Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-12-21
SHOT TO DEATH.
Wholesale Massacre Near Wahlak
Miss.

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SPECIAL 10 The american.
COLUMBUS, Miss, Dec. l7-Reports
reached here this morning of a riot
between whites and negroes at Wah-
lax, Miss, a station on the Mobile &
Ohio Railroad, of about 200 inhabi-
tants, that surpassed In horror any
thing that has happened in this State
for years, and recalls most forcibly a
remembrance of the bloody riots Of
1870 The particulars gathered from
most reliable sources are as follows /:
Yesterday evening tao boys, one
white, the other negro, got into
fight. Mr.. Tom Nicholson, the father
OF the white boy. attempted to sepsr.
ate them, when Maury, the father of
the negro, jumped on him and beat
him up most terribly. Mr.. Nicholson
swore out warrant against Maury,
which was placed in the hands of the
Constable. The Constable, after
searching for Naury, found him with
quite crowd of other negroes
They refused to pay any attention to
the oil er or his warrant, and defied
the law and authorities, saving Maury
should not be arrested. Not satisfied
with defying the law, they attacked
the officer aud beat him until he was
more dead than alive before they al
lowed him TO go. lie returned to
town and summoned posse of twelve
white men, who proceeded at once to
the point where the negroes were for
titled, TO demand the surrender of
Maury. The negr es, however, had
abandoned their house and were Sc
creted in the woods near BY, and as
the Constable, with his posse, neared
the house, they were fired upon from
ambush. Constable S. Cobb and four
of his posse
FELL DEAD AT THE FIRST voLLEY,
aud there was only one man of the
twelve who escaped entirely whole,
some of them being very severely
wounded. The white fnen saw they
were only handful 10 the large
crowd of negroes who were opposed
TO them, and who numbered several
hundred, and retreated, leaving their
dead on the field, followed by the
jeers and shouts of the black murder
ers who were armed TO the teeth, and
had used double barreled shot-guns
with such deadly effect on the officers
OF the law. Following is the list OF
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
KILLED Henry Maury. Seth
Cobb, Tom Nicholson, Bill Vaughan,
Bill Hare.
WOUNDED Frank Maury, Tom NJ.
Giles, Bob Harper, ii. L. Harper,
John Dew, JEFF Thomas.
nuRRYEG TO THE SCENE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Dec. IA spe-
cial TO the Avalanche from West
Point, Miss, says: Information is
obtained from the operator at Wah-
lax that up to 4 p. m three dead bod
les have been brought to town. This
sll'ray occurred yesterday evening,
and news of il was not distributed
until to-day. The excitement up and
down the Mobile 4 Ohio Railroad is
intense, and the officials Of the road
have offered free transportation 10
all who wish TO 90 to the scene of the
trouble, Many have taken advan-
tage of the offer, and each train on
that line has carried many volunteers
to the scene of the riot The c .valry
company of Crawford, NJ sa, thirty
miles from Wahlak, started at once
for that place to volunteer their as
sistance. The military company at
West Point hold themselves in read
mess to go the scene of the eTiot II II
become, necessary, but the excite
ment has somewhat abated and at
this writing no further serious trou-
Bile is expected. As many as eight
negroes are rumored TO have been
killed to-day, but this Is not authen'
tic. The operator at Wahlak refuses
TO answer any more questions and
no further information eau be OBJ
tanned.