The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-01-06
NEGROES BURNED ALIVE.
Four Negroes Shot to Death, Two
Burned and Two White Men Hurt.

Blakely, Ga, Dec. 3o.-four ne
groes were shot to death, two ne
sroes burned alive, two white men Sc
riousIv wounded and others slightly
wounded in a series of battles fought
in Early county late today in an ef-
fort to, capture the slayers OF Henry
Villipigue, farm overseer on the river
plantation owned by E. H. Coachman,
of Clearwater, Fla.
Sheriff Howell was in charge OF a
posse that burned a negro house IN
which Granison Goolsby, negro farm
er, and his two sons were barricaded
with other negroes this afternoon.
Goolsby and another negro were shot
dead in trying to escape from the
flames. Two white men were wound
ed
Goolsby's sons sought refuge in an
other cabin, which also was fired by
the posse, and the sheriff and his dep
uties brought back the news tonight
that both of these negroes were
burned. They faced certain death to
attempt to escape.
Villipigue was the overseer on E.
III. Coachman river plantation. He
was killed in the presence of his wife
by three negroes, presumably because
he had chastised a negro boy on the
night before.
Shot i'm the Back.
s He was shot in the back with a
rung shell, filled with large shot, a
terrible hole being torn in his body.
Villipigue lived only ten minutes.
other shots were fired, some of these
barely missing Mrs. Villipigue.
ss Granison Goolsby, a negro, and his
two sons, who resided on Col. A. j.
Singletary's plantation near Pleasant
Grove, were accused of the shooting
and posses started out in pursuit OF
them as soon as news of the shooting
spread. The sheriff of Early county
also was in charge of a posse bent
upon capturing the three accused
men. e
a Not until after Villipigue's body
was on it's way to his former home in
{ Griffin. Ca, did the posses come upon
the negroes suspected of the shoot
) ing.
sS AS one posse surrounded two ne
groes the latter opened fire, and the
fire was returned with deadly effect.
Only few rounds were exchanged
when the negroes ceased shooting.
Both negroes were found dead. They
were identified as Early Hightower,
cousin of the Goolsbys, and Jim Bur-
ton
s s5 They were not implicated in the
killing of Overseer Villipigue, it was
stated, and the posse continued the
chase.
@ During this afternoon the negroes
were located in a negro's house on
Dick Sermons plantation. They were
barricaded there and heavily armed.
The posses closed in on the house
and demanded the surrender of the
negroes. The Goolsbys and others
were inside The negroes fired and
then shut themselves in.
i Set Building on Fire.
More daring ones of the posse stole
up at one side of the house. where
there were no windows and set fire to
the building. When the flames were
upon them the negroes made a dash
for the open air. They fired into the
posse and two white men, Olive Hud-
seth and Sam Hilman, fell wounded.
Hundreds of shots were fired at the
negroes by members of the posse and
sGranison Goolsby, the leader of the
negroes, fell dead, as did another ne
gro whose name has not been OBJ
tanned.
The two Goolsby boys and the
other negroes got away, though some
sof them are believed to have been