Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-12-19
BLACK AND WHITE.
Details of the Wahalak
Affair.
THE WORST THOUGHT TO BE OVER
White Men Leading the Negroes.
Similar Trouble in
Tennessee.

| New ORLEANS, December 1S.-Ths
Picayune's special from Wahalak, Miss.
says Later accounts do not materially
change last nights story Of the aAray
Seth Cobb and W, H. Maurey were
killed; William Vaughn, John W. Dew
and J. T. Maury fatally shot, and two OF
three others slightly wounded. A party
OF seventy five white men have started
for the hills, where the Negroes are said
to be hiding, and serious fight is ex
pected in case of meeting. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that the Negroes have
been dispersed.
DETAILS OF THE DISTURBANCE.
MERIDIAN, Miss, December 18.-A
number Of kilograms we're received here
yesterday morning stating that a riot
occurred at Wahalak, Kemper county,
| fifty miles north Of Meridian: rhat Holly
Morton of this place was killed. Two
parties, aggregating sixty men, were dis
patched to the scene. They returned
last night, reporting everything quieted
down. They give the following account
OF the disturbance:
Thursday son of g. F. Nicholson, a
prominent farmer, in driving along the
road met Negro desperate named
Maury driving in an opposite direction.
Young Nicholson's vehicle by accident
came in collision with that of the Negro,
who kept in the middle of the road as if
determined to drive the boy out. The
Negro cursed the youth. When old
Nicholson appeared and interfered the
Negro drew a revolver, closed with
Nicholson and knocked him senseless
with the pistol, then fed.
The following day Nicholson told his
friends of the Negroes assault, and Sat-
urday it was determined to organize a
posse to arrest the marauder. Informa-
ton of this reached the Negroes, and it
is said two white men gathered a party
of Negroes together at the church Sun
day night and organized force of ten to
resist any attempts to arrest the Negro.
These white are known to the people of
Wahalak, but their names cannot be
learned. There is settled determina-
ton to lynch them when found. The
Negro force went to Maury's house and
concealed themselves in the smoke house
and cotton houses.
Soon after this the posse of white men
came up the road and halted in front OF
Maury's hanse. Four of them walked
up to the house, found it deserted, then
went to the smoke house where they
found three Negroes. These men were
questioned as to his whereabouts but
they pretended they could not tell where
he could be found. Then man on the
outside shouted, "Here is Maury, sup
pose you come and arrest him."
The whites rushed in a body from
the building, and as they emerged
were met with q volley from
eight or ten muske,s and shotguns.
William Vaughan was seriously wounded
by buckshot in the neck and shoulders,
and another man, whose name the
whites will not reveal, received slight
wound in the hand. This volley came
from the cotton house and was promptly
returned by the whites, but the Negroes,
being behind stout plank walls, re-
csived no injuries.
The whites discovered that they were
fighting at great disadvantage, and
moved round to the north side of the
structure. Here they received another
volley, resulting in the instant death of
Henry Many and the wounding of his
brother, j. F. Maury, near the elbow.
The whites now drew off and the firing
ceased temporarily. Notwithstanding
their losses, however, the posse deter
mined to make another attack on the
cotton. house, approaching it this time
from the south. AS they came up they
received the third volley, the Negroes
apparently awaiting the order to fire,
as they had done in the two
previous instances. At this third
volley Seth Cobb received twenty
two buckshot in the breast and stomach,
tearing the entire front part of his body
away. John Dew, another of the whites,
was probably mortally wounded by a
pistol ball in the groin. The whites
again drew off for consultation, when
they decided that another attack with
their reduced force was useless, and
they determined to wait for daylight and
reinforcements. While they were con-
sulting, the negroes rushed from the
cotton houses to Maury's residence in a
body and proceeded to fortify that build
ing, and the white men went back to
Wahalak.
Yesterday mOrninganother force of
fifty men was raised and proceeded to
residence. The place was found entirely
deserted. The whites burned the build
ings on the place, together with those on
the farm adjoining and secured the
woods for Negroes, but could find no
trace of them. 1t is impossible to find
any negroes within five miles of the
scene of the trouble. White people from
the adjoining towns poured into Wahalak
all day and joined in the search, but as
none of the Negroes except Maury are
known, they accomplished nothing
One Negro was seen lurking in the
woods and was fred upon by party OF
whites, but instantly disappeared. 1t
| is believed there will be more trouble.
It is certain that If any of the Negroes
who fred on the whites are caught they
will he killed. The feeling, however, is
now against the white men who are said
to have organized the Negroes, who are
moi known to have received any injury.
Two white men besides those already
repogted were wounded but their names
are not given 1t does not appear that
the whites in attempting 10 make the
arrest were under any legal authority,
but as they are sustained by the entire
white population of Kemper and the ad.
joining counties, it is unlikely that any
proceedings will be taken against them.
SIMILAR TROUBLE IN TENNESSEE.
JACKSON, Tenn. !, December l8.-A des.
perate fight which occurred between
Negroes and whites in remote part oi
this county Friday, grew out of lawsuit.
The fight occurred in court. Several per-
aonc woro had1v hurt The NoUrOpa aan