Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1901-11-01
RACES AT WAR.
Bloody Riot in Louisinna In which
Three whites and Eleven Me-
groes Are Killed.

ayune's Amite City special says: Three
white men and IL negroes killed is the
startling and terrible news from Wash
ington parish. The first news of the
race riot was brought here Monday by
Cornelius Nixon. He stated that white
men rode into Franklinton at two
o'clock Monday morning asking for
help, saying that the negroes were up
in arms, threatening to eXterminate
the whites. The scene of the trouble
is at or near Ball Town, where negro
was burned last week for criminally
assaulting white woman.
This was not the cause, however,
of the murders Sunday, in which
three white men and IL negroes were
killed and several wounded. Mr..
Nixon saw and talked with many
men from the scene, and they said
more and worse trouble was expect
ed, as armed men were focking to
the scene, and it was reported the
blacks were equally active in prepar-
ing for a battle. p. b. Garter arrived
from Franklinton a little after dark
Monday night and said that the situ-
alton was terrible, and more trouble
is feared. He said that Joe Seals
and Charles Elliott and another white
man whose name he did not know
were dead and Z. H. Thompson, a
white man, wounded, and that IL ne
groes were dead. His information
was up to Sunday night and was from
people who went to Franklinton for
help. AT three o'clock Monday morn
1nfN Ill. f.. 81.
scene in charge of Sheriff Simmons,
and from all over the country armed
men were hurrying to the same place.
Mr.. Carter said that 500 men were
probably under arms in Washington
parish.
The trouble occurred at a negro
camp meeting and the origin, as near
as can be ascertained, was as fol-
lows: Greer Lott, negro, was rum
ming a refreshment stand and con-
stable, white man, name not given,
went to him and asked for his license.
He had none and became impudent,
cursed the constable and defied him.
The constable withdrew and obtained
assistance. He returned with several
white men, when the negro Lott
rushed out and fired point blank into
the crowd, killing Joe Seals and
Charles Elliott. The whites returned
the fire and killed Lott.
Then n negro preacher named Con-
nelly rushed out of house with gun
in hand, attempting to shoot, when
he was killed, and his daughter was
killed, it is said, accidentally. In the
IL, Il g.Il
white man was killed and Z. H.
Thompson wounded and seven or
eight negroes killed.
The shooting had no direct connec-
tion with the burning of the negro
Morris in that section last week, but
it is undoubtedly sequel to that
tragic event. Since that time it is
reported that the negroes have been
holding nightly meetings, preparing
to attack the whites.
Balltown is about 20 miles from
Franklinton in sparsely-settled sec
tion. 1t is isolated and almost entire
ly cut off from the outside world.
Franklinton is 81 miles east of this
place and there are no telegraph OF
! telephone lines.
The whites fired the restaurant
building, and the negroes, as they
came running out with all kinds of
weapons, were shot down. When the
end came and the restaurant had
been burned to ashes it was found
that IL negroes had been shot or
| burned to death.
Three women, who were in Lofts
store, We're burned to death. Two of
them were charred beyond identifica-
tiop. One of the women had child
with her. The child perished in the
flames, too.
Jackson, Miss, Oct. 29-Gov. Lon
gino has no authority to order troops
, to Balltown, La. He has, however,
granted the request of the sheriff of
Marion county asking that troops be
! sent to the state line near the scene
for the protection of Mississippi peo-
pie and for the suppression of the
rioters should the Mississippi line be
| crossed.