Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-07-12
Particulars OF thc Kniing OF Edwards
Yesterday.


Yesterday.
CiNcfNNATI, July 1.-The Conimor..
oiai Oosono Of Paducah, KY, special
says:
Shortly after o O'Clock this even.
ing while the city council was In tos.
sion, the chief Of police threw bomb
In their midst by announcing that n
report had Just reached him that two
or three hundred negroes, armed with
Winchester ritien, had copyrighted In
the vicinity OF the Jail prepared Tot an
attack.
The council at once adjourned.
The mayor sent dispatch o. the
governor asking him 10 ofdsT Out Com.
pany q Of the State guard located
here. Every Rblcbadicd man was now
on the eireota, aud everybody that can
obtain arms nj any kind Is 1oiug 20,
The sheriff has charge OF n posse u
iiity or seveniy.hve mcn armed with
shOtpuns nni TcyOlvers procured from
various hardware stores. The undeTly.
ing cause Uf the uptisiug IL the hanging
Of Charles Hin, "A negro who made ga
assault upon Lydia Starr somu weeks
ago. The nogtuus have been secretly
obtaining arms for some time and
something Of this Kind has been looked
ioralmoat any time.
The immediate cause Vt the outbreak
the arrest Of cOlDred man naned
Thomas burgers,
AZ llian O'Clock the marshal and
mayor returned TO jail from n round
OF squads u negroes, who, when tho
mayor aud marshal promised that no
violence should be- done 10 tho prisoner
In jail, promised to dlsperse aud began
10 do 20. The mhIshnl addressed
crowd Of white people anu told them
10 go home Az the negroes were dis.
pefsing and no violence need be feared.
People began TO DO 30, and In n few
minutes the crowd was reduced 10 the
militia anu about forty armed citizens.
AtlHO'clock a band OF seventy five
negroes suddenly appeared marching
down Sixth street and opened fife upon
the men collected at the jail. AT the
inst fire Elmer Edwards, q young
man Of about twenty years Of age, fell,
shot through the abdomen. He isuOw
dying. He was IA member OF the
militia company. The Ere was re-
turned by the militia and armed citi-
zens aud the negroes beat u procipitate
retreat. The militia also relrostcd In
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they kept up firing until the negfJes
disappeared down the street.
The jail and court room were now
filed with the militia and armed citi-
zens. The negroes retfeat.d 10 the
Odd Fellows Lodge, which had been
their chief headquarters Tonight. The
police arrested aud placed In Jail over
nifty negroes who Yeru found carrying
arms, and they were guarded TO pre-
vent any attempt 10 release them.
Tho mortal wOunding OF young EI.
wards aroused a storm OF Indignation
that IL kept from breaking out only
with difficulty, and an attempt to
Ayuuge his death II almost certain 10
be- made. This excitement II high and
Mt two O'Clock this morning tho streets
were filled with people.
THE NEGRoEs DisPERsE.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, July l2.-After
the sklTmish last evening between the
troops and negro mob at Paduch, 10th
sides returned, the whites TO the court
house and the negroes 10 the odd Fol-
lowe hall. II was decided 10 make no
effort 10 dislodgu the blacks until morn.
ing. No report IL received since day
light IL IL believed the negroes separ.
stod just before day.