Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-13
MILITARY IN CHARGE
But Wilmington Has Resumed
Its Normal Quiet
VERDICT OF CORONER'S JURY
No Question That the Negroes Prtclpl-
tated the Trouble.
THE BANIsHED EDITOR MANLY
Another of His Race Mistaken
for Him and Badly Beaten In
the Lobby OF the Post-Ofhce at
Norfolk.
Norfolk.


Especial. THE streets of Wilmington VIII
be patrolled by the military until Monday
night. although a normal quietude ALREADY
reigns. Governor Russell telegraphed Col
onel Walker Taylor who is in COM
mand, that he could keep the visiting
State Guards az long as he deemed neces-
sary.
The Board of Aldermen to-day voted to
establish a new police force of 100 men,
and forty Of the number were sworn In
and detailed for duty tonight. The al
dermen also ordained that the bar-rooms
shall continue closed until noon Wednes-
day. They have been closed since Satur-
day, the 5th instant.
A coroners jury held an inquest upon
the bodies of the six negroes killed in
Thursdays trouble Their verdict is that
the negroes came TO their death by gun
shot wounds at the hands Of persons un-
known to the jury. During the investiga-
ton a number of reputable citizens, who
were eyewitness Of the outbreak in the
First Ward brooklyn, were examined.
Their testimony substantiated the afilda-
Wit Of McAllister heretofore published in
the Dispatch, showing that the negroes
were the aggressors in the precipitation
Of the riot. Special-Policeman Lockomy
who was on duty on Fourth street when
the riot broke out, testified that he saw
two crowds of negroes on the corners OF
Fourth and Harnett streets just before
the trouble started that he tried to in
duce them to dispense; that the crowd on
the south side did dispense, but the one
on the other side would not, and that
several Of their number told him TO go u
hell. as they were not going anywhere.
He said that he left the negroes and
told a number Of guards what the negroes
had said, and very soon he heard shots,
but did not know who fired first.
FIRED on THE GUARDS.
Mr.. b. c. Moore, a nearby druggist,
testified that he saw the same squad Of
negroes fire two shots. The first was
fired into the company Of guards. Then
the white men advanced and shot down
four negroes. two Of whom were killed.
The crowd then dispersed, and three
| wounded white men had their wounds
dressed i'm his drugstore. The testimony
OF other witnesses was much the same as
those quoted, so far as the precipitation
of the riot was concerned. The negroes
over whom the inquest was held were
| Josh Halsey, Daniel Wright, William
Morgan. John L. Gregory, John T. Town
send. and Silas Branan alias Charles
Lindsay. Samuel McFallon, a negro
| wounded during the riot died at the hos
pltal to-day. Several others of the nine
under treatment there are in q precari-
Gus condition.
TO REASSURE THE NEGROES.
Mayor Waddell to-day sent number OF
welI-known negroes through the woods
adjacent to the city, to reassure the hum
| dreds Of negroes IN hiding in all dlrec-
lions. Many of them-men, women, and
| children-are reported starving. An eff
fort will be made to get them to return
| to- their homes by assuring them that they
! will not be harmed. Business was re-
sumed in all parts of the city to-day.
Employers of negro labor are very short
of workmen. Alexander Sprunt e. SON
employ more than 500 in their cotton
compress. Mr.. James Sprunt said to-day
that he has about two-thrds of the usual
force
Shipping is being greatly retarded by the
trouble. There are nine steamships at
the Sprunt wharf awaiting cargoes OF cot
ton. The crusade against Objectionable"
characters, which created such a stir for
some time after the riot, is about crushed
out, and no more men o. negro party
affiliations have been scared out or the
city by threats of violence since.
Ex-Mayor Wright left the city to-day.
He bought a ticket to New York city,
and it is not believed that he will ever
| return.