The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-17
DROVE INTO CoLORED TROOPS.
THE COLQUITT BLUES ASSAULTED
WHILE UNDER INSPECTION.

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7 Two officers Of the Company Knock
ed Down and Injured-A squad
Pursued the Men. and in Attempt
ing 10 Arrest Them Serious Trouble
Was observation-disclosures McGuire
and &. W. Dyer Arrested for Rum
ming Into the COmpany-Lieut. sat
terIee Indignant over the Matter.
/ A collision between several members Of
| the COlquitt Blues, a company OF the
First Regiment. Georgia Volunteers. col
ored. which was run into by two vehicles
occupied by white men. while the com
pany was being inspected by Lieut. G. B.
Satterlee, and a South Broad street crowd
Of white men, came near causing serious
white men. came near causing serious
trouble in the eastern part Of the city
last night.
Lieut. Satterlee, who is here inspecting
the colored military companies I'm ac-
/ cordance with the order Of the governor,
had the Lone Star Cadets and the Col
quit Blues out for inspection. The in
specuol was held at East Broad and
Liberty streets. That of the Lone Star
Cadets had been finished and the IN
spectiOn of the COlquitt Blues was going
on when the trouble began.
The company was drawn up in line on
the east side of East Broad street. lust
north OF Liberty street Col. j. II. De
NauX, commanding the First Regiment Of
Georgia Volunteers, and Lieut.. Satterlec
were standing at the intersection Of East
Broad and Liberty streets. A guard was
stationed to notify teams to pass on down
Liberty, without coming into East Broad
street where the inspection was being
held.
About 10 O'Clock two vehicles We're
driven down Liberty street coming from
the direction of the Thunderbolt shell
road They We're on the north side of the
street AS they reached East Broad the
guard notified them not to turn in there
Dut no attention was paid to his intunc-
ton. The first vehicle was a buggy con-
tanning two men and was being driven at
a rapid gait. Instead of going on down
Liberty street the buggy whirled into East
Broad and dashed into the rear of the col
oIed company, knocking down two of the
serBednts, X. l.. West and PinCkney, and
throwing the company into confusion
Both men had their uniforms torn and
Pinckney was badly bruised and had to
pc hfted to his feet. The buggy dashed on
down East Broad street and turned into
the second buggy
- by order of Col. Deveaux, Cant. ]. II
carter who was in command of the com
pany, detailed a squad of eight men.
under sergts. jackson and West, to pur-
sue a 1rb arrest the occupants Of the bug
sy. Inc buggy had been stopped on
south Broad street and one OF the oc-
cupants, {. W. Dyer, was caught by
the squad and turned over to Policemen
J. y. Reilly, who was i'm the neighbor-
nood, though not on duty. Reilly saw
the crowd were excited and thrust Dyer
INTO McBrlde,s barroom, instead of tax
ing MIN 10 the barracks. The members
or the squad considered this as equiva-
lent to release, and vociferouslv de-
manded that Dyer be arrested. A crowd
Bdthered IN short order. Many of them
We're Dyers friends, who announced their
Willingness 10 assist him. Dyer swore
mat he would not be arrested and fought
Nclously, knocking down one Of the ser
geants and striking Col. Deveaux. For
tunately. at this moment, Assistant Chief
OF Police Reilly, who had been notified
thdt there was serious trouble in pros
pect, arrived and putting DYER Under
arrest, sent him to the barracks. He
counseled the excited infantrymen TO be
cool ana not bring on further trouble
In the meantime some of the members Of
the company had discovered James Mo
CURE, the other occupant of the buggy
room at Houston street and South Broad
street lane, and were making efforts to ar
rest him. McGuires friends who were in
the Darroom with him, refused to allow
MS arrest The prospect for a serious affair
was very good, when Lieut.. Reilly arrived
and put Mcguire under arrest Several no
licemen came with Lieut. Reilly and two
members or the company, who had been
endeaVoring to secure the arrest of Nc
CURE and Dyer, were also arrested and
locked up on the charge of disorderly con-
duct. They were afterwards bailed out
Mcclure and Dyer were bailed out by
friends
Who were the occupants of the second
vehicle which followed, the police did not
discover. There were four men in the Sec
ond buggy or hack but as they did not do
any damage no effort was made to arrest
them Col Deveaux preferred charges of
fast and reckless driving on the street,
and driving into a military company while
on inspection under orders of the governor,
against Mcclure and Dyer.
A eau I fatrt
other parties who were on the scene.
Lieut.. Reilly said that nothing but the
vigorous interference of the police saved
a serious riot between whites and blacks
in which several men would doubtless have
been killed
The case against the two men may prove
a serious one. 1t is grave offense to in
terfere with military company while
under orders. The inspection was by or
der of the governor and this makes the
case of the company a strong one. Col.
DeVeaux said that II Will be pushed.
Lieut.. Satterlee was indignant at the man.
ner In which his inspection was interfered
with and the troops were attacked
Neither Mcguire nor Dyer had any
thing to say when asked about their ar
rest. Col. DeVeauX said the running into
the company was a deliberate attack on
+ his men. and their efforts to capture the
perpetrators of the attack was strictly in
their line of duty, acting as men under
arms and on this occasion ordered on duty
! by the governor