The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-11-12
A ROW IN RICHMOND.
THREE MEN KILLED .IT THE POLLS
IN1 BLOODY BITTLE.
Black is Given Mere Than 12,o0I Majority in
Eichmond Alone Watson's Maiori-
tv Outside az Richmond A.


Hancock county goes democratic by 100.
majority.
Washington county's official count gives
Watson 266 majority, decrease OF l&i two
years ago.
Richmond's majority. together with Han
cocks majority of l,O22 for Black assures
his election hy joi4 votes.
The other counties in the district gave
Watson the following majorities. Columbia
1l2l; Glascock, 363; Jefferson, 42S; Lincoln
7Oi; McDuille, 757: Taliaferro 4St; Warren
So; Washington, 2G6; Wilkinson b.
Several Rows Resulted.
There were several clashes between dem
ocrats ana populsts Al the polls.
o. r. Doolittie ana T. l.. Best, both pop
ulists, were badly beaten up.
one man killed. Two seriously wounded
and three others shot is a history OF a clash
at the 1,2G9th district polling precinct.
John NJ. Goss was killed.
W. II. Boiler Jr., was shot through the
left lung and viii die.
Marshal George Hecllle OF Summerville
was shot in the loft side below the heart
and again in the left side Of the neck
the bah lodging in the shoulder.
DR. Carmody was shot in the right hip.
Richard Bcale, colored, was shot in the
right side near the waist. the ball entering
the back and lodging.
Dan Powes was shot in the forehead
ana struck from behind with a brick. His
wounds, while painful, are not serious.
Two others, one named Williamson, the
other Pee. were shot in the legs, but
their wounds were not serious.
Resides all this shooting several We're
severely beaten up with sticks, of whom
Eyron Hadley was the most seriously hurt.
The shooting took place in the road in front
OF Judge Prices. Battle ROW. where the
polling Of 1,259th destrict was held.
1t was a sequel TO the fight occurring a
few minutes before ot The polls.
Wright on hat Zig Majority.
Augusta. Ga, November 7--tSpecial)-
Mr. Boykin Wright. chairman of the demo
cratic executive committee Of Richmond
county. was asked for his opinion on the
election result
well" said Mr. Wright. "of course we
are very much Sratitied at Major Black 5
election. / think Mr. Watson ought 10 be
convinced there is not enough populist
votes to elect anything but democrat
to represent the tenth congressional district
in congress. In The three largest counties
in the distrIct-Echm0ud, Hancock and
Neutrality-suspicious. were democratic gains.
IN Washington Mr.. Watson claimed h
would get some l-ee majority, and instead
we reduced his small majority Of 80 about
80 per cent. In Hancock the democrats
gained about 200 majority over the 1872 vote,
and in Richmond the majority Tor Black
Yesterday was slightly more than it was
two years ago. I think Mr. Watson OUGHT
to plainly see thai Tho three largest couH-
ties in the district are SO strongly demo-
cratic that there is not the slightest chance
of a populist ever getting q seat ~ con-
gross. / expected the vote polled in Rich
mond would be- iar@er than y is.
The CUmlIuint OF Fraud.
air Wright was asked what ne thought
of tine populst complaint az freud.
''Whv they would cry fraud ii on angel
from heaven shcald come down and rgU