The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-11
SERIOUS ELECTION RIOT.
Nine Negroes Killed, One White Man
Dead and others wounded.

Nine Negroes Killed, One White Man
Dead and others Wounded.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. - A special to
the Post from Greenwood. s. c., says: Five
negroes lay dead at Rehoboth all day, along
the roadside another was killed to-day and
likely four others are dead and lost in the
woods. One white man was buried three
others lie at the point of death and more
have been wounded. Four heads of families
have left the country. and armed troops of
countrymer are securing the country hunt
ing other victims All of this is the out
come of the election row. Following is a
list of the dead and wounded:
killed.
]. I. ETHERIDGE, white, killed at polls
THOMAS TOLBERT. white, mortally
wounded at the same time.
WADE HAMPTON MKINNEY,
JESSE WILLIAMS.
DRAYTON WATTS and
LUM JACKSON. all colored, killed yes
terday.
ESSEX HARRISON and
BEN COLLINS, colored. killed to-day.
Wounded
SIDNEY TOLBERT. fifteen years old.
dangerously wounded.
JOHN r. TOLBERT, white collector of
the port at Charleston and chairman OF the
Republican state legislative committee
wounded.
STUART MILLER. white, mortallv
wounded in head.
c. FLEMING. white shot in shoulder.
M. j. YOUNGER, shot in foot.
CLEAVE ARMSTRONG, who tried to
protect the negroes. shot in the neck.
In addition to these two, and likely four
negroes are reported to be dead in the
woods near where the five bodies lay to-
day.
The trouble was precipitated on election
uay' When two or three hundred negroes at
the polls opened fusillade at the store in
which the voting was going on In this
fight Etheridge was killed and Tolbert
wounded. The second occasion for provoca-
ton was that of party hunting the slay-
ers of Etheridge was fired into and one
Miller, fatally wounded and Fleming badly
hurt. The arming of the negroes at the
polls, the killing of Etheridge and the fir
ing from ambush all conspired to kindle a
flame of passion, and when that will die
down is difficult to tell. Jesse williams and
two others are said to have confessed to
taking part in the ambuscade
The incident of the day was the killing of
Essex Harrison. Down the road came a
squad of mounted cavalrymen, with Harri-
son marching ahead, with guns and rifles
drawn on him. Fifteen men lined up on the
roadside. The negro was put out in the road
and told to go towards the pile of four
dead negroes. He started, there was a ring
of rifles and Harrison pitched forward dead
Harrison, it is alleged. was a member of
the crowd that killed Etheridge.
Parties were out searching all day for
the negroes who, it was said, are ringlead-
ers in the rioting. The whites are particu-
larly incensed against all the Tolberts and
hold them responsible for the trouble A
party went to kill Tom Tolbert, but some
one prevailed on the hotheads not to kill
wounded and dying man. John r. Tolbert,
collector of the port at Charleston, and Joe
Tolbert left the county and went to
Charleston: Reed Tolbert is now at Green
Vile. Ezra Tolbert is quartered with
friends. His son was shot and this, with
the plea that he is nonpartisan and has
nine children and a wife, alone has saved
him from death. A committee waited on ].
Tolbert, assistant postmaster at McCor-
micks, and asked him to get out of that
town He left. Several in the mob to-day
wanted to burn Tolberts property. but
better advices prevailed.
Fully three hundred men secured the
NONhNAS NO-hdS 0lOuilu 1nOenlX. where the
FIST trouble occurred, hoping to find the
bands of negroes said to be congregated in
the neighborhood. The Tolberts are of good
family. made fine Southern soldiers and
have been Republicans since the war
The atmosphere seems to have cleared up
considerably this afternoon and no further
trouble is expected. The whites are heavily
armed and are prepared for trouble at any
moment Guards and regular sentinels WAVE
posted last night. The two negroes who are
known TO have shot Etheridge have not yet
been captured. Eight negroes have been
lynched within two weeks time in neighbor-
ing counties.
Ben Collins, colored, was killed tonight
near Phoenix He is said to have fired one
pistol shot into the polling place and
reached for another weapon.
His Body Covered with wounds.
COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 10--John L. Toll
bert. father of all the men of that name
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