The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-11-26
UNION NEGROES
FIRE ON POSSE.
Unruly Blacks Wound Nine Mem
bers of Union Posse.-Causes
Great Excitement.

Union, Nov. 22.-Nine white men
We're wounded and several negroes
are thought to have at least been pep
pered with shot in near-riot that
came close to being very serious af-
fair in East Union about midnight
Saturday night.
The negroes who did the shooing
were having midnight " frohe " and
were creating such a disturbance that
they were notified that it must be
stopped, when they emered from the
house where they were and used shot
guns on the officer and his'party.
The injured are: Deputy Sheriff
Mccall, wounded in both legs; W. A.
Dve, two loads of shot in chest and
face; Boyd Harris, shot in legs; Her
bert Brandon, shot in face and body;
H. L. Timmons, shot in legs;
Rudolph Lowe, both legs peppered
with shot,. Earl Boiling, shot in body;
Albert Wright, body peppered with
shot; Grady Reynolds, shot in head
AID body.
It was about II o'clock on Satur-
day night tnat the many residents of
East Union were aroused and dis
turbed by a crowd Of negroes at the
home OF, Bob Foote, which is situa-
ted just in the rear Of Mon-Aetna
Baptist church (white). The negroes
We're evidently intoxicated and sang.
shouted and cursed so loudly that
Deputy Sheriff Mccall went to the
house to put a quietus on the affair.
As a result of his efforts several Of
the negroes left and went to their
homes and things were quiet for a
while, but about 30 minutes later the
noise broke out in more violent form
than before.
Deputy, Sheriff Mccall with a num-
Der of citizens of that section, then
approached the house to quell the
disturbance. AS they neared the
place the negroes fired on them with
shotguns, wounded the above named
men. From IS to 10 shots were fired
in all. When the negroes opened fire
with shotguns, the few men. present
who had pistols returned fire.
Just what the effect was is not
known definitely, though one negro
named Will Broadus was after
terwards located in house nearby
viii the side Of his head filed with
small shot, which indicated that he
had received a load intended for the
white meR.
As soon as Deputy Mccall realized
the situation he telephoned Sheriff j.
G. Long, who Immediately hurried to
the scene with Deputies J. G. Long,
Jr., and Claude Wilburn, Chief Of
Police Wilburn also letting them
have Policemen R. n. Sprouse and Ed
Gregory. al
On arriving at the scene Sheriff
Long finding out the state Of affairs
telephoned to police headquarters
and had Policeman c. B. Gregory
come in a hurry with lot Of Win
chesters. When he reached the scene
with the rifles Sheriff Long and his
posse advanced on the house where
the negroes had been having the
frolic, and finding the door barred,
broke it down and entered. Fire was
burning on the hearth, but there was
not person present for men, women I
and children had decamped. In the
room was three-gallon jug about
two-thirds full Of liquor.
The sheriff divided his party and
searched the surrounding neighbor-
hood, finding Broadus, the negro who
said he had been shot while passing,
though the white men in gaion say
that Broadus was among the negroes
implicated in the row, whether he
was IAN active participant or not.