Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-10-29
RACE War.
Nine Blacks and a White Off
Ger Killed in Mississippi.
WHITES UNDER ARMS.

sheri6-s Ala Summoned aud "a 8ody OF
Men 500 Strong Began securing the
Country FOR Color-d Men-Nise Were
Discovered and shot. -Four aptursd and
the Remainder are Fugitive-
Forest. Mss. Especial l-N the result Of
attempt 70 arrest a colored nan near Hsr-
persviile. Scott County. Ia the eastern part
ot tho state. one white deputy was killed.
three wounded. and according 90 the latest
report. nine colored men have been Killed
oy the citIzsns oi Harpersvile aud neign-
Iorhood aud the shsriu's posse combined.
The pursuit OF about atty colored men. who
bad Joined the original offender with avowet
determination 70 prevent his arrest and cap
ture, and which ambushed the party AZ
tempting the arrest. continues The whole
country is terribly aroused. snd Tho sherifIs \
/ posse has been re-enior,ed With men from 1
all the neighboring towns. Gov. McLkurin 4
has gone % the scene. which Is about ten /
niles north OF Forest the nearest railroad !
point
The trouble originated last Friday When |
a colored man named Bill Burke bad Az
alteration With bis employer Charles Free
man, a white man. In which the coiorsd man
60; tho best OF the difficulty. The next
Wallace sibley. who WAS depulized 90 arrest
the man. went 20 Blrke's house. which Is
about a mile from Harparsville When
taey arrived upon the scene and called for
Burke. they were greeted by fusiliade
from the men concealed IA ambush in the
bushes surrounding the house aud In tue
house itself
wallace sibley. the leader fell dead At
the nrst volley. and three mere white mem-
: bers Of the crowd. James Johnson. James
Hamilton, and James Wells were Wouadcd.
The whites returned tue Gre, but wers IN
. able 10 DO any execution. as their assaleuts
were oil concealed. There we're not more
!, than eight men In the white crowd, and
q fading Il impossible TO resist effectively.
q they dispersed toward Harpersviile. II wHs
Q not known At that time that Sibiey was tn
q 5arrd, bnt upon q return 20 tho scene he
w.,s found dead In the yard The wounded
a denuties were able O. get lack 70 tovn with
"a the .es.1tanoe cf their ccnr1tls. I1ls a.
ourrenoe took place early In The night.
n When the crowd returned to Harp-rsvIlls
the nsws spread Ike ~ildhre. During shs
- night large crowd gathered from IA,
le neishoorhood. They Immediately went q
Burke's house. and got from bis mother th'
D. names OF all the colored men who had an
D. oushed the white men the night before. IL
o. A-- N1'AN NNAN AaQAA ANlNr NAN AAA hAAANErN
D. to prevent the arrest ot Burke. and nst O.
ae them Was made up AZ the diotauon % IA,
re whites Then the pursuit and search 10
be each Of the prescribed darkies began Ac
ne cording 70 the statement Of reliable citizens
lie six were found and killed by the crowd q
al armed and determined ciuzsns before IA
n sheriff arrived.
Ie- In tho morning sheriff J. A. stevenso
To- was wired from HUpersvlle % tho threat
nd ening condition OF Affairs aud he was aske
10 get together posse aud come at oncs ,
Harpersviile. The sheriff lives al Morton
ten miles from the scene. Gathering O
gether posse OF twentyor thirty men a
re- sheriff started at once FOR the place. Whs
he arrived in the afternoon ne was Join,
uo by crowds OF citizens until conservati'
AZ estimate placed the number Ia the posse
ley over three hundred men. Immediate
after leaving the house where tho first ira
AN0 edy was committed, the coio-ed men sea
'on tered through the surrounding countr
The sherin's pursuit has resolved Itself in
az a chase Of the men implicated and not Of
~ ~ mob which Il keeping together, as was a.
'0N reported
90, sheriff Stevenson realizing the danger a
80 pretended. Immediately wired Gov McLs
70 rim at Brandon tor aid IN quolling pre-
'~' able widespread disturbance. Upon rece
Of this telegram the Governor wired Ad
80 Gen. Henry at jackson 10 get together
company os the National Guard and u
- ceed to the scene upon the frst train. C.,
Henry Immediately reported that there v
-. no National Guard company Obtsnaole, Z
- that he would get together company
~. armed men and render all necessary asst
ance.
- Ia the mean time tho Governor procui
y. a special train at Brandon and, accomp,
80 led by posse Of Thirty men armed "
shOtguns. proceeded TO Forest. Arriv
- early in the evening and Aiding that "a
was small danger OF the riot assuming p
- portions beyond the ability OF the posse
hand TO keep ia boands, IA wired G.
Henry that 1t would be Unnecessary for d
10 briag his volunteers from Jackson. Z
IS, .e posse Is operating In the swamps about
mile from Harpersville where most OF
fugitives are supposed 70 be concealed.
The Governor and q sn. Henry are nat
ally counseling moderation, but 10 the
80, cited state OF the pubiic nind great fea
80 expressed that the posse viii not regard
'o-S suggestion favorablY. Their presence, b.
.~so a. ever, will undoubtedly have a great effcc
restraining the number Of fatalities a
P0e enough eoiosed men have been killed 10
q ~ isfy the outraged feeling OF the white
that section.