Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-11-17
GORE FREELY SHED
A Little Misapprehension in
Florida Town.
ONE NAN AND A NEGRO BOY DEAD.

| Anotb Man Dying. aud Pitched Battle
Barely Ayerted-The Monotony of the
...c= varied with veng-i "A
whisky Crszed Resident starts the
Co mmotion, and His Brother Goes for
Gore and Arranges for Three Funerals
in short Order.
OcALA Fla, Nov. I7-Tbere was q
pitched bsttle Saturday afternoon in the
little town of Reddick. fifteen miles
north of here and for time il looked
like "A bloody race war was imminent but
death or two cooled down the excite
ment of the populace. At about O'Clock
Saturday afternoon George Il Sanders, a
white man, crazy with whisky. entered
Epga rd's store and, after fiourishing his
revolver around for time, shot at Ned
Roux. one of the clerks Then I. K
Will ans and John Friday, the latter
also "A clerk, seized Sanders, and after
despe rate struggle with the fiend dis
armed him.
Bob Sanders Takes n Hand.
Anegro who came up while this scuffie
was taking place, not understanding the
nature of it, rushed across the street to
George Sanders store AMI told his brother
Bob that two men were trying to Kill.
George Then Bob's tearper was up, and
seizinly his gun he rushed over into Ep-
CARDS store end began firing right and
left. Two shots struck Williams, and he
fell m lrtally wounded. Another shot hit
a negro boy and he dropped dead. Still
another hit Friday. the clerk, with no se-
rious effect
Aud Has a Brief Career.
The last shot struck negro woman
who had come in from the rear TO make a
purchase. aad did not know what was
going on. Her wound is not serious.
Meanwhile George Sanders rushed out of
the siore to avoid the flying bullets. but
as he G id so some unknown party sent a
charge of shot into his head and face,
with 10 serious effect, however. Then
Bob, the man with the gun, started to
come into the row, but as he emerged
into the open air charge of forty two
bucSshot met him from the side, taking
effect in his hip. abdomen and thighs.
and he fell To the earth faint from loss of
blood.
Race Riot Threatened.
The firing brought dozens Of excited
white men and negroes to the scene. aud
the spectacle OF the dead negro boy infu-
rated the blacks. Some of them armed
themse ives ana then the whites did so in
self-deiense. For fully four hours the
town was on the verge of a pitched battle.
with more or less firing going on But
no one was hurt. The population is only
about 30, but they all took a hand. Be
fore the operator was driven from his in
strument by the riot he had wired this
city Tor help
The Military Called Out.
A special train was put on by the super
intendent of the Florida Southern rail-
road, and Deputy Sheriff Sellers, with a
| posse OF twenty-five men, started for the
scene Of the trouble at Reddiek The
meagre details of the dispatch created an
impress on that there was a race battle
| and the greatest excitement prevailed.
| Fully :, 90 people gathered in the streets
/ and Capt. OConneli called out the Ocala
| rifles thirty five men. and they were
drawn up in line at the railway station
ready to start at a moments notice.
All Quiet at the Seat of War.
At o'clock yesterday morning the
| special train returned with Deputy Sell
iers and his men, He had George San
| ders han dcuffed, and subsequently lodged
him in Jail. Bob Sanders was turned
over to physician with a sheriff's guard.
He will probably die within twenty- four
hours. Last night everything was quiet
! Williams. one of the victims, died yester-
day. He IS II prominent citizen of Red
| dick, having served for long time as su-
| perinten lent of public instruction in Ma
rion county. OF the two Sanders broth
ers, George is prosperous merchant, and
! Bob a IA ilroad contractor. No fears are
| entertained about any further outbreak.