The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-11

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tee Of twenty-five at the head OF the
column. the procession moves out Mar
ket street. Other citizens Joined the
marcherS as the line moved on.
The record plant was located in Free
Love Hall. on Seventh street between
Nun and Church When the hall was
reached the main body of the marchers
halted. pickets were thrown out anda
number OF men broke into the hall.
Tbs fixtures Of the printing office were
quickly thrown out and demolished,
h material on both floors being thus
treated. About this time IL was found
that he building was on fire in the
second story. This was very much re-
GREETED as IL was not proposed to fire
the building. X was thought that an
overturned lamp may have started the
nre. An alarm was Immediately trun-
Cd in from box 81. at the corner OF Sew
enth and Nun streets. and the fire de-
partnent responded promptly. The
Are had gained such headwav. however.
ihat the building was Destroyed. al
though the adjacent property was
saved. only the charred frame OF the
building. a two story frame structure.
was lett standing and IL was after
wards pulled down by rs rrcmen.
When the fire department arrived
some OF the men discharged their fire
arms IN the air and the children In tho
negro school nearly were thrown into
a state Of great alarm.
BLOODY RACE CONFLfey
After the Record plant had been win
cd ont % existence the marchcrs re-
turned ~ the armory and soon after
wards dispersed. The white men left
with their guns 10 go home.
The men from the northern part
of the city. known as Brooklyn.
went out Fourth street. In the
N - a N FNA H.
or the city learned ~ the destruction
or The Record establishment and
crowds Of them assembled in many
sections OF the city and there was
much t~ncendiary talk and threaten
lngs. Some Of the negroes were armed
and We're in a bad temper. Along
North Fourth street there were quite
a number Of negroes shading on the
corners. At the southwest corner OF
Fourth street at Mr.. John Rrunies'
store, about twenty-five negroes were
standing as the Brooklyn men came
by with their guns. As the white men
passed through the negroes on the
street they mad insulting remarks
about the white men and their guns
The whites suspected an attack n
ordered the negroes away. They refus-
ed To GO. Norman Lindsay. colorcd.
addressed the men OF his race and ar-
pealed TO them to dispense. I'm the
name Of God" he said. for the sake
or your lives, your family. your chill
dren and your country. 60 home
They Kissed at him. He said: Il am
! as brave as any OF you, but we are
powerless." The negroes moved dog
| gedly over to the northeast corner OF
Fourth and Harnett streets and stood
about the store of Mr.. w. A.. Walker.
diagonally across the street from their
first position. The crowd OF whites
consisted of about eight men and they
occupied a position on the west side
of Fourth street. between Mr.. Brunjes'
store and st. Matthew's English Lu-
theran church. a few feet from the
negroes first place. Policeman Aaron
Lockamy saw hat trouble was brew
ing and he went to the other corner
among the negroes, urging them to
leave. He told them not to bring on
n trouble and that IL would be bet
ter for them to go home. The crowd
| moved back a short distance and one
of the negroes drew a pistol and fired
deliberately at the whites. who had
meanwhile been Joined by several 9TH
er armed men. The pistol shot caused
the whites TO fire a volley from shot
guns, Winchester rifles ana rcyolvers.
Several negroes fell under a calling
fire, but all but two jumped up and
they fled in all directions. Many OF
them were wounded. Two men fell in
their tracks, instantly killed. Two
others who were shot, ran into a
small house at All Harnctt street, a
few feet away from the corner. one
Of them fell on the floor and died in n
few minutes. The other, George Henry
Davis, who resided in the house. was
shot in the small Of the back, had a
shot in the left thigh, and a ball had
struck him bchind the left shoulder.
and lodged in his chest just beneath
the skin 50 hat it could be felt. Just
above the heart.
A RUNNING FIGHT.
Some OF the negroes ran west on
Harnett street firing back as they
went, and as the white men ran from
their residences along the street the
negroes were on, the negroes would
turn their guns on them. The whites
had run out with their guns upon
hearing the shooting at the corner,
and they returned the fire OF the ne
groes. At Fourth and Harnett streets
none Of the whites were hit, but as the
negroes passed down to Third and
Harnett streets, they fred at the
whites in the streets, shooting Mr.. VIII
Mayo through and through with n
A-calibre Winchester ball. The bullet
struck him in the left breast near the
arm and came out on the right breast.
piercing both lungs. Mr.. George Piner
also received a wound from a 44-cali-
bre ball which struck him in the abdo-
men and passed under the skin and
came out at his right side. Mr.. ~. II.
Chadwick was shot through the mussle
OF the right arm just below the shoul-
der. h ball which wounded him was
also a A-calibre, but is passed through
without breaking his arm. In the
fighting at Third and Harnett streets
the negroes ran down Third street.
One negro whose name lis Sam Greg
Dry. ran up Third street. n fell dead
between Harnet and Swami streets.
A number Of negroes who evidently
worked on the river front ran up Har-
nett street towards the scene OF the
fight when the shooting was going on.
Several white men at Second and
Harnett streets warned them TO 20
back but they came on and fired sew
eral shots. The whites shot back. and
scattered the black. sending them back
towards the railroad. An unknown
negro who was wounded ran as far az
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