Asheville daily citizen., 1894-03-31
BLOODY RIOT!
All South Carolina
in a Foment.
TilllMan Spies Invade
Private Homes.
All DARLINGTON FATAL
sMoOTING FOLLOWS.
THE MILITIA, ORDERED OUT.
REFUSES TO MOVE.
Tie Governor Seizes The Tele-
graph and Railway l.ineS And
der MariiaI Law.

uGT Mdhtlal LAW.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.--The staff
ling news has just been received here that
Governor Tillman of South Carolina, |
has taken ross assion of all the telegraph .
lines i'll the State and has given orders
that nothing OF an nhammatory nature
be allowed sent over them, and that
traffic be confined to bus ness messages
only.
Governor Tillman has also notified tt
railroad authorities he will at once take
possession of all the railroads in the
State under the same law by which he
has taken possession of the telegraph
lines. This law is in the general statutes
/ of South Carolina, section 2,5S2:
"The governor of the State, when. in his
judgment, public safety may rcqui re it, is
hereby authorized to take possession of
any or all of the telegraph lines in the
State. Totake possession OF any
or all railroad lines ia the State.
and to Llace under military control all
the officers, agents and employees bel ing
ing to the telegraph and railroad lines
thus taken possession OF, so that they
shall be considered part OF the military
establishment of the State, sabiect to all
restrictions imposed by the rules and
articles of war
CHARLESTON, S. c., March 3l.--The
Fourth brig ide OF State troops was OF
derej out today by Governor Tillman to
protect the whiskey constabulary in
D arlington. 1t has refused to move.
The Adjutant General of the State is here
trying to raise an army to go to BAR
lington, but without success.
The last news from the seat OF war in
Darlington represents everything as
quiet Citizens are still hunting the con
>tabuary and advices from Timmons.
vile state that the iugitives have been
located and that poss. has started in
pursuit Of them. The Mayor o. Ddr.
lington has telegraphed for blood hounds
with which to track the mu' dcrcrs.
The riot took place at the depot, cor
respondent OF the News and Courier telc.
graphs this account of the killing;
A. this time few citizens were seated
around the scene and number of spies
were collected in group at short dis
,ance. +. Norment expostuatcd at
the language being used Just then Con
stable McLendun drew pistol and
reaching over the shoulder OF Rogers
shot Frank NOrmcnt dead. The con
stables used their Winchestsrs aud the
citMens returned the fire with their pls-
tolls. There were very few pistols among
the citizens, however. and they had not
fair showing against their well armed
assailants.
Frank Norment was killed Instantly,
being pierced BY halt a dozen balls. Pep
per was shot dead in his tracks. Red
mond tell second, shot in three places
After shooting Norment and Redmond
McLendon was shot through the abio
men and Tell. Chief of Police A. L Dar-
gan was dangerously wounded in the
body. Louis Normcnt was shot in the
breast and X. d. Lucas was shot IN five
places.
Constabes kept up the firing until they
had cleared the platform.
The spies fled in all directions and as
they went running through the town it
was seen that four of them were
wounded, one in the leg, another ia the
back, the third in the chest and fourth
' had his nose sho, off. As soon as the
citizens received the news OF the shooting
they armed themselves and started in
pursuit of the flying constabcs. They
chased them into a swamp firing at them
as they ran. The militia companies OF
Charl, s,on, Sumter, Manning and
Winnsboro have all refused to respond
to the governors call for troops.