The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-04-10
SHOT THREE MEN no DEATH.
DEED OF DESPERATE NEGRO.
Sic Was Resisting Arrest when He
Opened Fire With "a Hfde--Be in
mud His Body Thrown Into "a Fire
5000 People Engaged.

Birmingham. Ala. April IA dis
patch from Tuscumbia. Ala, says:
Three men are dead, three more
1 slightly wounded and four seriously
wounded as the result of Sheriff Cas-
saway attempting TO arrest viii Reyn
olds. desperate negro.
The dead are: Hugh Jones. shot
through the head; Bob Wallace, viii
Reynolds.
Fatally wounded: Sheriff Charles
cassaway, shot through arm and alb
domen: Will Cassaway. shot through
abdomen: p. A. ProuI. shot through
stomach.
Seriously wounded: Payne,
shot through the chest: Jim Finney,
shot through the right shoulder: Rob
ert Patterson. shot through the leg;
Jesse Davis, shot through the jaw.
All the foregoing casualties except
the death Of Reynolds himself are the
result of the deadly fire of Reynolds
with a 45-calibre Winchester. The
negro was in turn riddled and thrown
into a Ere.
s-AANat eAk - ~ NAPtHfA sRA-ts-
iff Cassaway went 10 a negro settle
ment. "Kardstown," TO arrest VIII
Reynolds for obtaining merchandise
under false pretenses. The officer was
met by the negro, who opened fire
with a winchester. wounding the sher
iff and Immediately fred upon the
deputy, VIII cassaway. who was some
9aa ...rse o.pav ,,.arfu5Gv xrounffug
him.
AS soon as possible. every man IL
town who could procure a gun was in
the neighborhood. but owing TO the
location none dared 10 venture within
the open space. Dynamite was pro-
cured and the house in which the
negro was barrioaded was fred upon
but to no effect. AT o'clock. Captain
Simpson of the Wheeler rifles arrived
with u guns and 1000 cartridges
which were distributed among twelve
picked men. The company was sta
toned around the house and riddlea
II. but the negro had taken refuge In
the cellar and returned the fire. killing
Jones and wounding Finney. Coal oil
was then procured. and after four
hours OF hard work. the houses ad
Joining that in which the negro was
located were fired. About O'Clock
the house in which the negro was To-
Gated was fired by the Wheeler rifles,
who had arrived on the scene.
The negro took refuge in a shed and
opened fire. killing Wallace and
wounding Davis. but the people and
some mllitiamen riddled the negro.
and the crowd, numbering 1000 people,
grabbed the body and threw it into
the burning building. Wallace. wha
was killed. was closing in on the ne
gro who shot him through the body. /
His body fell in the burning debris. 4
but was recovered. Davis. Wallace I
and Falkner were the men who fred
the building.
Relic seekers cut off the negro's
fingers and such parts OF the body as /
could be procured.
Three houses were burned in the
srori 10 reach the negro.
Several horses were killed in the
,attle. II is rumored that the sheriff
Ind his brother can not live. So dead
Y was the negros aim that II was pos
iibiy an hour before the body of Proul
.ouid be recovered. Not a shot fired
" Reynolds failed TO count when
hose he was firing upon could be
,lainly seen by him. The excitement
oday was intense. but there is no fear
4 an uprising among the negroes. Full
y 5000 people from Florence and Shelf
eld were here and every surgeon in
he two towns was pressed into ser
ice.