The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-10-14

Reliable Account from eye Witness.
Fresh Durham News.

FRESH Durham News.
Special Correspondence Of the Sentinel.
DURHAM. October 12.-Sunday morning
1t was noised about town that fearful trag-
edy was enacted in Chapel Hill the night
before. The account detailed below is au-
thentic. A reputable citizen of Chapel Hill,
and an eye witness of the affair, re-
ported it to me-
One week ago last Friday night a party
OF students captured a negro and gave him
terrible beating, for having, as they said,
trampled on their rights in regard to dis
reputable negro woman of the town. The
students made other threats, all of which
the negroes heard, and when they invaded
the house of this woman last Saturday night
between twenty. five and thirty armed ne
groes were behind its walls to receive them.
The students numbered thirty odd, many of
whom, however, were not participants in
the first affair, but being a member of the
sclub," were forced to join them in their
raid. The young man killed was of this
latter class. He had gone to bed, but his
companions awoke him and he went with
them. When he left his room he passed
from life of usefulness to complete ubet}t,-
rity for soon, with "a bullet in his heart, he
passed from uproar to silence from the
whirl Of the thunder to the stagnation of
the tomb. When the boys entered the
yard they began firing on the house the
fire was returned by the inmates, without
serious result. A attempt was then made
to- force an entrance, and Flemming of
Granville, Frieze of Rowan, Woodson
and one or two others whose names we
know not, succeeded in gaining entrance to
the passage. The negroes were stationed
on the second floor, and by placing their
pistols over the banisters were enabled to
fire on the boys below, and to shield them
selves at the same time. The frenzied storm
of murder was raging. The air seemed fill
ed with flying missels. Frieze, who was
still In the house, exclaimed, BOYS, |
am shot.' He ,attempted to retire, but
fell dead upon the threshold, the ball hav :
ing pierced his heart. Flemming was shot
In the abdomen, but not seriously. A citiL
zen by the name of Morrss was shot in the
forehead, but the bali CHANGING, did no
harm. Woodson, student, after hav ing
passed through the dread ordeal in the
house upscathed, was hit in the foot while
seated behind fence the bullet passing
under the bottom rail.
The firing ceased soon after Frieze was
illed, and the bearing away of the dead
omrade was a scene to be handed down in
he history of the school.
A Celestial Goddess must have lowered
| around the boys as they stood in the fatal
passage, for the floor was literally riddled
| with balls fired from the stairway above.
During the excitement of carrying Frieze
of, the three rihgleaders of the negroes es-
capped from the building. To facilitate their
| escape they stole horse from Mr.. New
ton Cheek, rode him twenty-five miles and
| turned him loose. Two negroes, said to
| have been In the house, have been captured.
The firing lasted not more than two OF
during that period.
Chapel Hill is in fever of excitement
Sunday morning not negro could be found
there. Several of the Chapel Hill darkeys
were seen on the streets of Durham during
| the day.
Frieze, the young man killed, was a poo
but worthy young man, from Rowan
| county. This was his first session at Col
lege.
The candidates for county offices are on
| speaking this week.
The Methodist Female Seminary narrow.
escaped burning last Monday.
Main street NJ. f. Church is complete
Services were held there for the first time
last Sunday.
A few Republicans met in convention las
Saturday, but failed to make any nomina
lions for Legislature or county offices.
A Durham land and loan company, with
a capital stock of 100000, and with priv
lege of extending it to 100000, has beer
organized.
Two young men by the names of Chicl
and Ross sold their soap in Durham for
week, and then skipped witout payin
board. Look out for them.
The National Prohibitionists, last night
nominated John Nichols as opposed to Ar
gier for the Legislature, John Rlgsbee 70
Sheriff, and Jim File tcher for Proba,
Judge. T. f. w.
- The tax list of Forsyth county for 1SS
has been made out and shows the value