The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-11-08

Guilty, or what might be termed small
riot occurred at Starr Station, on the Sa-
yannah Valley Railroad, about eleven
miles South of this city.
| From all nform alton we can gather, it
seems that Mr.. Gus Bowie and negro
named John Hall had had q difficulty
some time last summer, and that the negro
| had threatened to kill Mr.. Bowie the first
time he met him. They met for the first
ltime since the difficulty at Starr Satur-
day afternoon, and the old feud was re-
newed. Some words passed between
them, and they then came to blows. In
a few seconds Halls father and four
brothers, with another negro, named
John Sadler, came to his assistance. Mr..
Bowie was knocked down, and the seven
negroes were fighting him. At this juno
ture two of Mr.. Bowie's friends, who were
some distance away, seeing the row, ran
to his assistance, and as they came up the
negroes attacked them. About this time
a pistol shot was fired, and this attracted
1.-The attention Of a number ut gentlemen
who were III store and in the Masonic
Lodge Room. These gentlemen ran out,
and as they did so they were fired into by
the negroes; all of whom were armed
with shot guns and pistols. Among
those who ran ont of the store was MIR.
John w. Bowie, father of the young man
who; had been attacked. When he made
his appearance negro deliberately fired
at him, and he was slightly wounded in
the leg. The shooting continued until
about thirty shots were fired. The white
men were 30 completely surprised, and
not being armed themselves, q number of
them took refuge behind q wagon body to
save their lives. This wagon body, it Is
said, was struck by several pistol balls.
In the meantime the negroes retired to a
place on the other side of the railroad,
reloaded their pistols and guns, and
would attempt to cross the railroad. It Is
believed that several other negroes were
added to the party after they crossed the
railroad.
During the shooting Mr.. John w.
Bowie was the only white man who was
wounded. though it is miracle that
several Of them were not killed. Mr..
Gus. Bowie was painfully bruised in the
face and on the head by blows from the
negroes when they frat attacked him.
One negro was slightly wounded in the
leg.
AS soon as quiet was restored the white
gentlemen conferred together. They,
of. course, were very indignant at this
sudden outburst on the part of the ne.
groes, and a number of them were dis.
posed to summon possed at once and
make an attack upon the negroes, but the
counsel and advice of the more conserya-
tive prevailed, and it was decided to go
before Trial J Justice Bryan and swear out
This was done Saturday night.
During the night the negroes took
refuge in the house of Peter Hall, sr., the
father Of the negro who had attacked Mr..
Bowie.
Early Sunday morning Trial Justice
Bryan summoned number of special
constables and went to the house where
the negroes were and asked them to sur
render. The. negroes refused to surren-
der, said they would not be arrested, and
that they would shoot any man who
would attempt to arrest them. Mr..
Bryan and his constables then surround.
ed the house, and by threatening to
set fire to the house, the negroes were
induced to come out and surrender.
They were assured by the officers that
they would be protected and that the law
should take its course. In the house the
officers found a number of guns and pis-
tolls, all of which were loaded. The ne
groes arrested were Peter Hall and his
i've Bulls JOuu, auCoI Z eteI, OOCh auu
Phil, and John Eadler. After prelimi-
nary hearing, In default of bond of $500
each, they were committed to Jail under
a charge of riot and assault and battery
with intent to kill.
From all the circumstances it seems
that John Hall, with his father aud
brothers, went to Starr Saturday after
noon with the expectation of meeting
Mr.. Bowie, and that he bad notified his
friends to be ready to come to his assis.
tance, for they were there, armed and
ready for the affray. The old negro and
all of his sons have very bad reputation
In their neighborhood, and have bad fre-
quent difficulties with their neighbors.