Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1906-12-28
.ONE DOZEN Arb DEAD
This Is Believed the Number Put
TO Death.
NICHOLS0N!S KILLING
Murder Of This Law Abiding Negro
Declared One Of the Most I'm.
provoked Since the he
construction Days.

New Orleans. Dec. 27.-That white
men with their own bodies protected
innocent negroes and every effort Il
being made by whites to punish those
"hoodlums" OF their own race who are
responsible for the Christmas riots In
kemper county. Mississippi. is the In
formation in detailed accounts arriy
Ing here Thursday direct from the M
tie towns which were the scenes OF
bloodshed.
"A conference has been held" these
dispatches say. between civil and
military authorities. in which evidence
was produced that establishes the iden.
tity OF Eve white men OF good families
Of the county who took part In the
trouble. II is claimed these men also
attempted to shoot Deputy Sheriff
Alexander.
District Attorney Currie made pub.
lie a statement In which he SAYS: Il
hnd upon investigation the trouble was
caused by lot OF hoodlums and out.
laws who openly violated all the laws
OF God and man and decency. -Four
men we're killed Christmas day not
connected with the affair In any man.
ner, and ! am informed houses were
burned occupied by negroes who we're
not even In sympathy with any OF
those who were connected with the
outrages. These men will be captured
II In the power OF the state OF Missis-
sippi 20 do so. and they will be made
10 answer for the violation OF the law
OF the land"
Dispatches say the total death list
u probably twelve. The mob element
among the whites mostly fed toward
the Alabama strto line while the ne
grces In terror gathered az scooba
and Wahalak an placed themselves
under the protection OF troops or citi.
Iens.
The killing OF a negro named Calvin
Nicholson Is referred 20 as zone OF
the most brutal which has occurred
since the days OF reconstruction. "
Nicholson was a negro OF the best
class ana unusually weil-to-do. While
posse was searching for a negro
named Simpson. who killed a deputy,
they entered Nicholson's house. and
several persons began shooting al him.
Deputy Sheriff Alexander and two
others rushed 20 the negro. shielding
him with their bodies. They protect.
ed him until overpowered, after which
ne was shot and his house burned
District Attorney Currie says he fixed
the blame for murder upon three men
and VIII arrest them II they are stiIl
IN the state.
Governor Vardaman arrived AZ scoo-
ba shortly after midnight Wednesday
night He was accompanied By Adiu.
tant General Fridge and the Jackson
military company After conferring
with Colonel McCants. District Attor.
ney Currie and others the governor
announced that II had been determined
three companies OF troops might safe
" be returned 20 their homes. leaving
the situation TO be taken care OF BY
the remaining command The men
LETT for their homes before 7 o'clock
Thursday morning Governor Varda.
man said he did not think there was
any danger OF a further uprising what.
eever. He referred TO the woundlng
OF Conductor Cooper by a lot OF
drunken negroes" as an atrocious
crime: that the whole trouble would
be thoroughly investigated. and he
then would have more to say. The
governor left for the interior 20 in.
vestigate Affairs there and return In
time 10 catch n train for Jackson.