The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1893-06-16

SuRrRIsED THE TowN.-Shelbyril!e, Ind.
June ll.-Late yesterday Afternoon, Babe
Hawkins, the desperate, with gang of
thirty men, armed to the teeth, surprised
the town by appearing on the streets fer the
purpose OF avenging the death Of his brother
Charles Hawkins, who was lynched year
ago for shooting the city marshal. He first
met ex-Sherif McGill, and informed him
OF his mission, and then started on a hunt
for ex-Sheritf McDougall, whom he said he
would kill on sight. They net on a corner
anu q desperate struggle ensued, McGil
rushed to the scene, and was fel!ed by Haw-
kins, who blew n whistle which brought his
thirty men to his rescue.
A melee followed. In the rush, Nc
Dougalps leg was broken and several knife
wounds inflicted on him. The citizens came
cut by hundreds. aud general fight ensued
Ex-Sheriff McGill was stamped into uncon-
seriousness, and is in critical condition.
McDouga'l held on to Hawkins until he was
disarmed and in the custody of the officers.
Babe Hawkins wife also waded into the
fight with knife.
The officers hurried Hawkins off to the
city court. Over five hundred men gathered
az the sccne. and lynching was looked for.
Justice Craycraft held an examination
iound Hawkins over until June 3Oth.,
: 'nder IL $500 bond. This he secured, ant
guarded by his gang he drove off.
ELvoLT OF CoSvICTs. Egypt, June
- Fifty convicts, while returning from
the quarters to Tourah prisen, near this city.
'verpowered the mounted guards and tried
To escape. They constituted the last SQUAD
q! gang Of six hundred, and the guards
"aead did not know of the mutiny until the
men had captured the rifles of the rear
,,unrds. As The fifty convics fed, eleven
fla vto k.l
twenty-five guards left with the other 800
cenvicts kept them quiet by firing repeated
over their heads.
Half mile from The spot where the
putiny broke out eleven guards overlook
the IGgitiyes asd ordered ih5m 10 surrender
The conyicis who had arms, answered with
volley, which wounded two men and killed
three horses. The return voIeys of the
guards killed tbirty-nine C cnvics. The
other eleven convicts escaped.
The convicts are believed to have been
encouraged to revolt by the recent action of
The native courts in Furnishing guards who
shot at runaway prisoners who had been
committed 10 their charge.
The brightest light of South Carolina jour
nalism is 10 he Withdrawn. W. II. Wallace,
of the New6erry Observer, is to retire from
the editorial control of that newspaper to
male College. His wife will occupy another
chair in the same institution.
We confess to envy of Mr. Wallace's for
sune. journalism IN South Carolina just
now is not congenial occupation for man
who wishes to be on pleasant terms with his
fellow men aud who values his own soul and
loves the truth There are rev and strange
and distas'cful methods to be encountered
and mean thoughts, purposes, methods and
men to be dealt with.
Ii is nevertheless distinct loss to the
State that her foremost editorial thinker and
writer, man who thinks high thoughts,
lives high life and is brave and honest and
far seeing, is taken from the profession he
adoihs-und from tir. sphere wherein he is
doing noble service.
The cordial good wishes Of the Greenuale
Neoos and of thousands of the coed people in
every part Of the State will 60 with Mr. Wal
lace in his new and more pleasant life. He
is the kind of man to make O success of
whatever he uudertakes.--Gr GreenVake News