The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-12-28
 NEGROES
 PROTECTED Whites Fought for Inno-
 cent Ones. 10 PROSECUTE HooDLUMS District Attorney Has Names of Those Responsible. Declares That Rumans at scooba Kill- sd Blacks Who Were Not Even Ia Sympathy witA Their
 Eaeemen.
TO PROSECUTE HooDLUMS

New Orleans. Dec. 2T--That white men with their own bodies protected innocent negroes and that every eff fort is making by the whites to punish those .'hoodlura" Of their own race who were responsible for the Christmas riots In Kemper County, Mlss., was the information in detailed accounts arrtv- ing here early today direct from the little towns which were the scene of the blondshed
 A conference has been held." these aespatches say. between civil and mil- itary authorities at which evidence was produced that will establish the fdenf- tty of Ave white men of good families of the county who took part in the lynchinga-
 Tt Is claimed that these men also attamptet to shoot Deputy Sherif Alex ander. District Attorney Currie has made a public statement in which he says; find upon an investigation, that the trouble was caused by a lot Of hoodlums and outlaws. who openly vio- lated all laws of God and man and de cency.
 The four men killed Christmas day were not coDne"ted with the affair tn any manner. and am informed that the houses burned were occupied by negroes who were mt even in sympa- thy with any of those who were con nected with the outrages These men win be captured. if 1t is in tho power of the State of MississiL pi to do so, and they will be made to answer for their violation of the law of the land
 The dispatches say that the total death list Is probably twelve; that the mob element among the white has mostly fed toward the Alabama State line, while negroes in terror gathered at Scooba and Wahalax to place them In nF or of citizens.
 The Killing of a negro named Calvin Nicholson Is referred to as "one of the most brutal which h occurred since the days of the reconstruction. Men olson was a negro of the best class, unusually well to do. While posse was searching for a negro named Simp- son. who had killed deputy they en- tered Nicholson's house and several sseveons tbeBan shooting at him. Depu- ty Sheriff AIeyender md two others rushed to the negro, shielding him with their bodies. They protected him until overpowered, after which he was shot and his house burned. Distri ! Attorney Currie says that he has fixed the blame for this murder upon three men and will arrest them if they are still in the State.
 Governor Vardaman arrived shortly after midnight last night. He was ac- companied by Adjutant General Fridge and the Jackson military company. Af- ter comforting with Colonel Sam Mc- rants. District Attorney J. H currie and others, the Governor announced mat 1t had been determined th4t three companies of the troops might safely he returned to their homes, leaving the situation to be taken care of by the remaining command. The men left for their homes before z o'clock this morn- ing
 Governor vardaman said he did not think there was any danger of further uprising whatever the ,eeling against negroes in Kemper county' He referred I'd inc wbunding of Conductor Cooper, 'by lot of drunken negroes" as an atrocious crime; that the whole trouble will be thoroughly investigated today and that he will then have more to say"