The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-10
NEGROES CONTINUED RIoTING.
SHOT AT PEOPLE, HOUSES AND CAT
TIE IN NORTH CAROLINA.

Tenth Immunes Wounded Several
peonIe at HendersOn-simiIar Re-
uorts Received From other Points.
COL. Jones, However, Denies His
Ncn Were DisorderIy at Griffin.
saws the Citizens and Soldiers
,o,cd Co,yardIy in Firing on the
Train.
psIsipb N. c., March 9.-The tour of
the Tenth Immunes through this state to-
dav was marked by drunken rioting and
shooting at people, houses and cattle along
the railroad.
During the few minutes that the train
ston,,ed here, there was drinking and dis
or5er among the men. Several shots were
fired AT the ground or into the air.
An along the route their conduct was
the same. A dispatch from Henderson to-
night says
The Tenth Immune, negro troops pass
cd to-day over the Seaboard Air Line. They
shot at private houses and school chill
dren. Several men were wounded. The
officers of the regiment seemed to have
no control over the men,"
Similar reports come from other points
between here and Weldon.
Col. Charles L. Jones, commanding Of
Gcer of the regiment, was seen by repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press imme-
diately upon the arrival of his train here,
as he had telegraphed ahead in the morn
ing that he desired to make statement in
regard to the shooting affair at Griffin,
Ga He said:
Were Full of Good Spirits"
We struck Griffin about 5 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. 1 do not think there
we're more than a dozen revolvers in the
hands Of the men. When we pulled out of
Vfneville, there was some shooting in the
cir from the train. The men were full of
good spirits and had no intention to harm
any one.
No shots were fired when we went into
the town of Griffin. l was surprised to
lind men lined up on either side of the de-
pot About fifty of them wore uniforms.
inquired what the trouble was, and was
tod that the first section had been dis
orderly and that the citizens wanted to
protect themselves
81 told my men to.be quiet and they were
OHtllSHL ana tHSTG was no uiSOIQef. Inc
train stopped about five minutes.
The Firing at Griffin.
The train had pulled out about POO
yards when some of the men in the for
warl part of the train fired some shots.
THE militia then fired into the rear car
n George L. Agee, the brakeman who was
standing on the platform, was shot.
one bail passed through his leg, another
through his thigh, and still another bullet
passed through his body. AS the officers
car passed body of the militia, a vol
ley was fired into il, Notwithstanding the
TACT that four ladies were at the window.
was standing on the platform of my car.
me wife of one of the captains, who was
seated by the window had narrow es-
cape An iron brace prevented another
Quiet from crashing into the car.
Up to $3.50 O'Clock, when l left Macon
Yesterday afternoon. not one of the depre-
cations OF the white or negro troops al
mat town had been committed by the
Tenth Immunes.
Says They Were towards.
The action of the militia in Griffin was
lhe most cowardly that l have ever seen
human beings guilty Of Had they fired
INTO the car from which the one shot was
hfed, 1t would have been bad enough but
10 hre volley INTO a car, when the Of
hcer, who had charge of the men who fired
me Volley, knew there were ladies in the
car Who We're unable to protect them
selves, and who had not been guilty of
any breach of law, was beneath men,"