The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-10-26
ALL CUT AND DRIED
TURNER ADMITS HE WAS SENT TO
YELLOW BRIDGE TO INCITE RIOT.
Democratic Committee Intended to
Repeat the Performance of 1901
Turner Viii Speak No More.

J. Milton Turner was seen about the
streets yesterday renewing acquaintances
among some colored people. and between
times seeing several saloon keepers. One
OF the men he met was w. w. Christy, a
~well-known colored citizen. Turner preached
the subject of the Yellow bridge trouble of
the night previous, and asked Christy what
he thought Of 1t.
-"Well," said Christy, at think 1t is very
wrong, and that you ought not to nave had
any trouble. I was sorry that the meeting
did not hear you through"
"Oh, those niggers heard me through"
said he, with alacrity; that was all right.
The meeting went off according to pre-
arrangement. 1t was all done according
to programme. We wanted you fellows to
kick up a rumpus and you did it, just as
we expected. But the Republicans will lose
the county by it. 1 knew l was not in dan
ger. A rock hit a niger next to me and
it might have hit me just as quick, but 1
was not to be hit. 1 knew what I was
about"
Later in the day Turner, ]. T. v. Hill
and Manning were together, and Hill re-
marked, very bravely for a man with his
sprinting record, that there was going to
be another meeting last night.
WELL" said Turner, IF there is you
might as well be getting another speaker
II you are expecting me to be there. I
know when 1 lave had enough"
Mr.. Christy is prepared to make affidavit,
he says, if anybody wants to deny these
statements as to what was said, or to fix
responsibility for them. The Democratic
leaders suppose that after the trick in the
municipal campaign of 1891 was so bene-
hciai in its effect, as they supposed, this
conla not fai to be a coup of no mean
Tn crowd was orderly until the speaker
saw that the merely argumentative style
would not suffice, and ten began to
abuse the colored voters present, calling
them offensive names with profane lam
guage mixed in He made some illusions
OF disrespectful nature to ex-President
Harrison, but the meeting was then In a
turmoil and the exact words were not
caught. He has since denied that he said
anything Of this nature relating to General
Harrison, and yesterday wrote the General
a note disclaiming his language. The most
charitable view that can be taken of his
performance is that it was done under
gence On the way from the crowd he
was very abusive of Sergeant Lowe and
the police. though they were the only ones
hit by the flying stones after the meeting
dispersed. They surrounded him with
drawn revolvers and each received blows
from the missiles. Sergeant Lowe received
three, one being a sharp and painful blow
on the left shin. Patrolman Crane was
hit in the neck. Turner kept up his abuse
until A. f. Manning Quoted him with the
remark that the police had done well and
had succeeded in protecting him
The story gained circulation yesterday
that Turner wanted to register at the
Grand Hotel, but was quietly given the lip
by Manning, at the instance Of Taggart,
through John r. Wilson, that he had
better not risk a refusal. He was remind
ed that Taggart was now in business-a
business which made the color line more
or less inevitable-and that he could not
be entertained there Manning then Sc
cured quarters for him at the Occidental.
Turner was asked about the report yester-
day afternoon, but he deprecated the ques-
ton and only smiled as ne said he preferred
not to talk on the subject. The question
was put to Manning, who denied the story,
and said that Turner was taken direct to
the Occidental. Manning. since his aspi-
rations to become minister to Liberia,
has been practicing in diplomacy.