The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-06
MARTIAL LAW IS REVOKED.
1ILLMlN Calls HOME hrs TROOPS
AND PEACE BRooDs AGAIN.

Fad or the Campaign and Its Results.
COLUMBIA. g. c.. April 5.-The roll OF the
drum will he heard on Columbia street again
tomorrow. but It will mean peace. The troops
who have been on duty in Darlington are re-
turning home. Gov. Tillman tonight issued
proclaim alton declaring that the counties Of
Florence and Darlington are no longer in in
surrectfon and that the civil status has been
restored. The preamble to the proclamato
says that the Governor Is informed By the
commander Of the troops in Darlington that
the insurrectlonists have dispersed and that
peace had been restored.
All the spies returned from Florence to-day.
having given their testimony last night Chief
Gaillard came back broken down and sick.
He went to bed at once. The troops who re-
sponded to the Governors call are to receive
$3.50 day for their services. Gen. Richbourg
will be paid at the rate OF $1,000 . year. and
the other officers will be handsome ely remuner-
stsd. The entire cost OF the military expsdi-
tion will approximate $4,000 Gov. Tillman
has issued an order calling the troops from
Darlington and Florence here tomorrow to
be paid and relieved from duty.
FLoRENcE. g. c.. April 5.-The hastily devised
plan Of the General commanding tho army OF
South Carolina to get through with the Coro-
ners investigation into tho Darlin gton riot
without further bloodshed has been success
fuL The spies. who for three days, after the
riot the people said should never enter til o
town and leave IL alive. visited Darling ton last
night as was told In THE SUNS dispatches
this morning. and they got away again in
safety before tho break OF day. MoLendon.
the man who fred the shot that opened the
riot. is In Florence tonight. housed at the
armory with . hundred soldiers. He will be-
taken to Columbia to- morrow morning. and It
is promised that II tho verdict OF tho jury ac-
cuses him OF the crime OF murder he will be
kept there under arrest until his trial. which
will not take place In Darlington. for the Gov
ernor will insist on q change OF venue.
The other spies. much to the disgust OF all
the people in the Psedse country. are free to
60 where they will 1t Is understood. how
ever. that the military will produce them whom
they are wanted. Two of them are here in
Florence. and they narrowly escaped being
mobbed to- night at tho door oi:the hotel where
they were going to get their supper. despite
the presence OF half hundred militiamen
Tho militia will all depart in the morning.
The spies will go with Thorn. and then prob
ably the excitement that has rent the country
will subside. Peace will reign. or. more
properly speaking. q sort OF armed truce for
tho people still have chip on their shoulders
for the Governor to knock of.
To accomplish the work OF getting tho spies
timony with surety that there would DO no
uprising and no attem ut to lynch anybody. 1t
was necessary for tho Coroners jury to sit all
night The railroad station where tho inquest
was held had no lights. and candles and lamps
were brought in. Thore was guard Of a
hundred soldiers surrounding the station. and
q good-sized military escort came with the
spies. There were present In the depot the
Coroner. the jury. the military Jury OF 1--WE. tho
anta ND tvvn ata Nnk Ank
was lost in getting the stories OF the mon
Every man in the room was pledged to secrecy
as to the testimony. but. OF course. there was
leak. and through that leak 1t came out that
the spies had all told the same stories OF the
incidents that led up to the shooting and Of the
shooting itself The stories were SO alike In
every circumstance that they suggested the
idea OF prearrangement
The effort was to prove thatthe shooting had
been done In self-defsnce. Each spy admit
ted that the man McLendon was the first man
TO draw his pistol Each denied that he was
the man who shot Frank Norment. the first
citizen who was killed. They said that whom
McLendon drew his pistol another SPY hit his
arm and threw his hand up. so that the bullet
from the weapon few high over the heads of
the citizena
The riot. as has been told. was preceded BY
quarrel between the dispensary man Floyd
and man named Rogers. The spies testified
that after this quarrel Rogers went to thet town
and returned with twelve or fifteen armed citi-
reached the station The spies also svofe t that
thsy did no, use their rifes but that the shoot
the shot that killed Citizen Redmond. admitted
that he fred two shots from his ride but said
these spis. made more than 10, 600 words. and
the taking Of i was not finished until the gray
cracks OF the locked door. Then the m on were
hurried out and put aboard the train again.
otRsrs. One was MesSin. The fh name Of the
known BY citizens OF Darilngton. and they
wandered into town. and In the crowd OF
the riot nobody recognized then. They were
about tor an hour. when Capt. Thompson OF
H ps s ssSsa the pS
asa hustled h.@ GROUND to the arT0sy Ehsrs
H. tSo an niSrmed the sns sry h s to2yeSs
language what he thought Of him. Then =
IN and as sent dST Of sSn in T.s put
The other SPY was picked up on the way, None
q; 2; the citizens knew anything about Il until
selves; The militlamen said the men would
have, been lynched II they had been ,recog-
moved quick enough to save them.
The military guard at the station was main
taasd IA session With SeESa Doors 'u spy Me-
Lendon, who was under special guard. Was
mony was finished Iust before trail time In tho
afternoon helendon was put aboard the
IurJpsn left the station Immediately after.
ward.
The jury held another meeting later and
arrived at verdict which they declined to |
make public, 1t WAS said that It is that Citizen
Esdmond killed Spy, PEPPER, that spy Cain
killed Norment IL this Is the verdict, then |
boy Cain will be tried for murder as well as
Mclendon. a change Of venue will be de- |
manded in his case too.
fHE SUN CORES ponds has information also |
that The military court. which was sitting to |
render verdict for the special benefit OF the |
Governor. agreed with this verdict OF the jury |
unanimously and will report to the Gov
ernoT: Then the Governor himself will be |
forced to see that his eonstAbles are prose- |
cuted for the crimes.
While the Coroner's Jury was sitting there |
was conference OF citizens held In the ofies |
Ct Mayor DargAn. II was TO receive the report |
OF the com mittsA OF citizens that went to |
Columbia at the Invitation OF the Governor.
A. result Of this conference. 1t was agreed |
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