The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-12-24
farmers Murder Avenged.
Seven Negroes Killed.
Blacks Said TO Have Planned Whole.
sale Murder--Mobs Armed.

CurTMAN, Ga, Doc. 2i-with seven
negroes dead and armed mebs Of whites
and blacks In near proximity to each
county Is startling In its certainty The
excitement is the result Of the murder OF
Mr.. Joseph IsoD, q farmer. Seven negro
lives were taken Saturday and saturday
night to pay the penalty aad shis seems
to be only tho begins sing Of ths snd.
IL had been discovered tAat nuHber OF
negroes had coasytrsd TO kill every man
an the posse that arrested Jerry JsHreth.
FOR tho killing ~ r. Nsuiasn, . few weeks
ago, and that the killing Of fsem was
the commencement 10 carry sut this aw-
ful conspiracy. What ths sutcsms OF this
will be in the NEXT ~ hours cannot be
foretold. No action hes been taken to
stop the action sf ths nsS 20 far.
The names II the killed sre: Sam
Taylor. Eh Frasisr. esm Pike, Harry
Sherad and three whose names could not
DE learned Ne white men have been
killed SO far.
A Rsixn Of Terror.
A reporter visited the scene last even
ing Every crossrosd was picketed with
sentinels and every man In the county IL
armed to the teeth. When enc Of these
excitcments occur, King Terrier rules
In tho homes II whites as we'll ss blacks.
and this Is such case. There were prob
ably 500 men under arms, covering IN area
OF about five square miles.
About mile fsen ths homo Of rsom
were about $40 whites, oil we'll armed and
breathing all kinds sf vsngsancs. A niis
farther was "a crowd sf negroes sf absut the
same sizo, arinod with WiRehssssr rinsa,
pistols, axes. clubs and Svvry svsilsbls
weapon, waiting for the whites ~ sssack
them. They intrsnohsd IN end around
lot OF negro cabins In the midst Of q thin
grove and the last isfsrm atfsn 10 that the
whites arc advancing N many siass.
IL Is understood Shat the Waverlcys
Pike, Jim MoIsilsaA and negro named
Herring were the ssAsrs Of NE seven
lynched The county 10 eempsrstively
sparsely settled, and The facilities for So
curing information are vcry meagcr. Pike
Is the negro phs killed Isem. he has
boen In hiding psar whore tho trouble has
occurred. and the authsrites DO not con-
sidor 10 probable that he hhe been caught.
Captain Tllmsa, fathsr-in-iaw Of Isor.
was doing everything In his pswer to
restrain the whites. He hsA sent hurrisd
messengers all over ne country, Summon
ing to his aid conservative men, In the
hope that he could pssvent further blood
shed. II will be Impossible 10 know how
woll be succeeded
whites Won't Talk 81 Peace.
Details OF the killing ara rssgsr. Tay.
Tor. Frasier, Pike and 6hsssd wsre to-
gether ssout sunset Saturday night They
wcre reTsrasd- - fear ef ne nasissders
of the conspiracy W kill Aaa burn. and
were especially sousht fer A half dozen
whites, one OF vhosa 10 said " have been
Isom's brother -in.lAw, os@s upen them
suddenly and ordered then 70 SUBMIT 10
arrest.
One Of the negroes answered with . shot
that struck one Of the whites, sua four
blacks were shot down In their tracks
The other three were caught, one at a
time.
Many of Isom's neighbors, who were
interviewed, will not listen 30 any peace
full talk They declare they must stamp
out tho gang that had sworn 10 murder,
and that spirit seems to predoniAssa.