Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1888-12-22
RACE TROUBLES.
Two White M,n Killed and six
Wounded in Mississippi.

celved here yesterday morning sta
ting that a riot had occurred at
Wahalak, Kcmper county. fifty.
miles north of Meridian and that
Holly Morton, Of this place, had
been killed. A party of twenty
men was at once organized, and
left for the scene on a regular pas
senger train. Subsequently anoih,
er party of forty was raised, and
left on a special train. a number
of wild rumorS were soon i'll cir"n
latiou to the effect that Il posse
from this city had had a fight with
negroes and that several of them
had been wounded. These rumors
were set aside by the arrival ofthe
posse on the regular mail train
last night. They told the follow
ing story of the riot:
Last Thursday the son of q. r.
Nicholson, a prominent farmer OF
sKemper county, was driving along
the road when he met negro DIES
perado driving in the opposite dl,
rcction. Young Nicholson's We
hicle, by accident, came in coll
sion 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 Mr.. NieholSon appeared and
linterfered The negro thereupon
drew "a revolver, but instead OF
firing closed with Nicholson and
knocked him senSeless with the
pistol and then fled. The follow
ing day Nicholson told his friends
of the negro'S assault and on Sat.
urday it WAS determined to organ
ize d posse and arrest the marai-
der. Information of this deterlnl
nation of the whites reached the
negroes in some way. 1t is saul
that two white men gathered u
purLy of negroes togetherat church
Sunday night and after harangu
lng them organized u force OF ten
Of them to resist any attempt 10
arrest aiauyy OF attack on his house,
These whites are known to the
people of AVahaIak, but Their
names cannot be learned. 1t is
The settled determination to lynch
them when found, and the people
argue that When they are hanged
1T will be proper time to make theil
names known.
The negro force raised by the
Two white MEN went to Maury's
house when the church meeting
adjourned, and concealed them
selves in the smoke house and COT
ton houses. Very soon after this
the posse OF white men came NJ
tie road aud l,l;ed in 'front.'. ol
Maury's house. -Four Of thcnn walk
ed up 10 the house, but found 1T dc
serted. They then went TO iht
smoke house, where they ioEnu
three negroes. These men acre
questioned as to Maury's where
aboutS, but they pretended they
could not tell where he could bt
found. Tie whites were trying u
gain some information from then
when a man on The outside shout
ed, '.Rere is Maury; suppose yol
come AID arrest him ....>.-s,,-v,,r,
emerged were met with wolfe.
sfrom eight or ten muskets and shot
guns. William Vaughn was ser,
lousiy wounded by UuukShot III til,
lelt arm, iieck and shoulders, an(
another man, whose name til,
whites would hot reveal, recelvet
>nght wounds IN the hand. Tni,
rnlley Came from Il cotton house
and Was promptly re. urned by tn,
whites, illt Ihc negroes being be-
lind stout plank walls received TX
injury. Tue whites soon discover
Ell Lliat they were fighting at great
disadvantage and moved around tt
the north side of the structure
Here they received another vollpy
resulting III The instant death 0
Henry Maury and The wountllns U
his brother, j. +. Maury, III lLt
arm near the elbow.
The whites now drew off, ant
the firing ceased temporarily. Not
wiihsianding their losses, how
evtr,tae posse determined to make
another attack on the cotton house
approaching this time from the
side. AS they came mp to the
building they received the third
vOlley, the negroes apparently
awaiting the order to fire us they
had d0ne in the previous instances
AT the third volley Seth Cobb re-
ceived twenty two buckSloCsin the
breast aud stomach, tearing the
entlre front part oil his body away
john Dew, another OF the whites.
was probably morlaliy, wounded
by pistol ball IN the groin.
Tic whites again drew of for
consultation, when it WAS decided
that another ATTACK Oh the buIid-
ing wllu tLer reduced force would
bo useless, and they determined to
walt lor daylight anu reinforce
ments. While they were consult
Ing the negroes rushed from the
cotton house TO Maury's residence
i'll u body aud proceeded to tortify
that building, and The whites went
back 10 Wahalak.