Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-12-24
Brooks County Divided in Two
Hostile Camps.
THE WHITES ARE FURlOusLy MAD
say For Their Wives and Children They
Must Fight
The niaci<s Armed 20 tho Teeth
WAITING Tor the onsiausA'--seNen
Negroes Already Dead-A brutal
Murder Causes the Trouble.

mat OF one white man, and unless all
signs fan utterly many moro lives are
IN jeopardy.
Two bodies OF determined men, 400 or
500 in all. every man being heavily
armed. aud each body OF about equal
numerical strength. separated by less
than a mile OF country and liable TO
clash at any minute that As the spec
taele presented hero In Brooks county
tonight. one body Is made up Of stern,
determined white men, bent on revenge
for the brutal murder Of one OF tho best
citizens OF this county. and tho other
IS made up OF nogrocs--tefror stricken
and fearful lest they or their families
be made tho ott1cots OF the same fate
as has alrady bcfallcn seven OF their
number. ready 10 defend themuelvH
from such fate as well as they may be
able,
What the next twcnty-four hours Will
bring forth tho good Lord alono knows
That there win be an open clash scoms
much more than probable at this writ
ing. The authorities are powerltas and
practically no Efforts have yet been
made to bring about pence, save by
the relatives OF the man whose murder
Is the cause OF It all.
OF srooR s ceunt,"a mon prominent
parners ana beat citizens, Was muir.
dered by a party OF negroes, and it
leaked out that the kllling 81 ieom was
nort or Moi 10 KIN ali ne whitos
VIA vy,rn IN Tho poaso which few
wnelsa oro nr,,eated lease .tenretb. for
III l,lllnr OF Mr.. n. Mouldrn, Isotn
was one OF the most popular men IN the
county He lived ten mtlos north %
here In a part Of tho county whore tie
negroes outnumbrd the whites and tno
/ Killing created a great deal Of excite
ment. When IL developed that tho gang
had sworn to kill other whites, the
,,rttas o,,i,,,,o.i ,,,..,ha, ,,d mo ,,,ort,
OF uesuhelloh petah'
or the seven dead now only -four
naines could be learned. A reporter vis-
80 t,...,.
i'uu inc SCENE iase ti'is uFe''hh' N'''
cross road was found pleketed with
senttnels and ovcry man IN Size coun-
a.. J., ,,,,.a 90 49,. ,,,,b Whom ma,
or these race oNcitemehtH Veoulh' teFtpi
reigns IN tho homes OF the whites as
w.u ma the blaoltg and this Is such q
case
There are probably 900 men unuer
arms. covering nm area OF about ave
,,,,.. .o,are Anon, n mile and n half
ln'le9 sq"o''' ADuu' d - soa
from tho nome or the i"'A NefN AYv
whites, oil armed ana breathing al
aorta of Vengeance. mile further was
~
crown OF hebrooS VI '"'u'
size, armed with winchester fihes, pia-
tolls. axes. clubs and every available
,.,,,., .,,t,tnu ,,r tbe whites 10
"s"pon' N
attack them. Thoy were 'htcich'u "a
and around lot of negro cabins In
the nidat OF a ahn grove. and the
- ~. Lii,
latest Information b uat tie WIZ" w.,
are advancing on thein ron en-, WI 9io ~
Sol Taylor. I'll fra5isI, san . 80 ~. M
henry Sheerhfd are iour ises ~. ~
are known 10 have been hii"u, ~
uhoefBtood mat NaN ,eg riarrlrg erc
McSail anu METRO neii, M. e,,i,,t,, \.
propapIy tns 9thers' ny ,i,,,1ass ,o ~
spnrsely settled ana me iaolll.l's 1oi
Iaa
ger Ilke Is fne hesl9 W. N. .,,,t,s ~,
ne mas peen IN Alulns MAJ t,,.,, Nv,
trouble occurred anu w pesi,.' *
mere 40 not eonslde. y , tar' tSo ~ ".
ne Ha7 SihbN' "a ~. ,'..,,eA !,
pc every HN'Hlool u "
tcniEnt' 80, <...t..,..a q,
capt. r. Tillman' itlilei IN Ivy ~ =,
isoin. was. however, aplns pnei ,,,,,,'.
~ nus power % tsstll lNll. ~. M 49,,
re had sent hurried inenss sr9 ~ 49, ~,
the country somnionlng . wv, soi,
servativc mon IN the , npl9 M, ti',' 'NSs
would prevent furtn.l .lyYes,'' =, ,,,,,.,.
IL VIII DC imppHrlpl. tVhisN' ~ A"o''
how wen they succeed
The details or the h'iins w 49, ~, 4,
meaSer. razier, ileh ~ 49,, ,
were together abpnt Ennhes luS' IT, ~.
They were regarded ~ iWt iutAsl
In the conspiracy 70 lulI ann Duth
ana were ofln6 epepla,'s 49,, 10,
y half dozen whites eatIiE up'n ~,
suddenly and ordered tnem 70 sug.i'l
70 arrest, one q ny i,s,', IN. ~ ~