The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-21

most shoe cklng murders IN the criminal
history Of Georgia was that Of: Mrs. Eliza
Hargrove, q highly respected white lady,
aged rs years, this afternoon about l
O'Clock. She is a widow and owns large
plantation James NJ. Wood, q young
man, has been experimenting her farm
for. her. To-day she left the place where
Wood and others were at work and went
home. Subsequently Wood went to the
house, and when he returned be said he
could not find Mrs. Hargrove. A son of
Mrs: Hargrove's then went back with
Wood and Mrs. Hargroye's bodywas found
still warm. Her head had been crushed in
by two blows with the pole Of an axe,
and bloody axe was found in Woods
room. The old lady was we'll connected
and highly respected. Bloodhounds
were brought, but could find no trail.
Wood is under guard and stronger. It is
not improbable there will be lyncbing
in twenty. four hours.
CHARLOTTE, N. O., Feb. 14.-The
negroes in our Western mountains are
having considerable trouble with white
idesperadoes, Who live there and follow
the occupation Of manufacturing and
selling illicit liquors. Oflate these des-
peradoes, who care for nothing save their
distillery on the mountain side, have
been making deperate efforts to rur
certain negroes, whom they believe have
put officers on the track of their business,
out of the County. But the negroes
refuse to be scared OF bulldozed, and
have armed themselves and are ready for
any fray. Reports tonight from
Cherokee County, where trouble is most
imminent, bring particulars of a terrible
and bloody fight last Tuesday night. In
that County, at q place called Marble, q
negro by the name. of Lee Brown gave q
dance at his house that night, and ne.
groes for miles around gathered there
to have jolly time. aMoonshine"
whiskey was freely INDUCED, in, and
about midnight the crowd vas pretty
drunk, women included. Nearly all the
negroes had either q pistol, 3 bowie
knife or an old musket, and were ready
for any sort of row. While all were
dancing and the fiddle and banjo making
merry music, some one inside cried out:
"White men all round de housep The
dancing at once cameto standstill and
the music ceased. A peep through. the
cracks of the door substantiated the as-
sertion, and the negroes we're in q frenzy
what to do. They knew trouble was
ahead, and there was no way to avoid it.
Only to make bad worse, a negro full of
whiskey poked his head out at the door
and yelled: "You white men is ordered
to leave de primises." The white men
we're all armed, and had been drinking
heavily. It's said they had sworn to
break up the frolic and run the negroes
in the woods. Soon all were together
quarrelling, when negro fred at one Of
the white men. This started a riot, and
for q short time smoke and gunpowder
filled the air. Bowie knives and stones
we're also called into service. Finally
the negroes were put to flight and chased
for some distance, when the white men
left for their homes, carrying with them
the dead bodies Of two of their comrades
Altman and Oscar Deal, who
had been killed in the row. One negro
by the name of Sam Smith was also
killed. Three negro men and threewo.
men we're severely wounded, while some
oftbe white men also suffered injuries.
Nearly all the parties concerned in the
row are in hiding, and no arrests have
vet been reported.