The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 20, 1895, Image 2
The Rale o? the Me.
Murderous Mobs Almighty
in New Orleans.
NEW O ULE A NS, March 12 -There
were tea separate and distinct riots
here to-day, both probably resulting:
from the same plan. One occurred on
the river front near the French marker,
where the ship Engineer was loadiog
for Liverpool. The other occurred
about four miles distant, ic the direction
of Carrollron, at the foot of Phillip
street. Only one man. William Camp?
bell, colored, was killed in the latter
affair The uames of the dead are as
follows :
. William Campbell, colored, James
Carrabee and two unknown negroes
who have not been identified.
The wounded are: James A. Bane,
nurser of the steamer Engineer, dan?
gerously wounded ; Henry Brown, col?
ored, will recover; Leonard Mallard,
colored, since died ; Tim Fersten, col?
ored, may recover ; Louis Cast, colored,
will recover; Billy William?, colored,
will recover; Frank Lighthdll, colored,
slightly wounded ; Robert Brooks,
white, shot in the leg, not dangerous
A. total of eight were wounded
/Doubtless a number of other negroes
were slightly wounded, but ran away
and cannot be identified. AU the com?
mercial bodies are in session to-night,
with Governor Foster, present to devise
some means of ending thi* trouble.
The killing in one case was doti* by
a mob of white men numbering about
two hundred, who were armed with pis
lois and Winchester rifles. Tbe negroes
were about to start to work on board
the steamer Engineer, lying at that
point, when white men approached from
all directions. All were armed, and
many took positions behind box cars
and poured volley upon volley into the
negroes. Those who were on the
scene say that it reminded them of a
battlefield, so fast and furious was the
firing. The negroes were given no
quarter, and were shot down like dogs
Not only were the darkies shot down,
bat several innocent persons suffered.
Among those killed was Jules Ciice
Carabee, a shoe maker, who happened
to be io the vicioity. James Bane, the
parser of the Engineer, was standing
oo the levee near bis ship when the
attack was made, and be received four
wounds, three in the head and another
ia the arm. He was fired upon by
several men who aimed over the heads
of policemen, who were kneeling be?
hind some freight just on the edge of
the wharf. His wounds may prove
far xl.
As ne*r as can be stated, the shooting
occurred t few minutes airer 7 o'clock !
this morning There was a deuse fog j
prevailing and this afforded tbe white
men an excellent chance to do their
bloody work. At the time there were,
only six policeman ou the scene and
there were no arrests effected, as the j
police were as badly frightened as the j
negroes. The attackers were composed i
of two parties. A large number of men
appeared at the corner of Dumaiue
Street, and equally as large a mob
came from the corner at St. Ano
Street. Corporal Devaoney, who was
io ch?rge ofa' the haudful of pol cernen,
ordered the mob to disperse, but no
attention was paid to him and the mob
began to grow larger every minute, j
. Suddenly a shot was fired. This bad a !
startling effect on the mern. The first
report was followed by five or six shots
and then the firing became general
The smoke and the fog combined made
the scene almost dark as night. The
negroes were on board the ship and
had just commenced to raise the tar?
paulins off hatch No. z, wheo the at?
tack was made. The negroes were
taken completely by surprise. They
ran about like a tot of wild animals
and their cries were pitiful. Many j
sought refuge aboard the ship while
some ran down the wharf and made
their escape. Oue negro, it is stated,
jumped under the wharf. It is impos?
sible to estimate the number of shots
fired, but it is 6aid that there were
about two hundred. After the bloody
work, the men hurried off as fast as
they had come. The attackers fired
recklessly on ali sides, not caring whom
they shot The white men came ia a
body, moving along the levee up town
unmolested. After their departure a
large number of police under command
of Sergeant Day made their appear?
ance on the scene and cleared the
wharf of the large crowds which gath?
ered.
SHOT AS THEY BAN.
It was known that many men had
been wounded and several killed, and
a search was made for these persons
by the police and others. Carabee
was found dead on the banquette in
front of one ot the show windows of
Lion's clothing store at the corner of
St. Ann and Decatur streets. Blood
was gushing from a terrible wound in !
his head and he was quite dead. No j
one seemed to know how or were he
was shot. He had been running
back to St Ann street, and just as he '
reached the banquette, he staggered
and fell* headlong to the pavement '
and expired a few minutes later.
