The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1894-04-05

constab!es to gaiH considerable time
in getting ahead, and the nigh coming
ON enabled th.m to eScabe in the
darkness, our mer following hem un
til they got beyond the county ines
oud were Immediately called in
II Gov. TilIman has mode any at
temp to arrest these men | am not
aware oi It II such murder had
hepu committed by any one else or by
ane tEer p'rs"LS lhnu these State
cnnstahIea, ! euppoSe he would have
issued proclamation Offering 4 re.
ward for the apprehension Of the arm.
ed body OF murderors A great many
Offers # assistance have come in from
our friends all over the State. To
there I replied that we needed no help,
for life snd property are perfectly safe,
az 1t always HIS been. But what we
did need was assistance to cut off the
escape Of these men ard bring them
to justice. There ia no douht there
was nothing unusual in this. Az to
all other offers of help, I replied that
we needed none | wished to keep
out foreigners as our people were ex-
cited. I had full confidence in the
officers Of the town to protect life and
property as long aS We were alone.
There has been no disorder whatever
nor any posses or riOtous crowds in
this county since the deplorsble affair
of Friday.
Chief Constable Gaillard told me on
his arrival here that he wss here
awaillug orders, hnt that all Warrants
were seyved'txcept one, and the work
was dJue and he did lot see any fur
ther need ot the presence of himself or
his constables. Why he was sent
here | Go not know. He certainly
did not know, and, as an officer of the
city, gave him all the protection he
asked and would have protected him
if l bad to do it personally. Wehad
consultation and agreed upon an hour
of the raid. | directed the chief of
police to be present, and the raid was
conducted in such quiet manner
that hardly any Que knew of it,
"Our people have done nothing that
l know of except to obey the law, and
have violated no authority whatever.
After heard that the dispensaries at
Florence and Timmonsyi!le had been
broken into, I Immediately placed a
guard over the property here, watch
has been abandoned as far as / can
see by it's officers and / have protect
ed it as far as it lay in my power. Up
to this time, it has not been molested.
II found out at that some of the
constables were not in the fight. |
told Csptaih Thompson of their
Whereabouts, and requested him TO
quad them and protect their lives
for fear our people would think they
had taken part in the fight at the de-
pot. They made their escape and
some OF our people wished 20 pursue
them but I urged them not to do so,
rs they were innoreut aud should have
ESCAPED The wounded man in the
jail | saw, and told the sheriff |
would paotect him with my live We
are not Iynchcrs here, but when any
bodp Of armed men come into our
town and shoot down innocent citi
zens, we fight. We will always try to
protect the innocent and punish the
guilty"
CLOSED TO CORRESPONDENTS
CHARLESTON, S. g., April "a spe
cial from Darlington to the News and
Courier at II O'clock TO night says
Telegraph office has been closed tc
all newspaper dispatches, Impossible
TO get your dispatches filed four hours
ago of Gen Richbourg SAYS he can
not allow it uuder repeated orders
The order is gel era"
SITUATION AT COLUMBIA.
COLUMBIA, 5. G., April 2 Since the
Since the departure Of the troops for
Darlington yesterday everything has
resumed It's accustomed qNietude, and
there is little indication of the tumult
and disorder that reigned Friday
night, A detail stands guard at the
Western Union 'e'egraph office scurti-
nizing messages to see that nothing
contraband goes over the wires,
The troops and organized volunteer
companies stil coutinue 70 arrive, aud
tonight fourteencompanies If the st' t.
volunteer troops besides the citizen
volunteers are encamped at the peni
tenliary If Gov. TiIlman does not
call halt, from appearances, Colum-
bia will be overrun with military by
the end OF the week At dress parade
this afternoon the general orders were
read and thr volunteer bodies were
notified that if il was their desire ic
continue in the service of the state
they could elect officers and the gov
ernor would issue commissions u
them. General order number nine
CONTAINED A sCATHING REBUKE