The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-09-21
RAN ,I|N AMUCk.
Lawless Negroes Create a Row
and One Is Killed.
FlNALILl.iY CAPTURED.
A Party ofNegroes Start Out And
Attack q ayhl'e Man and His
Wlfein Their Home
Without Any

Cause.
A dispatch from Anderson to Th
Nsws and Courier tells strange tall
about the$doings of some crazy O
Aru7ken neesoes In Andersoa County
The troubls took place Ttur4da,
night and asia result OF it ono negro
ls dead and three others wore lodged
In jail. TWosof them b&ve been cx
amined for lnnaoy and 1ill prohab!,
ne sant to tho Asylum,
They sre undoubtedly craz,d wi.f
religious frenzy. They talk l. rat onal.
ly and Imagine they are idol breakers
having destroyed much valuable prop.
erty In tbeirShouseS, suoh ag pictures
mirrors, clocks, and MUSICAL instru.
nents. O.esof those In jill ia quite
SERIOUSLY wounded, having thre. bull
let's in his body.
The desdf negro is said to havs
been 4 n0gropf prcminet and worth
several thousand dollars. Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. Long, who wee at.aoye1
oy the negroes, are both quite bsdl,
hurt, havipgobeen assailed with rocks
DR. Tripp, who was shot In the cap
ture of the nag1 .es, is seriously
wounded, bptwill recov.r 1t ia sale
chat he was shot by one OF his owl
aarty by mjatak9. He WAS wounded
In the breast.
The negroes, 1t seems, started .out
IN regular rampage, and first ab,
backed house occupied by their own
race. They struck terror to the
hearts OF the Inmates and they fed
The negroes proceeded to the house
OF Nh. Ling, who la prominent
cltzSn OF thahss c:ion, and assailed Mr..
md mrs. Long with rook, and wound.
20 them badly. AS soon as the re-
ports CT the;outrage went out q crowd
gathered to8bsgin Lult for the ne
groe They were aurrcunded in o
house and AFTER several shots were
hred by both'sides they were captu,
cd. 1t waBSili this skirmish With the
negroes that DR.. Trip aud the
oegroes wels8 wounded. The one
who died EH.named Red and he
was badlv SIT, up Toe two who
: = insnep ku1sauuauy ere
VIII %say Anderson, uncle
and nepneW. ~
Deputy SCOTT, who made the
arrests Ct the negroes, reports that
che house In which the men were
captured was o complete wreck 80 far
as the furnishings were concerned.
Nearly every article of house hold
adornmentl was broken into pieces,
dhe negroca claiming that such thinRs
were idols aud should be DESTROYED
They claim that there must b0 re
vnlution among the people and that
they must change their manner Of
living. 1t is plainly case Of rel'gi
Gus fanaticism carried to an alarming
: x ent and Is something out of the
ordinary In this, State.
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT
1t seems that the religious frenz;
story published by The News and
Courisr and copied above ia all o hoax
as the following account of the
6rouDlf, Whioh WAS sent the Spartan
burg Journal from Greenville, will
show. The diSpatch from Greenville
says So the result of clash betweeu
two officers and atout ten men on one
aide and score or more Of negroes or
the other side, near Piedmont, Ander.
lon County, late Thursday afternoon,
one negro Ia deAd and several other
persons, white and bla ,k, are Injured.
The dispatch says Thursday morn.
ing q warrant was issu d for the ARE 81
OF BIZ Henderson. q negro, on the
charge Of attempting to assault Mrs
.. nj. Long. q we'll known farm er'l
wife. The cffioers left at once for tho
Vicinity of Piedmont, where the mar
wanted was reported to be at tht
5ime. Before arriving ahCre they le:rn
ed that the negroes In tneh r,cuit,
we're preparing to put Up y n9h in 81
effort to prevent the arrtSE Of Honder
3on. The ofii3ers sought No e.le ,gtnei
their force by the addition Of q & n!
men whom they enlisted IN Mat neign
oorhood. M Is. Long accJaupsniod b,
party for the purpose Of l,lentify!n.
the negro.
When the party arrived at tho hous
where 1T was reported that Header
son was staying they found tho plac
Darrlcaded and the armed negroes o.
the outside. After discussing the sit
ustion ohe cffloers decided to storr
the improvised fortress. Then til
filing began and continued for fftes
minutes. Whom the smoke cleare
away the result was found to be a
above stated. The negro was finall
arrested and lodged In jail. There wa
no excitement or threats to lyno
him.