Sergeant Kevron who hurried up
from his precinct to the scene, had
the bod;e> of t:.vo negroes sent to the [
morgue in the patrol wagon. One of
the negroes was lound on the levee at
the head of St. Louis street. The I
nan was dead und lay in a pool of;
blood which came from' a wound in 1
Iiis head. T'ie wound was a large
one. The negro was running from I
the scene of the shooting;. The j
o I
other body was found some distance
away from the first, [le had crawled
nuder an elevated tank arni there
died. He was not discovered until
some time later. No ono in the
vicinit}' knew the names o? the dead
men.
Purser Bane was not given haifa
chance for his life He was on the
i wharf attending to some business
j when the white men appeared and
began firing. Ile was about to go
aboard the vessel for safety when he
was fired upon. Three policemen
were immediately in front of Mr.
Bane and they knelt down and seem?
ed terror-stricken One man shoved
the barrel of a pistol in close proxi?
mity to Mr. Bane's head and fired
He pulled the trigger again twice
and the purser feil, bleeding An?
other man shot Mr. Bane in the
right arm
Captain Wood, of the Engineer,
had just gotten up when the shooting
occurred. Ile hurriedly dressed
himself and came on deck. Captain
Wood saw most of the conflict He
says that there was firing from all
sides and the scene was like a battle?
field. It was a wild scene, the like
of which was never before witnessed j
After the shooting Captain Wood j
picked up Mr. Bane and called a j
cab Mr. Bane was sent to the :
hospital to have his wounds dressed.
Captain Wood, while talking to a |
reporter, took occasion to score the
police and Mayor Fiizpatt ick. Ile
said that it was an infernal outrage j
that the negroes were not protected j
Mayor Fitzpatrick appeared on the j
scene soon after the riot and Captaiu I
Wood paid his compliments to His
Honor in unmeasured terms Mayor j
Fitzpatrick had hurried to the scene
as fast as possible and directed the
police ofSeers Acting Superintendent
Journ?e also arrived on the scene in
due time.
The mayor was very much disap- j
pointed when told that there were no j
arrests made. He called the police |
together and tolo>them in a firm tone
that whenever thev saw a man fire a
shot to get that man at all hazards.
Continuing he said : "You men walk
along the wharf, and if you see any
ooe whom you think took part in the
shooting arrest them.''*
WHY THE POLICE WERE ABSENT.
The negroes fired upon were in the
employ of Stevedore Geddes, of the
Harrison line of steamers. It is said
that the reason that there was not suf?
ficient force of police on hand at that
hour was that the hour to begin work
was 7:30 o'clock and the police had
received orders to report at that
time. .There was only a handful of
men on the scene at the time of the
shooting The wharf at this point
is almost totally covered cvith freight
and near by are a number of box cars j
The majority of the attackers con- j
cealed themselves behind these ob- i
structions.
A COMPLICATION.
WASHINGTON, March 12-Sir Ju-1
lian Paunceforte, the British Ambas
sador, this evening received a tele- j
gram from the British Consul at New
Orleans informing him of the shoot- j
lng, during the riot this morning. !
of Purser Bain, of the British steamer !
Engineer. The consul added in his I
telegram that the city was in a j
terrible state of excitement and the j
men of the Engineer were fearful j
that they might be attacked He !
therefore earnestly requested that i
some action be taken to insure their j
safety.
Speaking of the matter, Sir Julian
said : "You know the City of New j
Orleans is very much perturbed just
now, but the Governor of the State, |
I am assured, is able to quell the, dis?
turbance. As soon as I received the !
telegram from Consul St. John, I j
turned the matter to the Secretary of:
Slate and he informed me that he
would communicate with the Gov- I
ernor of Louisiana, so that the I
matter may be investigated."
Further than this, Sir Julian re
fused to talk upon the matter.
LONDON, March 12.-The Dalli/ '
Newt, commenting on the race riots j
in New Orleans, La , will sav to mor-1
row: "Negroes are now being:
lynched in bulk in New Orleans. ;
If it were not for the look of the j
thing they might as well return to j
their anees-rai seats in Dahomey.
