Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1888-12-22
|frienda Of the negro'e assault. ndSatur
day il was determined to

ORGANIZE a posse
aud arrest the marauder. Information of
this reached the negroes. 1t is said two
white men gathered a party Of negroes to-
gether at church Sunday night and organ
lied a force OF men to resist any attempts
to arrest the ma rpuder. These whites are
known to the people Of Wahalak, but the
names cannot be learned. 1t is the settled
determination 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 q
posse OF white men came up the road and
halted in front of Maury's house. Four OF
tha.n walke.i up to the nous and found it
deserted. Then they vent TO the smoke
house, where they found three negroes.
These men were questioned a. to the
whereabouts OF the negro, but they pre-
tended they could not tell where he could
be found. Then the man who was on the
outside shouted, Here is Maury, suppose
you come and arrest him." The whites
rushed il q body from the building
and as they emerged
WE'RE MET WITH A yoLLEY
from eight or ten muskets and shotgIns.
William Vaughn was seriously wounded By
a buckshot in the neck and shoulders, and
another man, whose name, the whites will
not reveal, received a slight wound IN the
head. This volley came from the cotton
house and was promptly returned by the
whites, but the negroes being behind q stout
/ wall, received no injury.
The whites disc ,vered they were fighting
to q great disadvantage, s, tiey moved
around to the north side of the structure.
Here they received another voliey result
ing in the instant death If Henry Maury
and woundipg his brother j. f. Maury near
tie elbow. The whites now drew off aud
firing ceased temporarily. Notwithstand-
ing their losses, however, the posse deter
mined to make another attack on the . OF
ton house, approaching it this time from
the south. As they CAM up they received
a third volley, the negroes apparently
awaiting orders To fire as they had dom in
| the two previous instances.
At this third yolley, Seth Cobb received
twenty-five buck shot IN his breast and
stomach,
TEARING THE ENTIRE FRONT OF HIS BODY
away. John Dew, another OF the whites,
is probably MORALLY wounded by a pistol
ball in the G. oin. The whites again drew
off for consultation when it was decided
that another attack with their reduced
force was useless aud SO they determined
to wait for daylight and achievements.
While they were thus consulting the ne
groes rushed from the C ,tton house to
Marcy's residence in a body and proceeded
to fortify the house, and the white men
went back to Wahalak.
Yesterday morning another force OF fifty
men was raised and proceeded to Maurs s
residence. The place was found entirely
deserted;7 the whites burnei the buildings
on the place, together with those on a farm
adjoining, and secured the woods for ne
groes, but could find no trace Of them. 1t
Is IMPOSSIBLE TO 1 ANY EGRoE
within five miles of the scene OF the trouble.
The white people from the adjoining towns
poured into Wahalak all day and joined
in the search, but as non OF the negroes
except Maury were known, they accom-
plished nothing. One negro was seen Turk
ing in the woods and was fired upon by the |
whites, but he instantly disappeared. 1t
is believed more trouble is certain. If any |
negroes who fred on the whites are caught
they will he lynched.
The feeling is now against the whitemen
who are said to have organized the negroes.
Not a single negro is known to have received
an injury. Two white men besides those
already reported, are wounded, but their
names have not been given. 1t does not
appear that the whites in attempting to
make arrests. were undo any legal author
ity, hut are sustained by the entire white
OF Kemper n the adjoining
counties. 1t is unlikely that any proceed
ings will be taken against them.
NO NEGROES TO BE FOUND.
MERRIAM, Miss, Dec. 1S.-No change in
the situation at Wanalak. The village is
surrounded with men from the surround
ing country. Parties are searching the
swamps and every locality where the ne
groes are supposed to be secreted. Up to
10 a. NJ. not one had been found. 1t is
supposed they left the country. All par
ties who left Meridian yesterday for the
scene have returned, and report everything
quiet.
ANOTHER RACE
JACKSON, Tenn., Dec. 18.-A desperate |
fight occurred between negroes and whites
in a remote part OF this county Friday. |
1t grew out of a law suit. The fight oc- |
cured in the court. Several persons were
badly hurt. The negroes sent to this city |
Sunday for ammunition, and are armed |
with shot guns, pistols and knives. They |
declare they will not be arrested. Officers
went from here yesterday to arrest them.
The result is not known. Serious trouble
is feared.