The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1906-03-07
VICIt,US M sB
TAKE HE Town AND TIRE ATEN
TO KILL NEGROES.
And heir Eouses Set on Fire Because
White Brakeman Had
Been Eurt.


Oal,, was TIE scene OF much disorder
IN acccuat Ct the shooting OF a white
n-ak" nan ramed NJ. NJ. Davis o!
P:eston Laio and Edgar D7sn, cClore d
botl If Wacm had teen placsl und>F
arres5 and bf cause Of threatened
iyEc5ing hui lled uacer cover Of dark
1ess by he authorities to Dayton ,
~here shey are now safely lodged il
i'll. Wnen the mob leaned that the
prisoners lad bsea taken from Spr;oG-
Il Id il nent to that part OF fowl
knovn as tie Jungle" inhabited BY
col'rad people, and began to burr
sud loot dwelling hous=s ana saloons.
At lest six dwellings we're burced
aud the contents OF Que saloon looteeo
a force Of IS uem bers Of local military
clmpanie5 are guarding the scene
Hhere the mob ho(ds sway.
Mayer Todd shortly after 8 O'Clock
a a.k>d that c mpsnies OF the Tniro
regiment, Oaio National Guard, be
called out. TIE mob soon reached
q 'Jurg?es" and battered one house
to pieces with stones and posts used
.s battering rams. a general fire
alarm YVES sounded. The sounding OF
the gongs served to fill the street With
people and the feeling in the CROWDS
was tense. The mob entered K4mp-
ler's saloon in East Colum oia street
ard quickly looted it.
Kempler and his wife had, leaving
tteir three little children asleep in q
room over the saloon. The building
aas riddled With bullets and stones
and 1t was only by men that way
was forced through the mob and the
children rescued. After the pillaging
of the saloon drunkenness was an
added feature Of the riot. At II
c'c,ock members Of the mob o1oke
though a cordcn Of police ank set
Il, to a house in the Juugles, %
@h;ch was quickly burned down.
S rgeant Cresger, who had charge
u lls iqlsd Of police, was hit on the
head WiUa brick and seriously wour-
Gsd. a r.Q2est was sent out 10 o.
clock for tie X,dia military com pany.
At ni1night six houses, which had
been fred by the mob, were burning
6e; csly and the pohce had apparent
ly lost con troll OF the situation. Only
six members Of the local militia res-
ponded to the mayors call and sthe
Xsnia c,mpany, which was expected
had not arrived.
Sheriff Almoney wired Governor
Patterson the following: Send all
possible troops and hold Others In
readiness for tomorrow" Sergesnt
Crsager, the policeman hit In the
face WITH q brick, Is In a serious c,n
diticn. The mob is stoning and j@er.
ing the niliti2men, ut q show OF
bayonets has suffered so far to keep
the rioters on the move The runor
that out OF town troops are mona d
tsrily expected is having q quieting
effect on the mob.
The city authorities succeeded at
IL is O'Clock Wednesday in assemo bling
Companies 3. and @. OF the third reg.
inent, O. n. g., which are stationed
here. The total force runbers about
IS men. They are now on The scene
OF the fire ard have pushed the mob
back both ways in Columbia street,
east from Wafer street and west from
Foster street.. Just as the troopS ar
rived one more building was fred ano
no forts we're made 10 save it, tie
police, freneD and this gIarosm q
ere nov directing their Efforts lo
forcing the rioters back and saving
the property outside OF the doomed
square.
The militia were assembled only IL
the nick # time, as the mob had been
aroused to a frerzj OF rage and threat
ened to epeat the scenes OF March Z,
1904, when Richard D xoa was lyncn
ed before the troops ecu d prevent 1t
Tie police will make 10 arrests In
connection With the rioting.
Davis, the brakeman, is still allV>
at hospital, but there are no nope:
cf bis recovery. Two companies u
the Tnird regiment are on duty at the
scene. a Company OF the Ninth BAT.
tallion, negro troops, is held in read
mess ia the armory.
The burned district comprises less
1Aar city block. The tu1olng.
we're ell ctesp tenemtEts. WneI
the police and ire department were
unaoie 10 cope with the situation
Mayor Todd called up the acjutanf
general on long dista CO telephone
and asked assistance. Mayor Kiefel
had grsa5 difficulty in getting tne
militia mcn to respond to the call tc
assemble at Tire armGrV.
Hanged Themselves.
a dispatch from Colqult, Ca, tc
the Atlanta Journal says the coroner
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