The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-11

Trouble Not Yet Over-More Nee
sroes kii1ed-Others Befn. unte
for-Lfst Of Killed and

grOes kii1ed-Oahers Befn. Hunses
fOr-Lfss Of Killed and Wounded
Washington, November I0.-A spe.
cial to The Post from Greenwood. S. c.
says: Five negroes lay dead at Re-
hobeth all day along the road side
Another was killed today and likely
four others are dead and lost In the
woods. One white man was buried thre.
others lie at the point Of death and
more have been wounded. Four heads
Of families have left the country and
armed bands Of countrymen are scour.
ing the country hunting other victims
All of this is the outcome Of an cleo
ton row. The killed: ]. /. Ethridge
white. killed at the polls; Thomas Tol.
bert, white, mortally wounded at the
same time, and Wade Hampton Kin,
ney, Jesse Williams, Drayton Watts
Lum Jackson, all colored, killed yes
terday; Essex Harrison and Ben. Col
Inns, killed today.
The wounded are: Sidney Tolbert
Is yea old. dangerously wounded
John r. Tolbert, white, collector OF the
port at Charleston, and chairman of
the republican state legislative com
mittee; Stuart Miller, white. MORALLY
wounded in head, Crewel Fleming.
white, shot in shoulder; NJ. j. Younger,
shot in the neck; Cleave Armstrong,
who tried to protect the negroes shot
in the neck.
In addition to these two. four ne
groes are reported to be dead in the
woods near where the five bodies lay
today. The trouble was precipitated
on election day when two or three
hundred negroes at the polls opened a
fusillade against the store in which the
voting was going on. In this fight
E%thridge was killed and Tolbert
wounded.
The second occasion for provocation
was that a party hunting the slayers
of Ethridge was fred into and Miller
fatally wounded and Fleming badly
hurt. Jesse Williams and two others
are said to have confessed taking part
in the ambuscade.
The incident of the day was the kill
of Essex Harrison. Down the road
came a squad of mounted cavalrymen,
with Harrison marching ahead, with
guns and rifles drawn on him. Fifteen
men lined up on the roadside. The
negro vas put out in the road and told
% go forward toward the heap of four
lead negroes. He started. There was
ring Of rifles and Harrison pitched
dead.
Parties were out searching all day
Ong for any one of a list of negroes
who, it is said, are ~ringleaders in the
The whites are particularly
.lncensed against all the TOlberts and
hold them responsible for the trouble.
party went to kill Tom Tolbert, but
some prevailed upon the hot-heads rot
% kill a wounded man.
John Tolbert, collector of the port at
Charleston, and Joe Tolbert left the
county and went to Charleston. Reed
TOlbert has gone to Greenville. Ezra
is quartered with friends. His
was shot and this, with the plea
hat he is a o partisan, has nine
children and a good democratic wife,
alone has saved him from death. A
waited on j. wv. Tolbert,
postmaster at McCormicks,
and has asked him to get out of hat
town. He left. Several in the mob
today wanted to burn Tolbert's pro-
perty, but the better advice prevailed.
Many tried to save some of the ne
groes shot down, but the mixed crowd
insisted On having negro blood to
avenge the death of Ethridge and the
ambush of Miller.
Fully 300 men cOured the
today around Phoenix where the first
occurred, hoping to find the
bands Of negroes said to be congregat-
in the n~eighbcrhood. The Tolberts
are of good family, made fine southern
soldiers and have been republicans
since the war.
The atmosphere seemed to have
up considerably this afternoon
and no further trouble is expected.
The whites are heavily armed and
prepared for trouble at any moment.
and regular sentinels were
posted last night. The two negroes
who are known to have shot Etherdige
not yet been captured. If they
are they will not be sent to the court.
negroes have been lynched with
in two weeks in neighboring counties,
and both within gunshOt range of white
churches. 1t was with great difficulty
that the coroner got a jury. nearly
every man summoned refusing to
The usual verdict of death ar.
the hands of unknown parties was rem
dered. There the matter will end Mr..
who is regarded as a frieId
of the Tolberts has asked for protec-
ton and a party has gone out to hoap
him.
Ben Collins, colored, WIS killed to-
near Phoenix. He isasaid to have
fired a pistol shot into the polling pace
and reached for another weapo He
was left on the roadside dead.