The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-11-10
QUAKERS CRY FOR BLOOD
A NEGRO STOPS A JOLLIFICA-
TION BY KILLING A MAN.

Six Men Shot Before the Conflict Was
Ended-The Flight of the Murderer
A Crowd Chases Him All Over Town
and Finally Runs Him Dowu-Lynch-
ing Prevented.
INDIANAPOLIS. md, Nov. "a special
from Marion, Ind, to the Sentinel saws:
"The Quaker town Of Fairmount. twelve
miles south of Marion, had its first murder
last night in the killing Of Con Paul bv a
negro named Tom Uttley. For a time the
affair took on the proportions Of riot. and
when the smoke of battle cleared away six
men had been shot. It was the
occasion OF democratic jollifcation, and a
knot of the faithful were grouped around
an anvil celebrating the recent victories.
In the party was w. II. Campbell, Con
Paul, J. I. Berry, Lee Harrington and
Jerry Frazier.
THE NEGRO INTERFEREs.
Harrington had charge of the anvil, and
was doing tho firing when Uttiey, q negro
OF unsavory reputation, stepped up and
ordered the celebration to stop. Harrlng-
ton, frightened, dropped the rod and stepped
back, and Berry, Keutuckian by. birth
aud late arrival at Fairmount, took his
place. He was also ordered to desiss by the
Co the front and defied Uttley.
A DUEL AT CLOSE RANGE.
Both men then went for their guns, draw.
ing and firing simultaneously. The duel
lists stood a distance OF ten feet apart aud
had fired two shots apiece when the negro
was hit ON the forehead with brick tied in
grain sack by Paul. The blow was severe
but had no effect, and in a second after he
was hit Uttley wheeled upon his assailant
and fired. Paul fell with bullet through
the top Of his head, an inch from the fore
head.
NEGRO SHOT.
BY this time Jerry Frazier(colored)b became
involved in the fight. and he went to tho
ground with two wounds through the
left leg and right hip. After shooting
Paul, Uttley turned aboutand ran, with the
crowd In full chase. The firing became
general and he received bullet in the
Heshy part Of the back, With three or
mea in pursuit, Uttiey ran all
over town, crawled under
barn and was finally captured in
the Centred hotel by two citizens and
escorted to che Office of DR.. Hurley.
CRYING FOR THE NEGRo's BLOOD.
A mob soon gathered, surrounding the
Office, and crying for the negro's blood
While these interesting proceedings we're in
force, an examination of the battlefield was
made. In all six mon were shot, as follows:
Paul. shot in the head; died this morning
at o o'clock.
Berry was shot through the right cheek
and hit with a stone.
Frazier (coloredl was shot in the leg and
thigh.
William Cobb. farmer who was a spec
tator, was shot through thesscalf of his left
leg.
Uttley is wounded in the back.
Campbell is wounded in the wrist and
arm with stones
Another man supposed to be from Som
eryile was seriously wounded, but In the
excitement his friends placed him on
board south-bound train and carried him
home
The affair occurred about o'clock In the
evening and was all over within half an
hour.
THE RIOT ACT READ.
Sheriff McFeery and Deputy Fogarn
were telephoned for and arrived at the seat
OF war at midnight. Finding the town in
an uproar and its citizens terribly excited
and determined to hang the negro. the riot
act was read and the crowd partially dis
persed. but it was not until
o'clock this morning that an
opportunity was given FOR stealing the
prisoner away. He Is now in jail in this
city. He pleads his innocence strongly, but
without much effect, for the report of the
affair, as given above, can be substantiated
by dozen witnesses.
The coroner was notified of Paul's death
at 10 O'clock this morning, and Is busy with
the inquest.
ALL GOOD MEN EXCEPT UTTLEY.
With the exception Of Uttley the men
engaged In the riot are oil respectable cit
izens, and Paul was an honest and hard
working teamster, with wife and four
children. Il was by the heroic means OF
the officers that his death was
not Immediately avenged. Uttley had beer
a resident of Fairmount only three weeks,
being laborer on the new school building.
he soon had the whole town terrorized and
could do about as he plensed. He Is known
to be a bad man and willing to engage in
any act of lawlessness He became involved
in fight In this city three weeks ago and
received a bad leg wound with knife in
the hands Of glassblower. He is a danger
Gus man and his arrest Is fortunate one