The age-herald., 1899-08-27
SWAMPS CLOSELY BEATEN An Entire Regiment of Soldiers
 Were on Duty. THE SITUATION IS STILL CRITICAL
Several Ringleaders of the Mob Are Still at Large, and Unless They Show Up Today the Troops
 Will Hunt Them Down

Darien, Ga., August 26.-The roundup of military today resulted in the surrender of Henry Delagel, the murderer of Deputy Sheriff Townsend, and the location of the future arrest of Delageps brother and two others implicated in the killing. Delagers surrender was made to Lieutenant Wood, in charge of detachment of thirty Savan- nah soldiers stationed fifteen miles in the country to back up the sheriffs posse, who were securing the swamps.
 Delagel tonight states that he surrender ed to the troops for protection. as he saw the sheriff's posse was closing in on him. and his capture was only matter of few hours or minutes. The swamps were be- ing beaten closely, while the military lined out on the bluff. Delagel's aged mother soon came out of the swamp with request that Delagel be allowed to surrender to the soldiers.
 The arrest of Delagel, who Is the son of the negro whose arrest precipitated the trouble, and the arrival of endorsements for the military, seem to have broken the backbone of the defiance of the law by the negroes. A whole regiment of troops are now on duty in and about Darien, under command of Colonel Lawton, but 1t is not believed there will be further blood shed. There has been a notable dimunition of ex- treme talk during the afternoon. Mean- time the situation is critical. There are still several ringleaders of the blacks want ed by the officers of the law. Unless they ir, pd ,erht f,, by their friends and turned over to the authorities the troops will go after them tomorrow.
 Up to noon today there was no prospect of imminent danger of conflict with the ne- groes.
 After a night of intense anxiety, with the militia on every street and all white citizens under arms at their various homes and at the jail, the day began with no particular incident. The court house had been turned into barracks for the sol- diers, and those who were not constantly kept on duty were allowed to rest here. Many of them tonight are completely ex- hausted, having been on duty for three days and two nights. Colonel Lawton was here at an early hour, keeping himself in- formed by courier and sending frequent messages to Governor Candler. At noon a courier from the swamp. eighteen miles out, arrived and reported that the negroes had congregated in and around the house of the Delages, six miles from the swamp, and would not surrender or permit the Del agels to be taken. The sheriff, with posse of one hundred men, went to the Delagel house, but returned without making an at- tack. He gave out the information that he would need more men to enforce de- mand for the much wanted negro, and set about enlarging his posse.
 Colonel Lawton, after communicating with Governor Candler, ordered the Liberty independent troop of light cavalry here. They left Jones' station almost immediate ly and came through the county over the wagon roads, distance of twenty-five miles.
 Colonel Lawton also ordered the First regiment, Georgia volunteers at Savannah. to proceed at once to Darien. They arrived this evening at o'clock.
 The white people were aroused for miles around and came In during the day in large numbers. Every available white man in Mcintosh county was deputized by Sheriff Bount but still he could not muster very large posse. The negroes number five to each white man and outside assistance was considered necessary.
 Business is suspended in Darien for the time being, and it is reported that farms dn the county have been temporarily aban- doned.