The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-09-04
ARMY OFFICER IS
, KILLED IN RACE RIOT
KNOWN DEAD TWO AND MANY
WOUNDED.
Minor Disorders Still Breaking Out
and Promiscuous Shooting is
Heard Over City.

night following the race riots Satur-
day night and early Sunday, which
were the sequel to the storming OF
the county Jail by a mob intent
upon lynching Maurice Mayes, negro
accused of the murder Of Mrs. Ber-
tie Lindsey, a white woman.
The casualty list increased Sunday
by four negroes who resisted attempts
to search them for arms. All were
wounded by National Guardsmen'
two being shot and the other TWO
stabbed with bayonets.
Eleven hundred guardsmen of the
Fourth Tennessee infantry, under
command of Adjutant Gen. D. b
Sweeny, of Nashville and Col. EWING
Carruthers, of Memphis, supplement-
ed by 200 special policemen and sew
enty-five special deputies sheriff are
patrolling the city. dispensing crowds
and searching all negroes. Hundreds
of weapons were taken from both
whites and blacks.
The guardsmen, who were in camp
near the city for annual target prac-
tice, searched all negroes arriving on
trains and established a barrel zoae
in the center of the negro district
where the worst rioting early Sunday
occurred. :,
Four machine guns were mounted
at a commanding point in this dis
trict and other machine guns were
mounted on motor trucks ready for
eventualities.
Daroda CalIa5 OFF
Union leaders today called off the
Labor Day parade scheduled for
Monday and candidates abandoned
all political meetings announced III
connection with the campaign Tor
municipal offices.
Shooting occurred in various sec
tions of the city all day and this con-
tinued tonight, causing dozens of riot
calls. Most of this appeared to
Be hoodlumism without injury to
anyone.
How many were killed and wound
ed remained largely matter OF guess
work. Some sections in which the
most serious clashes occurred had not
been searched tonight and reports
were conflicting as to the number OF
casualties which may be concealed
there.
Two men are known to have been
killed, fourteen others, eight white
and six negroes, are in hospitals. OF
these four, two whites and and two
negroes are not expected to survive.
Sixteen wounded white men had their
slight wounds dressed without their
identities being made known. Many
have had injuries dressed by private
physicians at their homes.
Two Known Dead.
The known dead are:
First Lieut.. James w. Payne,
Madisonville, KY, regular army; Joe
Etter, negro.
The injured in hospital are:
Fred Johnson, shot through alb
domen, may die; E. v. Henderson,
shot through lung, may die; Grant
O'Dell, Covington, Tenn, shot thru
ankle; j. H. Lucas, gunshot wound;
Policeman w. P. Morton. shot
through leg; w. B. Clapp, shot
through leg; Glib Thomas, scalp
wound and nose broken; Carter Wat
kins, negro may die; Claud Cham
bers, negro, dining car cook. may die;
Charles Morton, negro shot in mouth,
Sol Jackson negro, gunshot wound.
George Hadson, negro hotel porter,
skull injured; Ben Glover, negro shot
in thigh by soldier while resisting.
Lieutenant Frank Payne was killed
accidentally early today by machine
gun bullets. He was 800 yards from
the machine gunners with several
other officers when the party was
fired upon by negroes from a second
story window. Payne and his COM
panions replied with their automatics
and sought cover. Just as Lieutenant
Payne stepped behind a telephone
pole for protection from the ne
groes' bullets, the crew of machine
gun further down the street opened
fire upon a crowd of blacks seen ad-
vancing and shooting in the distance.
Lieutenant Payne fell into the arms
of Captain A. c. Parker, of Memphis,
with a dozen wounds in his legs and
body. He died in an ambulance.
Lieutenant Payne was attached to
the 46th infantry, regular army and
had been detailed to the encamp-
ment of the Fourth Tennessee as an
instructor. He volunteered for duty
when the riot call came Saturday
night.
Several Are Injured.
At least three negroes were more
or less seriously injured by mem
bers of Company D, Fourth Tennes-
see on Depot street, near the South
ern Railway passenger station be-
tween daylight and noon, according
to statements of soldiers.
Hotels and restaurants in the city
operated art handicap today as few
\negro employees made their appear
vance for work. Restaurants closed at
7 p. m. Most housekeepers had no
Servants today for the same reason.
Several hundred rifles stored at the
University of Tennessee arsenal were