The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-02-28

body. There were no more shots hre(
at Tolbert after he fell. He was carried
to the home of Mr.. Pick Hollingswortl
and it was stated last night that a heavy
guard had been placed around the house
Young Martin was carried into the store
of his brother-in-law. NJ. l.. Sturkcy, ant
his wounds Immediately attended to by
DR.. Melldeau. Even if Tolbcrt'S wound:
do not prove fatal his life is still in dan
ger.
The general opinion is that if Marti,
should die there would be no chance TO
Tolbert. Late this afternoon phone
message from Mccormick stated that ;
good many people from the country wer'
coming into town and the universe
opinion was that Tolbert had better b'
moved. His physician said that he coult
be moved, and his brother, r. r. Tolhert
expects to go tonight and have hin
moved either to Augusta or some place
of safety.
jim Tolbert, as is known, has beer
obnoxious to the people of McCormicl
ever since the Phoenix riot in the fall o
1898. He rendered himself doublv so b.
the celebrated :conspiracy case" agains
some of the very best citizens of the plac,
in the spring of 1899. He has mad'
several attempts to get there, but ever.
time he was told quietly, but none tn
less firmly, that he could not stay in th'
town of Mccormick. Despite thes
warnings he has persisted and it seem
now that he will give up his life for hi
rashness. The people of Mccormick ar
very cool and very determined. He ha
been told to stay away and all would b
we'll, but to try to come back there woul(
mean trouble The trouble has come.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
MCCORMICK, February 21.-A party 0
masked men rode in town to-day abou
noon with the intention of making jim
Tolbert leave He had been here for
week and the citizens had about decided
not to modest him further, which fac
made him feel safe. The men from on
of town encountered him at work repair
ing one of his buildings and, according
to an eye witness, one Of the party o
masked men ordered him to surrender
instead of which he drew his pistol and
presenting it, fired. The masked maj
was saved by a memorandum book
wrapped around with silk handkerchief
catching the bullet. They immediatel,
began backing from each other. AftcI
exchanging shots Tolhert emptied his pis
tol, turned and ran and succeeded in evad
ing the mob, which soon dispersed. 1t de
yeloped afterwards that one of the part,
was wounded slightly. Tolbcrt is scri
ously wounded, once in the right side o
the back, the bullet lodging in his lungs
and once in the arm, which is q llesl
wound.
THE ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE.
COLUMBIA, February 21.-Two year.
ago. when r. r. Tolbert ran for congres:
on the republican ticket against Con
gressman Latimer, there was 4 difficult,
at Phoenix, in Greenwood county. Ne
groes fired into the crowd at the ballot
box and young white man, one of thu
managers of election. was killed. 1t wa:
not many hours after that half a dozel
negroes lay in 4 heap in the sight O
Relobar Church. There was a panic
and as a result all of the Tolberts in the
county, and there were many, were made
to leave the county. Threats were made
to burn all of the property of the Tolberts
and it was dangerous for any of them tc
return to the county so intense
was the feeling and so firm
was the conviction that the Tol
berts had worked up the negroes tc
hostility. All of the Tolberts left tht
county and for long time none Of them
returned.
James W. Tolbcrt was postmaster oi
Mccormick at the time of the lynching
and committee waited ON him and told
him to leave town. He did so and then
prosecuted the people in the United States
Court. The trial occurred at Greenvillt
and resulted in acquittal. Tolbert had
gone to Mccormick several times to at
tend to business and has written that the
ma gistrate there offered him no protcc'
tion. Governor McSweency has advised
the ma giStrate of the charge, and it has
been explained that Tolbert was not hc-
ing prosecuted by the ma gistratc, but
that the latter could not act as 4 body
guard for Tolbert.
TOLBERT SAFE IN GREENWOOD.
GREENwooD, February 2e-Jim Tolbcrt
was brought here to-day by his brother,
r. r. Tolbert, and is now in town at the
home of his brother-in-law, ". II. Napier.
R. r. Tolbert, accompanied by Mrs James
W. Tolbert, left here this morning ut /
o'clock for Mccormick and returned with
the wounded man on the -. Il train from
Augusta. DrJ. A. Meldau came with them
and he, with DR. G. p. Necl, of this city,
made an examination of the wounds.
One ball entered the right side ard pier
ced both lungs. 1t is regarded as serious
but not necessarily fatal. The other PROV
ed to be slight flesh wound in the right
arm. Tolbert was hurried to the home
of Mr. Napier, and when a statement was
asked for late this afternoon and tonight
he was sleeping and nothing was given
out.
A perfectly accurate account of the shoot
ing seems hard to obtain. DR. Meldeau
saws that the account from Mccormick As
given in The News and Courier yester
day is as nearly accurate as can be given,
viz: Tolbert was at work repairing one
IF his houses in town of Mccormick when
a crowd of men wearing their coats turn
cd wrong side out and with masks over
their faces rode up 10 linn ana to'd nm
to leave He made a hostile move and
one of the party called out to him ITO
surrender" Tolbcrt then pulled his pistol
and fired at the speaker, who returned
the fire, backing away from Tolhert at
the time The whole party them hcsan
to fire at Toibert, vino, as soon his as pis
tol was empty, ran for his life. By dodg-
in n bebipj nhctarlpc h,, rarpiytl orly
two wounds and soon got out OF range Of
The pistols He was not followed.
Mr.. Fl. L. Martin, the other wounded
man, was able to he W to-day and has
returned to his homein Georgia.
WorkirS; Overtime.
Eight hour l2ws are ignored by those
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