New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-03-06
THE BARNWELL MASSACRE
DETAILED LIST OF THE SUFFERING Sur
VIVORS.

SENATOR CHANDLER TELLS OF THE ir'""o"
Avn DESPAIR OF THE NEGROES AND THE
BErTAL1xDIFFERENCE OF THE WHITES
At THE SCENE CT THE TRAGEDY.
TO the Editor Of The Tribune
SIR yarons contributions have been received by
~, f., rosnonsc 70 nv appeal in behalf OF the families
. ,,o Ivnchcd Barnwell negroes. which ! have ac-
l,ou-loared IN the donors. Mrs Helen e. Braytoh Oh
Columbia $ G.. has also received CONTRIBUTORS u"c
IN the notice published in The Tribune since hlahIns
M, anneal | have deemed it my duty 10 obtain iui
Inflammation of the names and condition Of the WIDOWS
and children for whom the aid Is sohci'cu' a"u
have obtained a statement ~ follows:
u.,,on Johnson deacon in BapC-t Church; Leah his
wife has EIGHT children. SIX girls and two boys age o'
boys and four year, names so iaf a. Ano"' ""''''
Mamie Vnetta. Harrison. Charlie ana January.
Judge Joncss wifc's name + Susan mas sM ch'ur'"
, i,l three bovs Oldest 10y Ave year, names Ben
oscar Judge Anna Tuby and Marihea names Of his aged
Parents who need Ben and Melinda Jones.
petcr p.u: wifes name Eina; has two children ages
two year, and I'VE months name OF Oldest boy Ben.
Hugh Furz; wifcs name Sally; has three ch'ur'n' '"o
girls one boy age Of boy, years.
Ealub Moral; wifc'- name Clara; one chNd.
r,D,t phorn,x; wif.'s name Maria; married Thursday
night before he was arrested 49, WI,
Ripley Johnson; 40 WIFE, but 'e'o '"o'''' JAM '''
ters who needs care. ,,
Mitchell Adams wife's name Dlcey has thr'e 'ur''
ono Girl two boys: age Of boys. eight and twelve years
sc,en widows and twenty-five children icft destitute
Mitchell, AGams- wife noftcagcd her house 60" "u ''
,i,o for LAWYERS Zee. 10 defend her husi and
have also learned that although the south caro-
linn nrc.s expressed the strongest condemnation OF inc
lvuchius,. yet interest in the matter speeuiy sun
ieod and no ADEQUATE measures have been taken 10
discover the lyithcr-. II l.. therefore iair 70 con
cludc that the horror and indignation when was pro
claimed was as superficial and tfanstory a. was inc
of he 10
-, ,,e stale were fully vudicatcd and Justice done
A. roattcr II fact no earnest effort has been made 10
,cover the murcrcrs or purpose cvhced 10 ia'e 'r
puLlic opinion which protects these outlaws. AP
psrrntly In these few short wcehs. ths terrible ana
easr;y larbarity has passed from nlnd ana Is mere
tradition So one with a knowledge 81 the c"hdi'"h
Of affairs in this state and oi the feeling of the whites
toward the blacks when such antagoni m, a1'e, ever
thought any real Intention existed to detect ana
n.n.. those who did these hcndish acts. Ana II Wa
because the negroes knew there was 10 remedy ana
tnat a Ike overthrow OF law might occur anywhere
els. q, Wei as In Harnwcu County, tina; they we've
SD crushed and dumf,undcd. II may throw ish'
on the situation to know that, though an ''pPe" Wa
pulli.hcd In the Columbia and Charleston news
,cr and approviney referred 10 in these and other
lIl,.tiol. vet not cent has been received for Hs
fund from or through any editor minister charitable
society or Democrat except IN very frw cases rom
personal friends 10 whom special appeals were maze
Thi, shows how little sincerity there I, underlying Tho
published expressions. and hos lttlc concern and
sympathy Is felt FOR those whose anguish ana po'crN
would sem to appeal 10 every humane ana CHRISTIAN
heart Had IL not been for the unexpected inter Il
evoked at the North. and the contributions q the
ueatn,, al effort, Woud have me; with a surprising
and Aumilaiins failure.
