The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-01
TROUBLE In GEORGIA.
A RIOT IN JESUP, IN WHICH
NINE MEN ARE KILLED.

i, A RIOT IN JESUP, IN WHO
: NINE MEN ARE KILLED.
: The Trouble Caused by Drunken NJ
: Sroes Who Resist Arrest-Th
: Whites Come to tho Assistance {
the PeIice. and the Negroes ar
Driven to Il swamp.
: SAVANNAH. December 25.-An al
tempt to arrest s drunken negro a
Jesup, ifty-one miles from this city
this afternoon prccipitated g rio
which resulted in the killing of nin'
men and the wounding of eight or ter
others. Seven of the killed are ne
groes. The two white men killed are
VIM. Barnhill, assistant marshal, anc
VIM. Wood, Jr. The white men
wounded are VIM. Wood, ST., whc
was shot through the right cheek,
and B. R. Leggett, marshal of the
town, who was shot through both
legs. All the other wounded are ne
gres.s.:
During the fucilade the Aict re-
solved itself into one Of band OF
blacks against band Of whites, with
the former in the wrong and the pre-
| cipitators of the trcoble. The blacks
| rctreated to dense swamp on the
outskirts of the town, and hundred
| white men quickly surrounded it as a
skirmish line.
Governor Gordon was advised of the
outbreak and this afternoon a detach-
ment of the Georgia Hussars LETT for
the scene of the trouble. An infantry
company from Brunswick IS said to
have also gone to the scene.
SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 20.-Advices
received from Jesup at midnight says:
The situatian is somewhat Quleter at
this hour, but an occasional shot IS
heard. The streets are still paraded
by armed men. A negro was found
dead in an alley few moments ago
and two others of the wounded are res
ported to be dying.
Fear is now entertained for the
safety of the people remaining in the
neighboring towns, but as all the ne
groes and whites seem to be congrega-
ted here very little danger is to be
apprenended.
The following has been received
from Jesup, Ga: A posse of twenty
men for Lumber City to intercept
Brewer and his gang, who, it is ru-
mored, have gone there for rein
forements. Firing along the picket
line keeps up, but it is principally BY
bows. A crowd Of armed men have
lust returned from a tip to the
swamp and they report that four col |
ored men were found dead.
The Jail at Jesup was broken into |
early this morning and two negro |
prisoners were riddled with bullets.
Another negro was found at home !
shot through the heart and one with a
Sesh wound in one shoulder. The ne'
groes are quitting their homes and
moving to other towns on the line OF !
the railroad. a Iargs number OF reS !
groes were taken from their homes
this morning and whipped, many Of
them being prostitutes. a crowd OF
white men went to several housas
after breakfast this morning and COM
PEELED the negroes to leave. Ihey
punished some of them.
News reached the authorities at
Jesup that J. W. Ryan, a white man
living there, was the ipstigator OF the
affair. A posse of men was sent to
his house to arrest him, but he had
made his escape. Men are on the
lookout for him. It seems that he |
put bad ideas into Brewers head
about the duty Of white people to col
ored folks, and reports say that he ex-
cited them oy saying that the murder
of the colored man killed by Barnhlii
should be avenged.
The Hussars, the dismounted COM
pany ordered to the scene OF trouble
by the Governor, returned to the city
this afternoon. The Brunswick com
pany was retained on duty by the
mayor. The returned soldiers re
ported the trouble over. Their pres
ence was only required to quiet the
excitement Of the citizens OF Jesup,
who remained in their houses last
night to protect their families, and
their kitchens and outhouses were
filed with colored people of the town
who sought the protection OF their
white friends.
Henry Anderson, one of the guards
put over Ryan's house, was accidently |
Shot and killed last night by one of his |
own party. He came over to Captain |
Gordan's headquarters for reinforce
ments, and was going back when a
gun held by Townsend, one OF his
party, was discharged, blowing An
derson's brains out.
Last night a colored man was shot
ty picket while coming from Nc
Millan's swamp. He attempted to
step by the officer, when he was shot;
The wound is not fatal. 1t is believed
that he was acting as a spy.
There is still great excitement
throughout the country around Jesup,
but affairs will doubtless quiet down
in few days. 1t is region OF tur'
pentine distilleries and saw mills.
Here thousands of negroes are en-
ployed and the Jesup trouble is apt
to disorganize labor for some time to
c1me.
FURTHER DETAILS.
SAVANNAH, GA, Dec. 26.-It is now