St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-26
NO WORK FOR GUARDS
Order Restored at Quitman,
Ga.--CitiZens After Des-
peradoeS.
MUCH NEEDLESS BLOODSHED
Five Negroes and Two Whites
Killed in the Out
break.
MUCH NEEDLESS BLOODSHEI
LAWLESSNESS OF BLACKS
The Initial Cause of the Dis
tuPbances - Militia Re-
turns Home.

QUITMAN, Ga. Dec. o5. The trouble
In Brooks county is over. The ValdOsta
Videttes were ordered here last night
by the governor. Capt. Cafferty, Lieut..
Staten and Lieut.. Peoples. DR.. Bass and
Sheriff Thrasher at once visited the
scene of the trouble. They found peace
restored. and the citizens assured them
that there would be no more trouble,
and they came back to Quitman about
O'Clock, and the Valdosta Videttes
left on the afternoon train for Valdosta.
The negroes were killed because
they were supposed to know the where
abOuts of Waverly Pike, whose crime
was the original incentive ts lawless-
ness. Good citizens of the county will
do their utmost TO bring to justice the
men who are responsible for the trouble.
Blacks Were LawIess.
The northern portion OF Brooks. por-
tions of Worth, Berrien and other
counties adjoining have large numbers
of negroes, mostly brought from North
Carolina, for the purpose of getting
turpentine from the pine trees, which
abound there. These negroes live in
camps and are laWless set, controlled
only by fear of punishment from the
boss. Without any restraining inhu-
ence save fear. they fight among them
selves, rob the neighborlng people,
gamble incessently when not at work,
and if any resident white man incurs
their displeaSHre. he is marked as a
victim of their wrath.
When BaiIiff Mauldin, of Brooks.
seeking to arrest negro charged with
some trivial Offense. some two weeks
ago, he found him III turpentine camp.
Seeing himself surrounded with savage
negroes. armed with Winchester rifles,
the baiitf found it safest not to attempt
the arrest, and, d,turning his horses head,
sought to ride away. Two negroes
named Jetfreys fired on him and
Killed Him EsrutaIly.
The citizens aided the officers. and
after much chasing captured tine two
Jefreys and confined them in the
Brooks county Jail. 1t is SAID that a
Dumber Of other negroes, under the
leadership of Waverly Pike. formed an
oath-bound organization to kill every
white man concerned i'll the arrest of
the Jeffreys. In pursuance of this plot
Joseph Isham was killed a few GAYS
afterward, and Henry Tilman was
marked as the next victim. The killing
of Mauldln and the subsequent killing
of Isl u has been told at length hereto
fore.
The cause of the present outbreak is
twC-fold. First, the arrest of Waverly
Pike and bringing him to trial for the
murder of 1sham, and secondly, to
break up the gang Of outlaws who have
shot down good citizens and who
threaten the lives of others.
The whites who have formed a small
army have this purpose in view. SO far
it is supposed that the following ne-
grOeS have been killed:
Sam Taylor, Eli Frazier, Harry
SherOd, Sam Pike, George Fritz.
4 negro named Mccall and two others
named Herring are in Brook county
Jail because they were present at the
killing Of lSham, and are supposed to
be accessories. A state of terror exists
IL the northern portion OF the county.
innocent men are coming into Quitmau
seeking protection. and the more con-
servatiye citizens have asked the gov
ernOr for protection by the militia.
Gov. Atkinson has ordered out the mill
tary, but the companies have not vet
been able to reach the scene of the
trouble because Of its TemotenesS from
the capital.