The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-08-27
ITS BACKBONE IS BROKEN
A Promising Race Riot Nipped
in the Bud.
LEADERS ARE CAPTURED
Georgia Troops Have Surrounded the
Negroes-White People Have Aban-
doned Their Farms for Miles
Around Darien.

Darien, Ca, Aug. 26--The roundup
of riotous negroes in Mcintosh county
by the militia to-day resulted in the
surrender of Henry Delegal, the mur-
derer of Deputy Sheriff Townsend, and
the location for future arrests of two
men directly implicated in the killing.
Delegals surrender was made to Lieu
tenant Wood, in charge of a detach-
ment of 80 Savannah soldiers, stationed
Is miles in the country to back up the
sherffs posse, who We're securing the
swamps.
Delegal tonight stated that he sur
rendered to the troops for protection,
as he says the sheriffs posse was COM
ing in on him, and his capture was only
a matter of a few hours or minutes.
The arrest of Delegal and the arrival
of reinforcements with the militia seem
to have broken the backbone of the de-
fiance of the law by the negroes. A
whole regiment of troops are 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 Off
GERS of the law. Unless they come N
and surrender or are brought in by
their friends and turned over to the
authorities the troops will go after
them tomorrow.
The court house here has been turned
into a barracks for the soldiers. Many
of them tonight are completely CN-
hausted. having been on duty for three
days and two nights.
At noon to-day courier from the
swamp, Is miles out, arrived ana r.
ported that the negroes had con%rc-
gated in and around the house of the
Delegals, six miles from the swamp,
and would not surrender or permit he
Delegals to be taken. The sheriff, "lth
a posse of 100 men. went to the DelaSal
house, but returned without making an
attack. He gave out the informatlp1
that he would need more men to en-
force a demand for the muchWanted
negroes, and set about enlarging his
posse.
Colonel Lawton, after communicating
with Governor Gambler, ordered the
Liberty independent troop of light cav
airy here, and they left Jones station
almost Immediately and came through
the country over the wagon roads, a
distance of % miles, arriving about 4
o'clock this afternoon
Colonel Lawton also ordered the lst
regiment Georgia volunteers at SaVan-
nah to proceed at once to Darien. They
reached here this afternoon at b
o'clock. Colonel Lawton has ordered
tents and camp equipments for the
men in case it is needed. 1t had been
reported here that 1000 negroes were
in the vicinity of Delegafs house, hay
ing come from all parts of Liberty and
Mcintosh counties. Accommodating was
done by couriers, but as the negroes
were scattered for several miles
through the swamp, their number was
not definitely ascertained.
Colonel Lawton, late in the afternoon,
ordered the 4th regiment, with camps
at Brunswick, Valdosta, Waycross and
other towns in this section, to be pre-
pared to move at a moments notlce.
The soldiers at Brunswick and Way
cross are in their armories awaiting or
ders to proceed to Darien.
The white people were aroused for
miles around and came in during the
day in large numbers, and every avail
able white man in Mcintosh county is
deputized by Sheriff Blount. but still
he could not muster a very large posse.
The negroes number five to each white
man. Business is suspended in Da-
rien for the time being, and 1t is re-
ported that farms in the county have
been temporarily abandoned.