New Orleans is a more respectable
address than Dahomey, but thc cus ;
toms of the two localities are much
the saine.''
THE GOVERNOR TAKES CHARGE.
NEW ORLEANS, March 12.-The
conference between the Governor
and representatives of commercial
bodies lasted till midnight. The
Governor stated that the whole situa- !
tion had been carefully considered. '
He will remain here as long as necea- j
sary, personally in charge of : :Vairs
He said the only definite plan he
would pursue would be the main?
tenance of law and order, and that it
must and shall be maintained at alf j
hazards.
Vigorous and effective measures j
will bc put into operation for this
purpose to-morrow. He is assured ol
the hearty co-operation of all good
citizens.
Charles Nordhoff, who formerly up?
held President Cleveland's Sandwich
Island policy, is now on thc outs with
the administration and far from svmoa
thizing w iii the efforts ot Gresham to
protect revolutionists who claim Amer?
ican citizenship, believes i few execu?
tions in Hawaii would be a good thing
Telegraphic Briefs.
M ai eil 14
Capt. Joseph Brandow, a man
aged 72 years, was drowned iii New
Yuik by the capsizing of a tug. Ile
had followed the sea lor iorty-two
years.
GowW. M. .McKinley, of Ohio,
is spending sometime in Thomasville,
Ga , for the benefit of his health.
A negro, of Ware County, Ga.,
went to a white farmer's house a few
days since and demanded that the
farmer give him Ins daughter in
marriage. The negro caught a horse
whipping for his imprudence.
Such great quantities of shad have
been caught by the Georgetown
fishermen that some of them are
giving up the business for the season
as the price has fallen so very low.
The killing of the Italians in Colo?
rado by the mob may lead to com?
plications with the italian govern?
ment
Three persons were burned to
death in a hotel fire in Parsons, W. i
Va. j
Gov. Oates, of Alabama, has gone
to Now York to negotiate an ex- ?
change of State bonds in order to |
secure a lower rate of interest.
The South Atlantic U. S., fleet has j
sailed for La Guayra, Venezuela.
The strike ol' coal miners has
caused the price of coal to advance i
in Pittsburg 3? cents per ton
The Chinese officials are panic
stricken by the success of the Japan?
ese and are fleeing from Pekin by the
wholesale.
Miss Ann Eliza Ilarllee, of Little
Rock, Marion County, committed
suicide by drinking carbolic acid.
The Fusion Legislature, of North
Carolina, adjourned yesterday. It
will go down in the history of the
State as the Douglass Legislature
Many important bills failed passage
on account of the absence of a quo
rum.
The Secretary of State has issued a
commission to the corporators of the
Kock Hill Tobacco Factory.
March 15.
The schooner Meteor, from Mobile
has been seized by the Nicarauguan
government. She is supposed to
have been carrying arms.
F. A. Daughtry, who was in the
Caddo, La., jail for the murder of
Charles Chambers, committed suicide i
by cutting his jugular vein. Both j
men were prominent in business cir- !
cles
W. A. Stewart, a freight conduct?
or on the South Carolina & Georgia
Railway has been arrested for inter?
fering with an officer in the discharge j
of duty. He refused to permit dis?
pensary constables to inspect his
waybills
James F. Taylor, a deputy U. S.
revenue collector was murdered and
robbed in the Tennesse mountains.
A Pinkerton detective is in Ha
vanna waiting for W. ll. Taylor, the
defaulting State Treasurer of South
Dakota, who is expected to arrive
there on a steamer from Vera Cruz.
England has expressed a willing?
ness to settle the bouudary dispute
with Venezuela by arbitration.
The new English yacht Ailsa has
again defeated the Prince of Wale's
cutter Britannia.
Chili has made an appropriation
for an exhibit at the Atlanta Exposi?
tion.
