The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-26
DETACHMENT WILL REMAIN.
Continued from Eighth Page.


AS result l became convinced thai IL
would be unwise to withdraw the detach-
ment under Capt. GraysOn. and instructed
him to remain with his men, pending my
further orders"
The situa ton in The little town is about
this: The white people are in very smlIl
minority and / was told that there are
not more than seventy-fve white men IN
the town. The negroes outnumber them
six or eight to one. The streets of Darien
are free from disorder, and there seemed
to be about The place no indication that
would raise a reasonable Apprehension OF
trouble or further riot. But there was an
air of suppressed excitement that had no
good effect upon the nerves of the au-
thorites; il seemed to them that IT was
the presence of the military that held the
mob in awe, and that without this eject
uaI check there would be inaugur1ted an
other era of mob law and Violence
could not help sharing this feeling IA some
part at least
None of the negro residents were in the
city. They had deserted their empoymonis
and scarce any of the various nh Is ana
factories were i'm even partial opefauoA'
1t was currcu1y understood that the ne
groes had collected in small hands through
out the surrounding county and il was
feared that some of these, with evil pas
SONS iuaamed by liquor and wild sDveeh-
es, might make a descent upon the town.
OF this however, there was no immediate
expectation or Indication
The immediate cause of this fear said
Col Lawton in answer to a question,
WAS he arrest of the thirtv-Gve negroes
b, H., ..ha,iff and his denuties. These were
charged with imp,ication Ia the riot, had
been arrested on the streets of the town
ana committed to Jail. II was thought pos
sible that their friends in the country
might object to This course on the part of
tbo antboTi,ies and ATTEMPT the rescue of
The Drisoners This was the only reason
for fcar ae win DelqeaI in Chatham jai6.
,to 7eeroas coi,ld have had no ground for
further disorder. HadSt not been for The
arrests there would have been no
further trouble but The authorities, right
w. and nronoIlv enough. were not willing
70 n,,rcbase neace al this price. When 1
Ioe, 49,, i,tanded to make other ur~ests
800 ~, ~ ,in,e nrobablv have done so"
an ~ i,iiIing Of Denutv Townsend early
tbis roorning at mace about eight
aa@ - fTor, Darien added fuel to the
i,e'1tonatio,, colt b, tho white population
- ~ ,eioa. Tho news was brought into
80 '['e I pto, bad riseo and was told TO
~ aftaruards AZ understand it, Town
NJ a. w. I1o,,ii, bad gone to get the
49, a'N DTotida Uore whom il is
| o,a+ara3 r,ailacoI assaulted. and have her
1850, ~ -, bosnitaI In savannah. While
~ ~ oUnsditinn thew determined to ar
| ~ -. i1b, DaIegau a son Of the alleged
ranist They found the man and ordered
| him n submit TO arrest. He retorted by
! fripq at the officers with a shot gun, the
| load entering Townsend's stomach and
| vvoundine him mortally A part of the
| Ioad also nossed through Hopkins coat
| sleeve tearing the garment but injurng
! him not at all"
'rWith great gaIlantry he went to the
rascue Of his wounded comrade, and TAX
| inc him 10 his buggy. attempted to bring
| hin, tn a Mace of safety Despite all he
| could do despite all the attentions he
| could render Townsend died a few min
utes later His murderer escaped
GAS I said. this added to the excitement
| and INDIGNATION | don't mean that the
naonle of Darien were wrought up to a
pitcb where they would have adopted mob
! law themselves. for the white population
is not made up of that sort OF men Bu'
they all felt that fuel had been added &c
the flame and that extra precautions were
( needed TO meet changed CONDITIONS.
Under such circumstances coulu MOI
order away the troops. They are quar-
tered in the court house ana nave Deeu
made as comfortable as possible. Ihey
are not patrolling the streets, as there
is no disorder, and hence no reason loi
their doing So but they are ready &c
meet and suppress any disorder that may
| arise. That's how matters stand at pres
tul
'"There is one thing" said Col. Lawton
in conclusion, that l wish you to say
| particularly. OF coud5e. l cannot say
how long the detachment at present or
duty will be needed, though | shall keef
| it or another there as long az is neceS-
| sary or expedient. Should this time be
| extended, 1 shall replace the detachment
under Capt Grayscn by another In the
meantime, some of the men are rather
afraid that they will lose their positions
because of their absence therefrom, anc
are worried and annoyed on this account
1t seems TO me that this worry is unneed
ed, as I cannot believe that there is g
man in Savannah so ineftably mean as
to discharge one OF his employees Tor an
swering the call OF DUTY, nor can thlhF
that the people OF savannah would Tor ar
instant tolerate such conduct
1.-The mems actions are not guided by
their own volitions, but by the command:
of their superior officers. When a cal
of this kind is made they are compelled
by law to respond, and their discharg,
for so doing would have a most discour
aging effect upon other young men who