The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-12-28


eegoeus Tvsable % Wnhslsk. Mia .S.v IL.
1nG Las % ltfe-A Mas 10 connies,.r
H~p"sts cf what Has Happened. with
stvenx trshahtlsties ~ More 1siosa~ss@i
n~sere 0aiet . Restored.
WAHALAK, Miss. Dec. 17-There was 4
terrible riot last might ~ this place. ANA
to-day twelve white men and one hundred
and nifty negroes lie dead rs n result. F.r
q long time there has been much in feel.
ing between the whites and blacks M Til.
place, aggravated BY the imperfinenc.. ~
the latter. and yesterday the two element.
became involved in the quarrel wair,
ended In the great loss Of life. TIA
facts, a. far as they can n.
ascertained, are as follows: A negro anl
white man became engaged in quarrel
and the negro was killed. This was M.
excn~e for the assault, and Immediately
black horde swept down upon the whites.
who were greatly outnumbcred. KnDx.
ing II was fight 10 the death. the white,
prepared 70 receive their black A.
sailants. and when the battle wnS
ended ID was found that twelve whit.
men and over 10 negroes had been Killed.
Terrible a this slaughter Is. II l. malta
probable the end j. not yet The Cow
ernor was al once photographed u tor ~
sistnncr. and troops were Immediately
sent 10 the scene % the trouble. st.~-
cial train bearing the State troops /. INV
on the way here from Meridian. In ia
meantime II Is known that The L..
groes are being reinforced nnd III.
whites are preparing for an onslaught.
The troops are expected az any moment. AZ
this place j. only forty-eight miles
north ~ Meridian. The negroes NJ thi.
place have been very restless. and hay.
made themselves very obnoxious for 4
month past, and the attack was andouft.
ed'y premeditafed. While il j. possible
The slaughter IT the blacks may teach
them lesson. il j. quite probable more
trouble will follow. and the arrival ~
the troops Is anxiously awaited.
The excitement i 50 great that it
= impossible 70 secure reliable inform
alton regarding the origin Of the DIM
Guilty.
LATER--It l. now stated that the exa
number ~ negroes killed i unknow
All the whites in the place were. il j.
said. slaughtered. The special train from
Meridian has not yet arrived. but il bears
thirty brave and desperate white men
and more will be taken on en- route, AID
more bloodshed Is almost certain 10 fol-
low.
Conflicting Reports
MERIDIAN. Miss, Dec. 1s.-Reports from
the scene ~ the riot are conflicting. IL is
nov stated that no negroes were killed
but that twelve white men lost their lives.
A special train left here at p. M. bearing
troops for the scene Of the trouble.
shot Down from Ambush nv ~~sro~s-
NEw ORLEANS. Dec. i-.-A special 70 the
PieGynne from West Point, Mias-. dated
the 18th. says: News reached here this
morning Of horrible tragedy enacted
last night AZ the village 81 wahalak.
Miss, forty miles south Of West Point on
the Mobile a. Ohio railroad. -Four white
men were killed outright. and eight
wounded. three mortally. The particulars
of the shooting are gwen as follows:
Some two months ago n white farmer liv-
ing a few miles from WahaIak. lost his
clubhouse. together with eight OF
ten bales Of cotton by FIRE
which WINS evidently the work ~
incendiaries. Suspicion pointed 10 two
negroes living in the vicinity with WHOM
the farmer had had some trouble. Suffi-
cient evidence having been secured. m
officer last night attempted 10 arrest ono
u the negroes. The negro resisted. anl
succeeded in making his escape after hrv-
Ing brutality assaulted the officer. Th-
whites ia the ne ighborhood then organized
to capture the negro, and proceeded ~
ward the fellows house. with the intrn-
ton of arresting him. Before reaching
the house. however. they were fired ~.
from ambush BY fifty well HARMED negroes,
and every white man III the party was
shot down The horror-stricken people
have telcgraPhed for aid. Seventy-five
armed men lief; Meridian. Miss. this MORN
ing for the scene ~ the tragedy. and West
Point will furnish more.
More Conflicting Eeporss.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. fs--A special ~
the Picaynne from Macon. Miss. says the
people there are greatly excited over the
Kemper County race troubles. The names
Of the white men known 10 have been
killed are: Henry Maury, Cobb. Vaughn
and W. B. Hare. There were three 90
four others whose names are not learned.
Hare lived in Noxubee County. near the
Kemper line II j. said that no negroes
were killed. Tom Nicholson H. the name
Of one q the whites wounded He was
shot in the body. and one OF his arms are
broken Several other whites arc
wounded. but no negroes
Twenty tvuu- lIltA u4tr EttAN At'in - -
con. and nearly every town in Eastern
Mississippi l. sending aid to the whites ~
Kemper County. II Is reported that fhr
blacks are welI-armed and assembled in
. large body, apparently prepared for
serious fighting. The trouble il said 70
have originated in the murder Of a white
boy by two negro men about seven miles
frvm wahalak- The reports. however,
80 rouffcfiuv
4 Probably Correes statement ~ ths A.
fair.
yEw ORLEANS. Dec. "a Columbus
eMiss.) special 70 the Pic1-Hne says:
Persons arriving from Artesia bring par
ticulars Of the fighting near wahalnk.
On Friday q negro and . white boy quar-
relied. and when the white boys father
tried 70 separate them. tIsrnegro attacked
and beat the white man. The latter swore
out u warrant for the Negroes arrest, and
on Saturday Constable Seth Cobb went 20
the nexro's house 10 execute IL. but was
attacked and beaten BY . number Of me-
rrpe@. The constable summoned posse
* twelve men and went again on sunday
10 arrest the negro. The posse were hrcd
upon from ambush and Ave killed out