The Helena independent., 1894-12-24
BLOODY TINE
IN GEORGIA.
Seren Negroes Mdssdcred and More
of Them Doomed.
Negroes Said 10 Have conspSed 10 Wipe
Out Number Of White
Citizens.
THEY HAD HELPED ARREST A NEGRO
A Beginning Made by the Killing Of M.
lsom, and Then the War
Was On.

pullman. Ca. Dec 90 The lives of
seven negroes have been taken In the
last twcnly-four hours IN revenge for
that Of one wnglc man, Gnd unlcfs all
signs fail utterly. many more lives are
io jeopardy
Two bodies o' determined men, Lc.
tween 800 and 800 Ia an. every muu be-
ing heavily armed. apd esch body about
equal In numerical strength ~ the
other separated by mlle OF country.
and liable To clash at pny mlnulc-that
IL the spectacle presented here In
Brooks county tonight One body Is
made up Of stern. determined white
men. bent on revenge FOR tae brutal
murder OF one OF the best citizens OF
this county. The other Is made up OF
negroes, terr0r-stricken and fearful
lest they or their families meet the
same fate as has already bcfnllen seven
OF their number, and ready 10 defend
themselves from such fate as well as
they may be able. What the next
twenty-four hours viii bring forth no
one can predict. That there viii be an
open clash seems more than probable
at this writing. The authorities are
powerless and practically no efforts
nave yet been made 10 bring about
peace, save by the relatives OF the man
whose murder Is the cause OF IT all.
On Thursday Joseph Isom, one OF
ltrooks county's most prosperous form
ers ana best citizens. was murdered
by "A party OF negroes, aud 10 leaked
out that the killing OF Isom WAS part OF
a pot 10 Kill all whites who were IN the
posse which few weeks ago arrested
Jesse JeilTeth for the killing of r.. Moul.
don. lsom was the most popular man
Ia the county He lived ten miles north
OF mere, in a part ot ,he county wher,
the negroes uutnumbcrcd the whites
aud the killing created great excitement
When Il developed that the snme gaui
Of negroes had sworn tu XIII other whit,
men, the whites gathered together as
II Of one ccOrd and the work Of dpa N
and destruction hogan. or the seven
who are dead the names Of only -four
could be obtained this afternoon.
a reporter visited the scene late this
evening. Every cross road was found
plcketed with sentlncls and every man
IN ,he county armed 10 the teeth. When
c.ls Of the race excitements occur, King
Terror rules in the homes OF the whites
as well AS blacks. and this Is such a
case, About a mile and a half from
the home Of Isom were about POO whites,
all well armed and breathing all sorts
of vengeance. A mile further was "A
crowd OF negroes, about The same size.
armed with Winchester rifles. axes.
clubs and every available weapon.
waiting for the whites 10 attack them.
They are entrenched In and around n
lot of negro cabins IN the midst OF a
thin grove. and the latest Information
IL that the whites are advancing on
them from two sides
Sam Taylor. Eli Fraser, Sam Pike
and Henry Sherard are the four negroes
known to have been killed. IL Is under
stood that Waverly Pike. Jim Mccall
and a negro named Herring were prob
ably the others. The county is cOmpar-
atively sparsely settled and facilities
for securing Information are very mea-
gre. Pike Is the negro who killed Isom
lie has been In hiding near where the
trouble occurred and the authorities
here do not consider II probable he has
been caught. As the reporter left the
scene there seemed every likelihood OF
pitched battle tonight
Capt II. Timmon, brother-ln-law of
Isom, was. however. doing everything
| In his power to restrain the whites. lie
has sent hurried messengers all over
the country, summO ming to his aid con-
servatiVe men in the hope that tL-
would prevent further bloOdshed. At
will be impossible 20 know tonight how
well the succeed.
Details or the killing OF the seven
negroes are very mengre. Taylor
Fraser, Pike and Sherrurd were to
gcther about sunset last nlght. They
we're regarded as four Of the ringlend'
crs OF the conspiracy 20 kin and burn
and were being especially sought for
Half dozen whites one of whom Is
said 10 be Isom's 5rothcr-in-inw. cam,
upon the negroes and ordered them t'
! submit To arrest. one Of the negroes
answered with shot that struck on,
az the whites, and the four blacks wer,
shot down in their tracks. The Other
| three were caught one at "a time. Many
nf lsom's neighbprs. who are Ia IN,
crowd. Will not listen 10 any peaceful
talk. They declare that for the sake'
II their wives and children, ana foi
their own safety they must stamp oui
the gang that has sworn murder, anC
Tonight that spirit seems the FREEDOM
uaut one,
The killing OF Isom occurred iif n pub
llc road not far from his home. and th'
circumstances attending II seem I,
throw doubt upou the conspiracy tho
ory ts1m was here Thursday an,
while IN town had some words with Wa
verify PIKE, q negro living w his Vicin
ity. Apparently everything wal
amoothcd over when he let Tor homo
After arriving there he started witt
| Henry 1lmmou. his brOthcr-in-law, 10
| cart. TlmmonH home. about half
mile from lsom's. They met four ne
grocR. two on horseback and two IN
wagon. Pike nd Wost Mccall were ol
horseback and the two iorring boy
in a wagon, They came near ridini
over lsom. who demonstrated. Look
don't run over me- and he stepped on
or the way. Just then Pike drew
pistol and without q word fred, the hui
let piercing lsum's heart Pike aud Nc
Call fired three shots each nt the pros
tratc body of lsnm Pike made hlH eR
cape. but Mccall and the llerrinEa wcr'
arrested and are IN lail, In this pres
ont excitement there W grave danger