The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-12-25

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. ga special to
ss Journal from Quitman at 8 o'clock
nvn The latest news from the race
t,ouble is that bands Of white men are
catching the women and men and
,oplyins tortures 70 make them reveal
he hiding place OF Waverly Pike
Three negroes have been killed. The
GOOD citizens are iucensed and unless
tho mob eau be quelled, will arm them
eslyes and protect the darkies.
The sheriff ia organizing a posse to go
to the seat Of trouble.
The governor will be telegraphed for.
perhaps, if the trouble cannot be put
down.
4 large crowd OF whites and blacks
ara here, the negroes are appealing Tor
protection. The excitement l. intense.
The negroes have left their homes In
The upper portion Of the county, and
ssy they are afraid to stay there.
,LArER-A TERRIBLE STORY.
Special .elegrams this afternoon from
reliable parties at Qnisman, Ga. throw
ndifferent light on the wholesale slaugh-
ter Of negroes in that county. The dis
patches say: Never before in the his.
tory Of Brooks county has there been so
much crime and bloodshed as within
the past few days.
six murders have been committed
within the past week. News has lust
been received of outragea committed in
the Moryen district OF this county that
will almost equal the hideous crimes
recently perpetrated upon inotfensive
Armeniaus.
A few days ago Joe Isham, well
known white man, was shot down in
the road at night by Dave Pike, negro.
The friends of Isham claim that 1t was
without provocation, but some OF the
citizens say this is not true. that Isham
was trying to kill the negro, bnt the
negro got the better Of it.
INNOCENT NEGROES MURDERED.
Isbam's friends armed themselves
aud went il search Of Pike. Not sue
ceedins in thi. they went to the house
Of Sam Taylor. an inofiensive old negro,
who is the step.father Of Pike, and
threatened him II he did not tell whore
Pike was that they would kill him.
Taylor affirmed that he did not know
anything about it and he was imme-
diately shot to death, seven bullets en-
tering his body.
From Taylor's they went to the house
Of Eli Frazier. who has always borne
the reputation Of being good negro.
Frazier was carried down the road a
short distance, and when his wife
found him he was lying murdered at the
roadside
From Frszier's they went to the
house OF Harry Sherwood, an innocent
negro, who was also foully murdered.
It 10 reported that the murderers, after
they had murdered these innocent
negroes, entered their houses and sub
jected their wives and daughters to the
most cruel and barbarous outrages ever
committed In a civilized community.
A detailed account would be too horri-
bic to appear in print
GOOD PEOPLE DEPLoRE IT.
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 coroner's jury re-
turned verdict of murder at the hands
Of Judge Tillman and Bill Alderman.
Sheriff ThreSher has made no efforts to
stop these and he is being severely
censured by the best class OF citizens.
All good people OF the community
deeply deplore these events and will
endeavor in bringing the guilty parties