The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-03-20
THE RULE OF THE RIFLE.
MURDERoUs MesS.s ALMIGHTY. il
NEW ORLEANS.

Negro Laborsrs ,Buehersd While at Work
Upoa ships--cow5rdly Police ssplk in
coraers-weak d Criminal officers.
NV ORLEANS, March 12.-There
were ten seperate snd distinctriots here
today. .both probably resulting from
the sane plan. One. occurred on the
river front near the French market,
. swherethe ship. Engineer was loading
for liverpool The other occurred
ahoutfour miles distant, in the direc-
ton d Carrcllton, at the foot OF Phil
ip street. Only one man William
CamPell, colored. was killed in the
latteEafair. The names OF the dead
are asfollows:
W5iam Campbell, colored, James
Carr. pee and two unknown negroes
who ave not been identified.
Th.woUndeS are: James. 4. Bane,
purst of the steamer. Engineer, dan
gercsly wounded; Henry Brown, col.
ored, will recover; Leonard Nallard:
: colond, since died Tim Persten, cob
ored, pay recover; Louis Cast, colored
VIII rcover; Billy Williams, colored,
viii reover Frank Liehthall, colored
slightlE wounded: Robert Brooks,
white, Not in the leg, not dangerous.
4 A tet1s of eight were wounded.
Doubt IS number of other negroes
were s. shtly wounded. but ran away.
and easss lot be identified. All the COM
mercia bodies are in session. tonight,
with G. Gernor Foster, present to de-
wise ssbne means OF. ending the
troubled -! -:
The ki@ing in one case was done by
mob oAWhite men numbering about
two hunSFed, who: were armed with
pistols saad Winchester rifles. The
negroes we're about:to start to work
on boaFdHhe steamer Engineer, lying
at that point, when white men ap-
preached from all directions. All
were armed and many took positions
behind box cars, and, poured voley
upoa.yolleA into the negroes. Those
who were On the'scen say that it re-
minded them of battlefield, so fast
and furiousE was the firing. The ne
groes~ere given no quarter, and were
shot down luke dogs. Not only Swere
the dar6eS, Shot down, but several in
nocentpersgns suffered. Amoug those
killed wef@ Jules .Cice Carabee, a
shoe makersFho happened to be in the
vicinity. MINES: Bane, the purser OF
the Engine@, was standing on the ae-
wee near hiSsShip when the attack was
made, and received four wounds,
three in th6ead and another in the
arm he hs fired upon by Several
mepEho al led over the heads of po-
Icemep. Ip were kneeling behind
some feigs just on the edge. of the
wharf. H mounds may prove fatal.
AS nears IAN be stated, the shoot
ing occurT g; few minutes after Z
o'clock th morning. There was
dense fogI Failing and this afforded
the white.rnS& an excellent chance to
do their h;s}ly work. At the time,
there wehs by six policemen on the.
scene ans1 Se wereno arrests effect.
ed. as thoil be were. as badly ingnt-
-susd as arslsg negroes. The. sttackers
were comp sed of two parties. a
large nun,} of men appeared atthe
corner of 0 maine street, ano equally
as large mb CAME from the corner
at StS anD reet. Corporal Deyan-
ne7 who: w. In charge of tia hand
fun of polic men, ordered the mob to
disperse, but no attention was paid to
him and the ob began to grow larger
every minus Suddenly a shot was
fred. This Id startling effect on
the men. T first report was follow
ed by Eve or ix shots and then. the
firing became aeneral. The smoke and
the ogcombESed made the scene al
most darktas Night. The negroes were
on board tfes$aip and had just com
mencsd 1o rails the tarpauEns off hatch
No when thss attack was made: The
negroes were AIKEN completely by sur
prise They ran about like lot Of
wildlanimals srkd their cries were pitt
full. Many sought refuge aboardthe
ship while sons ran down the wharf
and made thenAscape. One negro, it
S stated, jump& under the wharf. 1T
is impossible toSstimate the numberof
shots fired, bm it is said that there
,were about two hundred. After the
bloody work, &s hnen hurried off as
( fast as they had scome... The attackers
: fred recAessly0h all sides, not caring
whom they DOT. The white men
came in a boSs moving along the
: levee uptow~ gsmolested. After their
departure, g. ce> number of police
under comm bf Sergeant Day made
their appear on the scene and
cleared the' Of the large crowds
which gathes-
<; It was knit THAT many men had
! been wounded2 several. killed, and
search was A6e for these persons
hg the police Asothers. Carabee was
found dead onNe banquette Infront
of one of the shF windows of Lions
clothing store atEae corner Of st. Ann
;; and Decatur strsSs. Blood was gush-
ing from terrlaS wound in his head
and he was quia3ead. No one seem
ed to know howG where he was shot
He had been running back to St. Ann
street, and .jus.,$s be reached the
banauette, he shgeered and fell head
: ICuS W TIC "a ESsASuL duO eAC1iott q
few minutes lata Sergeant Hevron
: who hurried uHs&m his precinct to
the scene, had &Ebodies of,two ne
groes sent to thesnprgue IN the patrol
wagon. One of Sa Sanegroes wasfound
on the levee at tsshead of st. Louis
street. The mapSas dead and lay in
pool of blood Msch came from a
wound in his head The: wound; was a
large one. The negro was running
from the scene ofae. shooting. The
$ other body was ioend some distance
away'from the iMi He had crawled
:. under an eleNate6a1k and there died
He was not discoyeNa until some time
later. No.one.ina q, vincinity knew
the names of the deadnen.