Daily Republican., 1886-03-19
MORE MISSISSIPPI WORK.
TWELVE NEGROES KILLED IN A
COURT Room.
Some Escape by jumping Through
Windows-A Mob of Chivalrous
mississippians.

mississippians.
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NEW ORLEANS, March 18 A special |
from Winona, Miss, to the Timee Dem |
|ocrat gives the following particulars of |
the circumstances leading to the |
tragedy enacted at CarrolltOp, Miss,
yesterday:
"Some months ago Robert Moore, al
young man from Leflore county, went |
to Carrollton. There he met Ed. Brown, |
colored, with whom he had an slterca-
ton, and the negro smeared and poured
| on him molasses which he carried in a |
lug. j. M. Liddell, Jr., of Greenwood, |
u friend Of Moore, happened to meet
with Brown and made soma allusions
to his treatment of Moore. Brown gave
! him inpudence and Liddell started at
him, but was prevented by bystanders
from attacking him. Brown then went
and armed himself and induced others
to do 30. They stationed themselves on
the street, some secreting themselves
behind trees. When Liddell came after
supper from the hotel he saw them, and
asked what they meant, whereupor Ed.
Brown responded 1t was n3ne of his
business.
At that Liddell struck at Ed. Brown
with his fist, and Ed. and Charles
Brown, his brother, both Simultaneous
ly fred upon Liddell, one bali striking
the elbow Of his right arm. About this
thine some fifteen to twenty shots were
Ifired from different quarters. Liddell
Ipulled his pistol and hit Ed. Brown in
; the abdomen, and received one shot in
the flsshy part of his leg. Charles
Brown was shot in the shoulder. The
Iparties who had taken part in the az
, fray were brought before the Mayor
. forthwith, waived an examination,
and were baied to appear before the
next Circuit Court. Threats were con-
, ltinually Made by the two Brown broth
ers that they would have Jim Liddell's
blood. Further, they have five double
barrelled shotguns, loaded seven fin
Igers, and would kill the first - who
b lput his feet on their ground.
!. On the 18th instant they made afh
g davit against James 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 intent TO murder In the
i lprevious difficulty. Previous to the
Iopening of the trial on Thursday
v Brown boasted on the street that he had
his body-guard and would shoot the
3 FIRST man that m ade motion in his di-
Irection. The case was called at noon,
x when the courthouse was Immediately
filled with negroes, who stationed
themselves around and about the
10 Brown brothers. The attorneys were
Iprocseding with the trial, when there
" suddenly appeared about 100 white
6. men, ali well armed. Perceiving theiI
A. Ientrsnce, Edward Brown drew his
81. pistol and fred in the direction Of
Liddell, who was between his attor-
~ neys, and thereuDon the firing became
y general.
Ten were instantly killed, and two
Others have since died. Some escaped
u by jumping through the windows, {
's distance OF st least twenty feet from
the ground. On most of the dead bodie
IN arms were found. The room was com
re pletely filled with smoke. The Judge
's bench is on the north side of the room
ss and the benches facing it are toward
D. the south. 1t is a very large court
room with windows oil around. o
.t the south window were counted IL
M shot-holes, in the wall of the passaR
leading down stairs ten shot h0i4s, an
in the benches thirty shor-holes. O1
ss struck the northeast window-sash an
~ glanced into the wall. Five other shol
III show on the north wall from the dire
ltion of the benches. Large pools {
30 blood were on the floor of the cour
u. room. The mob then left as quickl
W and quietly as they came in. Toe Ger
eral impression is that this will en-
or further trouble, as heretofore, few Q
is- the negroes killed were CONSTANT
IL, creating bad feeling, and eled othe
g. neg toes peaceable inclined TO produc
9l strife between the whites and blacks.
ur The good people of Carrollton depr'
cate all this, and regret that few In
OF nocent colored people were drawn int
a the fuss. The following Is list OF Il
II. killed: Andrew Robertson, Charlie
NO Brown, Ed ward Brown, Joe Lang, Joh
he Money, Simon Kane, Jim Harris, Am
ds Matthews, Scott Moore, French Hughes
tColey Little and Jim Johnson. III
following is a list of the wounded: Wi
" Dodd, Jim Keys, Christian Preache
ao Jim Hows, Jake Kane, very seriously
S az Bill Ewins, Charles Price, Henry Col
sn Coley Thomson, badly shot and reporte
"a dead. PSyton Hemingway and Walt
~ Mcleod jumped through WINDOW
carrying the cash along with them. II
former received q slight shot wound
the hand, but was otherwise uninjure'
as Amos Mathews was shot dead whi
Tn trying to make his escape in the san
no way. One colofed man rolled himse
m out of one of the west windows, fallin
ss- on the brick pavement outside, but 9
'or up and made his escape unhurt. AS |
ITO was getting out three shots were nIe
,he at him, two of which struck the viii
asst dow sill and one went through the glas
All is quiet now. The principal leade
of the gang were Charles and e.
Brown, who were among the killed.
mn is impossible to get any one to state Il
~. names of any persons in the mob, al
he liz will be very difficult to ascerta
he them, as nobody in the excitement TOT
~ notice of any of the persons who ente
me- ed the courthouse. No arrests have y
in been made"
70. Charles H. Chase of Rochester, N.
az, adver sises for agents to take orders
are nursery stock, and expresses the OPT
ie ion that n liya man can make 50 q d,