The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-08-17
me WOUNDED MAN DEAD
I'll ANDERSON, COLORED, DIED
EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.
hamilton tn. White Man, Had an Oper-
alton Performed and Is in Serious
Condition.

As sequel to the conhtc. between the
FhIte oil tank builders and the colored
bug at the creosoting works on Friday
|Fc men are dead and two wounded, one
\ fiously and one of the white men under
fHst has scalp wound or two and an
Irhng head from contact with the butt
gun. No arrests of colored men have
Pen made as yet. -Four of the white men
etssted have been held to the grand jury
me charges Of murder and assault to
[Mder including the wounded man Hamll-
fI These have admitted being present in
Pe sAlrmish but say the others were not
i any way concerned In the shooting. Ii,
! represented by some of the witnesses,
PER- were s!N or more men implicated in
saoo ing they have not been arrest&1
s'ustce Matthew's yesterday held Jack
Btod, Ed Smizcr Howard Lawson and
snk Hamilton to the grand jury on the
EaFse Of murder Il connection with the
&alas Of William Anderson and Nelson
3'Ha1l eo'ored The same four persons
Il also helA on the charge of assault to
Vi SalrloS Jefferson, colored. The
"a '''''F IA g uttu uIAlll4S stu,
a s"l i'dldd.i died yesterday morning as
sul oi injuries received in the con
"A !, petWfcn tho whites and blacks. HIS
~ occurred at = o'clock, but was NOT
&YL.td 10 Justice Matthews until late IN
n afternoon.
BEFORE THE CORONER.
ssHc' Matthews heard the testimony
sf'aaF Of Henry Bradley and j. j. JET.
sVn Two Of tae negro workmen, as fol-
n'ary Bradley knew the deceased; nc
dsa r Ro}i' gu as laborer by the Southern
ts M'FoAd company at the creosote
ne worked at night and | In the
j sh,, aiteiloon about p. m. | heard
ma anu ran H. the direction OF the
SsW The deceased held on either
waite men; a third man, armed
n s,ena SNll' stood on; he raised his arm
me- toSi az bl!i Anderson: two more re-,
epnd, ',o"eu dhd the deceased fell to the
m sVVtral more shots were fred later;
ny Unable t. say whether or not any
rero wv uend man. The man who held
|, raier snapped his gun Mt me rs he
Ssor.as away ne Is now In the custody
plIco,n. anderson. In ALL six men were
s M n but am uuacquainted with
(sn 4@ Tt could, however, identity
cwn 10 cause Of the trouble is un'
'se and married.
I'M 4 :, SeIerson-- Having heard the state.
a M nshry Bradley, the same is true
Ia sa'd parties shot at me twice and
M uu lodged behind the piles to save
I'M, Al I saw the man shoot Bill Ander-
j. Indsl uip not see the man shoot Nelson
4 ne sh tah Identify the six men who
ssn,cmen in the employ Of the South
Fsclnc Railway company who resides
sSl.. scene of the occurrence. visited
stAi rooms OF The Post yesterday
res ~. statement showing what oc.
IN = Inc main trouble had quieted
eot. ~ THIS story 1t would seem that
. len 49,, meh secured arms from some
board,r.ssl o Tor the crew who occupied
lows cars. His account was as
Tie crsns nx the account OF the tragedy
Y an sccc,, WORKS yesterday there was
psats and OF the affair by negro par
Os,ly =, uld not see all that toot niace
Tte man the occurrence | saw two
tSsea hS running down LYONS avenue
rhite mo- scrue fifteen or sixteen negroes
eid WincSbo were unarmed. The negroes
y we're arins l err shotguns and pistols
eeed In bi,tI.R on these men, but did not
nj 10 orde.h them. l make this state.
soesS wss aet 70 show that the aggres.
% thn mn "a the part OF the negroes and
part OF the whites"
b. VA, above IT would appear that
i been som some disorder after the arrests
bowed aue and the dead and wounded
Ae sept,"nush nobody was Injured.
men men further said that the col
very nanaployed about the works have
eact yerssy and boisterous, and their
heats Of er .hy obnoxious to the white
have bsaInn me neiGhborhood ever since
the horsem employed at the works. II
no Witt nome OF this gentlemen that
by H. men took shelter when DUR.
44ll teiured MEN an hova statad