Evening journal., 1892-03-07
BLOODSHED IN MEMPHIS
ThUee Deputy Sheriffs Shot
Down by a Negro Mob.
A FIERCE RACE WAR Is IMMINENT.

Every BInn in the Fsace II Now Wslkislg
ArseDaI. md N Any q the wounded
Sherias DE These wa DO sosno Ls'nch-
ine-Forts Negroes U4sScr Arrest.
ManPHIs, March f.-rsoutse has been
and hncals n the lOyver quarter of tho CITY,
aud Saturday nights attack ca ttsee depu-
tY sheliffs by mob of nagpoes thseotens b.
bring mattars 10 oriais, aud bring On
rnce Wcr thnt wili osilmna6e h segtoue
boodthed. The troutle was Isecipitoted
Saturday nieht by an attempt 10 aIrest WIN
Stewart, a negro desperate, for whom
Judge Dubose had issued bench warrant.
Deputy Sheriffs Charles Code, Robert Harold
and Avery Young found Stewart abont
midnight m Calvin McDowells grocery
store, NJ the corner u Misiasippi and
Walker avenues, surrounded by orOUNd u
friends.
The negroes had been expecting the rid,
and were armed with Ninchesters and shot
guus. AT the appeea1oce of the oCioers the
negroes opened fire, and the three ofiioeF
fell, an badly wounded They rsturned the
fire, but none Of the negrOes were hurt A
posse Of deputy sbSriffs, who hal been
searching for stewart, and who RoCe ia the
Immediate vicinity, came 30 ths rscOo and
fifteen of the hancks were paoced us1liar
arrest. The shooting caosed the gPeates<
excitement in the neighborhood, nod fifteen
minutes nfter the first shot wns fred e<rry
white man was armed with a WncheaSer.
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first thOught to be fatally shOt, vere taken
TO the hospitai and no sifi alfve. Olnces
Code is IN dtlnlerUs ouniition, however,
and viii hardly nrv4~o Tie others \ k
now beloved, WIN rooOver The polioe have
placed fourteen moro negroes uzDdeT arreet,
chnrged with oomplicity in the sisooting. II
Officer Cole should die further troutae n ex-
pected, a. the whites living m the vicinity
of the shooting are thirsting for revenge.
Every Man n Walking Arses,aI.
The excitemett over the shooting q tile
three oflioefs NJ increasing. The air is thick
with r1isnors q a raoe conflict and groups q
excited white men gathered on the streets
10 discuss the situation This afteCnOon q
meeting Of citizens was held n the oour'
house to decide upon plan q action. Aftei
a prolonged discussion it was decsied 30 call
upon all good citizens 20 tender their serv.
ices 10 the sheriff 10 aid him in keeping
the peace. That ofIici0l aooepted the otfeI
aud several hundred men WIZ sworn in ~
deputy sheriffs. Every white man IN towr
is a walking arsenal now, and should thf
negroe renew the trOubie the uprising would
soon be put down. The scene u last night'l
| tragedy Is in a locality nOtoriOOs for il
toughness. IL Is a hangout for roustabouti
and thieves aud the authorities have alway7
experienced great difficulty Ia main tanning
law aud order
The negroes in that section q the city ar,
all armed and they are making open threat
Of applying the torch. The police and dep
uty sheriffs are arresting every suspiciou
character TO be found, over forty hayinS
been lodged ia Jail Tho C2iikasaw Guards
HibeInia Rifles, ROuseier ZOuaves and tn.
Bluff Clty Artillery, numbering loo sol
diers, are resting on their Arms ready to %
/ spOnd to the call d the sheriff. The ne
! grOes are filing up on whisky and an CUT
break is feared before kong.
Four shOtguns and a lot Of pistols an
knives, which were taken from the neerI
prisoners, are IN tho hands of the polioe
Tom Moss and WIN Diggs, two Of the incit
ers of the not, are letter carriers.
If Deputy Sheriff Cole had died IN tn
morning. rs was reported, the entire paFtl
would have been taken from the jaa an,
mobbed, as preparations we've made and tn
| intention wns not changed until il wa
found that Cole was alive Il was reporteS
that tho negroes were holding q mass meet
ing and that a preacher was advising then
10 deliver their brothers from the jail, Ia
oficers failed to find any foundation for th
rumor.