The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-11-25
MAN SHOT AND STABBED
CROWDS OPENED FIRE ON
WHITES WITHOUT WARN
ING.
The MGQoLs THEN DISAPPEARED
Several Negro Soldiers Locked up One Negro
ii iIled ard Several Men Wounded.
White SoIdi rs SCour Streets
for Negroes in Vain,
for Negroes in Vain.

Tor egroeS IN Ndln'
Montgomery, Ala, November PA
special from Ann.ston to the Advertiser
says:
Members of the Third Alabama negro
regiment with murder in their hearts
caused great excitement here tonight.
Shortly after dark Private Gildhart, OF
Company 3. Second Arkansas, while
going towards his regimental camp from
town was shot in the head by negro
soldier who also stabbed him in the back
GildhaG was taken to the regimental
hospital. y little later Il member of the
Fourth Kentucky was snot on Walnut
street by negro soldiers who lay in Il
gully shooting at the white men who
passed. Firing was heard in Liberia, the
negro quarter of the city, which is not
far from Walnut street and Il squad
of provost guards went 10 investigate.
AS it turned the corner of Fifteenth
and Pine streets Il large crowd of negro
soldiers, without warning, opened fire
upon the guard with Springfields, the gun
in use in the regiment. The guard re-
turned the fire, but had bat few car
tridgcs and soon had to retreat Rein
fOrcemPnts and more ammunition were
sent for but when they arrived the ne
groes had disappeared. The number Of
negroes i'll the mob were variously esti-
mated ut from fifty to two hundred. In
the engagement, Sergeant Dodson, Third
Tennessee was shot i'll the arm and Pri-
vate Graham, Third Tennessee, received
a painful but not necessarily dangerous
wound in the stomach. If any of the
negroes were shot it is not known, as no
dead or wounded have as yet been found.
Two other members of the provost guard
are missing and canont be found.
When news of the trouble became
known the white soldiers who were in
the city gathered around the provost
guards headquarters and begged for
guns and ammunition, crying like chill
drcn because their requests could not be
granted. Citizens armed themselves and
repaired to the scene of the battle.
Mayor Hight at once ordered all saloons
closed. Several negro soldiers, one
with a Springfield rifle which had Just
been fired, were arrested in various
parts of the city and locked up. though
it was with difficulty that the infuriated
white soldiers and citizens were pre-
vented from wreaking summary ven
geance upon them. Armofies of the
two local military companies were broken
into and every gun and cartridge appro-
priated by unknown parties. General
Frank, who is in command of the troops
here. came out and was on the streets
| until late hour. General Colby, COM
manding the Second brigade, ordered out
| nesSee and Second Arkansas, and
brought them to the city for whatever
service might be required. They
secured the city and carried all soldiers
not on duty back to camps. \ member
of the Fourth Wisconsin, is said to have
been shot, but the report cannot be veri-
fled. One negro soldier who is under
arrest was shot in the arm by citizen
After the engagement at Fifteenth and
Pine streets very few negroes, either
soldiers or civilians were to be found on
the streets, and it was we'll Firing has
been heard at intervals at various parts
of the city, and rumors are afloat OF
several crowds of negroes in ambush. but
all investigation was fruitleSS. n negro
soldier was dangerously beaten by some
white soldiers on Tenth street this
afternoon, and this incident is supposed
to have caused the riotOuS actions on the
part of the negroes, who are said t
have slipped out Of the camp through
the guard lines.
Later-One negro soldier has just been
brought in dead and another badly
wounded