The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-25
GEORGIA'S RACE A
NEGROES WE'RE BANDED TOGETHER
TO KILL WHITE MEN.
They HAD Takes an Oath 20 M-rder Every
Ons who We. Co-cerned In the Arrest
OF the Jeacrth Boy.-Ave-ei-g The
Isha Nurder- Troops Ordered Out.

One who Wa. Co.cerred In the Arrest
OF che JeEerth Boys-Ave-si-R the
Ishau Hzsrder- Troops Ordered Out.
QUiTMAS. Ca, Dec. 24.-Martial law Is likely to
be the order Of Christmas Day In Brooks county.
To-day, In response to kilograms from Gov.
Atkinson, prominent citizens emphasized the
necessity Of having soldiers on the scene 10 pre-
vent bloodshed and the vsldosta videttes were
ordered out at once. They arrived tonight.
The Waycross Zouayes are under arms, and
other companies will probably be ordered out
should their presence be deemed necessary.
Details Of the terrible state OF affairs growing
out Of the murders OF T. II. Maulden and Joseph
Isham. which were unattalnable yesterday. are
being brought to light to-day.
In their desperation the good substantial peo-
pie OF Marion district took the law IN their own
hands; and, failing to find the negro waverly
Pike, who murdered Mr.. 1sham, they have
taken the lives OF several OF those who aided the
murderer in making his escape.
Tonight 200 men are around Red Ray Swamp
on the Ocopilco Creek. where II Is supposed Pike
Is In hiding. II Is the hope OF the conser-
vative people OF the county that there
will DO no further bloodshed, but the
coming OF the military may have
an opposite effect. as the whites, who are under
arms. claim that II means protection to the
negroes, which the white people have been un-
able to secure from the negro desperadoes.
The call for troops came from the sheriff, who
found he could not accomplish anything with
m, IN. .id ~ On. nil,tarv
Tha LUnI,n - Ntanh5an uou uht,,, ,h.,uh.
trouble dates, was a most brutal one. lie was a
constable and won't into one OF the turpcntine
camps which abound in this section.
The Jefferth brothers, desperadoes, set upon
him and shot him to death. Maulden was an
nent family. His murder created Widespread
excitement and a posse set out after the MUIR
derers.
rroyoi;od and ,hs Jeysr,hs vor. .oto,r ia,aS
prom,nsn, amona -. nos.o a,,o, ~. Iogns,h
bows were Mr.. Joseph Isham and his bro,her.in.
,on, A. tIonr, 1iIi,nar ,yho q. = ra,a,,u, -,
law, Mr; hen y Ia.l'nsn, VINO Is q relative OF
Senator Ben Tillnan OF south Carolina.
and " ,nus tnsnrrsa ,hs enmitv os ,h :" no0ro o"a, :;
The Jerer,h brother, were gamblers and
oilers. and yet they were popular among the
negroes OF that county. Ihe'r arrest caused
the negroes Ss who shS f ;hhy then nd land and ljEsi then p,t to
its leader.
pike was. like the Jefrerth negroes, an idle,
shin pledged themselves TO take revenge upon
every one who had a hand in tho arrest of The
IpfIPrth brothers. lf This theirs Ia mn hnnht
Mccall. a negro who was Pixies frst lien.
tenant and who ia now in inil TOR bis Eiliinu ~
con- f ,sssm mas 80 declared In an open ana fuii
The band of negroes. after selecting ~oricers-
took oath that every one who had been instru'
mental in capturinp the Jefcrth brotb.rs should
die. Each member declared that he womb Xii
any one OF the party on the first opportunity,
were wanted. First ON the list were the names
Of Mr.. Isham and Mr.. Tillman..
The negroes kept their counsel well, and moth
ing was known OF the mark OF death which
hung over a dozen or more OF the hest propie of
When Mccall told the story u usA'no Vi "r' iShahi'
The killing OF Isham last Thursday was,
according 10 the Mccall story. the frat chanter
Of what was TO be "A regular s1aughtrr. The de-
tails OF that have been FULLY told in TiE SUS.
As soon as Isham's body had been taken
home. Judge +. ". Tillman and MI. Henry Till
man, his brother-in.law, ORGANIZED for the
search for the murderers.
There were four negroes in the marty. two
named Herring: Mccall who In. Pcon}ess,%Sp
and Pike, who Is still at large. Mccall and the
gan in earnest, but he could not be found that
evening. On Friday Mccall acknowledged that
groes of that section had taken.
The statement created a great deal of feeling
in the country, and when II reached the house OF
Isham and the Tillmans II aroused a feeling that
had not manifested Itself before,
upon Whom To toV wre qI~i IL. nave 'o"na some ono
and peep aler came f Tapt1 uoldui,f. W Wfrs re Rerrinn
and other Counties around armed for he search
No threats were made. however. by the search
ers until Saturday. when IL was learned that
about hfty negroes fully and heavily armed
had congregate1 about three miles from where
Mr.. lsham was 10 he buried that evening. and
thai they wer. there for the pnrnose of nrntert.
Ing Pike IL he should be found fro'0o' p'''e''-
II was given ont among the whites ton aud
that bv n negro. that pike was i'm hiding In The
neighborhOod, and that the negroes were armed
Ills place OF hiding was revealed 10 the marty
by the negro and that evening after the REMAND