't leave
some OF them would get hurt. The
negroes objected to leaving, saying the
whites were trying to override them
The firing then began, the tirst shots be.
ing fred in the air; the colored p.on,e
began to run and the whites fred at
them Whenever they could sea them.
none OF the colored men had pistols: ora
man was shot dead aud several woun.,e,i.
IN consequence OF the riot; the co,arsd
people did not vote at the elestson for
tnree days later. fearing viosence; the
affidavit OF the witness before the com.
m'ttee OF forty Was ,nccrrect. in SO far as
1t II stated that the cc!oged men needed
nre arms: it seemed THAT something had
oeen adaed 70, the affidavit after
ne signed it. Jack Rudd.
me ooiorea chairman Of the republican
testified that lie vas in DAN. !
Vile "a the day Of the riot ;-;,,n .ha
~ ...s hastily afterwards
was met BY Col. Cobell who asked
where he was going; Col. Cobell said.
.'this is just what have been telling
You would happen;' Ned Hatcher ca.se
along with another man aud asLsa 20.
bell who the witness was; oa being in
formed, Hatcher said, "let me
blow his damn bEaina ont" Col.
Cobell said. mo let the damn scoundrel
leave here" Hatcher struck the witness.
and as the witness left they began firing
on him; witness said his white ueighbors
we're gong into DanvilIe that night
and returning with guns they had pro.
cured in Danville; saw them going to
i the polls on election day with guns and
colored people were thereby intimidatcd
aud concluded not to vote. l. L. Ivy
lcolored, saw white men draw away
when the firing began and the colored
men run; one was shot dead. JACK
Rudd, the presiding witness came
along and asked the colored men
"What are you all running
tor. tho white people are only burning
POWDER" he replied, "what's dat deaf
man doin ovah dab If dey don't meal
HARM" Witness described the maltreat
ment OF Jack Rudd by Hatcher ant
others, apd the threats made to himsel
liu the same way by white people
Witness did not vote because OF the fea
INSPIRED by the riot.