The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-11-24
THE HORRORS
OF LYNCHING.
Graphic Pen Pictures of Some Incl
dents of the Phoenix Race War.
INQUEST HELD WAS FARCICAL.
\ Jury of Citizens Could Not BE Sc
cured and Travellers We're Pressed
Into Scryice-No Witnesses En-
amincd and Usual Verdict.


ken to-day to me Wc.nity oi Kenooc,h
cAuIcn TO Identity nVe dead negroes that
lay lu "a heap. As ne stood iu the pres
ruco col Jas urtu son Do. tO.. .Jh. ..
begged him % keep out Of politics and
noe lO follow the TOlberts. and how wOr-
ricd bee was when his son went away ON
election day, and that he IA ressed him
that this was "a white men's country for
white men. and he had better leave the
T0iDerts alone. LoudOn Mckinney is a
wise man. lie is am old-school darby,
ami SO good "a Democrat H. he that his
dead son Was named Wade Hampton
Mckinney. There were i'm the crowd
about thc dead those who wanted 20 q
Uncle Loudon TO the heap because his
skin was black. Mr.. Ponn and others
vouchcd for the old man. ami he was
allowed TO go uuhurt but frightened.
WIat the ola man said was true. and the
auti-negro expression was characteristic
of The mob. DO is just such expressions
and the final WhoOps and breaking away
of the hot-hcfds that are accountable
for ,hc dead and dying ia the county.
THE KILLED AND WOUNDED.
THE fatal work Of the last fOrty-eight
hours is appalling. ami what more Will
ho developed is problematical. Seven
have been killed mp 90 Tonight and "
are at tho point Of death. j. J. Etheridge,
white. dead. Wade Hampton Mckinney.
cpinred. deal. Jesse Williams, colorei.
dead. Columbus Jackson. colored. dead
Essex Harrison. col0rod. dead. Drayton
Watts. c0lored. dead: Pen Collins. col
Dyed. dead. Thomas Tolhert, white. NOR
tally wounded; john r. Tolbert. white.
wounded. Stuart Miller. white. MORALLY
wounded. " J. Younger. white, shot I'm
the foot. Creswell Fleming. white. shot
in the arms; Sim Tolbert. fifteen years
old. white. wounded Cleon Armstrong.
white. n peaceable nan shot In the neck.
and three or four negroes reported dead
in tho woods. Such IS the record mp 20
this time. II rs now reported that n
party has six negroes at Kirksey. N ii
they are Of those who were at Phoenix
ON election dav they will fare badly.
The story Of the killings up TO to-day
has been told. How Etheridee was re-
monstrating at the polling place with
Thomas Tolbert and "a row followed and
Fthcrldge was killed by negroes and Toll
beg. was shot. then how the eleven me-
croas were cantured. and. later, four
wore killed On the shadow Of the Reho-
beta church. how the negroes We're fired
unon hv the whites and returned the fire.
This morning. when this correspondent
started ont for Phoenix. the scene or the
collision. advice was given To go by
Casev's store. and not the regular road.
All along the road troops OF armed men
were seen coming towards Greenwood.
Thev said they were coming here ana
were then going 10 Smithyille after the
TolDerts.
WITNESSING A LYNCHING.
Contrary 20 the Injunction we went by
Rehobeth church. and a stop was made
ta view the heap of q bodies. just
then there came down the road q detail
of about fifteen or twenty armed men
with a solitary negro marching in front.
Addressing the reporters one of The pay
lies cried. Get out If you want 90 do
some work. There was a risky horse
to manage: one of us went up towards
the shooting party. unarmed. II was TOO
u~nbusinesslike. The trembling negro was
standing on the roadside. u dozen rifles
were levelled at him. He looked at ms
sl1vers. lie said nothing. He move on
The rifles rang forth. shot after shot went
into him. and Essex Harrison fell head
long on the pile OF already dead negroes
his head pillowed ON the bosom OF a dead
I companion. asked what his name was
before he was shot. and 81 was given
After the shooting the inquiry was made
as 20 why me was shot. 'He SAID ne was
summoned TO Phoenix by Tolbert, and he
went there" As soon as another ques-
ton was asked am elderly man said
There's no use 10 give any Information,
BOYS. jump on your horses and come on
All mounted and away they went, leay-
inc another section behind. Nothing more
could be learned. IL vas all over IN an
THE TOLBERT FAMILY
Tho Tolbert family Is held respOn.
sibie I'm the community for the
trouble 10 IS said that at severa
ma.s-meetlng TOibert and Henderson
urged the negroes 10 go to the polls ant
vote. and that Henderson suggested j
would be well 20 go armed. 50 wnei
Efhcridee and Tolbert had their fight the
negroes. they say, two hundred or three
hundred strong. ran and fired INTO inc
voting precinct. This shooting ana th'
shooting from ambush OF Stuart Mile
and Creswell Fleming are the TWO man
causes Of resentment here. John X
Tolbert is collector Of the port Of Charles.
ton and State chairman of the Repuoll
can marty. h. X. Tolbert, Jr., was q
candidate for Congress. The elter Tel
herts were fine Confederate soldiers. bu|
have been Republicans for years. d
are large property holders and OF gO01
family. The feeling against them here
is intense and IL IS said hat they would
AN be killed If here. John r. Tolber
and Joe TOlbert wen 20 Columbia an'
were arrested there charged with riotlng
Leading citizens here advised their Co
lumbia friends not 20 release tho Tcl
berts. believing If they came here mor'
trouble would follow. r. II. TOlbert d
said 10 have gone 10 Greenville. Thomas
Tolbert is dangerously wounded, ana Z
few humane men pleaded for his me
when the party went 10 see him. j. w
Tolbert. a cousin OF these TOlberts, wa.
assistant postmaster at Mccormick III
was told to-day To- leave town, and h'
wants 10 get away. Elias Tolbert Is a.
a farmers house. and was threatened 10y
"a crowd. but appeals were made for M
nine children and his Democratic wife
and he. being a nOn-partisan. Is LETT mere
No conception can be had Of the INTENSE
feeling against the TOlberts. One mar
insisted on burning a. the Tolbert prop
ertv and he received some encourage
,ment but good counsel prevailed. som'
saving they came for negro blood only
All dav long squads secured the woods
hunting for bands of negroes reported L
he i'm waiting. but no such crowds wer'
found. fortunately for all
FARCICAL INQUEST.
Tho inquest over the dead negroes wa
a farce. but was the best coroner Dear
could do. Word went out that no inques
should be held. no one kne" why Du
when the jury was being suminohed al
left or refused TO serve. Inc ohy jury
men and they did not mao a complete
80 we're a few travellers who wer'
stonned and put on the jury. Some serv
"a 50 that the dead negroes. so near tn
church could be buried by the coroner
Dr Cobb declared death came from gun