The Savannah morning news., 1902-06-29
RACE RIOT ON TRAIN
SERIOUS AFFAIR NEAR AUGUSTA
YESTERDAY.
TEN WHITE MEN WOUNDED.
TWO NEGROES LATER KILLED BY
MOB AT LANGLEY.

Southern Train Leaving Augusta at
d. m. Scene of Bloody Affair.
Whites and Negroes Mixed 1t Up
and Pistols and KNIVES Were
Freely Used-The Fighting Con-
tinued Around the station at
Langley Where Two wounded Ne
groes Were Captured-These Were
Placed in CalabOose and SIaugh-
tered by Mob Later.
Augusta, June 2S.-There was a Sc
rious riot on board the Southern Rail-
way train that left Augusta about p.
stopped at the water tank at Langley,
s miles from Augusta there was some
trouble between several negroes and a
white man named John Mcdaniel The
negroes had been drinking and were
? in an ugly and boisterous mood. A
fight was begun, and pretty soon was
general between the white men and
negroes in the car. Pistols and knives
were called into play by both sides,
and the conductor pulled the train UP
police help at Langley. AS the train
stopped at Langley, some of the COM
batants rushed out and the fighting
between whites and blacks became
general on the train and all around
the station. The negroes engaged in the
fighting fled in all directions, and
when the smoke of battle cleared away,
there were only two negroes captured
and there were ten white men with
pistol or knife wounds. 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 officers at Aiken and possibly at
Graniteville, stations further on, but
communication has not been secured
with these towns.
DR.. w. c. Baker of Langley, who.
with an assistant, attended all the
wounded men, reports one of the ne
groes named Collins cut to pieces, hav-
ing over dozen serious knife wounds
about the head and neck, but still hav-
ing living chance The other ne
gro, Wyatt Holmes, was cut in the
neck, not dangerously. His pistol had
not been fired, and he claims to have
taken no part in the riot.
The wounded whites were: Only
Carter, shot in right side, bullet not
found, dangerous; the others, not Sc
rious, are as follows: William Calicut,
cut on shoulder; John Mcdaniel, shot
through left shoulder and bullet in
right arm; Alvin Corley, bullet in
right thigh; Fred Harley, gIancing
shot on forehead, and cut on left
shoulder; Wiley Lowe, bad cash on
left. shoulder; John Anderson, bullet
flesh wound below knee; c. w. Will
liams, bullet in left jaw; Berry Davis,
hit over head with pistol.
The Lynching at Langley.
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. Mutterinss
against the two wounded negroes in
the calaboose were heard, and as the
night came on and the wounds of the
white men were discussed, the convic-
ton grew that the two negroes in the
calaboose were in serious danger. Be-
tween IL and II o'clock the crowds in
the streets of Langley had been great
ly augmented by men coming in from
all directions and the mob moved on
the Jail. Entrance was forced, and
when the two wounded negroes were
discovered the crowd started emptying
their pistols into them, and they were
soon shot to death. 1t is reported that
half a dozen negroes were wounded in
the original riot, but only these two
were caught at Langley Whether
others have been apprehended and
dealt with elsewhere is not known.