The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1902-05-20

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harmless negroes and their homes viii
be protected at whatever cost and all
riotous conduct on the part Of anybody.
white or black, Will be met with what
ever force may be necessary 10 pre-
serve ORDER
WAYLAID BY NEGROES.
While returning to his home on ne
Mcpherson road yesterday afternoon,
former Policeman S. a. kerlin was way
lald by five negroes with whom he had
trouble while q membe Of the force.
But for the timely arrival of a trolley
car. which frightened his assailants
away. KerIin would have been killed.
A sergeant stationed at Fort Mcpherson,
who heard his cries for help, ran 10 the
place and found Kerlin unconscious.
At midnight County Policeman Golden
heard that Kerlin's five assailants We're
located in a house on Mcdaniel street
and he fastened to the city and secured
q warrant for their arrest from Justice
Orr.
Policeman Golden was joined by Off
GERS Osburn and Cheshire and accom-
panied by a number of Kerl;n's neigh
bcrs. including Owen Heard. the party
started for the hiding place of the five
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morning.
The house was dark, hut As the Off
GERS approached the inmates opened fire
and Owen Heard fel! to the ground. He
was borne out of range by his compan-
ions. The house was at once surround
e1 by the posse and daylight was await
ed before making another advance. The
officers, however, determined to make
the arrests unaided. The house in which
the negro Richardson was located be,
longed to Annie Milburn. also colorad.
Richardson owned the store adjoining
the house. Here he kept ammunition
and guns and was therefore We'll pre-
pared for a fight.
NEGROES OPEN FIRE.
At 6 o'clock this morning the group
of officers who had been H7atclinG the
house all night, approached the place
and called upon those within 20 surrer-
der. The answer was a Volley of shots
and County Officer Battle dropped dead.
The attacked party retreated some dis
lance and from behind trees and tele-
graph and trolley poles commenced 1ir-
ing into the store. In a few minute the
door of the house was thrown open ard
Will King, q negro ran out and gave
himself up TO the officers. Inside the
house Richardson had an unobstructed
view in three directions. One block
away Policeman Tom Grant stepped from
his shelter to fire into the house. \
shot from the beseised house killed him
before he could fire.
The attacking party sent word to po-
lice headquarters and Chief of Police
Ball dispatched the reserves to the scene
IL several patrol wagons.
The officers to whom King had given
himself up determined to make use of
the negro, and at the point of 4 rifle they
forced him to walk up to the rear of the
house and fire it. AS soon as the flames
started, the officers, eager to get the in
mates of the house, stepped out of their
shelter in every direction. Again there
was a shot from the house, and this time
Officer Edward Crabtree met death.
An instant later there was another
shot and County Policeman Robert Os-
burn fell dead.
The shooting had by this time attracted
hundreds of people and nearly every
man who came to the scene carried a
rife. The shooting into the house be-
came general, citizens and officers firing
together.
MILITIA OUI.
Governor Gambler was advised by tele-
phone of the rioting and ordered out the
militia. Captain W. w. Barker, Of the
Fifth regiment, was ordered to proceed
WIN nifty men and a platoon gun to the
scene Of the shooting and cooperate with
the city authorities and the sheriff of
Fulton county. Chief of Police Ball hur-
ried to thc scene on horse hack and was
lOinp1 n few Minutes l3tur nv Sp1p; re
]. w. Neims.
The desperate, Richardson. had been
lost sight of. The house burned rapidly
and 9 number OF inmates were seen 20
run to the store, to a woodshed and to
a barn in the next lot. Orders were
quickly given to fire these buildings and
in Il fHw minutes several Of the build
ings were burning.
w. r. Jackson, 4 street ear conGuc-
tor in uniform, was one OF these attract
ed to the scene by the shooting. AS he
was nearing the house he was shot in
the right hip, presumably by Ricnard-
son.
A negro cabman, driving a spectator to
the vicinity OF the rioting, was struck
in the hand by 4 bullet.
Call Officer Spradlin, speeding to the
scene on his bicycle, received a wound
in the arm.
A main sewer which runs through this
part of the city was utilized by two of
the negroes as q possible means If es-
cape, but to no avail. The crowd had
increased until not less than three thou
sand people, two thousands of whom were
armed, surrounded the burning area.
L OF THE SEWER TO DEATH
Milton Rosby. a negro, was seen to
emerge from the mouth of the sewer.
A shout went up and the fleeing negro
was shot dead. His body was surrounded
ana was literally shot to pieces.
The Grove of erraged citizens had
scarcely finished this work when another
negro was saen coming out Of the sewer.
He, too. made a run for life and man
& to get into the back yard of one