Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-12-25

SAVANNAH, GA, December 24.-Sps-
cial kilograms this afternoon from re-
liable parties at Quitmsn, Ca, throw q
| different light on the wholesale slaugh-
ter OF negroes in that county. The
dispatches say: Never before In the
history Of Brooks county has there been
so much crime aud bloodshed as within,
the last few days. Six murders have
/ been committed within the past week.
News has just been received OF out
RACES committed in the Morven dis
trict Of this county that will almost
equal the hideous crimes recently per-
| petrated upon inotfensive Armenians.
| A few nights ago Joe Isham, we'll
known white man, was shot down Ia
the road at night by Dave Pike,
negro. The friends OF Isham claim
that IL was without provocAtion, but
| some OF the citizens say this Is not
true, that Isham was trying to kill the
negro, but the negro got the better of
It, Isham's friends armed themselves
and went In search OF Pike. Not sue
ceedlng in this they went
TO THE HOUSE OF SAM TAYLOR,
an inoffensive old negro, who Is the
stepfather OF Pike, and thieatened
| him IL he did not tell where Pike was
that they would kill him. Taylor al
6rmed that be did not know anything
about IL, and he was Immediately shot
TO death, seven bullets entering his
| body. From Taylor's they went 10 the
house OF Eli Frazier, who has always
borne the reputation OF being good ne
| gro. Frazier was carried down the road
short distance and when his wife
| found him he was lying murdered by
the roadside. From FrazIer's they went
TO the house OF Harry Sherwood, an
innocent negro. who was also foully
murdered. 1t is reported that the muir
derers, after they had murdered these
| innocent negroes, entered their houses
and subjected their wives and daug hters
to the most cruel and barbarous out
RACES ever committed In q civilized
community. A detailed account
WOULD BE TOO HORRIBLE
to appear In print The murderous
| gang are still at large and some OF the
negroes are leaving the community for
| protection. An inquest was held over
| the body OF Sam Taylor, and the coro-
| ner's jury returned a verdict OF murder
at the hands OF Judge Tillman and Bill
| Alderman. Sheriff Thresher has made
no efforts TO stop these ouErsges. and
| he Is being severely censured by the
| best class Of citizens All good people
OF the community deeply deplorc these
events and will endeavor in bringing
the guilty parties to justice.
ANYTHING BUT REAssURISs.
ATLANTA, GA, December 25.-Tbs
latest news from the scene OF the race
! trouble in Brooks county is anything
| but reassuring. Governor Atkinson
received q telegram this evening from
Quitman, the county seat OF Brooks,
signed by the sheriff and several lead
| ing citizens, informing him that trouble
had grown too serious for the local au-
thorities to cope with. and urging that
be order out the militia at once. This
telegram also conveyed the inior-
nation that four more men had
been killed since the first slaugh-
ter Yesterday. The Governor 81 once
OTutfcl bup Nhybibho AsiAo' ebN
dosta Videttes TO the scene. Colonel
VsrRadoe, Of the Videttes, answered
promptly that his company was rsady
TO march, but that the situation was
too menacIng for them TO handle alone,
and requested that the Thomasville
Guards be ordered TO cooperate with
them. 1t is supposed that these COM
panies are now en- route to the scene OF
the disturbance In Brooks.
Worse Than Reported
Cryc1SSATI. ONO. December PA
special 70 the Enquirer from Selma,
Ala, says the riot al Pineapple on
! Saturday was worse than at first sup
posed. In the drunken fray the three
Van Metten brothers aud Alex and Ed
Kayer we're stabbed 10 death and thir-
teen others were mOTtally wounded.