Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-28
Latest From Jessup. I.

SAVANNAH, Dec. 26-The trouble at
Jessup yesterday began at 10 a. M, when
Chief Marshal Lsegett and his assistants
while attempting to arrest Bob Brewer.
an notorious negro outlax and fugitive.
brewer raised bis gun and deliberately
ahot and killed Assistant Marshal Barn.
niii. The chief marshal then fired at
brewer, but missed him. Brewer re-
turned the IRE and shot Leggett through
Dotn legs. Brewer and his crowd OF ten or
Twelve men then fed to Mcmillan swamp.
Inc negroes were followed into the swamp
| 6y several citizens. Among them were
William Wood, carpenter, and his son
William Wood. The negroes dodped Tito
ths swamp and when young Wood ran in
oenind them brewer rose mp and shot lin
through the head, killing him instaratss
and then shot Woods father in the face.
accomplishing this much the ne.
groes ran further into the |
swamp and escaped. The news OF the |
death OF young Wood and the serious |
snooting OF his father spread like wild-fire |
over the town. Confusion reigned for q
time and Jessup seemed to be in the hands
oi violent mob. Mayor Hopps called a
meeting and hasty arrangements were
made to protect the town. Seventy five
armed men were gathered in few minutes
and followed Brewer and his party a dis.
tance into the swamp. Mcmillan swamp
covers over 400 acres and Brewer is SO
Iamiiar o. with its hiding places that all
enosts OF tne posse to locate him is rs.
garaeq as in vain. The strength OF the
posse was soon increased by posse OF
twenty. .1ve armed men and q picket line {
was formed. Brewer had Threatened the
lie Of Assistant Marshal Barnhill since
ene officers killed one OF Brewers' pals a
|ew weeks ago while attempting
70 arrest eolored man for pamb. j
ing. Yesterday morning came Brewers
'nanoe, and he took advantage OF the on. !
portunity, when the assistant officer came
1naEmed to the side OF Chief Marshal 2
Lesgett, who was making an arrest. Brewer I
'eemeo TO forget for moment that any. t
,ody was trying to capture him, and shot \
ournniil Down as he would dog. Marshal
sepeett, who was badly wounded in both
eqs, was seen about the affair last night. t.
de said that when he went up to arrest n
3rewer he knew that he had bad man to y =
zeal with: He wanted a force large enough =
0 take the desperado. "When l got near d.
im, +" the chief marshal said, "and he saw W
rho was, he left two of my posse. VI
rho we're talking with him and oame "
owards me. heard him saw b
9a5 is the rascal I want and stepped be. te
ind Mr., Reddish. He kept coming and I ! "
brew my gun to my face and told him to ~
Top. he looked at me sullenly and kut .
ID gun to his shoulder and started back: th
Le thought ! would isturn to town and get th
ssistance, when met an old man named ~
ayford and several others, all OF whom =" -.
I'D guns, ! turned round to see what "
ley were going to do and saw Royford fe,
lchange 38-calibre Winchester for 3 32- oo
.lIbre and make thr alta and curse the r.
bite peol le. knew We were in ne
r it 20 ! waited and ! had not VIC
rg 70 wait, when ! saw Brewer Sh
'op his gun to his shoulder and fire. 1 in,
oked around and cav my assistant fall ~.
tue ground, then returned the shoot III
Q at Brewer: he then wounded me at the pr
st fire. discharged both barrels OF nv dr.
N, and knew ! was done, and jumped hi,
'wn the embankment and ran. Reddish -.
pod 3D. and nd, RfeEer approached, and aying. in'
IN you havsas gFrs;s sSsas.5s g : Fl fu,
'u." He struck him and took La gun | hi,
IN him. News had reached The ~
.thorities that j. Il. Ryan, a white 90
an, living there was the instigatoF an
the affair, A posse was sent to his house We
arrest him, but Ryan had escaped. it
said that he put the bad idea into Brew
9 head about the duty Of white people to ,
ks, and the report says that he excited
em BY saying that the murder of the col HI
I'd man killed by Barr bill should be inf
enged. Henry Anderson, one OF the !
ards put over Ryan's house, was
cidehtally shot and killed last night by de'
9 OF his own party. He went to head vie
arters for reinforcement and was going lse
OK when the gun held by Townsend was
charged, blowing Anderson's brains out. lno
at night a coloref man wss shot and Bel
iously wounded by picket while com. ne,
from Mcmillan sws mp. He had at cot
3t. y fic.