Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-19

high. The work occupied four DAYS. The
tunnel was carried forward sixty feet before
the body was recovered.
The Courtroom Massacre.
NEW ORLEANS March 1Sth.-A special
from Winona, Miss, to the Times Democrat.
gives the following particulars of the cir
cumstances leading to the tragedy enacted
at Carrollton, Miss, Yesterday: Some
months ago Robert Moore, Young man
from Letre, LIE Flore county, went to Car
rollton. There he met Ed. Brown (col-
ored). with whom he had an alteration,
ana the negro smeared and poured on him
molasses which he carried in a Jug.
); NJ Liddell, Jr., of Greenwood, friend
OF Moores s, happened to meet Brown, and
made some alluslo.ls TO the treatment of
Moore. Brown gave him impudence. and
Lhddell started at him. but was prevented
by bystanders from attacking him. The
negro then went and armed himself. and
induced others to do likewise. They sta
TONED themselves on the street, some con-
ceallng themselves behind trees, and when
Llddell came along after supper from the
hotel he saw them, and asked what they
meant, whereupon Ed. Brown responded
that 1t was none of his damned business.
AT that Liddell struck at Ed Brown with
his list, and Ed. and Charles Brown (his
brother) both simultaneously fired upon
Llddell, one ball striking the elbow
OF ms night arm. About this time
some fifteen or twenty shots were fired
from different quarters. Liddell pulled his
pistol and hit Ed. Brown in the abdomen,
ana received one shot in the fleshy part of
his leg. Charles Brown was shot in the
shoulder The parties who had taken part
were brought before the Mayor forthwith,
received and examination, and were bailed
TO appear before the next Circuit Court
Threats were continually made by the
Brown brothers that they would have Jim
LlddelPs blood. Further. they had five
double barreled shotguns, loaded seven
finger deep, and would kill the first man
who put his foot on their ground.
On the 18th instant they made an affidavit
against James Liddell and others, includ-
| ing some of the best citizens of the place,
and men who knew nothing of the diff
| Guilty, charging them with assaulting, with
intent to murder, in the previous difficulty
| Previous to the opening of the trial yester-
| day, Brown boosted on the street that ne
had his body guard, and would shoot the
| frSt man that made move in his
direction. The case was called at noon,
when the Courthouse was Immediately
filled with negroes, who stationed them
selves around Sld about the Brown broth
ers. The attorneys were proceeding with
the case, when there suddenly appeared
about one hundred white men, all
well armed. Perceiving their en-
trance, Edward Brown drew his pistol
| and fired in the direction of Liddell,
who was between his attorneys, and there
| upon the firing became general Ten were
instantly killed, and two others have since
died: Some escaped by jumping through
windows distance of at least twenty
feet from the ground. The room
was completely filed with smoke. The
Judges bench is on the north side OF
The room, and the benches facing it are
| towards the south. 1t is q very large Court
room, with windows all around. On the
south were counted 135 shot holes, in the
wall of the passage leading down stairs 10
shot holes, and in the bench so shots. One
shot struck the north window sash and
glanced into the wall. Five other
shots show on the north wall from the
direction of the benches. Large pools
of blood were on the floor OF the Court
| room. The mob then left as quickly and
| quietly as they came in. The general i'm
| preston is that it will end in further
| trouble, as heretofore the few of the negroes
killed were constantly creating bad feeling,
| and led other negroes, peaceably inclined,
| to produce strife between the whites and
blacks. The good people of Carrollton
deprecate all this, and regret that a few
innocent colOred people were drawn into
the fuss. Following is a list of the killed
Andrew Robertson, Charles Brown, Ed.
| Brown Joe Lang John Money, Simon
Lane, Jim Harris, Amos Matthews, Scott
Moore, French Hughes, Coley Little, jim
| Johnson. As many were wounded. One
colored man rolled himself out of the west
window, falling on the brick pavement
outside, but got up and made his escape
unhurt. AS he was getting out, three
shots were fired at him, two of which
struck the window-sill. and one went
through the glass. All is quiet now. The
principal leaders of the gang were Charles
and ED Brown, who were among the
killed. 1t is impossible to get any one to
state tie names Of any persons in the mob,
and it will be very difficult to ascertain
them, as nobody in the excitement took
notice of any persons who entered the
| Courthouse. No arrests have as yet been
made.
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