St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-03-19
THE mISSISsIPPI TRAGEDY.
Particulars of the Terrible Affair
at CarrOlIIOu.


WNoNA, Miss. March 1S.-The follow
ing particulars are given of the circum-
stances leading to the tragedy enacted at
Carrollton. Miss, yesterday. Some months
ago Robert Moore, young man from
Leflore county, went to Carrollton. There
he met Ed Brown (cOlored). with whom he
had an alteration, and the negro smeared
and poured on him molasses, which ne car
ried in jug. J. NJ. Liddell, Jr., of Green
wood, friend of Moore, happened to meet
with Brown, and made some illusions to
his treatment of Moore. Brown gave him
impudenceS, and Liddell started on him. but
was prevented by bystanders from attack
ing him. The negro then Went and armed
himself, and induced Others TO do likewise.
They stationed themselves on the streets,
some concealing themselves behind trees.
When Liddell came after supper from the
hotel, he saw them and asked what they
meant, whereupon Ed Brown responded it
was none of his damned business. At that
Liddell struck at Ed Brown with his
first, and Ed and Charles Brown, his
brother, both simultaneously fired upon
Liddell, one ball striking on the elbow of
his right arm. About this time some fif-
teen TO twenty shots were fired from differ
ent quarters. Liddell pulled his pistol and
hit Ed Brown in the abdomen and received
one shot in the fleshy part of his leg.
Charles Brown was shot in the shoulder.
The parties who had taken part i'm the
affray were brought before the mayor forth
with, received an examination and were
bailed to appear before the next circuit
| court.
THREATS WERE CONTINUALLY MADE
| by the Brown brothers that they would
/ hnr- IL
F, had five double-barreled shotguns, loaded
! seven fingers deep, and would kill the first
man who put his foot on their ground. On
| the 18th inst. they made affidavit against
| James Liddell and Others, including some
of the best citizens of the place. and men
who knew nothing of the difficulty, charg-
! ing them with assault with intent to MUIR
der in the previous difficulty. Previous to
| the opening Of the trial yesterday Brown
boasted on the street that he had his body
| guard, and would shoot the first man who
made motion in his direction. The case
was called at noon, when the court house
| Immediately was filled with negroes who
| stationed themselves around and about the
Brown brothers. The attorneys We're pro-
ceeding with the case when there suddenly
! appeared about 100 white men,
all well armed Perceiving their
| pistol and fired in the direction of LiddelI.
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
the windows, 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 was on the north side of the room
and the benches facing it are on the south.
1t is very large court room with windows
all round. On the south wall were counted
135 shot holes. In the wall of the passage
leading down stairs are ten shot holes, and
in benches thirty shot holes. One shot
struck the northeast window sash and
glanced into the wall. Eve other shots
show on the north wall from the direc-
ton 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 impression is
that this will end in further trouble, as
heretofore few of the negres killed were
constantly creating bad feeling and led
otner negroes, peaceably inclined. to pro-
duce strife between the whites and blacks.
The good people of Carrolton depreciate all
this and regret that few innocent colored
| people were drawn into the fuss The fol-
lowing is list of the killed:
Andrew Robertson. Charles Brown. Ed
Brown, Joe Lang, John Money, Simon Lane,
Jim Harris, Amos Matthews, Wescott Moore
| French Hughes, Coby Little, Jim Johnson
The following is a list OF the wounded.
Will Dodd, Jim Keyes, Christian PREACHER.
Jim Hows, Jake Cane, very seriously; Bill
! Ewing. Charles Price, Henry Cole badly and
reported dead.
Ed Brown was turbulent and violent
negro and was frequently engaged in broils.
His father, Adam Brown, was of like
character and was killed by the editor of
Carrolton Conservative.