The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-09
Mustered Out Negro Troops Garry
things With a High Hand.
Macon and Griffin, Ca, at the Mercy Of
The Drunken Ex-SoIdiers.
Keep Up a Eusillade of Bullets ON
Passersby From the Windows of
the Cars Until the Train Had
Passed the City Limits, the Po-
lice Being Powerless to Resist.

ATLANTA (Ga.), March S-The
Tenth Immunes, colored Colonel Jones
commanding, who We're mustered out at
Macon to-day, began to show their i'll
temper as soon as the train bearing the
negroes home began to move out OF
Macon. Producing revolvers and other
arms which they in some way managed
to smuggle with them, they began fir
ing from the windows. Bullets flew in
every direction as the train sped on.
and passersby were compelled to seek
shelter. Luckily only one person, was
shot in Macon, Will Goodyear, a 1G-
year old white boy, whose arm was
fractured by ball
As the train passed the various sta
lions on the road the rioting was re-
newed, shots being fired from the train
at the people standing on the platforms.
AT Griffin. Ga, where the first sec
ton of the train stopped at $50 o'clock
this afternoon, occurred the most seri-
Gus trouble of the day. The regiment
came over the Central Georgia Rail
road in three sections. When the train
stopped at Griffin, the negroes, who by
this time had filed up on whisky. began
firing their pistols and yelling like In
dians. Over 200 shots were fired, and
city was at the mercy of the negroes.
who kept up fusillade Of shots until
the train was carried beyond the city
limits
The news of the outrageous conduct
spread rapidly over Griffin and it was
determined that the next section of
the regiment should be held in check.
Mayor Davis ordered out the Griffin Ri
files on his own responsibility, as there
was no time to lose. In addition to
the militia, the Mayor deputized nearly
hundred citizens to assist the officers
in preserving the peace and protecting
the city.
About $40 the second section came
in sight, and above the roar of the
train could be heard the rattle of the
firearms which were being dis
charged indiscriminately. When the
train came to a standstill the negroes
saw 200 heavily armed men, who COM
manded them to keep quiet. The ne
groes were awed, and with a few ex-
ceptions were as docile as lambs. To
those who proved fractions cracked
heads were administered.
When the train pulled out from the
depot and the negroes thought they
were out of reach of the citizens. they
began firing at houses. At the first
shot volley was poured into the dis
appearing train by the citizens and
militia. Unfortunately George Agee, Il
trainman, was shot in the abdomen and
fatally wounded, and one negro was
clipped on the shoulder by bullet.
AS the several sections came into the
union depot here they were met by the
police reserve, heavily armd.
The Tenth was recruited from all
parts of the country. The negroes for
the most part are from North Carolina,
however, and Georgia, Virginia. Ken
lucky, Missouri and Ohio. Nearly all
of them were sent out of Atlanta to
their destinations before the night was
over.
NEGROES CLUBBED INTO SUB
MISSION.
NASHVILLE (Tenn.), March S.
About 500 men of the Eighth Immunes,
mustered out in Chattanooga, reached
here just before midnight last night.
Fifty police and detectives were at the
station to preserve order The Ser
geant who had shot two people at
Chattanooga was searched for, but not
FOUR The police used their clubs
freely in forcing the negroes to give up
their pistols and remain in the cars,
but there was no firing. Police were
refused admittance to one car by armed
negroes at the door. They forced their
way in, demanded all weapons. and in
this car there was much clubbing. some
negroes being badly beaten. The
causes of the trouble were refusal to
remain in the cars, to give UP pistols
and insulting language to the police.