The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-04

to resist all such unlawful depredations.
Resoiued, That the citizens Of Darling
ton, Florence and Sumter, hereby mutu-
ally pledge each other to support each
other in resistance to all such unlawful
acts, and we invite the cooperation Of all
other law-abidiDg and liDerty-loving peo-
pie.
At tho conclusion of the meetinga reso-
luton Of thanks 70 the men from Flor
ence and Sumter for their voluntary
assistance was unanimously adopted.
Late in the afternoon telegram was
received from Sumter stating that spe-
cial train was waiting and three hundred
men were ready to come at any time.
The Darlington Guards at 5 o'clock this
afternoon met the Sumter Light Infantry
and escorted them to their armory, where
lunch was served. They are still the
guests Of the Darlington Guards, and
await further orders from Governor Till
man. The day has been an unusual one,
but no disorder has been visible. The
crowd was quiet and orderly all day, but
It Is still the inflexible determination of
the people to resist to The last extremity
the arrogant exercise of despotic power
unknown to tho Gear of Russia.
The attitude Of the citizens who are In
this movement Is unmistakable. They
are quiet and resolute, but are thoroughly
aroused. Everything is quiet now. The
spies have made no demonstration as yet.
They will not be interfered with except
in the manner indicated by the above
resolutions. Should they attempt this
they will most positively be interfered
with. The spirit shown to-day, in the
meeting particularly, was the invincible
spirit Of South Carolina. Could 1t inspire
our entire State, South Carolina would
not long be the leprous, tainted, Tillman-
ridden, spy infested land that 1t now Is.
DARLINGTON, March 30.-About 5
o'clock this afternoon tragedy occurred
here, the cold -blooded brutality Of which
will forever stain the fair name Of the
State. All had gone on quietly up to
that time, and the day had been an une-
ventful one. Attorney General Buch-
anan had been here, everything had been
satisfactorily settled and the spies had
been relieved and were about to take
their departure. Fourteen of them,
the Coast Line depot. The citizens had
no idea of taking apE further action. A
personal difficulty occurred at the depot
between two young men, citizens Of the
town, hearing Of which five gentlemen of
the town, two Of them totally unarmed,
went to the Gepot to see what the distur-
bance was.
without any visible cause, as is testi-
fed to by the few witnesses present, one
ofthe spies himself confirming this, these
fourteen spies began firing upon the five
men who had come up. The shots were
fast and furious for q few moments, num-
bering at least seventy-fve In all. In
moment there were hesped on the depot
platform, side by side; the dead bodies Of
two citizens of the town. Frank E. Nor
ment and l.. L. Redmond, and that of
Spy Pepper, while alongside of them lay
q second spy, McLendon, MORALLY
wounded. Mr.. Louis M. Norment, was
shot ia the side and in the right arm.
Mr.. x. D. Lucas was shot in five places,
and Chief Of Police Dargan, who came
solely to perform his. official duties in
connection with the personal difficulty
alluded to above between the two young
men, Is dangerously wounded in the side.
J 4 pocketbook In Mr.. Louis M. Nor
meut's pocket was the only thing that
saved his. life.
After remaining here three days and
doing absolutely nothing the spies closed
their campaign In Darlington by fourteen
iof them, armed with Winchester rifles,
firing upon five innocent men, and that
without the slightest provocation. Such
"a result could only have been expected
from such irresponsible men armed by
Governor Tillman with Winchester rifles
and reckless instructions. McLendon,
the spy now lying at the point Of death,
admits having fred the first shot.
These are the simple facts in Ito case
and they cannot be controverted. Alter
the slaughter the remaining spies took to
their heels and ran down the railroad
track, taking to the woods in every direc-
ton.
The. news spread like wild FIRE, and
determined men are securing the woods
for the spies. The Darlington Guards,
the Sumter Light Infantry having been
ordered home by the Governor soon this
morning, were called upon by the sheriff
to keep the peace. They responded
promptly, and double quicked to the
depot, but were too late to be Of any
assistance. They are still under arms at
the armory, and are acting under the
slleriff's orders.
DARLINGTON, March 30.-Your corres-
pondent arrived here at Els O'Clock to-
night. The town was perfectly quiet and
OF light which shone from the windows
OF q few, buildings. In Mayor Dargan's
Office score or more of men were collect
ed waiting for news from the searching
parties which are securing the country
in every direction for the constables. a
few moments after arrived here tele-
gram from Florence announced that the
dispensary at that place had been broken
in and every bottle in the establishment
smashed, When I got to Florence 1t was
considerably after midnight, but notwith-
standing the lateness Of the hour large
number Of people were collected at the
depot. The excitement In the town
during the day was intense, and when I
left there it was thought that trouble
would follow before the night was out.
The sympathy which was eVinced for
Darlington and her people by everyone
could not be mistaken, and the drive to
this place Of ten miles was bitterly
cold, bnt was made all the quicker for
that fact.
Almost the first man saw in Darling
ton was Mayor Dargan. he kindly en-
tered at once into description of the
origin of the disturbances. He said that
the town had been perfectly quiet during
the morning, with the exception Of some
raids which were mado by Chief Consta-
BILE Gaillard under the protection Of the
chief police and with his own cognizance.
About 8 o'clock in the afternoon per-
sonal encounter took place at the depot
between two young men named E. Floyd
and Paul Rogers, 1t being asserted that
the former struck the latter with a pair
of brass knucks. The chief of police
hastened to the scene and put stop to
the row. While he had the men in
charge Constable McLendon came up
and said they should not double team on
Floyd. A young man named u IL. Red
m0nd said no such effort was being made
and the chief Of police said that the dis
turbance must be at an end as he was In
charge. McLendon called Redmond a
liar, to which he replied by calling him q
damned liar in return.
At this time few citizens were seated
around the soene and g number of spies
were collected in group in short dis
tance. Mr.. F. e. Norment expostulated
at the language being used. Just then Con-
stable McLendon drew pistol, and
reaching over the shoulder Of Rodgers
shot Frank Norment dead. In an in
atant the firing became general. The
coustables used their Winchesters and the
citizens returned the fire with their pis-
tolls. There were very few pistols among
the citizens, however, and they had not
q fair showing with their we'll armed as
sailants. Frank Norment was killed in
stantly, being pierced by half dozen
balls. Pepper was shot down In his
tracks, a pistol ball through his heart.
Redmond fell second later, shot in three
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