The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1901-11-01
A LOUISIANA RACE moi.
Three White Men and Eleven N.
groes Killed In a Riot in
Washington Parish, La.
TROUBLE OCCURRED AT CAMP MEETING
A Negro Giri Among the slain I'M. -
r'bi" Encounter Took rIao. Near IN.
Scene Of = Burning mt the st,Ls !,
Negro. which Occurred Eeccnti, Ma.
Trouble Expected.

New Orleans, Oct. -. Th. ~. 4
yune's Amite City special sa,s
Three white men and M ne.,.
killed in a race riot" is the s,ar,l,,,
and terrible news received to.pioh,
from Washington parish. lonr ~.
respondent has just conycrsed Mn :.
man from Franklinton. Who confirm.
his information, but he know, MAJ
ing of what has happened Since w.
terday evening. The first news al
I he race riot was brought here to-day
by Cornelius Nixon, who. win III
mother, left from near Frankl,uto,
this morning. He stated that ubi,s
men came into Franklinton Al iva
O'Clock this morning, seeking helm
saying that the negroes were M !,
arms and threatening to cxtermina,,
the whites.
The scene of the trouble * n q,
near Balltown, where negro va,
burned last week for criniinally A.
saulting n white woman. This w,.
not the cause, however, OF the mur.
ders yesterday, in which three whit,
men and II negroes were killed and |
several wounded. Mr.. Nixon saw ana
talked with many men from the scens
and said more and worse trouble was
expected to-day, as armed men We're
fiocking TO the scene. and H. was ".
ported that the blacks were equally
active in preparing for battle.
j. II. Carter arrived from Franklin.
ton little after dark tonight and
told your correspondent thar the Stu
alton was terrible, and that more
trouble was feared He said that Joe
Seals and Charles Elliott and another
white man whose name he ana mol
know. were dead. and +. H. rhomr-
son. a white man, was wounded. and
that IL negroes were dead His IN
formation was up 10 last night and
was obtained from persons who went
TO Franklinton for help AZ ihrs
O'Clock this morning posse let, |
Franklinton for the scene of battle. 10 |
charge of Sheriff Simmons. ami from
all over the country armed men weN
hurrying TO the same place. Mr.. Car
ter said that 500 men were probably
under arms to-day in Washington
parish.
The trouble occurred Mt Il negro
camp meeting, and the origin. as near
as can be ascertained, was as follows:
Greer Lott. a negro. was running
refreshment stand, and constable 4
white man. name not given. went %
him and asked for his license. He had
none, and became impudent. cursed
the constable and defied him The
constable withdrew and obtained as
sistancc. lie 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 negro
preacher named Connolly rushed ouI
Of house with gun in hand, o..
tempting To shoot, and was killed
His daughter was also killed
tnouSh ~ II Sdiu BIC WIS d''iNNAt"t9
shot.
In the shooting which followed an
other white man was killed and Z. i
Thompson wounded. and seven q
eight negroes we're killed. The shoot
ing had no direct connection with th
burning Of the negro Morris in that
section last week. but il is undoHnid'
~ a sequel TO that tragic event. Sne
that time il is reported that the ne
groes have been holding nightly meet
ings preparing to attack the whites
Balltown is about twenty nue.
from Franklinton. in sparsely se''
tied section. IL is almost entirely en-
off from the outside world. Franklin.
ton is q miles east of this place. ana
there are no telegraph or tclrphone
lines.