The Red Cloud chief., 1892-10-07
NEGRO REVOLT.
Mississippi Blacks Armed and Or
ganized.
WHITE POSSES iaLSO ORGANIZED.
Two Negroes Killed and seven Wounded
Terrible Fight ON 10 ScaHoid over
Niagara Fatal shooting ola
baptist Preacher.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Oct 3.-An Appeal.
Avalanche special from Clarksdalc,
Miss, says: Sheriff Harris, of this
place, was notified this morning by
Deputy Fitzgerald, of Friars' Point, to
Mt once organize a posse and proceed to
the plaitation of Mr.. j. X Wilkinson,
a large planter of 30 Boa, u small town
eight miles south of this place, to put
down an insurrection among the me-
gres in hat locality and against tho
whites.
Sheriff Harris promptly complied and
In a short time had an armed posse,
consisting of twenty-seven men from
this place. The information has just
been received that two negroes were
killed outright and nine captured and
are now at Friur's point, heavily
guarded.
In addition to the two negroes killed,
several are said to be mortally wounded.
The negroes ooh to brush and are still
out well armed. None Of the whites
are reported hurt.
From conversation made by some Of
the negroes, IL Is learned that they have
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covering the whole neighborhood with
pass words and grips for the avowed
purpose of killing the whites.
The grcatestexcitemcnt prevails. Ne
groes are thoroughly organized, and
fears are entertained hat the n has
not been reached. Mr.. Sessions. man
eyer of the plantation, was fired upon
yesterday, but was not hurt.
The town Is without telegraphic IA
%cilities and the Wilkinson place some
what in the interior, therefore details
are somewhat scarce.
A FIGHT IN MID-AIR.
BUFFALO, n. Y, Oct. 3.-Two
painters engaged in repainting the
cables and guy ropes of the cantilevcr
bridge across the Niagara river had
swung n slender scaffold 200 feet above
the seething stream on which to do
their work.
They were both Canadians, one n
French Canadian, from Montreal,
named Joseph Graves, the other named
William Camel. At dusk yesterday
evening they engaged in a terrific hand
TO hand struggle in which Graves near.
ly lost his life.
What started the quarrel no n
knows, but Camel lost his temper,
grasped u Ratchet and threatened to
brain his companion. Then ensued &
duel, the like of which is rarely dc
scribcd except in fiction.
Graves grasped the would-be assas-
sins wrist, but Camel was the stronger
and pressed the weaker painter to the
ul-. 80 Aha .a,Xy,1J A1,, - h.rI
him into the river. To save himself from
falling, Graves looscd his hold on Ga M
els wrist and grasped a rope.
Three quick, sharp blows were rained
on his defenseless head by the enraged
assailant. Two fell on Graves back,
and one split open his skull back of the
left a He staggered, lost his hold
and fell, but was caught between two
guy ropes rs If by a miracle, where he
lay out of reach of the other.
With the blood streaming from his
cuts, Graves climbed hand over hand
up the cables to the bridge floor. Camel
followed, Ratchet in hand. Here an
other workman interfcred and prevent
ed actual murder. 1t is doubtful il
Graves can survive.
puiiici SSShptu MI oAuNNo was oS-
ing attended by surgeons hastily sum
moned. Constables think he has fed
70 Buffalo. He is a sailor and may ship
mp the lakes. He was last seen on
board "a Michigan Central train.
A FATAL SHOOTING.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. Son Thurs
day evening at Baird's Chapel in Hemp
stead, thirteen miles west OF Prescott
u fatal shooting affair occurred, the
participants being Newman Sheffield,
and his brother-in-law, Pink Allen.
Sheffield was shot through the heart.
Allen claims to have acted in sclf-dc-
tense.
Sheffield was a missionary Baptist
preacher, and was to have been tried
that night at the chapel On some scan
dalous charges. Allen was about forty
yards from the church when Sheffield
came up and the shooting occurred.
When the members arrived from the
church they found Sheffield lying on
the ground, dying. He had a pistol in
his pocket, but had not been able ia
draw it. Allen made no attempt to es-
cape. The parties had married sisters,
md Sherfeld leayeS "A widow and hill