The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-11-11
AWFUL CALAMITY.
Continued From Fifth Page.

AAAo WIN ~ So
diers and citizens held up all negroes
who passed on the streets.
MAYO's ASSAILANT SHOT.
Indignation was high over the
shooting of Mr.. w. H. Mayo, and as
the negro who shot him was known Soy
several, and the crowds began to hunt
him. His name was Dan Wright and
he resided in a small house on Third
street between Harnett and BIaden
A crowd of men went to his house and
found all the doors and windows
closed. They went in and found
Wright sitting in front of a hot fire.
They seized hin and told him
him what they did it for. He denied
that he had shot Mr.. Mayo and de-
clared he had no gun. His house was
searched and in a closet a double bar
rel shot gun and a forty-four calibre
Winchester rife were found. The Win
chester had a shell in it which had Just
been fired. The man who shot Mr..
Mayo was described as having one
thumb off, and it was found that one
of Wright's thumbs was missing. There
were also other circumstances, and as
several saw him with a gun shooting
from Third and Bladen streets, he was
dragged out Of the house and told to
rum. Twenty or more Winchesters
were leveled on him and q terrific vol
ley was sent after him. He tumbled
over, larry IlIuItu Will DulItlS. II
was thought he was dead but it was
discovered that he was alive and after
he had ain in the street half an hour.
he was taken up and carried to the city
hospital. He was pierced by thirteen
bullets, five Of which entered his
shoulders and back. 1t is impossible
for him to life.
After the shooting the ambulance
from the hospital with the Red Cross
hammer on If UaC hainD pal1nnp6 oil
around the ~neighborhod of the fight
picking up the WOunded who were
taken to the city hospital.
When the fight began at Fourth and
Harnett streets DR.. John ScOnWald was
an eye winess Of the tragedy. He had
made a call at the residence Of Mr.. JnO.
Quinn on Fourth between Harnett and
Bladen streets, and was at the gate.
Messrs. Mayo, Piner and Chadwick
who were shot were assisted to DIR. b.
G.. MOOre's drug store on one Of the
corners where the fighting commenced,
and DR.. ScOnwald went there and dress
ed their Wounds. He states that all
were wounded by a forty-fOur calibre
ball. DR.. SconWald also visited and
give his professional services to several
negro men. DR.. G.. D. Bell was sent for
and found a negro badly wounded at
his home on Davis street. between
Second and Third streets. He was shot
in the right side and right arm. He did
not learn his name.
ANOTHER MAN RIDDLED.
After things Quilted down to some
extent many white citizens employed
themselves as peace makers. Several
law abiding colored citizens also did
their utmost to pacify their race. The
Rev. L. 5: Lee, colored, pastor of st.
Stephens A. M. f. church, made COM
mendable efforts in that direction. 1t
was necessary for him to have a white
guard while he was making his rounds
and Colonel W.. G. Jones and Mr.. S. =.
Adams, two of our best known citizens,
accompanied him.. At 2:15 p. m. while
the colored minister inc these two
gentlemen were on the northeast cor
ner of Sixth and Blade streets, a shot
was fired at them from a small shanty
on the southeast corner of Sixth and
Bladen streets, diagonally across the
street, where a d~isreputable negro
dance nall is run by a negro named
Henry Nichols. The two gentlemen
fired into the house but no one ran out.
The firing brought a number of armed
men and the military to the scene n
believing that the promises were Oc-
cupied by a number of negroes in am
bush, they made a raid on it. A negro
a out the back way and jumped the
fence and ran out down BLADDER
street. lie was nailed out pau no at
tention and a VOlley was fired at him..
He was instantly killed, and fell on the
pavement on the sOuthside of Bladen
street, near Seventh. 1t is believed he
was the man who fired the shot from
the little shanty. The men tore down
a high fence around the shanty burst
in the doors, and arrested six negroes
whom they sent to jail. They are
Henry Nichols, Tom Lane, Wisconsin
Edwards, James Hill, S. T. Knight and
William Tate.
ANOTHER RASH MAN KILLED.
At 4 p. m. while a crow was on
Fourth street bridge, over the tracks
of the Atlantic Coast Line, a negro
fired a shot from the railroad yard at
a position near Third street, a little
east of the railroad car shop. He was
instantly riddled with bullets, and was
lying dead last night where he fell.
After this incident there were various
alarms but things grew quiet towards
night. The approaching darkness and
a threatening storm added to the dread
and horror of the situation. and extra
precautions were taken. The military
remained on duty. and 400 special
policemen were put on duty. About
200 men who came from Fayetteville
and intermediate points, G~oldsboro, and
intermediate points, and other places,
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citizens, heavily armed, patrolled the
blocks. The city was a formidable
fortress. and very few negroes ventur-
ed forth. About $50 o'clock it was
rumored that one had been killed at
Fourth and Grace streets, but 1t turned
out to be a false report, so some gen.
-tlemen who went over to investigate
told us.
The street cars were not run last
MIGHT The Messengers riot reporter
mad To make his ~roundsNof the city on
foot. He passed armed men at every
corner, but all reported things as qelet
While returning by Inlro anu n
cross streets. he was just in time to see
a crowd of armed men make a dash
for Mr.. John F. Garrelfs new mouse.
which is nearly completed. on Ihlre
street. near Red Cross. While the men
1xe,.a on the west side of Third street
a large rock was hurled from the YARD
of Mr.. Garrelrs house and it came very
near striking one of the men. my
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