St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-10-26

door, and behind them was the col
ored boy, John Siberian. The lat
ter was advanced in front, and thu
demand was again made as to wht
had Cut him. There was some tur'
moiI among the flock, and suddenly
the lights went out. Then came
cries OF ''we'lI die before we GO te
JAIL" and shot was fred
Instantly the officers had their re-
voIvers in their hands and com.
menced firing into the crowded
room. The fire was returned and
revo!vers as we'll as shotguns were
used, as was subsequently learned
from the nature Of the wounds in.
flicted. Sergeant Whratley was
shot in the left breast, the ;oall, evil
IDENTIFY revolver bullet, striking
him just above the heart.
Knives were also flashed and the
police, being at a disadvantage,
beat retreat. Cambias hung back
and as the negroes swamed out 10
pursuit of the officers he seized one
of them aud got as far as the front
gate with him. Meantime Sergeant
Wheatley wounded as he was, Cor.
poral Dunn and Corporal Peterson
backed toward Prieur street with
Supernumerary Wenck, who had
been cut in The left side of the
throat While Cambias was strug
Cling with his prisoner two negroes
came up behind BIN, and knives or
rszprs flashed in the moonlight.
Camhlas sank to the side walk, the
blood gushing from a wound which
severed the carotid artery, as well
as the jugu!ar vein
Oil was applied and set on fire.
The fence was the place upon which
the oil was pour d. Everything
was quiet in the place at that time,
hut there was someone in the room,
tor a white hat was waived as
though defiantly from the open
doorway.
Whether this was TO draw the fire
OF those who stood 10 front of the
house, o. whether it was to show
their contempt of the police cannot
be said, but volIey Of shots was
fred at the hat. Capt. OriscolI,
from the side yard, broke hole in
the fence, and Corporal Peterson
thrust the muzzEe of his gun through
this. A cistern stood on one side
Of the line of fire and shed on the
other, and Peterson had q plain
view Of the waving hat. Calculat
ing as well as he was able the dis
tance below at which to aim in Or
der to hit the body OF the man. be
fred. A heavy fall followed, and
then there we're cries of surrender,
for it happened that the leader,
Audrey, was the one shot. Glynn,
Driscoll, Gonzales and Meyers then
rushed toward the room and stood
1t each side OF the doorway, on the
ground, the sill being q few feet
above. A negro came out Of the
door and Gonzales 81 zed him
around the legs and lifted him bodl-
Iy to the ground. Firing vas re
sumed, but Gonzales felt himself
comparatively safe, for he held The
negro as shield. The negro, who
proved to be Thomas Manson. Wal
led around by way OF O'ReiIlJ
street in order to avoid the crowd
when they reached Allen street the
crowd became aware that the frs
prisoner had been taken, and rusl
was made for the negro; but The
officers prevented the crowd from
carrying out their threat of lynch
ing, and he was placed in the wagor
and hurriedly driven to the station
One after the other the negroes
were dragged from urder the house
but not half those who participated
in the first attack were found. They
had doubtless scattered during III,
time the police were assembling ant
eecaped. Several women and chill
dren were among the prisoners cap
,ured, and cnly one Of them wa
found to have been wounded.
Lying on the sidewalk. in alnos
the identical placa where Gambia
fell, lay Edward AudraY, who hat
been shot by Corporal Peterson H
lay as il dead, and everyone sup
pcsed him to be so. Finally b
moved his head slightly, AMI the
he drew up his leg, hut no one be
} lieved he could survive; yet. af:e
all, be was ''foxing." He had in
deed been wounded, but not fatally
and the wound could not possibl
have produced unconsciousness
which he pretended. He was LEI
lying there, men passing and re
passing, some even stepping on hi
} outstretched hands. Yet be III
not move, He was finally pickle
up and placed on q stretcher, an
slle ambulance took him to the hos
! pital, where bis wound was foun
not mortal. He had been shot j
: the groin and in the legs with buck
J shot.
1t was most difficult matter I
obtain any coherent statement {
how the trouble cemmenced. every
7 one having q different version of i
The negroes living in the vicinit,
and there were many, deplored u
: trouble and condemned the sect
o negroes who brought it on. The
/ alleged that the teachings an