Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-12-19
TEMPORARY CESSATION
The Story of the Recent Race Uprising.
SAD END TO A TRIVIAL QUARREL
A Colored Driver Demands the Right of Way, is Refused, and a Fist Fight Re
 sults-This Leads to the Arming of Opposing Forces-More Trouble Feared.

sults-This Leads to the Arming of
 Opposing Forces-More Trouble Feared.
 MERIDIAN, Miss, Dec. 19.-There are many different stories as to the cause of the riot at Wahalak but the following seems to be the most reliable:
 Last Thursday MT. G. F. Nicholson, prominent planter of Kemper county, was returning from Shugualak with his little son. He met George Maury, desperate negro, driving a wagon loaded with cotton seed The two wagons met in a deep cut, and it so happened at the time of the meeting that young Nicholson was in charge of the wagon, his father being a short distance off. The negro in attempting to pass demanded the right of way insolently. The altercation at&racteI the attention of the father, who, upon asking the cause of the trouble, was assaulted ard badly beaten by the negro, who then went o3 his way. As soon determined to arrest the negro. The blacks, hearing of this, organized party to protect Maury. This organization, it is said, was brought about by two white men, and the meeting was held in a church near Maury's hdlse. After this meeting party of negroes, numbering about ten, went to Maury's and ambushed themselves in a smoke house and cotton house, where they remained until the white posse. numbering fifteen, came up to arrest Maury. The whites, finding no one in the residence, went to the smoke house, where they found three negroes. who were not molested At this moment some Gne on Ehe outside said: ''Here is Maury, come and ,arrest him." and the whites rushed out.
 ThSs2 the negroes fired and William Vaughn fell. The white men ran to the north side of the cotton house and were fired on by the negroes, one being killed and an- other wounded. The firing then ceased and the whites retreated, but only to make an- other attack on the south side of the im- provised fort, again being fired upon by the negroes, Seth Cobb being killed and John Dew wounded. The negroes then left the cotton house and went in the yard and then into Maury's residence.
 In the morning another party of whites went there to find them, but they had gone, and the long search has failed to locate them.
 There is no change in the situation at Wahalak. This village Is crowded with peo- pie froea the surrounding country, Parties have been searching the swamps and every locality where the negroes who did the kill ing on Sunday night are supposed to be Secreted, but up to this hour not one of them has been found. It is supposed that they have left the country. All the parties who left this city for the scene of the tragedy have returned, and report everything quiet in that city. Nothing remains of the cabins but their snaouldering ashes. All the stock owned by them was killed, and everything burned around their premises.
 M. H. Mauryss funeral took place yester- day afternoon, and was largely attended. Among those present were an armed band of about seventy-ffve men, who have been out after the mnrderous negroes. They stacked arms outside the church, and after the ser vices they resumed their weapons mounted. and rode away to the scene of danger
 Constable Cobb, who was killed by the negroes, was 35 years old, and leaves widow and seven children. M H. Maurv was 34 years old, and leaves a widow and five children William Vaughan, who is dying from his wounds, crawled on hands and knees from the place where he was shot to Cobbs house, a mile distant. On the way he passed negro's cabin, and asked for a drink of water, but the negro. who was a brother of the man who started the trouble, refused the request Vaughan is widower and has several small children. John W. Dew is badly wounded, but may recover J. T. Maury is badly wounded, and will die G. T. Nicholson is shot in the breast and wrist William Hare and Jefferson Thomas are slightly wounded in the hands
 The conductor of a train from the north. which passed here at g D. m., reports that twenty-five armed men from Macon left his train at Shuqulak, five miles north of Waha lak, and started for the hills The negroes are supposed to be about 200 strong When located, if they resist, there will be a terrible affray.
 It is not known what further action will be taken by the determined men now on the