Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-09-23
Wednesday, September 23, 1895.

pistol again, and they let Adams loose;
but somebody else grabbed him. Adams
went along quietly without making any
struggle. Crockett fought and kicked
until they got him overpowered. What
they arrested Adams for do not know,
for am sure that he had nothing to do
with the shooting. He was in another
car at the time and had nothing to do
with the row. I do not know whether
Crockett had anything to do with it or not.
"Well, when we got to Lancaster, we
were stopped again. This time there was
a crowd of 25 or 80 men armed with
double barrel shot guns and other weap-
ons. But it was different kind of crowd
from that at Kershaw. 1t was led by the
mayor and sheriff and was quiet and or
derly. The mayor and sheriff and two
policemen went through the cars looking
they said for small black Negro with a
torn coat. They could not find him, and
after awhile let US pull out again. was
told at Lancaster that three men had been
shot at Kershaw, just as the train was
pulling out"
The Lancaster Ledger Of Saturday has
brief account of the trouble. In the;
main, Billiards. story agrees with that of
The Ledger, except, Of course, Ballard
knows a great deal more about the mat
ter and goes more into details. Accord
ing to The Ledger, Adams and Crockett,
who were arrested at Kershaw, were put
on a passing freight train Immediately
after their arrest and sent back to Cam
den. This was to guard against possi-
BILE lynching. The excitement at Kershaw
was at fever heat, and had the Negroes
been kept there, it is not improbable that
they would have been severely dealt with.
Bob Adams, one of the Negroes arrest
ed, is wellknown here, and it is not be-
lieved that he had anything to do with
the trouble. Though he has the reputa-
ton Of being very plucky and will fight
another Negro on slight provocation, he
is uniformly respectful to white people,
and it Is believed that he would suffer
actual injustice rather than offer resist
ance. 1t is very lik ely that in his case
there has been q mistake. AS to what
kind Of Negro Crockett Is, we have no
informatio
| ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
The following Is from the Camden cor
respondent of The News and Courier
under date of Saturday:
Yesterday party Of Negro excursion
lists came to Camden from the up-country
over the Ohio River and Charleston rail-
road. The train left Camden late yester-
day evening on its return, and while in
hearing of the city several pistol shots
were fired. Later developments proved
that Mr.. R. H. Truesdell had been shot by
Negro. Bob Adams, of Yorkville, and
John Rice, of Hickory Grove, were
brought to Camden last night on the
freight train by Policeman Hilton, of
Kershaw, charged with theshootiug. Re-
ports are somewhat conflicting as to the
particulars. The Negroes in Jail both pre-
tend to be perfectly innocent, and while
they were willing to talk, still nothing
concerning the shooting could be obtain
ed. A gentleman from Kershaw was
cursed by Negro on the train coming to
Camden, and rumor connects this Incl.
dent with the unfortunate shooting yester-
day evening. iTruesdell's wounds are said
to be quite serious. The Negroes were
hurried off from Kershaw to the county
Jail to prevent further trouble. Whisky
had something to do with the affair.