The San Francisco call., 1899-08-27
ROUNDUP Of
NEGRO BANDS
IN GEORGIA
Murderer Delagell Surren-
ders to the Troop of Sa-
vannah Soldiers.
SITUATION IMPROVES
Nevertheless Additional Regiments
Have Been Ordered Out and the
Danger Is Not Yet Over.
SITUATION IMPROVES
Special Dispatch to The Call,

DARIEN, Ga, Aug. 26.-The round
up of riotous negroes in Mcintosh
County by the military to-day result
ed in the surrender of Henry Delagell,
the murderer of Deputy Sheriff Towns
end, and the location for future arrest
of Delagell's brother and the woman
directly implicated in the killing. Della
CELLS surrender was made to Lieuten-
ant Wood, in charge Of detachment
of thirty Savannah soldiers stationed
fifteen miles in the country to back up
the Sheriffs posse, who were securing
the sWamps.
Delagell tonight stated that he sur
rendered to the troops for protection, as
he saw the Sheriff's posse was closing
in on him and his capture was only
matter of a few hours or minutes. The
arrest of Delagell and the arrival of
reinforcements for the military seem TO
have broken the backbone of the def
ance Of the law by the negroes. A
whole regiment of troops is now on
duty in and about Darien, under COM
mand of Colonel Lawton, but it is not
believed there will be further blood
shed. There are still several ringlead-
ers of the blacks wanted by the officers
of the law. Unless they come in ana
surrender or are brought in by their
friends and turned over to the author1-
ties, the troops will go after them to-
morrow.
The courthouse here has been turned
into a barracks for the soldiers Many
of them tonight are completely ex-
hausted having been on duty for three
days and two nights.
At noon to-day a courier from the
swamp, eighteen miles out, arrived and
reported that the negroes had conSre-
gated in and around the house of the
Delagells', six miles from the swamp,
and would not surrender or permit the
Delagells to be taken. The Sheriff,
with a posse of 100 men, went to the
Delagells' house, but returned without
making an attack. He gave out the in
formation that he would need more
men to enforce a demand for the much
wanted negroes, and set about enlarg-
ing his posse. Colonel LaWton, after
communicating with Governor Gambler,
ordered the Liberty Independent Troop
of Light Cavalry here and they left
Jones station almost Immediately, and
came through the county over the
wagon roads, a distance of twenty-five
miles, arriving about 4 o'clock this
afternoon.
Colonel Lawton also ordered the
First Regiment of Georgia Volunteers,
Darien They reached here this after
noon at o'clock. Colonel Lawton has
ordered tents and camp equipments for
the men in case they are needed.
1t had been reported here that 1000
negroes were in the vicinity of Della
CELLS house, having come from all parts
of Liberty and Mcintosh counties. Re
connoitering was done by courier, but
as the negroes were scattered for sew
eral miles through the swamp their
number was not definitely ascertained.
Colonel Lawton, late in the afternoon.
ordered the Fourth Regiment with
camps at Brunswick. ValdOsta, Way
cross and other towns in this section,
to be prepared to move at moments
notice The soldiers at Brunswick and
Waycross are in their armories await
ing orders to proceed to Darien. The
white people were aroused for miles
around and came in during the day in