The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-07-02
BLOODY RIOT AT LANGLEY,
Two Negroes Shot to Death and
eNine White Men Badly Hurt.

of the Southern Railway that leave
Augusta late in the afternoon, which
was followed by the lynching of tw,
negroes who had been wounded in th,
riot and placed in the calaboose a
Langley. A number of negroes wer,
on the train, and by the time the sub
urbs of the city were reached they be-
came boisterous and disorderly. A
number were under the influence OF
liquor, were armed and spelling for q
fight. Several times they had Difficult.
ties among themselves, but they were
of minor nature. The conductor and
train crew tried to keep them quiet
but did not succeed.
There are two stores as tn the way
the difficulty between the whites and
blacks was precipitated, and both are
given as follows:
One is to the effect that row was
in progress among the negroes, and
Mr.. John Mcdaniel interfered in the
interest Of peace. After few words
with one negro, MIR. Mcdaniel was
struck, and at once sailed in and knock
ed the negro down. Several other ne
groes attacked Mr.. Mcdaniel and few
white men Cd the tram went to his
assistance.
A second statement is to the effect
that Mr.. Mcdaniel was passing through
the car and was insulted by negro,
said to be Collier. He resented tho
insult, and the two were quickly ex-
changing blows. The fight spread, the
negroes trying to double team on
him, and other white men going to the
rescue.
The riot began just as the train was
passing up to the water tank, which Is
some distance from the Langley sta.
ton. The negroes were armed with
pistols, while the white men were not.
They had only pocket knives and such
other weapons as they could hastily
pick up. Pistols began to fire, windows
in the car were smashed, and the racket
soon had the whole village of Langley
in an intense state of excitement.
Although outnumbered by supe,
riorly armed force, the white men on
the train were making brave stand.
The train officers endeayored to auel
the riot, but without success. Finally
the conductor signalled the engineer
to pull the train on down to the station,
hoping that there the or!icers would be
able, assisted by the citizens of the
village, to put an end to the fighting
and arrest the ring-leaders.
A large crowd was at the depot,
many attracted by the report of the
pistols and the racket of the melee on
the train. 1t did not take them mo-
ment to recognize what was the situa-
tion and many went to the rescue of
the white men on the train. In the
meantime the negroes were endeavor.
ing to make their escape, recognizing
that they were In a hornets nest
They were met by the white rescuers,
and fighting was resumed, even more
tiercely than at first. For several
minutes it was raging both inside and
outside of the train at the station.
Most of the white men were not
looking for any trouble and had no
arms. They could only brirg into re-
QUESTION pocket knives and sticks.
Several had baseball bats. The riot
finally subsidized, the negroes having got
off the train on the side away from the
station and racing for the woods. In
short order they were followed by
searching parties, who were determined
on revenge.
When the train pulled out of the
station some of the combatants were
still on board, and it is reported some
were turned over to the officers at
Aiken and at Graniteville.
DIR. w. @. Baker, of Langley. who
with an assistant attended all the
wounded men, reported one of the ne.
groes named Collins as cut to pieces,
with over dozen serious knife wounds
about the head and neck, but still hav-
ing living chance. The other negro,
Wyatt Holmes, was cut in the neck :,
but not dangerously. His pistol had
not been fired and he claims to have
taken no part in the riot.
The wounded white men were Ony
Carter, shot in right side, bullet not
found; dangerously.
The Others are not seriously wound
ed, and are as follows: William Cali
cut, cut on shoulder John Mcdaniel,
shot through left shoulder and bullet
in right arm Alvin Corley, bullet IN
right thigh Fired Harley, glancing
shot on forehead and cut on left shoul-
der Wyley Lowe, bad sash on left
shoulder John Anderson, bullet flesh
wound below knee Q. b. Williams
bullet in left law Berry Davis, beat
over head with pistol.
The people of the town of Langley
and from the surrounding country
were deeply outraged as the news
spread, and the Indignation grew as
the crowd increased. Mutteringt
against the two wounded negroes un
der arrest were heard, and as the nigh
went on and the wounds of thu
white men were discussed, the convic
tion grew that the two negroes in th,
calaboose were in serious danger.
Between IL and IL O'Clock tn,
crowds in the streets of Langley ha,
been greatly augmented by men com
ing in from all directions and the mo-
moved on the jall. Entrance wa
forced and when the two wounde,
negroes were discovered the crow,
began emptying their pistols int
them and they we've soon shot t
death.
| 1t is reported that half n dozen ne
groes were wounded i'm the origins
riot, but only these two were caught @
Langley. Whether others have bee
apprehended and dealt with elsewher
is not known.
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