The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-03-27
CARROLLTON.
Details Of the Tsvrlbie Tragedy at
OArrOtIton Last Week.


Details Of the 1Svrlble Tragedy at
oaFrotlton Last Week.
ers es their Own Race---Origin
Of the Difaculty.
A Winona special to the Times.
Democrat Of few days since gives
the following particulars of the cir
cumstances leading to the tragedy
enacted at Carr0llton last week:
Some months ago Robert Moore, =
young man from Lefore county, went
to Carrollton. There he met one Ed.
Brown, (c) with whom he had an a..
tercation, and the negro smeared and
poured on him molasses which he
carried in a Jug J. NJ. Liddell, Jr.,
of Greenwood, friend Of Moore's,
happened to meet with Brown, and
made some allusion to his treatment
Of Moore. Brown gave him impu-
dence and Liddell darted at him, but
was prevented ~ the bystanders
from attacking him. The negro then
went and armed himself, and induced
others to do likewise. They stationed
themselves on the street, some con.
cealing themselvsr behind trees.
When Liddell came along after sup
per from the hotel he saw them and
asked what they meant, whereupon
Ed. Brown responded it was ''none Of
his d-n business" At that Liddell
struck at Brown with his fist and Ed.
and Chas. Brown, his brother, both
simultaneously fired upon Liddell,
one ball striking on the elbow of his
right arm. About this time some fif-
teen or tweuty shots were fired from
different quarters. Liddell pulled his
pistol and hit Ed. Brown in the ab-
domen, and received one shot in the
fieshy part of his leg. Chas. Brown
was shot in the shoulder. The par
ties who had taken part in the atfray
were brought before the mayor forth
with, waived examination and were
bailed to appear before the next cir
cult court. Threats were continually
made by the Brown brothers that
they would have Jim Liddell's blood.
Further, they had five double barrel
ed shotgnns loaded seven fingers
deep and would "kill the first man
who put his foot on their ground" "
On the 18th instant they made affida-
Wit against Jas. Liddell and others,
including some Of the best citizens OF
the place and men who knew nothing
of the difficulty, charging them with
assault and attempt to murder in the
previous difficulty. Previous to the
opening of the trial last week Brown
boasted on the streets that he had his
body-guard and would shoot the first
man that made a motion in his direc-
tion.
The cases We're called at noon when
the courthouse was filled with me-
groes, who stationed themselves
around and about the Brown broth
ers. The attorneys were proceeding
with the case when there suddenly
appeared about one hundred white
men, all we'll armed. Perceiving
their entrance, Ed. Brown drew his
histol and fired in the direction of
Liddell, who was between his attor.
neys, and thereupon the firing be
came general. Ten were instantly
killed, and two have since died.
Some escaped by jumping through
the windows, a distance Of at least
twenty feet from the ground. On
most of the dead bodies arms were
found. The room was completely
filled with smoke. The judges bench
is on the north side of the room and
the benches facing 1t are towards the
south. 1t is a very large courtroom
with windows all around. On the
south wall were counted one hundred
and thirty-five shot holes in the wall,
in the passage way leading down
stairs ten shot holes, in the benches
thirty shot holes. One shot struck
the northeast wing 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 courtroom.
The mob then left as quickly and as
quietly as they came in. AS hereto
fore stated, a few of the negroes kill
ed were constantly creating bad feel
ing 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 few innocent color
ed people were drawn into the fuss.
The following is list of the killed:
Andrew Robertson, Charles Brown,
Ed. Brown, Joe Lang, John Money,
Karee, Jim Harris, Amos Mat
thews, Scott Moore, French Hughes,
Coley Little and Jim Johnson. The
following is list of the wounded:
Will Dodd, Jim Keys christian
Jim Hows, Jake Kane
VERY seriously, Bill Ewing, Charles
Price, Henry Cole, Coley Simpson
(badly and reported dead. Payton
Hemingway and Walter McLaw
Jumped through Q window carrying
The sash along with them. The for
mer received a slight shot wound in
the hand, but was otherwise uninjur.
id. Amos Matthews was shot dead
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