The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1901-10-26
4 LOUISIANA RIR0|
Three White Men and H..
groes Killed In I NJ,
Washington parisb !.
TROUBLE OCCURRED ATcAup uIl,|
a Negro Girl Among ID. Nv.
RIBS haeounter Took PIss. u
Scene Of . Burning /, NJ, wv !. ~ I
Negro, Which occurr.d 4 \, ~ \
Trouble Expected.

New Orleans, Oct. ss.-4Th. /
Sune's Amite City special sass "
Three white men ana Y,
killed in a race riot" Il M Il s a''
and terrible news receives ,'s'
from Washington parish, 4 VA, 'ss
respondent has just conye,s sss IN
man from Franklinton. who s.''s
this information, but he knos sss N
ing OF what has happened sa W 4
terday evening. The tlyu4 M
the race riot was brought NJ, W. y
by Cornelius Nixon, who. Il "
mother, left from near p,sas MI
this morning. He stated thss ss /.
men came into FrankliDtor !.
o'clock this morning, sseEI.. Y
saying that the negroes WITT s \.
arms and threatening to exts,s N
the whites.
The scene of the trouble i, !.
where q negro X
burned last week for crimins0s
sauiting a white woman TbiS
not the cause, however. 81 M q.
ders yesterday, in which thrss II.
men and IL negroes were lIIIea
several wounded. Mr., Mixan MI
talked with many men from M n,
and said more and worse trouh.
expected to-day, as armed peS 4
fiocking to the scene, and Il T..
ported that the blacks were sss.i
active in preparing for d BATH
r. B. Carter arrived from Frs.tI
ton a little after dark to.nigbt Il
told your correspondent that III III
alton was terrible, and that NJ,
trouble was feared. He said tlst 4
Seals and Charles Elliott and NM
white man whose name Id djd Ii
know, were dead, and e. ii Ylas,
son, a white man, was WOUNDED
that IL negroes were dead. Hi
formation was up to last nidbt &,
was obtained from persons VIZ NJ
to Franklinton for help. Atm
o'clock this morning poss
Franklinton for the scene oibatils
charge Of Sheriff Simmons, and m
all over the country armed men II
hurrying to the same place. Mid
ter said that 500 men were prosA|
under arms to-day in Washhi
parish.
The trouble occurred at III
camp meeting, and the origin, ii
as can be ascertained, was az iOIsE
Greer Lott, a negro, was runhh
refreshment stand, and q consiai
white man, name not given, Will
him and asked for his license Ri
none, and became impudent. lllA
the constable and defed him.
constable withdrew and Obtains
sistance. He returned with NIl
white men, when the negro
rushed out and fred point blaAh
the crowd, killing Joe Seals
CHARLES Elliott. The whites Teta1
the fire and killed Lott. Then Hi
preacher named Connolly rushgl
of a house with gun in band
tempting to shoot, and was hllA
His daughter was also \
though it is said she was accident
shot.
In the shooting which FOLLOWED
other white man was killed and
Thompson wounded, and seven
eight negroes were killed, Then
ing had no direct connection viii
burning Of the negro Morris y Y
section last week, but IT Is undo1l
ly a sequel to that tragic eTenl
that time it is reported that ~
groes have been holding mighty
ings preparing to attack the Wn'l
Balltown is about twenty
from Franklinton, in . sparsslI
tied section. 1t is almost entiisl
off from the outside world. FIa1'
ton is 81 miles east of this plas
there are no telegraph Or islslA
lines.