Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1890-02-22
HE DEPENDED HIS HOME.
A COLORED MAN FIGHTS TO
THE LAST.
.TwENTY-NINE BULLETS IN HIS
BODY.

bOD1.
Now that..the outrage mil. has ceased
for q while to grind, ''all is quiet on the
Potomac but how long shall it last NO
one knows. Never bst fore in the hiss
tory Of this State has there been such
feeling of unrest as now exists among
the colored people, especially in the
rural districts. The Baxley on RACES,
the East Point whipping aft air, and
the Jessup epis ode, along with the bru-
tai shooting of u man nam~d Nelson
Jones, because he refused TO leave his
home, wife and children, Lowndes coun
ty, when ordered To do SO by white
ruffians, has struck terror TO thousands
and has made life not worth living
Your correspondent called to see the
man Nelson, who WAS so brutality shot,
and found him lying with 30 bullet
holes in his body, and he tells a
HEART RENDING story.
He says for some reason the whites OF
the county took an idea that he was
advising the blacks against the inter-
ests of the whites. He was ordered to
leave the county or he would be whip
ped, ahd IL he refused TO be whipped,
ne would be killed. he told the man
who informed him that he had done
nothing TO any one, and did not mean
TO leave has wife, children and crop,
and that he would stand 20 the bitter
end.
He bought Winchester rifle and
went home. Just before night white
B inan came down TO his house osIensibly
on business, but really 10 spy OUT his
house, aud It's surroundings. prepara-
tory 10 their nocturnal visit ZONES
-, : te went nome aud in1orned ais
wife OF What hs had seen aud heard,
and told her TO prepare for the event.
he closed up his house, ate his evening
meal. aud ne and mis- family retired,
with his rife in convenient place.
He says all went Well until about
between and IN The morning. when
his dogs began Id bark. lie awoke, he
said, from u frightfui dream, awoke has
wife, and told her LnaJ there WAS some
one near the house and caused her TO
get up. He got up aud got his gun and
prepared for The fray. The dog ceased
barking (having been driven awayl ana
low, rumbiing sound was heard Of
human voices, which grew louder and
more distinct, until they could be PLAN
Nv heard. In the next minute or TWO
voice could be heard saying 'charge
boysl" and six OF eight men came a.
gainsL the door of has cabin with the
e al of a ten-fOot rail, and shattered the
Il Dor almost TO spiinters. NO one en-
tered, however, and Jones stood in one
corner of his cabin awaiting develop.
menJs. He did not have 10 wait long,
however, Tor ia a few minutes blazing
bill of cotton saturated with kerosene
was thrown through the now open door
into the house. 10 light II up That they
Ia. ghG see 10 Kill him from The outside.
Jvues WAS Standing behind the parIl-
ton. and was quite out of sight OF HIS
would be slayers. The ball struck q e
opposite side of the house, rebOundeu
aud rolled between his feet. lie snatch
ed mis- wife apron winch WAS near, aud
threw IL on the ball and put iC out.
Tney threw another, and sIill another,
u iii they had thrown five of these
l:ghted. which he managed TO put
out each time without allowing them
10 get a shot at him. A shore
pause was followed by large wad OF
the same material, thrown right on hls
bed among his three little children; this
set the bed clothing ON fire, and the
house was ia great danger.
seeing that lt was necessary Tor him
co ACT a. once or have the house burned
u0wn over his wife and children. he
decided TO face death and save biz
, loved ones. rIis decided, he raised
= his rife aud fired in the direction from
mich the last bali 0i>fire came. There
q Oe8blsHkc StllluceS LOT lev
seconds, and then the firing commenced
Oh ne outside. Seeing that 10 remain
longer IA The house would endaDger tn,
lives of all, he boldly made a dash 70
the door amid a shower of bullets, and
reaching the outside, he faced the enc
4 my aud used his Winchester as long u
q he could raised iC 10 his shoulders. ii,
Il reLreaLed and fell among the corn row
no. Tar away, with fourteen Q4) bullet
Ia his body, one of which broke his hip
s eieven went in his right leg aud thigh
anu ,wO through his Jaws. The ruffian
were afraid 60 approach him, but cOn
' lInued 10 shoot al long range. Fearin,
that should he not keep them at bay
tiie, would discover his condition an,
flash him, rolled over on one side
ANsOunded as he was, aud managed Z
~ has hand on 3 revolver with wnic
ile kept them az distance. Thong
there were about thirty in the gane
- ell they did not have the courage {
approach one Negro who showed him
eelI 10 have little pluck.
AGAIN Rel ULsED.
The brutes left Jones, as they wante
TO get 10 their MONIES before daylight
W and the next morning his wife foun
him where he fell. He was taken u
by friends, aud fearing that the mo
would come back aud finish bin, the
took nun 10 the city OF Valdosta, Ga