Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-11-11
WHITES ANGRY WITH TOLBERTS.
They Hold Them Responsible for all
the Trouble-JOhn X. Toipcrt
In Columbia, and in Prison for
safety.

direct.
AT LEAST SIX NEGROES DEAD.
WASHINGTON, November lo.-A spe-
cial TO the Post from Greenwood, 5. -
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 wni'e
man was buried to-day, three others lie
an the point of death, and more nave
been wounded. Four heads OF families
have left the county, and armed bands OIL
countrymen are securing the country
hunting other victims. All OF this Is the
outcome of the election row
NAMES OF KILLED.
The killed are as follows:
]. I. Etheridge. white; killed at the
polls.
Thomas Tolbert, white; mortaliy wouhd-
ed at the same time
Wade Hampton Kinney, Jesse Wllhams'
Drayton Watts, Lum Jackson, all coIored'
killed yesterday; Essex Harrison ana
Ben Collins (colored) killed to-day
THE WOUNDED.
Wounded-Sldney Tolbert white 10
years-old, dangerously wounded; John H.
Tolbert. white, Collector Of the port az
Charleston, and chairman Of the Repuo-
lican Legislative Committee, wounded;
Stuart Miller, white, MORALLY wounded
in head; Crewen Fleming, white, shot IN
shoulder; NJ. j. Younger, shot in neck
| CIeve Armstrong, who tried to protect inc
negroes, shot in neck.
| In addition to these two ana hkey
| four. negroes are reported to be DEAD III
the woods near where the hYe podies lay
| to-day.
OPENING OF THE TROUBLE.
The trouble was precipitated on elec-
tion-day, when two or three hundred ne
groes at the polls opened a luslilaue
AGAINST the store in which the voting
was going on. In this fight Etherldge
was killed and Tolbert wounded. Inc
second occasion for provocation was that
n party hunting the slayers OF Etherldge
was fired into, and one Miller was tatally
wounded and one Fleming was Dadly
| hurt Jesse Williams and two others are
said 70 have confessed taking part in the
ambuscade.
KILLING OF HARRISON.
|
OF Essex Harrison. Down the road came
a squad of mounted cavalrymen, with
| Harrison marching ahead, and with guns
| and rifles drawn on him. Fifteen men
lined up on the roadside. The negro was
mt ont i'm the road and told 10 go to-
ward the heap of four dead negroes. lie
started. There was a ring OF rifles, and
Harrison pitched forward dead. Some
NJ the party were asked why the negro
was killed, and IL was stated mat ne
said he went to the polling place because
Tolbert summoned him, and consequent
" he was i'm the party that attacked
those in the polllng-place. Harrison
seemed frightened almost 10 death, anc
= obeved orders like a child. When Other
nersons were asked questions, some one
cried: Make no explanations ana come
on The men jumped on their horses
and gaIoped away. Parties were gu
searching all day long for any one OF
lief ~ negroes who, il was said, are ring
leaders in the rioting'
INDIGNATION AGAINST TOLBERIS
The whites are particularly incensec
against all the Tolberts, and mold then
2 responsible for the trouble. A party wen
IA kill Tom Tolbert, but some one pre-
| vailed on the hOt-heads not 10 XIII
+, wounded and dying man. John X. lol
5 bert. collector Of the port at charleston
| and loo Tolbert left the county and wen
10 charleston. Reed Tolbert has gone q
tireenville. Ezra Tolbert Is quartefed VIII
friends His son was shot, and this VIII
n the plea that he IS a non-parusan, ma
nina children and a good Democrau'
wife. alone has saved him from death'
A committee waited on j. w. robert
r. assistant postmaster at Mccormick s, am
n asked him TO get out OF that town IL
Ieft Several OF the mob to-day Wante
TO burn Tolberts property, but better al
vice prevailed Many tried TO save som
Of the negroes shot down, but the NIKE
T. crowd insisted on having negro Dio1u
/ ovenge the death Of Etheridge and IN
| ambush of Miller. Fully 5OO men scou'
!, the county to-day around Phoenix, wher
Z ths first trouble occurred hoping to nm
e hands of negroes said TO be conSregate
/, In the neighborhood The Tolberts are o
e good family. and made fine southern sol
o diers but have been Republicans since TN
IS war. The atmosphere seemed 10 nav
d cleared up considerably this evening an
Il no further trouble Is expected
a The whites are heavily armed ana az
e nrepared for any trouble that may arls,
d however. Guards and regular seh'lhei
we're posted last night.
:, ETHERIDGE'S SLAYERS STILL n
"a LARGE.
; rrba two Negroes who are known to nav
;, shot Etheridge have not yet been cal
d tured. II they are, they VIII not De sci
e TO the court - ,,.,otod ,,i,bi
two weeks In neighboring couhtles' an
a both within gunshot range Oh WIN,
Le churches. IL was with great dlIhcul'
: rat the Coroner got jury, nearly ever
. nan summoned refusing to serve. II
,,sual verdict Of Death at the hands
unknown parties" was TehueieN' al
p, there the matter will end.
s. NJ Stockman. who is regarded as
friend of the Tolberts', has asked K
Is nrotection, and a party has gone out
help him. - ,,uuoa >,
rtgbt near Phoenix He Is said 10 nay
x ared a pistolshot into the poihns-piac
Re and reached for another weapon
n was left on the road side dead.
e JOFN r. TOLBERT IN COLUMBIA
S COLUMBIA, s. c., November lD.-Ihel
4, us great surprise here this evening VINE
-e - became known that John X. TolpeI
l. 10 ,ather of all the men figuring In u
n pboenix affair, and his son, Joe, had MAJ
II rood their escape from the neighbofnoo
ID ToIhert IL the Collector OF customs
T. Charleston. He got room at hotel
columbia. and endeayored 10 remain ]
le co0nito. but II soon became known tn
:. hs was here. 1t had been reported IN
ha was perhaps fatally wounded in q
70 0-st trouble last Tuesday. His body w
'i indeed covered with wounds, and ne W
IS very faint when he got here, but met
cal examination tonight showed that
- not hean seriously injured, unle