The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-09-09
PELHAMSFATAL BATTLE.
FROM so TO rs SHOTS FIRED IN
THE FUSILADE.

The Marshal's Slayer Fired the Deadly
Bullet While the officer was Trying
to Arrest Another Negro-Cho MUIR
derer Wounded Before Being Cap
tured-Peace Now Prevails.
PELHAM. GA, Sept s-Ths usual
quietude of Pelham was disturbed last
night by the most heertrending tragedy
that ever occurred in the place. At Z
o'clock last night the store of J. l.. Hand
and the sidewalk in front Of it were crowded
with seventy-fiye or 100 negroes and fifteen
or twenty white men. A difficulty arose
on the sidewalk between white man
and a negro named GLADDEN.. During
the quarrel both parties moved into
tue crowded store, and others becoming in
terested, a general row seemed imminent
About this time II. ID. Castleberry, the
town marshal, stepped in and ordered
peace, but was not needed. The mayor, J.
&. Tennison being present, tried to restore
order with no effect. being caught and held
by some negroes whom he did not recognize
in the excitement.
THE FATAL SHOT.
In the meantime Marshal Castleberry
arrested GLADDEN., and while trying to hold
him was showed or drawn out on to the
sidewalk, when almost immediatelya a pistol
shot rang out o. the air, and Marshal
Castleberry dropped t. a stopping position,
having been shot in the abdomen by ne
gro named Albert johnson. \ general
fusilade then eusued, variously estimated at
from fifty to seventy-five SHOTS. After Mar
shal Castleberry was shot, and while In a
STOPPING position, he emptied his revolver
at johnson, who was retreating and firing
all the while.
WHITE MEN IN PURSUIT.
BY this time the few white men present,
realizing the situation, began to pursue the
negro, who was now trying 10 escape, run
ming westward toward the pond IN the rear
of the residence OF J. j. Twit5y. Tho firing
again opened on both sides, and after john
sons pistol was emptied he was caught near
Twitty's barn. He was brought back up
town, and when on the way to the guard
house, just opposite the side door Of ReaveS
81 Reeds drug store, another shot was fired
by some unknown party which brought
him to the ground.
ENDED THE SHOOTING.
The excitement ran high for "a while, but
very soon after all the shooting was over
the fact that the wounded needed attention,
coupled with an indisposiJion on the part
Of tho negroes to renew the disturbance,
quieted things q little, and Marshal Castle
berry was remoxed to the drug store, and
he and the negro received medical attention
from Doctors Reaves and Reed. Dr..
Mcintosh from Thomasville was also dis
patched for. The negro was moved about
2 O'clock this morning to the house Of
another negro in town, where he now lies
with five wounds, the most dangerous Of
which is one through the left lung.
WHO SHOT HIM UNKNOWN.
No one seems to know who shot the negro,
but it is believed that several Of Marshal
Castleberry's shots struck MIN. When
caught, a 3S-caliber Smith & Wesson pistol
and two dirks were taken from him. He
has been working on James Baggs' turpen-
tine farm near Camilla five or six years and
is said to be peaceable negro when sober,
but very bad when drinking. The doctors
say he will probably get we'll with proper
attention. Marshal Castleberry was moved
at Il O'Clock to the city hall and from there
to the hotel early this morning.
DEATH OF THE MARSHAL.
He lived about three hours after Dr. Nc
Intosh arrived, dying at 7:25 o'clock this
morning. He was good cltizen and
brave man, and leaves a wife with four
little children, the eldest about years old.
During the first firing it is said that a num-
Der of shots were fired by negroes from the
street in front of the store and toward the
store, but they were too far OFF to be recog-
nized. When the first intermissiOn Of tae
firing occurred a good many negroes were
on the streets.
CONSPIRACY SUSPECTED.
1t is thought by some that there was
concocted plan on the pert Of certain
negroes to get up a disturbance and kill
Marshal Castleberry, as he had had trouble
with one recently when arresting him.
Efforts are now being made to capture
several negroes supposed to be accessories
to last nights crime. The coroner IS now
holding an inquest. The sheriff is here
NO FURTHER TROUBLE APPREHENDED.
No further trouble is apprehended at
present. For the most part the white men
present acted with commendable GOODNESS
aud discretion.
To-day has not seemed like Sunday,
crowds of serious men and curious in
duirers from the surrounding country being
on the streets ali day A cloud Of sorrow
hangs over the community, producing i'm
pressions that will not soon be forgotten.