4 al,h,artcnins apathy has been felt In the good
cause By those who represent the controlling pnh"c
opinion Of the state. Bat sim more unloohei for an
nc. plcable development has been the informant IT,
ocv, Of the condition Of affair, IN aud abont the 81
olm.ty Of the lynchin- \ missionary, acting under
the auspices Of the Womcns Missionary society ~ a
Ne.t.rn state. went TO Barn~oll about three weeks
ago for the purpo-c Of asCctn,ng the fca! sl""i'i
She visited the scene Of the hu'mns at bain"cH
Court House and al-o the families Of the victims
She reports that she found the gloom OF despair ana
terror oscrw hclming the ncFrVcs ana ~ their misery
dread and despair they were heiPlcs' AID hop lies
They said that they hardly dared to talk among them
sv,, about the terrible atIocit and. "a ciibc "a, IL
seems stated that no; white person hid expressed
the smailc,t word OF sympathy or extended helping
hand Inc wivc, and children II the An'Ard men
Who lived on the Plantation Of Martin iNho-c son ,
murder vas tie pgc,cAt iOr the Alrhn-l were "uo.rd
from their Ao.ur, and oil tAr plantation after t4,f
husband, We're iyn,A,d ana iciun they hn'" "i 'i'
iorlnlc crime which had been prlpriidied- lhrr
husbands ivdc, pat ln the h'r d"- ior them .n
Potter, Field, without any religions ceremony anu
Wit mara ON the grave q d.-.-'l,N no." am g.
Zoo. De- tened - We a-l.nl 10 90 the glt fli
lr-ir4y ard -Ac cay. -ne Htr told That thr J. W hri'
Nefc known and several pointed out 10 her Every
one poke with bat'd breath, and 40 one considered
tHi tacir va, the least cAHtrr 81 the ia" being Nn
dict.d There !, OIL evidence that tac on,sr, Vi
ihc aii knew tAat ku,hng VA h. take place. for
inc victims were treated wlth great severity o. jail f..
i,ir wvs vr,r not allowed 10 ,c. them. ana the Tod
try carried OF sent their hu band, tney htd to pay
those iu cnire., t. deliver. Mitchell Adam. Who wa,
,cry muscular wa Kept tied do"m. IL !, slppp-cd
g, weaken b., strength The d., beiorr the Nnchin.
Ripley johnson and Mitchell Adams sent horr tncr
EiD!c,. With the mc.,as" uiai ticy would " have NO
a fff
for. tn fatal ni-ai Ire otn'r pl-oner- In the jan
we're separated from the victims. 80 aura. Was
given, and during the tine consumed IN t.L.Ing the
men out tine lsil ana c-corln- them on that dead
march t.,nnd IN. limit, of the tnUn no -onnd wa,
made 10 AWAKEN the c.t1cn,, which would seem L"
P ,.r,,rt, Thai iron, All sources ~h. heard tho.
victims spoken Of orderly quiet. well behaved and
rssp''a c"ioled men who were wei thought Of III
WIN an whom this missionary conyerscd there was
conviction that these -iA l'nched men charged with
Martins murder were innocent and the belief equally
prevailed that his slayer "A well known White man.
Sin there IN the community. who took vengeance on
Martin for breaking NJ the happiness Of hi, family
a. he had threatened he would do and Thu, informa
non was cOncurr.d in by all with whom she talked IL
both races. including the white minister
In regard to the killing Of Hcncrnan. for which the
other two prisoners lynclcd II l. generally con
sdcrcd that ii Gas" Of self defence. and that an
scguittal would have followed their trial: and OF
these two men. only concerned In Icilcrn1u'-
death. the other being mere witness and charged
a. being an accessory before the killing. bec1u-c Ii
took place in hi. presence and store where 1icNernan
had pursued Ripley johnson and forced the fatal cn
counter. The LAWYER, employed 10 ocirn1 tr-c W.
men had been paid s'2;l5 Of which $40 was Goa
riltcd by negro friend, Of Ripley Johnson. and the
/ balance raised upon mortgage OF Mi;clc
/ Adams's home And II Is sad commentary upon
The fearful overthrow Of law that these lawyers have
not refunded their uncarned fee.
! such | believe j. true picture OF the result o
the recent tragedy at Barnwc: Eight innocent men
ynclcd no arrests made. punished. their vivc-
and children fricndlcss and destitute the commnnlt'
Indifferent. and liable to lie told that The
Northern Republicans who expose such crimes and
hold them NJ to National rcprobaton ar" Themselves
re- ror~irle for tbcm There htclv 20 y" ro,. i1i
/ awakening day which the Sonh shonld either
avert ar prpparc for w. T.. CHANDLER.
Washington. March 4. 1890.