The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-04-10
.A DESPERATE BLACK NAN.
He Killed Two Men and Wounded
Seven While Fighting
Against Arrest.
THREE Of THf WOUNDED GAN NOT LIVE.
Thre~ Hos.~s Burned In an EHor' to
Snoks the Murderer pat The nrs-
p-rsdo Finally HlddIsd with nuiiets
amt His iIody Thrswa ihto Burn!nE
nnildtna.

birmingham, Ala, April a spc'
cinl 10 thr Agr-IIcrald from Tuscum
biu, Ala, says:
Three men are dead, three muriat
ly wounded and four seriously ~ uund,
Ell as the rrsuit Of sheriff Gazsagay
attempting, yesterday. to arrest VIII
Rcyuoila, - desperate nrrr1. Tho
dead nre.
Hugh Jones, shot through head.
bob Wallace.
VIII Reynolds.
The iatniiy wuundrd are:
sheriff Charles Gassawuv. shot
through the arm and ahfiourls.
VIII GHssaway. shot through alb
domru.
p. A. Pront, shot througn II 'mach
Seriously wounded: ruypr
shot through chest: Jim Finury, shot
through right shoulder. Ephrri Pat
tcrsou, shot through leg, jrssc bn'is
shot through jaw.
Al the casualties, "Vccpi the death
of Reynolds. arr the ~t,uit IN,
deadly fire ~ Reynolds with lJ cnl
ibcr Winchester. The negro vla, %
his turn, riddled snd thrown into o
fire
Yesterday morning al n u'cluCk
sheriff Gassaway went tu e urgru art.
ticment, "KBnrdtuWn." 60 arrest Bry.
nolds for obtaining gpods ind - false
prctcnse. The officer was turt by 'hc
negro, who opened fire Hi'h Win.
chester. wuundiug the leriE and i'm.
mediately firing upon the deputy
win Gassavuy, who was some thi,c
hundred yards away, mor'all. wound.
ing him.
As snua on possible, ever man Ia
town who could procure a gun na in
the ncighborhood, but uwing =" N,
location mo- onc dared to venture
within the open space.
Dynamite was procured, and the
house In which the negro was bIrri
cahrd was fired upon, but 10 No Il.
feet
~ one O'Clock Capt, simpson, - the
Wheeler rifles, arrived, with - gums
and 1000 cart ridges, which were dr.
tributcd among ~ pirKer men Thi-
company was stationed around ihC
house, and riddled IL, but ihr hrgrr
had taken refuge in the '"llnr. and
returned the fire, killing lrurs an
wuundinR Fiuncy.
Goal nil was then pro, ,Hrrrd. nnI
after four hours ~ hard work he
houses adjoining shat IN which the
negro was located were ir"d.
Nbuut eight o'clock the house H.
which the negro was located wa,
fired by the Wha-ler rifles. who hao
arrived On the scene. The negro to;,t
refuge in . shed, and upcncd fire
Milling Wallace and wounding Davis
bat the people and zul,c militinmau
riddlrd the negro, and the crowd
numbering some one hundred. grabbed
the body anu threw IL in the burning
building
Wallace. who was killed. wa clos.
ing in un the negro. who shot HIM
through the abdomen, His body fell
IN the burning debris, but ,uS tc.
covered. Davis. Wallace and Falknrr
were the men who fred the building
Relic seekers cut ~ the negrpr
fingers and such parts NJ the body as
could hc procured. Three houses
were burned In the effort to reach the
negro.
Several horses were killed IN the
battle. II ~ reported that the sEer.
IN and his brother ran not live. So
deadly was the negro's aim that Il
was possibly nn hour before the body
of Pruut could be recovered. Not a
shot fired by Reynolds failed 20
count when those he was firing upnn
could he plainly seen by him.
The excitement Is intense but there
Is no fear Of an uprising among the
negroes.