Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-24
WHOLESALE SLAUGHTER
Despsfaie FIgh, In Missouri Between Posse
and Negroes.
ONE WHITE AND NINE coloRtD KILLED.
Also Three white Men Wounded During
the Attempt to Arrest a Dsrkey Near
usrpcrsviilc.

Memphis. Tenn. oct. IA specia
20 the Commercial Appeal from Forest
Miss, says; As the result Of an at
tempt TO arrest negro near Harpors
vile. sco;t county. In the eastern par
Of the state. one white deputy Is killed
three wounded. and according 10 thi
latsrt report, nine negroes have beer
killed by tho citizens " the Harptrs
willie nelghborhood and the sheriff.
posse combined.
The pursuit Of abou; nfiy negroes
who had Joined the original Offender
with the av0wed determination 90 pre-
vent his arrest and captue, and which
afnbushcd the party attempting tn
arrest. continues. and by morning thi
number of fatnlltlrs Will undoubtedly
have assumed larger proportions. Tbs
whole country IL terribly aroused ant
Tho shern7H posse has been reinforced
with men from all the neiEhborna
towns. GOV. Mcinurin has gone o. The
scene. which Is about tcn miles uor.h
Of Forest, the nearest railroad point
Tho trouble originated last Friday
when a negro named Burke had an
alteration Nfh his employer Charles
Freeman. a white man. In which he
n-rro got the best Of she dncuty.
The nouf night a crowd ~ white mon.
headed by wallace Sibloy. who was
dcputizcd 10 arrest the man. went 60
Burk9a house which u about mile
from iIarpcrsvllie.
FIRED PROM AMBUSH
when they arrived upon the scene
and called for burke thuy were greeted
BY a fusiiado from she ncgrocs con-
coalod IN ambush In the bushes. SUR
n1undlng the house and IN the house
Itself. Wallace slbley. the leader, fell
dead 81 the first yplley ana three more
white mcmbufF of thr crowd, James
johnson. james Hamilton and james
Wells were wounded The whites re-
turned the IRE but were unable 90 do
any execution, as their aasillants were
All concealed. Thtrc were no, more
than eight men In the white cr1wd.and
nnding y Impossible 20 resist effective.
~ they dispersed toward Hnrporvlllc.
II was not known az that time that
smiley was injured. but upon a return
90 the scene this morning he was found
dad IN the yard The wounded depu-
tioi were able 60 SO back b. town
With the assistance u their comradcA
This occurrence took place carly In the
faghi.
SUMMARY VENGEANCE.
when the crowd returned 90 Harpcra-
VILE the news spread like wlldnre. Dur.
ing thc night large crowd Eathrrcd
from the narhburhupd. Tho imme-
dlataly went 10 Bufke'a hounc and Epi
from hts moshcr the names u all par
fios IN the crowd which had amhuahcd
the men she night before. In all there
were about forty nogrDcs who had gath
cfch 20 prevent The arrest 81 Hufke'
ana a lsi was made up 40 her dcini.1n.
Al " thom had nci Then The pur-
rus and rarch Tor each of The pro-
Hrrlbsd darklcn began. According %
the statement - reliable citizens, nlN
Negroes were found and Killed by the
crowd 81 armed AMI determined ell-
zsup before the Hhcrin arrived.
THIS morning Sheriff ]. N. Steven
son was wlr-d II the threatening con-
dition Of afairs md he was asked 70
Ecl together a posse ard cumc ht once
20 Harpersvllle. Gathering together a
posse Of twenty or thirty men the
sherlff started nt once. When he ar
rived In the Afternoon he wna tudncd by
crowds of citizens until poase OF
over 900 men were secured.
THREE MORE SHOT.
Immediately after leaving the house
where the firnt TRAGEDY was committed
the negfoes scattered through the sur.
rounding country. The shcr.ns pursuit
has resolved tiaeif into a chase or the
negrroca Implicated and not of NIB
which Il keeping together NJ was hfat
reported. A reliable telephone mes
sage received at a lnte hour tpsght
states that three more negroes nave
been found ana killed. making a t0,h
~ nine 70 date. Wsth about Forty more
TO be heard from -
danger apprehended. Immediately
wired GOV. Mctaurin at Brandon fot
cd In auelllng probable widespread
disturbance Upon receipt OF ms tele-
gram the governor wir' Ad1t. Gen
Henry W. Jackson % get together y
company Of the national Euard snd
pr1coed a. the scene upon the hfH
trsn. Gen. Jackson Immediately Ie,
rpondcd that there was - HaunnH
guard company ob,alnablc, but that no
would get together company OF
armed men and render all necessary
assistance,
GOVERNOR TAKES 4 HAND,
In tho meantime the goyerifog pro.
cured a SPECIAL train AZ brandon ana
by q posse " thirty men
armed with HhdtEunH, prosecuted 70
iN1rcst. Arriving here early IN the
evening and finding thtt there was
small danger OF fhc rot htauhlhE Ptp-
portions beyond the ability o. me
posse on hand TO Keep In bounds, he
wired Gen. jackson that u would he
Tor him 10 bring hE Vol-
untcera from Jackson.
The posse u operating IN the nwampa
about a mile fran liarptsvllle, where
most 81 she fugitlycs are supposed -
be concealed There IL q message here
10 the effect that the citizens are ap-
pc henaVe OF armed negroes entering
IN town tonight. and guards VIII Dc
set To prcyeui surprise.
The governor and MIR. jackson are
naturally counsellng moderation, but
Ia the excited state 0f 10 public mind
a general fear u expressed that the
posse will not regard the suggestion
favOrahly. Thuir presence, however,
VIII undoubtedly have good encct LOO
the number VI fttnhtlga az
ter enough ncgrura have been killed 60
satisfy the outraged feellsg OF the
whites N that section.