St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-08-06


shall go back myself. 1 hope thai
the situation is now under control
The first I heard about this trouble
when the sheriff of Houston county
telephoned that a white man had
killed two negroes in his county, near
the line, and wanted to know if
would not meet him at Grapeland
and go with him to make the arrest.
At IL o'clock he telephoned me that
it had all happened in my county,
and then l got ready and sent two
men on down there, and / went yes
terday morning.
TERROR WIDESPREAD.
Everybody seemed to be almost
scared to DEATH Everybody was
armed with shotguns. They had the
women and children all punched up
in places and were guarding them.
| Many people were so scared and ex-
cited that they could hardly tell their
own names. The people right
around Slocum and Denison Springs
were not in the mob, but this other
gang had been sending out scary re-
ports that hundreds of negroes, arm
ed to the teeth, were coming from
Cherokee county. They telephoned
me yesterday morning early that
two hundred negroes were at Den
ison Springs, heavily armed, and
when We got there We found just one
negro, and he was not armed bot
was badly scared. If reports given
to NE are TO be credited, there must
be fifteen or twenty dead, all of them
negroes.
1T will be difficult to find out just
how many were killed. Some will
probably never be found"
RANGERS HELPING.
Although every possible effort has
been made by the Anderson county
authorities, Acknowledgement New
ton, Capt. Rogers, and two or more
rangers, who arrived this morning,
besides others who are lending their
aid to the work, Palestine tonight
has very little definite information
about the trouble between the whites
and blacks between Anderson and
Denison Springs. Sunday has been
characterized by the utter absence of
anything authoritative from there
except the report which Sheriff
Black made on his return at an early
hour this morning. 1t has been i'm
possible to get anything very definite
from the officers who are now in the
field, but the supposition is that this
is because they are removed from all
means of communication with Pales-
tine and not because there has been
any further trouble.
District Judge H. B. Gardner re-
ceived a telephone message from
EIkhart this afternoon, which pur-
ports to come from Capt. G. r. Fowl
er, who is at the head of force of
special officers in that county. This
message was to the effect that every
thing was quiet ana that the troops
would not be needed. The man who
sent the message informed Judge
Gardner that it had been given to
him by Capt Fowler, with instruc
tions to bring it to Elkhart and
transmit it to Palestine.
OFFICIALS ABSENT.
Il have received a message from
GrapeIand," said Judge Gardner,
stating that negro had been killed
near Priscilla this morning, and that
the parties engaged in it were hunt
ing another negro for the purpose of
killing him. | have been trying to
find out something about the situa-
ton. but when l got in touch with
the city | was unable to locate the Of
ficials. | did talk with some man
there, who said that there had been
several negroes killed, but the ad-
vices did not indicate when the kill
inc had occurred. 1t is probable that
these deaths resulted from yester-
days trouble.
although there was nothing def
mite, sent down two additional au-
tomobiles this evening with District
Attorney Harris, Capt. Rogers of the
rangers. and three or four men. The
purpose is to ascertain the situation
and advise me as soon as possible.
TROUBLE AT END.
"The trouble is practically at an
end. We are now trying to fix the
responsibility and apprehend the
guilty. | have been informed that
one white man has been arrested,
and that he is to be brought here.
lie SIduu .uly Will Col1llilShSS "ohAA
tomorrow afternoon at O'CLOCK.
The bailiffs l have sent down into
that county are summoning practi-
cally everybody. This is for the two
fold purpose Of getting the people
out of the county, that order may be
restored, and for obtaining evil
dence."
Adiutant-G General Newton, accom-
panied by Capt. Rogers of the rang
ers, Col r. II, Beckham, assistant
euartermaster in the Adjutant-Ge
erals department, and two members
Of the Texas rife team Of 1910, who
are scheduled to be in the national
shoot at Camp Perry, O., arrived in
Palestine this morning from Austin.
A badly scared negro was discoV-
cred a few miles out on one OF the
roads leading into Palestine early
this morning. He said that he want
ed protection and at his request was
brought to the jail and locked up for
safe-keeping He declared that the
trouble had not started over q note,
but it grew out of a message which
q white man had sent by a negro to
some white citizens in that section.