The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-09-02
RACE WAR
IN GEORGIA
The Militia Is Rounding
up Rioters.

| DARIEN, Ca, Aug. 27.-The round
up of riotous negroes In McIntost
county by the militia yesterday re
suited in the surrender of Henry Dele
gal, the murderer of Deputy Sheriff
Townsend, and the location for future
arrest of Delegal's brother, and the
woman directly implicated in the kill
ing. Delegal's surrender was made to
Lieutenant Wood, in charge of a de-
tachment of 30 Savannah soldiers
stationed Is miles in the country 10
back up the sheriff's posse, who were
securing the swamps.
I he arrest of Delegal and the arrival
of reinforcements for the militia seem
to have broken the backbone of the de.
fiance of the law oy 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
bloodshed. There are still several
ring leaders of the blacks wanted by
the officers of the law. Unless they
come in and surrender, or are brought
in by their friends and turned over to
the authorities, the troops will go after
them tomorrow.
At noon yesterday courier from
the swamp, 18 miles out, arrived and
reported that the negroes had congre-
gated in and around the house of the
the Delegals, six miles from the swamp,
and would not surrender or permit the
Delegals to be taken. The sheriff
with posse of 100 men, went to the
Delegal house, but returned without
making an attack. He gave out the
information that he would need more
men to enforce demand for the much
wanted negroes, and set about enlarg.
ing mis- posse.
Colonel Lawton, after conmuuicat-
ing with Governor Candler, ordered
the Liberty independent troop of light
cavalry here and they left Jones' sta
tion almost Immediately and came
through the country over the wagon
roads, distance of 25 miles, arriving
about o'clock. Colonel Lawton also
ordered the first regiment, Georgia
volunteers,at Savannah, to proceed at
once to Darien.
1t had been reported here that 1000
negroes were in the vicinity of Dele
gals house having come from all parts
of Liberty and Mcintosh counties.
Reconoitering was done by courier,
but as the negroes were scattered for
several miles through the swamp,
their number was not definitely as
certained.
Lawton late in the afternoon ordered
the Fourth regiment, with camps at
Brunswic, Valdosta, Waycross and
other towns in this section, TO be pre-.
pared to move at a moments notice.
The soldiers at Brunswick, and Way.
cross are in their armories awaiting
orders 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 very large posse.
The negroes number five to each white
man. Business is suspended in Darien
for the time being, and it is reported
that farms in the county have been
temporarily abandoned.
The whole trouble here began four
deIs ago, when Henry Delegal. an
elderly negro man, was charged with
assault and arrested. He was taken to
Savannah the day following for safe
keeping. His two sous began to talk
in an incendiary manner of their
fathers Imprisonment. and aroused
other negroes in this vicinity. All
alarmists among the negroes were ar
rested. The Jail was not large enough
to hold them, and 25 of them we're
sent to Savannah yesterday. Sheriff
Blount called for military aid.
Deputies Townsend and Hopkins
went to the house of the Delegals
Thursday night to arrest the sons for
melting riot, when Townsend was
killed and Hopkins wounded by John
Delagel. Since that time the negroes
have determined to stand by the Della.
gels in their fight against the officers,
and have congregated in large num-
bers.
The Beers Are Firm