Birmingham age-herald., 1894-08-11

l saw Fortuna In the crowd"
 J.s M'ARDLE.
 "Monday morning, July Is, had con
 versaLion with Charlie Bailou. Iadvised him
 to return to work. He said he would wait
 until about the middle of the week, and If
 the men didn't do something he would go
 to work. 1 asked him il anything desperate
 was on foot. lie said he didn't know, but that erybody was getting desperate, as they were about starved out. l saw Charlie
 Marlborough about o clock that evening.
 He was crossing the street and had gun. He was crossing from towards Ensley.
 Will Bailey was on the opposite side of the street from Yarbrough, about 6o feet h front of him. l saw him at his house five
 or ten minutes later. Bailey and Var
 brough lived on the same street, but on op- posite sides.'
 Cross- examinations: ''I got out of the
 mine at 5:05 and went over to a boarding
 house where they had taken William
 Barge, a negro who was shot Tn both legs.
 When l first saw Bailey and Marlborough
 they were going toward their homes.
 worked at No. 6 and had to pass the Kan
 sas City trestle in going home. The shoot ing was over when passed there.' HLI ROBINSON, coLoRED. Witness attended the meeting on Village
 creek July 16. He said: ''Mr. John
 Kelso was chairman, and he said nobody
 could leave the meeting. l didn't hear him say what the meeting was for. Tickets were put out. lie sal0 we nave let our ai-
 fairs go about far enough, and 1t is time we
 were doing something. Several men talked, but don't know what they said, except that one man said We demand our
 rights vote, demanding our rights,
 was ia ken and majority voted for it. l heard nothing said about getting guns.
 saw Kelso, Raymond and Bailey at the
 meeting. didn't see them vote.' At the conclusion of Eli Robinson's testimony court adjourned until 2:30 o'clock.
 DOCK SHELL.
 Witness went out on the strike, but re- turned to work after being out two or three weeks. He said: "Sometime before the riot on July 16 I mot Brock, and he told me the time would soon come wheu we would all have to quit work. July 16 came out of the mine little after p. m. and saw twenty five or thirty men, some of whom had guns and some sticks. They were running two abreast towards the mine. They did some of the shooting, Brock and Yarbrough were'in the crowd. When l saw them they were on the K tnsas City track, 300 or 400 yards from the mine, and about 250 yards from where the first man was killed. I heard the shooting and
 saw the smoke of the guns. l saw Charlie
 Ballou at the trestle where the negro was killed. He was in a crowd, but most of the men had gone on. If he had a gun l didn't see it."
 JOHN HILL, coLoRED. CT was with Andy Gamble when the shooting occurred. We had been at work that day. We were sitting down waiting for the train, and when the crowd of men
 came S up we started off and they said halt
 or we'll blow your brains. out.' One man ran up within 8 or feet of me and snap.
 ped his pistol at me and then slapped me in the face. Ole man ran up to Andy, and Andy called him Sam. Sam said, 'Oi,
 we've got you, you d-d S. b-.' They had me surrounded. 1 didn't notice the others much. One of them struck me over
 the head. A colored man knocked Andy down, but didn't see anyone shoot him. Andy was dead when l again saw him.p Witness did not recognize any of the de- 1 fendants as having been in the mob. JOHN WILLIS, CoLoRED.
 s'The day of the riot I was on my way 10 the mines. saw crowd of men about 100
 yards away, and, thinking it was mob, l
 ran to town and told some people mob was coming. went to No. 6, and had been there only few minutes when the shooting began. In the crowd I recog- nized those two men (pointing towards MT. Keso and Mir. Treherne) and others.
 called to me to stop. but l didn't do it. There were about twenty-fi five white men and some coored men,"
 EUGENg ALLEN.
 ''I attended the meeting on Village creek. Mir. Kelso was chairman. He said
 something would have to be done to stop the blackegs, as they were increasing every day. Kelso put me out as a picket,
 and instructed me not to let any. one pass out. Some Frenchmen went off and re- | med with guns.o Witness pointed out Descutener as one of the men who went off and came back with gun.
 ''He had Winchester. Kslso, Braw- ley, Bailey and Treherne were at the meet ing. Smith Houston got up and said for all who were willing to go to walk over on the right. Bailey, Treherne, Kelso and Descuttner went on the right. Bailey and Descutener had guns. Isaw Brawley when the crowd left the meeting ground going l toward No. 6 with pistol. He went with l the crowd. went with the crowd all the way and so did all the men just mentioned. 1 saw Brawley shoot at one of the black legs at the big gate near slope 6. l saw Rogers shoot. The crowd killed negro
 near No. 6, where four blacklegs were stopped. They went from No. 6 to No. 3 and then up by the furnaces. l saw the deputies shoot and don't know where the crowd went after that. They scattered. ' Cross ss-examination: "I had gun and went with the mob. My face was blacked. shot once at a negro, but the negro was line and don't think voted at all. .'' MRS. MATTE RILEY. Witness saw large number of men going towards the creek. Some of them came back and then returned in that direc- tion. Emile Goatile was one of those who had gun the last time he went back. saw Descutener, but don't know If he wen
 Goatile. The shooting was soon alter that.'
 Court here adjourned until a. m. today :.
 MRS. E. B. HARDING WILL FILL THE VACANCY IN THE FACULTY