Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-10-25
THE MISSISSIPPI RACE-WAR.
Eleven Negroes and One White Man
kiIlcd-Four Men wounded

NEW ORLEANS, LA, october 24-The |
Pieayune's Forest Miss. special says:
Eleven dead negroes and one dead white
man and one negro and three white men
seriously wounded is the result at this
writing OF the bloody war being waged
between the white and black races in the
Harperville neighborhood OF Scott county.
Several Of the rioters have been captured
and lodged in jail at Forest to-day, but
the others escaped into the swamps
Large crowds of white men are in close
pursuit, however, and more names are
hourly expected to b0dded to the death
list. The following IS a partial list of the
killed:
Blacks-Fish Burke, ]. T.. Gatewood,
Henry Anderson John Gatewood, Hugh
Anderson. Sim. HARRISON, and Ben Haral-
son.
White-W. II. Sibley.
The wounded Black-Ned Pace
Whtes-James Hamilton, NJ. johnson,
| and James Armstrong.
1t is impossible to obtain n full list OF
| the killed. for the reason that some Of
| the negroes were shot down in the woods
| and hurriedly buried by the whites where
| they fell. A member of the posse said
| that he helped to bury three negroes in
| trenches, but neither himself nor any one
| else in his crowd knew their names, and
did not care enough about them 10 in
duire.
| GOVERNORS INTERFERENCE RE-
sENTED.
| Governor McLaurin went to Harperville
last night and appealed to the whites not
to molest the prisoners in the custody of
| the Sheriff. The Governors talk had a
| good effect on the majority Of those jn
the crowd, but some of the hot-headed
members did not relish the Governor :
interference, and told him so In language
j more plain than polite. For instance, al
j a point in the Governors speech where
he was emphasizing the duty OF every citi-
zen TO aid in the enforcement OF the law
one individual i'm the audience yelled
governor, during the recent yellow
fever epidemic, when your services werS
wanted at Jackson, you could not b,
found. Where were you then? Now
when your services are not needed. yo,
come and stick your nose into our bust
! ness. Go back to Brandon"
The Governor paid no attention 10 tn
remark. but continued his argument
:, finally persuading the crowd TO permi
the Sheriff 10 take the prisoners to jail
The Governor returned to Brandon thi
morning.
Sheriff Stephenson has been placed ol
guard at the Forest Jail to prevent IN
lynching of the rioters now in custody
-. on account of open threats being mad
= here to storm the prison. Tonight III
~ | negroes under arrest have made full cor
fessiOn.
90 FUNERAL OF WHITE MAN.
IS. The funeral of the murdered Officer
er Sibley, occurred at Harperville to-da.
T. and was attended by hundreds of peopl,
~ 1t is reported here that two of the mu
H. dered mans brothers are on their wa
TO from their home, Yazoo county. at III
We head Of large crowd, bound for Il
e. scene Of the race war. 1t is feared th
when they arrive determined and su,
cessful assault will be made on the Fore
nc iail and all Of the rioters confined there
Inn lynched.
Iv Later-Sheriff Stephenson consider,
an the situation so serious tonight MAJ
IN decided to take the prisoners to Meridii
M for safe-keeping. A large posse was q
is ganized. and the negroes Will be plac
le. on the o'clock train.