Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-03-23
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER.
Eleven Negroes Killed in Miss
issippi.

ceived here this evening. Fifty men
rode into the town and repaired to
the courthouse, where thirteen ne
groes were waiting for their trial to
commence. The white men walked
into the courtroom aud shot ten of
the negroes dead, and MORALLY
wounded the other three. The shoot
ing grew out Of the attempted assas-
sination of James Liddell, promi-
nent citizen, who was shot and SER
iously wounded by these negroes
several weeks ago.
New ORLEANS, March lS.-W. w.
Liddell, the brother of j. NJ. Liddell,
one of the principals in the Carroll
ton affair, was in the city tonight
and gave the following account of
the bloody ARRAY, which he witnessed.
"The Courthouse where the shooting
occurred" said Liddell, sis square
brick building two stories high,
measuring about 60 feet each way /;
OH the lower floor there are two halls
running clear through, one from east
10 west, the other from north to
south. The stairway starts near the
intersection of the two Railways,
north and west hallway, to landing
about eight feet from the lower floor,
where it takes turn and goes up to
the right into the court room. The
door into the court room is a good
sized one, and the landing commands
the door. About six feet from the
door commences a row of benches,
each row being lower than the one
back of it. The seat where the May
or sat was about fifteen feet in front
of the first row of benches, the space
between being divided by an iron
railing. There are ten windows 10
the court room, three on the east and
west and four on the north side. AT
the time the negroes were mostly on
the west side and center Of the court
room. l was to the right as you go
in on the north side, near the Judges
stand, sitting down. 1t was about l
o'clock. The first thing noticed
was young negro man get up and
go shuffling towards the door. lie
got to the door and looked out, then
turned around excitably and beckon-
ed TO the rest of the negroes to come
out. They all got up and started,
when the firing opened. They ran
to the windows and jumped out. The
first firing was volley, followed and
kept up some time. There were a
great many shots fired. 1t was a
regular fusiiade. My brother was
seated about twenty feet from me.
Before / heard shot / saw Ed. and
Charles Brown pull their pistols.
The firing followed Immediately on
their getting up.
Charles and Ed. Brown were cop
per-colored negroes, aged about % or
80 years. The Browns were desper-
ate negroes, involved in many diff
ficulties, and frequently denounced
white men. When left the court
room. I saw that most of the dead
were massed near the door on the
landing. One was lying at the foot
of the stairs. Some were wounded
and crawled out"
There were eleven negroes killed
and nine wounded. One negro at
tempted to jump through the closed
glass window, getting about half his
body through the sash, when Win
chester rifle ball took off the top of
his head, scattering his brains over
the courtyard. Very few of the ne
groes escaped. Peyton Hemingway,
a negro, jumped from the second sto-
ry window and was, it is said, shot at
twenty times, but escaped. lie is a
son of a negro man who was in the
Confederate service as a spy under
Gen, Loring. fErrrtl.-r.
The party who did the killing were
not residents of Carrollton and it is
said did not live near there. Some
think that they came from Lehore
county and near the present home of
Mr.. Liddell. Z Il ,Gi J ID .
The following composes the list of
the killed: Edward Brown, Charles
Brown, Joe Ewing, Frank Hughes,
Amos Mathews, Jim Johnson, John
Money, Drew Doss, Harrison Kriss,
Lewis Buchanan, Simon Kane and
Will Pettet.
Two more will surely die and per-
haps others. The statement that the
negro Brown fired the first shot is de-
MED by some, who claim that the
white men rushed in the Court House
and began the shooting. The most
probable theory is that the fifty white
men who came into town were friends
of Liddell, who came to attend the
trial and to see that he was not assas-
sinated by the Browns, as they had
right to fear. Brown naturally sup
posed that they came 10 kill him and
was determined to kill Liddell If pos
sible before he lost his own life, and
with this end In view began the fir
ing. The white men, upon hearing
the report of Browns pistol, fired on
the negroes and killed every one they
could.
JACKSON, MISS, March lS.-Gov.
Lowry was interviewed to-day rela-
tive to the Carrollton affair. He
said affairs at Carrollton do not, as
far as he is informed. demand execu-
live ;,,to,co,oooo. that hio infnrno