St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-12-24
CHAOS IN GEORGIA.
Seven Negroes Are Killed by
an Infuriated Band
Of Whites.
EXCITEMENT IS INTENSE.
Grave Apprehension That
There May Be Many More
Violent Deaths.
HUNDREDS ARE ARMED.
A Collision Between Blacks
and Whites Feared at
Any Moment.

Any Moment.
QUITMAN, Ga, Dec. 23.-The lives of
Seven negroes have been taken in the
last tWenty-four hours in revenge for
that Of one white man, and, unless all
signs fail utterly, many more lives are
in jeopardy. Two bodies OF determined
men, between 400 and 500 men in all,
every one being heavily armed,
and each body about equal in
numerical strength to the other,
and separated by less than a
mile of country, and Liable to clash at
any time-that is the spectacle present
ed here in Brooks county tonight. One
body is made up of stern. determined
white men, bent on revenge for the
brutal mu der of one OF the best citizens
Of this county; the other is made up of
negroes, terror stricken and fearful lest
they or their families be made the OBJ
iects of the same fate that has already
befallen
Seven of I lleir Number,
and ready to defend themselves from
such fate as we'll as they may be able.
What the next twenty -four hours will
bring forth is causing great apprehen-
sion. That there will be an open clash
seems very much more than probable at
this writing. The authorities are pow
erless. and practically no effort has yet
bedn made TO bring about peace, save
by the relatives of the man whose muir
deris the cause of it all. Thursday
Joseph I5om. of Brooks county. most
prosperous farmer and one Of the best
citizens, was murdered by a party of
negroes, and it leaked out that
the killing of Isom was a part
of plot TO kill all the
whites who were in the posse which, a
few weeks ago, arrested Jesse Jetfreth
for the Killing of L. MOuldOn. Isom
Was one Of the most popular men in the
country. He lived ten miles north of
here in part of the country where the
negroes 0utnumber the whites. and the
ment. When it developed that the
same gang of negroes had sworn to kill
other white men. the whites gathered
together as if by one accord and the
work Of death and destruction be gan.
The names of
The Killed.
SAM TAYLOR.
ELL FRAZIER.
SAM PIKE.
HARRY SHERAD.
And three whose names could not be
learned
a reporter visited the scene this even
ing. Every crOss-road was found pick
eted with SenIinels, and every man in
the county is armed to the teeth. When
one of these race excitemelts occurs,
terror rules in the homes Of the whites
as we'll as Of the blacks, and that
was the case in this instance.
There are probably 500 men under
arms, covering an area of about five
square miles. About mile and a half
from Isom's place were about 200
whites, all well armed and breathing
all sorts of vengeance. A mile further
on was crowd of negroes OF about the
same size. armed with Winchester
rifles, pistols, axes. clubs and every
thing else conceivable, waiting for the
whites to attack them. They are EN-
trenched in and around lot of negro
cabins in the midst of thin grove, and
the latest information that the
Whites Are Advancing
on them from two sides. In addition to
the names already given, it is UNDER
stood that Waverly Pike, jim Mccall
and negro named Herring were prob
ably the others. The county is COM
paratively sparsely settled, and the
facilities for securing information are
who killed Is0m. He has been
in hiding near where the trouble
occurred, and the authorities here
do not consider it probable that he
had been caught. When the reporter
left the scene there seemed every like
IihOOd Of pitched battle tonight. Cant
1illman, father-in-law of Isom. was
however, doing everything in his power
to restrain the whites. He had sent
hurried messages all over the country
summoning to his aid conservative
men. in the hope that thew
would prevent further bIoodshed.
1t will be impossible to know
tonight how we'll they succeed.
Details Of the killing Of the seven me-
groes are very meager. Taylor, Frazier.
Pike and Sherad were together about
sunset last night. They were regarded
as four of the ringleaders of the con-
spiracy to Kill and burn, and were be-
ing especially sought for. A half-dozen
whites, one Of whom Is said to have
been IsOm's brOtherin-law, came upon
them suddenly and ordered them to
submit 10 arrest. One of the negroes
answered with a shot that struck one of
the whites, and the
Four Blacks Were shot
down in their tracks. The other three
were caught one at q time. MANY of
IsOm's neighbors who are in the crowd
will hot listen to any peaceful talk.
They declare that for the sakes of their
wives and children and for their own
safety they must stamp out the gang that
had sworn to murder, and tonight that
spirit seems to be the predominant
one. If the fight comes, 1t will be
desperate one. The killing Of Isom oc
Cured in the public road not far from