The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-11-16

, wagon rod by some unknown ncrsnn.
f., Immediately after which he was fired
on twice with pistol. one ball enter
ing tho center OF The forehead between
! the eyes and the other on the left side
| Of the head, near The ear
| There were but about fifteen youur
| men on the scene who fired into The
already rcrrating mob OF Republican
/ negroes, among which WAS the lruIcr.
! 1t was not known until after the mob
! had been fired OH and run that Mr..
| EthcridSe WAS dead, but from such
! wounds death was instantaneous.
/ Several OF the negroes were wounded.
| how many it is impossible to tell. 1t
J was aftcrward found, however, that
/ Tolbcrt was badly wounded, and il i,
Z thought fatal.
I News of ilir horrible occurrence was
Immediately tclcphoncd to Greenwood.
+ and rapidly spread in other directions,
rs well. On receipt Of the news IL COM
, puny of over $50 well armed men form
ed i'll surprisingly short order and has
| tily went to the assistance of the whites
at Phoenix
In the meantime bands from Brad
ley, Fcrdrcy, kerkscy. Ninety Six,
Callison and in fact all parts of the
county had formed and started to the
seat of the disturbance.
Large crowds continue to gather on
the streets of Greenwood and business
traffic OH the streets was considerably
hindcrcd by LITTLE, knots of men scat
tered around.
| About 10 o'clock Il telephone message
was received from Ninety Six saying
| 100 armed men were wanted there. 1t
was reported that negroes were gather
ing outside of town and trouble was
expected. A number of men, we'll
| armed, boarded the noon train for
Ninety Six, but on their return said
everything was as quiet as Sunday,
and the excitement was without cause
Squads of men continued to leave
Greenwood fCc The Phoenix vicinity up
to IL late hour in the afternoon.
Late i'll the afternoon party went to
the house of Tom Tolbert to capture
and guard him. Finding him in Il
serious condition and on pleas from his
old aunt he was left as the crowd felt
assured he could easily have been got
ten when wanted. On coming out of
the house the party was informed that
John TOlbert was coming from Vcrdrcy
with Il band of negroes. They met
TOlbcrt on the road short distance
from the house followed by, it is
thought, twelve or fifteen negroes. Mr..
,, Tolbcrt had the 15-year-old son of MI.
Elias Tolbert with him. AS soon as
the parties fairly sighted each other
the negroes opened fire which was re-
turned by the white men, who were
armed only with pistols. Mr.. Tolbert
turned his buggy about and started in
IN opposite direction the while firing
ut the white men. He was hit several
times .s WAS the boy with !s,n. The
boy was taken to Mr.. Ed. Seymour's
house and his wounds, which were not
fatal, were attended by Drs. Necl and
Cobb, of Greenwood.
About dark two young men, Stuart
Miller and Crcswell Fleming, from
Ninety Six, started home, saying they
were compelled to be there that night
CTuesday) and while passing point
near Piney Grove church, IL negro
church, were fired OH from ambush by
negroes. Both men were hit and Mr..
M;lci"is thought to be in serious con
dition, nearly the whole load of bird
shot taking effect in the side Of his face
and neck. At latest accounts he was
resting easy but his condition is still
serious. He was taken to the home Of
Mr.. A. G.. StOckmor where he was I'M
mcdiatcly cared for.
His companion, Fleming, was hit by
. n..,nl,er Of the shot !,.t IS &c. DANCE.
ously wounded.
In another melee at some other point
Mr.. M. j. Younger was shot in the foot.
At first it was thought that Mr.. Younger
was seriously. wounded but luckily it
proves otherwise. Excitement ran high
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