Wichita eagle., 1888-12-06
GEORGIA RACE TROUBLE.
The Browning of Two Colored Men. and
i Exciting Results

WASHINGTON. Ga, Dec. 5.-The negroes
along the Red river are still in a state of
unrest over the tragedy of last week, while
the whites are in an equally ugly humor
The facts of the tragedy, after careful in
vestigation seem to be about as hereto
| fore narrated. Mr.. E B. Cade, a well-con-
nected young man, owns plantation and
runs store on Broad river, near the vii
lage of Danbury. Near him resides Mr. j.
f. Bramlet, a Baptist preacher, and his
family. On the plantation of Mr.. Bran
let lives Tim Smith, a negro tenant, to
whom Mr.. Cade furnished supplies. Smith
was working with Mr.. Bramlet for
certain percentage OF the CROP and prom
ised to pay Mr.. Cade in cotton for the sup
plies that had been furnished to him by
the latter. Mr.. Cade pressed him for a
settlement. The cotton, which Smith
claimed as his property, was stored IN the
gin house Of Mr. Bramlet. On Tuesday
last, during the absence of Bramlet, Smith
went TO Mrs. Bramlet and asked for a team
with which to deliver the cotton to Cade.
Having received instructions from Bran
let before his departure not to allow the
cotton to be removed during his absence,
Mrs. Bramlet refused to accede to the re-
quest.
On this occasion it is said that Smith
and his wife both addressed abusive Ian
guage to Mrs. BramIet During the day
Smith went over to the store Of Mr.. Cade
and reported his unsuccessful attempt to
procure the team from Mrs. Bramlet. MIR.
Cade furnished Smith with one of his
teams and the cotton was hauled oyer TO
Cade's. Mrs. Bramlet, either through an
agent or her brother, swore out a warrant
for the arrest of Smith. The warrant was
placed in the hands Of bailiff, and, with
q thaT- a
the party arrived, they found Smith, to-
gether with John Coleman and three other
negroes armed, and Smith declared that he
would die before he would be arrested
The posse managed to secure possession
of Smiths gun, when the latter picked up
an iron wedge and made an attack upon
the officers He was fired upon by the
man who had gotten possession of the gun
and was seriously wounded. The arrest
Of Smith and Coleman was then effected.
The prisoners were carried before the mag
istraJe and they were required to furnish
bail for their appearance before higher
court.
Their bonds were signed by Mr.. Cade
and the negroes were liberated. Mr.. Cadc
abused the officers for arresting Smith and
Coleman, and threatened to shoot them if
they attempted to interfere with them
again After this report was circulated
that Mr. Cade had armed $50 negroes
for the purpose Of violence. Tx
citement among the whites was
intense, and arming themselves they
concentrated at the scene OF the trouble.
Finding nothing to arouse suspicion OF an
outbreak, the vigilance committee dis
persed Smith and Coleman were in the
meantime rearrested and placed in the
convict stockade of MIR. Henry Hill for
safe keeping.
On Tuesday night a party of forty men
tC ha do
Coleman out and drowned them in Broad |
river. Another report is to the effect that |
the negroes were shot. and still another |
that they were taken from the Stockade |
and concealed. Before the negroes were |
OF the lynchers visited the home |
of MIR. Cade, with what exact purpose is
not known.
Mr. Henry Hill learned of the danger |
that menaced Mr.. Cade, and persuaded |
him to leave the country. At the very |
time that the party were at the home of |
Mr. Cade he and Mr. Hill were out in the |
plantation of the former. and occupied a |
position from which they could observe |
every movement of the searching party. |
Mr.. Cade wanted to go back to the house, |
with the hope of indicating himself, but
was dissuaded from doing SO by Mr.. Hill.
Mr.. Cade was warned to leave the state,
and has since been in Augusta. Senti-
ment runs very high. against him. though |
he has a large number of friends |
who exOnerate him from any intentional
wrong doing. Capt. Gilbert Cade, of |
Washington, the father of the young |
gentleman, states that there is no truth IN
the report that his son furnished arms to
the negroes, as he was accused of doing.
1t is also reported that the gentleman
admitted having provided them with
arms, but it was with the intention OF
protecting their lives in case they were at
tackled by mob. What Mr.. Cade is cen
sured for most is in permitting Smith to
remove his cotton from the gin house OF
Mr.. Bramlet during his absence.
There was no good feeling between the
two men. About q year and a half ago
Mr.. Cade testified on the witness stand |
that he would not believe Bramlet on oath,
and the latter has ever since cherished a
feeling of i'll will against the young man.
Mr.. Cade owns fine property and has al
ways borne an unimpeachabe reputation. |
The people of Wilkes do not endorse the |
drowning OF Smith and Coleman. and are |
in favor of full investigation of the af-
fair. The lynchers also visited Mrs. HUI
den Smith and whipped her and her
brother.