The record-union., 1898-11-12
Every Indication That No Further
Outbreaks viii Occur.
The City Now Under Thorough Military and
Police Protection.
The Firm Hand of the Law Being
Laid Upon the Town, and Is
Holding in Restraint All Glasses
Which Might Threaten Disorder
"A Lynching Prevented.

WILMINGTON On. CO, Nov. IL
Comparative quiet has reigned here to-
day. Guards shot one unruly negro in
a negro slum of the city this morning.
a sensation was created by the capture
Of j. r. Melton, late Chief of Police, by
a crowd of rough riders, who would
have committed violence had not the
military interfered, and at 9 o'clock
Melton, r. H. Hunting, Republican
Justice of the Peace, and G. H. Gilbert,
ex-fusion policeman, all of whom are
in danger Of severe treatment by red
shirts, We're escorted to the depot and
sent out of town. Eight negroes in the
County Jail, whom the red shirts and
rough riders had threatened to lynch,
We're sent to Goldsboro this morning for
safe keeping. The city is now under
thorough military and police protection,
and there is every Indication that no
further outbreaks are expected.
A LYNCHING PREVENTED.
WASHINGTON, Nov. IA special
to the Evening Star" from Whining
ton, n. c., describes the situation there
to-day as follows:
This disturbed and long perturbed
community seems at last to be entering
upon an era of peace and order. The
complete change in the municipal gov
ernment effected last night with some
suddenness has placed men in control
of local affairs representing the best
elements of the city. The firm hand of
the law is being laid upon the town. and
is holding in restraint all classes which
might threaten disorder
Tho on Of .
was to swear in go special policemen.
Cool headed men We're selected for these
posts, and were instructed to prevent
any attempts to terrorize the negroes,
as well as to Illustrate acts of lawless-
ness by the latter.
Good government was put to a test
yesterday and the new officials were
called upon almost before they had
taken their seats to make good their
promises to preserve order
A big lynching party was planned for
the night and it took all that the
Mayor and his assistants could do to
prevent it. Six negroes We're in Jail.
VINO had been arrested during the ex-
citement of the day, and some persons
OF the town thought they should be
summarily dispatched One was a
prominent leader Thomas Miller. who
was charged with declaring that he
would wash his hands in a white mans
blood before night
Mayor Waddell and his associates put
veto upon the proposed lyncbing
They said that good government was
10 prevail in Wilmington from this
time, and would commence Immediate
~ The would-be lynchers were so in
Astent that the Mayor called out a
guard and kept the Jail surrounded all
hght. This morning the six negroes
were taken out and escorted to the
horthpound train by a detachment of
militia, TO be banished from the city.
rms is but the beginning of a gen
era1 movement to rid the town of the
turouieht negro leaders. It is not pro-
poseu 10 use violence, but to send them
away with instructions not to return.
several white men of the community
VINO nave become obnoxious from their
leadership of and association with na-
gro poilties are also to be deported No
ice was served upon three of them
TINS morning TO leave within twelve
hours. They are ex-Chief of Police
Melton, Charles Gilbert and p II
Hunting. On Market street two ,;o.
lures are displayed from the branch 90
tree One is labeled "R. n Hunting
white the other a picture of rooro
woman, is marked Mrs II H.
ing, colored." The three men bo,,a go
nified their willingness to % $40
TRUE FACTS OF THE PToT1>rc
WASHINGTON. Nov. l1-R IT,,
bert, whose father and brotha,. : ".
shot in the recent race war at pboa,,,,,
;. g, was at the Department of Justioa
to-day, TO secure an investigation Inv
the Federal authorities. He was a.
companied by some of the Repuhlican
politicians of the State. The elder Toll
bert is now in the State Penitentiar,,
for safety from popular violence.
Mr.. Tolbert says that the true facrs
of the rioting have not been given
The facts are, he said, as follows:
/ was nominated for Congress by
the Republicans of my district. For
the purpose of making a contest be.
lore the House. my brother, T. P. Toll
bert, agreed to be present at the poll
ing place at Phoenix for the purpose
OF witnessing the affidavits of colored
men who were rejected as voters be-
cause of their inability to comply with
AS4o4A OI the CONSTITUTION.
My brother took no part in the
management of the polling place. which
was in the hands of the Democrats.
ne simply sat on the piazza of Mr..
Lake house and witnessed the afsi-
aaVlts given him, depositing the affi-
oaVlts in box prepared for the pur-
pose.
MI. Etheridge, the white man who
was Killed was an election manage
at precinct two miles away. He lett
MS own precinct. and. with a party of
men, Went to Phoenix He walked
up with his party to where my brother
was sitting at table. and deliberately
kicked over the table and box in which
We're put the certificates. Then he as
saulted my brother. In a short while
the Democratic voters who were in
the same house rushed out and com
menced shooting into the crowd. The
negroes fed. My brother who is
probably dead by now. told me that
Etheridge was killed by shots from his
own friends. My brother did not have
a weapon on his person."
Mr. Tolbert said he was at Abbey
Vile twenty-five miles away from the
shooting. His father, ]. R. Tolbert,