The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-09-19
Lawless Negroes Create a Row
and One Is Killed.
FINALLY CAPTURHl
A Party of Negroes Start 0at And
Attack White Man and His
Wife in Their Hcme
Without Any

a dispatch from Anderson to Th
News and Courier tells a strange tai
about the doings Of some crazy G
druaken negroes In Anderson County
TIE trouble took place Thuesda,
night and as a result ot it one negr
is dead and three Others we're lodge,
10 jail. Two Of then hsve been &
anined for lunsoy anC siil protab,!
oe sent to the Asylum.
They are undoubtedly crsz.d Will
religious frerzY. They talk irrational
ly and imagine they are idol breakers
having destroyed much yslusble prop
erty in their houses, eucb as pictrrss
mirrors, clocks, and musical i1stru
uents. Oae Of those in js1l ia quite
seriously wounded, having three bull
let's in his body.
The dead negro is said to havs
been . negro Of prcm:ne: c. and wortl
5ev=ral thousand dollars. Mr.. anc
Mrs. Jas. Long, who we:e ATTACKED
by the negroes, are both quite bedlJ
hurt. having been sssailed with rocks
DR.. Tripp, who was shot In the cap.
cure Of the negroes, is seriously
wounded, but will recover. 1t is ssic
that be was shot by one Of bis OWE
oaray by mistake. He was wounded
IN the breast.
The negroes, it seems, started Gu.
On a regular rampage, and first at.
5scked q house occupied by their OWE
race. They struck terror to the
hearts Of the inmates and they fed
The negroes proceeded to the house
OF Mr.. Long, who is prominent
cistZsn OF that secsicr, aud assailed MI.
ind Mrs. Long With rock, and wound.
ed them badly. AS soon as the re-
ports Ct the outrage went out crowd
gathered to begin a hunt for the ne
groe. They we're surrounded in a
house and after several shots were
fired by both sides they were captur
ed. I5 was In this skirmish with the
negroes that Dr.. Trtpp and the
neg:oes were wounded. The one
who 6ied was named Rsed and he
vas badly shot up. Tne two who
nave been examined for lunacy are
William and E-sey Anderson, uncle
and nephew.
Deputy Scott, who made the
arrests It the negroes, reports that
the house in which the mer were
captured was complete wreck 80 far
az the furnishings were concerned.
Nearly every article Of household
adornnent was broken Into pieces,
the negroes claiming that such things
were idols and should be destroyed.
They claim that there must be re
volution among the people and that
they must change their manner OF
living. II Is plainly case Of re!'gi
Gus fanaticism carried to an alarming
exsent and is something cut OF the
ordinary In this State.
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT.
It seems that the religious freDz.
story published by The News and
Courier and copied above 1s all q hoax.
as the following account OF the
trouble, which was sent the Spartan
burg Journal from Greenville, will
show. The diapatch from GreenVille
says as the result Of q CLAM between
two officers and atout ten men on one
side and score OF more Of negroes on
the other side, near Piedmont, Ande1-
son County, late Thursday afternoon,
one negro is deld and several other
PERSONS, white and bla *, are injured.
The dispatch says Thursday morn.
ing a warrant was issu d for the arrest
OF Bill Henderson, a negro, on the
Charge cf attempting to assault Mrs
o. M. Long. a we'll known farmers
wife. The officers lott at once for the
vicinity of Piedmont, where the mar
wanted was reported tc be st the
time. Before arriving there they learn
ed that the negroes in th.t vicinity
we're preparing to put rp i 6gh; 10 Al
effort to prevent the Arrest ot Handler
son. The cfaoers sought 30 slEe~ ~gaae1
their force by the addition Of Il u
men whom they enlisted in snat neign
borhood. Mrs. Long acc ,mpaoied 10:
party for the purpose Of identifyln.
the negro.
When the party arrived at tie hcua
where it was reported that HSndes
son was staying they found tue piac'
barricaded and the armed negroes o.
the OUTSIDE. After discussing the SIT
uasion ohe officers decided to sto.'
the improvised fortress. Then To-
firing began and continued tor hftet'
minutes. When the smoke clearet
away the result was found to be q
above stated. The negro was hnall.
arrested and lodged In jail. There wa
40 excitement or threats to lyncl
him.
Vsry Sad Death.
Dlo,oroa Mss Atnr1ov tn