Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-11-12
WHITE REPUBLICANS
HELD RESPONSIBLE.

Negroes Up 10 Riot, aud Their Tx
pulsion From the District
l. Demanded.
Greenwood, S. G., Nov li.--Five me-
groes lay dead at Rehoboth all day
day Wednesday, ana Thursday along
the roadside another was killed and
likely four others are dead and lost IN
the woods. One white man WI 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 countrymen are rcour.
ing the country hunting oihor victims
All OF this Is the outcome OF on election
row
Tho following is a LIST os the dead ami
wounded
j. T. Ethridge, white, killed 10 the
polls
Thomas To.bari, white, was moraliy
wounded
wado Hampton Mckinney. colorcd,
killed.
ID. Watts. colored, killed
Lum jackson, colored, killed.
Essex Harrison, killed.
Ben Collins, colored, killed.
Sidney To.boFl, white, % years old,
dangerously wounded
jos T. Tolbcri. white, collector o. the
port Of Charleston, ami chairman Of the
Republican state legislative committee,
wounded
Stuart Miller white, MORALLY wound.
ed In the head
G. Fleming, white, shot in tho shout.
der
NJ. j. Younger, shot in the feet
Clcaye Armstrong, who tried 20 pro.
tect the negroes, shot Ia the neck
In addition TO this two. aud likely
four negroes, are reported to BE- dead in
the woods near where the five bodies lay
Wednesday
The trouble was precipiiated on cleo.
ton day when two hundred negroes
at the polls opened ful.iiade NJ tho
store in which the voting was going on.
In this Eight Ethridgo was killed and
Tolhcri wounded
The second occasion Tor proyocltion
was that a party hunting the slayers OF,
EthHdgo was fred into, and one, Miller.
fatally wounded aud Fleming badly
hurt The arming of ths ncgtbes nt the
rolls, the killing Of Ethrdge. the firing
from ambush, OH cousp,ri 20 kind.e "a
a fame Of passion and when that Will
die down BE- j. difficult 10 tell
Parties wer8 OUT searching al day for
the negroes Who, it is said, are rinelead.
ers In the hoiing Tho whites are ~.
censcd against all the ro.berts aud ho /
them responsible for tn trouble. A
party went to Kill Tom To.aort. but some
one prevailed on the not heads not "a
kill wounded man
j. II Tolbcrt. collector Of the port 40
Charleston, and jos Tolbcrt. left the
county and went 90 Charleston.
Reed To.uort has gone 20 Groenyiilc.
Ezra Toluort Is quartered with friends
His son was shot, and this, with the
plea that he was non.partisan, aud had
nine children aud a wife, alone saved
him from death. a committee waited
on J W. Tolbert, assistant postmastei
az Mccormick, ana asked him o. gel
out 81 that town lie left Several o.
the mob wanted 10 burn Tolbert's prom
erty, but better advice prevailed.
Fully 800 men secured tine country
today around Phoenix, whore the frs
trouble occurred, hoping TO find th'
band oi negroes said to be- congregato,
in the noighoorhood The rolborts M
Of good family, made fine southern
soldiers and have been Republican
since the war
Tho atmosphere seems TO have cloaro
up considerably and no further troubl
Is expected The whites arc heavil
armed and are prepared for trouble O
anv moment
Eight negroes have been lynche
Within two weeks time IN neighborIn
counties
Ben Collins. oolorei, was killed la'
night near Phoenix lIo Is said 10 hay
fired one pistol shot into the pollin
place and reached Tor another weapon
strike a. Dallas Unchanged. q
Dallas. Nov 1.-THE street es.,ll'
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