The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-09-05
A RIOT.
The Negroes in Mississippi
Causing Trouble.
Flood Threatens to Resign if
Tanner is Not Tried.
The County Attorney of Wyan-
dotte Wants His Fees.
Other Items of Interest from
the Wires.

New ORLEANS, La, Sept. THE
Picayune's Jackson. Miss, special
says: In an interview to-day Governor
Lowery made in substance this awnser
as TO the general situation in LAHORE
county
ION arriving at Greenwood found
some excitement among the people.
The negroes, or at least quite a unm-
Der of them, were armed with Win
chester rifles. The citizen Volun-
teers, or a number of them at
least, seemed determined to have
matters their own way and it was
thought best that / should address
them. They assembled ia from of the
hotel and l spoke to them frankly.
They dispersed quietly. decided that
the military should be sent to Minter
City to enforce the law Instaed Of
the citizen volunteers. The Capital
Light Guards of this city arrived
here from Lfore county at p. IN. to-
day having left Minter City yesterday
at 8 p. m. They report that there were
$50 armed negroes collected near Minter
City, but they had been dispersed be
fore the arrival of the military. There
was large body of white men armed
and mounted who had flocked there
from various points before the arrival
of the troops. These men had dis
persed the negroes and captured some
! of the leaders.
Reports as to whether any negroes
had been killed or the number cap
tured were very conflicting. One
negro was certainly killed by another
negro for refusing to join them. One
mar told the officers that he saw six
dead negroes six miles from the river.
Other reports place the number
higher while some denied that there
had been any killing, except the negro
continued and turned over to the
sheriff 40 negroes.
It was reported after the troops left
that one of the negro leaders was
| hung. The sheriff under whose orders
the troops were placed notified them
| that thew were needed no longer and
they took his receipt for the negroes
whom they had captured and left by
the boat.
A member of the company told your
correspondent that it was impossible
| to get any reliable information as to
| what had really occurred and that it
was certain fact that there were 400
| armed and congregated negroes on
Saturday night VOWing vengeance
| against the whites and that a large
body of whites had dispersed them and
captured them, but no true account
could be obtained of the loss of human
life as the violence occurred back from
the river several miles. The white
people of Shell Mound deserted the
place on Saturday and sought refuge
in safer quarters.
/ LATER
/ GREENWOOD Miss. Sept. 4.-FrOm the
| present appearances it looks as though
the sun of peace would suppressed the
i
| ty returned from Minter City, the sea:
of war, last evening and reports every.
thing quiet up there. -Four Of the ring
| leaders named Adolph Horton. Scott
| Morris. M. j. Dial aud Jack Dial were
killed. The military arrived at Min
ter City at o'clock yesterday morn
ing. Upon the arrival of the troops it
was learned that party of about six
teen negroes. well armed with win
chester rifles were encamped near Cane
lake, a distance of six or eight miles
from Minter City. a accommodating
party of citizens numbering about fifty
men was organized and proceeded to
interview the belligerent7biacks but
they had moved to some other place
| Part of the men were detailed to go in
different directions and make a thor
ough search of the entire surrounding
country. A party while passing throuL
4
came upon Adolph Horton and JacE
Dial and they were commanded TO sur
render. Without regarding the COM
maDd of the officers they drew theil
pistols and started TO run when they
| were shot down. These two were
yerv desperate and mischievous
and had been the princi-
pal aiders of Cromwell and Thomas il
arousing the negroes of this county
The other leaders were killed this
morning while resisting arrest. Thorn
as. Allen and Cromwell. the moving
| spirits of the insurrection have MOI
been arrested. Geo. Allen Is the ont
who killed another negro last Sunday
night on Mr.. TOwnsend's place for re
fusing to join his band and il is believed
he is still in this county. Cromwell j.
an ex-conyict and one of the principal
inStigatOrs of the riot. His where
aboHtS at present are unknown bui
there about seYenty-fiye to one hun
bred men searching the woods for al
len and his aeeomplices Of whom there
are about eight. The best of feeling
prevails between the whites and the
better class Of negroes, and when thil
troublesome element has been brought
TO justice, the machinery of affairs
viii move on as though nothing bad
happened.