New-York tribune., 1901-10-30
TEN RACE RIOT VICTIMS.
.-urRs NAY DIE-PEACE THOUGHT TO
HAVE BEEN REsToRED-TRooPs
RECALLED.

orleans. Oct. GA dispatch to The
.,ne' from Ball Town, La, says that the
war between the blacks and whites, which
..,,ss al a negro camp meeting at Duncan's
.s.,sl on Sunday, forms a story OF bloodshed
..ualled in the history of the Pearl River
valley.
o.e white man is dead. another is now dying
80 bullet hole through his stomach. and a
"a white man is badly wounded Nine ne
3 were killed in the bloody affray-hve men.
-. women and one small child. dozen or
,nsps. more negroes escaped TO the woods and
~,mps with wounds that are believed to be
.rtain death in the brush. away from medical
Ge
rbe dead white man is Joseph Seal son OF
vrus Seal, aged thirty-two. Of Varando. La
The wounded white men are Clarence Thomas
rlBott. aged twenty-six. fatally wounded. now
1yng, Of Varando. La, and Edward Thompson.
srsa torty-fve, who was shot through the thigh
s,s feshy portion Of leg. Of Varando. La
The colored dead include the Rev. Alexander
connoly, aged fifty, pastor of the Duncan
chanel, Mary Davis. aged thirty. his daughter;
Gear Lott. aged forty-six: Julia Peters. Lofts
daughter aged twenty-four; Mellon Peters. her
child aged four; Amy Tony aged seventy-five.
p,other-in-law Of Crear Lott; Lewis Duncan,
AGED eighteen, Of Poplaryille; Thomas Parker.
aged tWenty-four. and kid" Beverly. aged eigh-
teen turpentine worker from Georgia.
NUMBER OF WOUNDED NOT KNOWN.
No one is able 10 estimate the number OF
wounded negroes who escaped the carnage be-
bina the church. They scattered in all direc-
tons Some are known TO have been shot but
they nave not been found. The conflict ragged
for half an hour. Those at a distance say the
Lad \ hor
To the camp meeting negroes had come from
two hundred miles, all up and down the valley
Elder Stephen Duncan. of New-orleans. for
whom the chapel was named. was present. On
last Thursday the meeting opened. with several
hundred negroes encamped around the church
IN tents ane in rudely made shanties. 1t was
TO continue one week. There they ate and slept
and held services in the chapel
One day previous TO the camp meeting. when
the negro, "Bill' Morris. had been burned at
the stake near Balltown for an assault on Mrs
J. J. Ball public feeling was at a igh.pitch
Under those conditions the negroes gathered
st Live Oak There trouble over a license
and Cresr Lofts tent became the centre OF con-
tention. Some trouble occurred Saturday even
ing but there bloodshed. II came up
again Sunday afternoon when Constable Boone
and posse rode up TO Lofts tent with a war;
rant.
Lott came out and is reported 10 have shouted
with an oath:
zone niger has been burned. but
white Will be next"
Wade Walker one Of the constable's posse.
was struck over the head with a Winchester, and
then the slaughter began. The blacks fed from
the fran wooden church. for it was no shelter
from the rain OF bullets. Lott retired into his
bis death wound. a torrent Of lead was sent
whizzing through the tent and through the
church while the negroes fed.
Connolly. thep reacher. was shot while stand
ng in his yard. His daughter fell just inside
the house. The other negroes around Ilott's
place kept up a steady rain of bullets. 1t was
death and blood, and the shrieks OF the wound
ed and dying We're heard on every side.
Lofts ole mother-in-law. his two daughters
and the little boy fell in heap inside the shell
ter. Sophie Lott saved her life by concealing
herself behind the stove. Then she escaped and
the men did not harm her. They after
Crear Lott He was barricaded. and the next
move was to fire the place, which they did
KILLED BY A SCORE OF BULLETS.
When the fire forced him from under cover
he appeared in the doorway and twenty rife
balls went crashing through him. He fell in
heap, head foremost 10 the ground. Parker and
Beverly. both blacks, fell with him. Joseph Seal
and Charles Elliott and Edward Thompson, the
wounded whites, were carried away TO the home
OF +. p. Sones. about three-quarters OF a mile
through the pine woods which was hastily con-
perted into hospital. There Seal died yester-
DAY He was buried to-day from his home in
Aarando, six miles away, and there, in the
sones's emergency hospital, Elliott lies dying.
For tWenty-fOur hours il looked as IL gen.
tIdl uprlSlnE would vine the black in
washington parish. The news spread like. Wild
hie, and by yesterday over one thousand armed
men had reached the scene of the conflict They
came from miles and miles, some from as far
away as Monticello. but when Sheriff Norman
d. simmons and ]. X. Johnson, clerk OF the
court or the parish arrived from Franklin yes
telcay the excitement was considerably allayed.
Governor LonginO Of Mississippi and Governor
heard OF Louisiana were Informed, and the
replies came that troops would be hurried 70 the
scene
Yesterday afternoon the nine negroes who
were left in heap where they had died We're
i4eo into three unmarked graves dug near the
eaarred remains OF Lofts tent house. There
vas no ceremony. The minister and his
eeghter filled one OF the holes. the women and
s.na another, the men third. At the same
une prominent citizens held a conference,
Which was attended by Sherif Simmons, and
"sssage was sent 10 the negroes.
20 you want any more?" was the query.
40 came the reply.
This had a quieting effect. peace again
'e'sned and the negroes left the county.
is believed that the riot is ended. as a tele-
Esm was received from Governor Heard at $50
saock this morning countermanding the I'm
sstactons 10 General Glynn to send troops to
.-l,o|n. company OF the Louisiana field
sIefy and a troop OF cavalry had been held
readiness all night, and were about 10 start
- he scene OF trouble when the Governors
sN.ssfam came indicating that there is no neces-
~ tor the presence OF the militia.
,,Lumberton. Miss, Oct. 29.-Reports from Ball
- - La, the scene OF Sundays rioting. say
Nlay that peace and quiet have been restored.
NJ SOCIAL RACE EQUALITY IN SOUTH.