The herald., 1898-11-11
SOME OF THE BRITISH WARsHPS READY FOR BATTLE

One white man was buried, three others
lie at the point of death, and four more have
been wounded. Four heads of families
have left the country, and armed troops
of countrymen are securing the country
hunting for the other men. All this is the
outcome of the election riots.
Following is list of the killed and
wounded:
j. 1. Etheridge, white, killed at polls.
Thomas Tolbert, white, mortally
wounded at the same time.
Wade Hampton Mckinney.
James Williams.
Drayton Watts.
Lum Jackson, all colored, killed yesterday
Essex Harrison and Ben Collins, killed
today.
Sidney Tolbert, l5 years old, danger
ously wounded.
John r. Tolbert, white, collector of the
port at Charleston, and chairman of the
Republican state executive committee,
wounded.
Stuart Miller, white, mortally wounded
in head.
c. Fleming, white, shot in shoulder.
NJ. y. Younger, shot in foot.
Cleve Armstrong, who tried to protect
the negroes, shot in the neck.
In addition to these two, and likely four,
negroes are reported to be dead in the woods
near where the five bodies lay today.
HOW 1T STARTED
The trouble was precipitated on election
day, when 200 or 300 negroes at the polls
opened a fusillade on the store in which
voting was going on. In this fight Ethe-
ridge was killed and Tolbert wounded.
The second occasion for provocation was
that party hunting the slayers of Ethe-
ridge was fired into, and one Miller fatally
wounded and Fleming badly hurt.
The arming of the negroes at the polls.
the killing of Etheridge, the firing from am.
bush, all conspired to kindle the flame OF
passion and when that will die down is
difficult to tell. Jesse Williams and twenty
others are said to have. confessed to taking
part in the killing of Etheridge. Down the
road came squad of oavalrymen with Har.
rison marching ahead, with guns and rifles
drawn on him. Fifteen men lined up ON
the roadside. The negro was put in the
road and told to go towards the pile of four
dead negroes. He started. There was a
ring of rifles and Harrison pitched forward
dead. Harrison, it is alleged was mem.
Der of the crowd that killed Etheridge
Parties were out searching all day for the
negroes who were said to be ringleaders in
the rioting. The whites are particularly
incensed against all the Tolberts and hold
them responsible for the trouble. A party
went to kill Tom Tolbert, but some one pre.
vailed on them not to kill wounded and
dying man.
SEEKING SAFETY
John R. Tolbert, collector of the port at
Charleston, and Joe Tolbert, left the county
and went to Charleston Reed Tolbert has
gone to Greenville. Ezra Tolbert is QUAR-
tered with friends. His son was shot. and
this, with the plea that he is non-partisan
has nine children and wife, alone saved
him from death. A committee waited or
j. w. Tolbert, assistant postmaster at Nc
Cormicks, and asked him to get out of that
town. He left Several in the mob today
wanted to burn Tolbert't property, but bet
ter advice prevailed.
Fully 300 men secured the country today
around Phoenix, where the first trouble oc
Cured, hoping to find the bands of negroes
said to be congregated in the neighborhood
The Tolberts are Of good family, made fine
southern soldiers, and have been Repub.
licans since the war.
The atmosphere seems to have cleared con.
siderably this afternoon and no further
trouble is expected. The whites are heavily
armed and are prepared for trouble at any
moment.
Guards and regular sentinels were posted
last night
The two negroes who are known to have
shot Etheridge have not yet been captured
Eight negroes have been lynched within
two weeks time in neighboring counties.
Ben Collins, colored, was killed tonight
near Phoenix. He is said to have shot a
pistol into the polling place.
The average amount of sickness in human