The herald., 1894-12-26
IN A STATE Of WILD ALARM.
Militia Ready for a Hand in
the Race War.
The Governor of Georgia Will Stop
BIoOdshed.
Wife of Negro for Whom the Mob L
Looking Horribly Beaten by
the Avengers.
Bv the Associated Press.

BY the ASsOclatcu rIess'
ATLANTA, Ca, Dec. 25.--s1oyernor Ate
kinson has received a telegram from
Eheriff Thrasher OF Brooks county, dated
at Qcitman, II: 80 am, announcing he
was on the point OF leaving for the scene
OF the race disturbances 10 miles from
Quitman, with the Valdosta vidsttes.
80 strong. The sheriff added that while
he apprshended no serious trouble he
thought it advisable that the Waycross
rifles be kept in reserve ready to move
et once in case he should need them.
q The governor has given ordera, in
compliance with those suggestions. and
the rifles are in readiness at Waycross.
The latest reports from Brooks give the
number of killed ss seven, including
Constable Mauldin, killed two or throe
weeks ago. and Ishan, White and Sam
Taylor, Eli Frazier, Harry Sherod. Sam
Pike and George Fritz. colored. 1t is
believed here the trouble is practically
over and the appearance of the military
will effectually end it.
A TERRIBLE STATE OF AFFAIRS.
QUITMAN, Ca, Dec. 25.-Details OF the
terrible state of affair 8, growing out of
the murder of T. N. Maiden and Joseph
Maldon, which were uuattainGble yes
terday, are being brought to light. In
their desperation the good, substantial
people took the law in their own hands
and, failing to find the negro. Waverly
Pike. who murdered Mr.. Isom, they
have taken the lives OF several OF those
who aided the murderer iu making his
escape. Last night 800 men were around
Red bay swamps, where it is supposed
Pike is in hiding. 1t is the hope OF the
conservative people OF the country that
there will be no further bloodshed, but
the coming Of the military may have an
oppesits effect. SO the whites who are
under arms claim that it means protec~
tion to the negroes, while the white peo'
pie here have besn unable to secure
themselves from negro deepersdoes.
THE AVENGERS PLEDGED.
The band, under Pixies leadership,
pledged themselves to take revenge
upon every one who had hand in the
arrest of the Jeffrsth brothers. OF this
there ia NO doubt. Mccall, the negro
who was Pixies lieutenant, is in Jail for
killing Mr.. Isom, is now declared in free
and open confession. The band OF
negroes. after selecting officers, sub.
scribed to promise tnat every one who
was instrumental In capturing the jeff
reth bows should die. Each member
declared that he would deal out death
to any one of the party on the frat oY-
portunity. The organization Wac given
the names of men who were wanted to
be dealt with particularly. That is the
way McCslPs confession goes, end among
the list were the names of Isom and Till
man. The negroes kept their counsel
well, and nothing was done 10 indicate
that the mark of death hung over the
dozen or 30 people OF the county till
after the death of MIR. Isom, when Nc
Call told the story.
The killing of Isom last Thursday was,
according to the Mccall story, the first
chapter of what was to be a regc lar
slaughter. The details OF that have
been fully told in these dispatches. As
soon as Isom's body had been taken
home, Judge F. w. Tillman and Henry
Tillman, his brother-in-law, organized
for the search of the murderers. There
were four negroes in the party, two
named Herring; Mccall, who has con.
fessed, and Pike, who is still at large.
Mccall and the Herringe were caught
the frat night and jailed.
THE SEARCH FOR PIKE.
Then the search for Pike, the MUIR
derer, began in earnest. 1t was kept
up, but he could not be found that
night. Friday Mccall acknowledged
that he was present and told OF the
pledge that the negroes OF that section
had made to deal out deathto every peraou
who had hand III the arrest of Jeffreth
brothers. The statement crsGted great
deal of feeling in the county, and when
it reached the house of I5om end the
Tillmans it aroused feeling that had
not manifested itself before. IL wss
then that the whites would have takea
revenge if they could have found eoTne
one upon whom to take it. Their ef-
forts TO capture Pike wero redoubled,
and posses came from ColQuitt, Worth
and other conntios around, earned for
the eearch. No threats were made,
however, By the aearcbers until Satur-
day. when il was learned that about 80
negroes, armed, had conGregated about
30 miles from whera Mr. Isom wac to be
buried that evening. and that they were
to protect Pike If he wap found.
It was given out among the whites,
too, and that by u negro, that Pike was
in hiding in the neghborhood and that
the negroes wers armed for the express
purpose of protecting him from &rreet.
His place OF hiding waH revealed to the
party by the negroea that evening after
1som's remains had been laid away. A
visit was made to the place, but this
negro was not there. On thst trip the
whites, now in large numbers, encoun-
tered party OF negroes and several
ehots were fred. It was fight after
the bushwhackinG order, and negro
named Henry Sherard, known TO be =
warm friend of Pike, was killed.
THE FEELING INTENSIFIED.
This killing intensified the feeling be-
tween tho races and crowds began to
increase on both sides until 3here were
more than l50 armed whites and sa
many negroes. Had the negroeg decided
to deliver up Pike, whom they are un-
doubtedly guarding, the trouble would
have been short lived. The negroes,
however, defisd the whites, who then re.
newed the search. They frat went to
the cabin OF Tom Taylor, Pixies step
father. Taylor showed fight and vol-
ley of bullets put an end to his career.
Eli Frazer and Sam Pike fret fired on
some whites they met in the road and
both were killed. This was their record
up to Saturday night. The Negroes, it is
claimed, then swore to take the life OF
every man, woman and child in the dis
trict. This brought the white men to-