Rev. J. B Middleton, colored, of j
Camden, has had his commission as
notary public revoked by Gov. Evans, j
Another rebellion has broken out in I
the Samoan Islands. Three thousand i
men are in arms against the estab- j
lished government.
i
Gov. Foster has called out the j
New Orleans military companies to !
guard the water front and protect |
laborers from the rioters. The pres- ;
euee of the troops and large forces of!
police intimidated the rioters, and the j
negro laborers were unmolested, j
while at work The troops will be j
kept on guard as long as it is deemed I
necessary to preserve order and
protect life'and property.
The impeachment proceedings ;
aginst Mayor Fitzpatrick of New
Orleans, have been dismissed by the
District Court, as the charges could
not be sustained.
The sixty sixth commellceme', of
the South Carolina Medical C^ .ire
was held last night. Twenty young .
men received diplomas. The honor [
men of the class were Dr. J. M. ;
Paper, Dr T. H. James, Dr. K. W. !
Gibbes, Dr. A. R. Taft and Dr. J.
W. Davis.
"I have heard of sales of one kind
arid another," said a man: "reduction
sales, annual sales, clearing sales and
so on, but in New Haven the other day
I saw one that was new to me. This
was a sweeping-out sale. I had heard
of sweeping r?ductions, but this was a
sweeping-out Sale, ami the idea was
emphasized by two big brooms tied on
to thc sign."
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A Severe rheumatic i"i in the '.<?'.: shoulder
i: :?[ trou hied Mr. J. A. Loper. .? wi ]] known
druggist of D?s Moines, Iowa, foi over six
months. Ai times :!;;. ;?Mia was so severe
that he could not rift auylhmg,. W ith ul!
h:- could do ht- could :,VJ: cet ii i of it until he
applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm. ..! only
made three applications ot it," he says, ''Aaa
have sine? been free from all pain." He uow
recommends it to persons similarly i rHicted.
is the Cruiser Lest ?
Groat Anxiety Felt for Safety of
the Roma Regente.
MADRID, March 13.-Anxiety for
the safety of the cruiser Reina
Regente has grown rapidly to-day
and this evening it is feared general?
ly that she went down with her 420
souls in the storm which swept the
south coast on Sunday night and
Monday morning. Dispatches from
Gibraltar, say that piceos of a boat
and several semaphore Hags belong?
ing to the cruiser came ashore at
Ceuta and Tarifa this afternoon.
The cruiser Isla de Luseon, has left :
Algeuras to search for the missing
vessel.
A dispatch from Tangiers says that
the Reina Regente left that port in
bad weather. The Reina Regente
was a steel deck protected cruiser oj
4,800 tons displacement and 12,0??
horse power. She was launched in
I SST, and was a sister ship of the
Alfonso XIII and the Le Panto, j
lier speed was 20 1-2 knots.
Foiled by a Woman's
Screams.
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After Blowing Off a Time Lock j
Boobera Are Forced to Fly.
HUNTINGTON, Ind , March 13 -
This morning the outer door of the
time lock 6afe in Wasmuth Sc Son's
Bank at Roanoke. Ind , was blown
off with dynamite. The explosion
awakened Charles Regedang Ile
went out into the street and was
assaulted by three masked men
His wife followed and her screams
aroused the town. The robbers, in a
buggy, were chased to Sheldon,
eleven miles distant. Here the safe
blowers deserted the rig, which was
stolen from a Roanoke livery barn,
and escaped in a dense woods
Officers are on the track and expect ;
to run the men down to-day. The
cracksmen secured no plunder.
The Murdered Italians.
DENVER, Col , March U.-Of the j
men who were killed near Walsen
burg and in the jail there. Jcs. |
Wellsby was an American 23 years
of age and unmarried. Zafetto,
killed on the road, has lately come
from Italy, where he left a wife and
four children. He had taken out
first naturalization papers. Fran?
cisco Bonchetto, killed in jail, was an
Italian citizen, unmarried, and 30 j
years old. Antonio Lorenzo, killed !
in fail, was an Italian ? itizeu, unmar
ried, and 25 years ot a?;e. Of the ;
others, Giaccabino ai d Vittari had j
taken out first papers
Dr. Cuneo, acting Italian consul, ,
started for Walsenburg to-night, hz '. j
ing received instruction from the
Ambassador, Baron Fava. The mes?
sage -received from the Ambassador
was in Italian and the only interpre- ?
tation the doctor would give was
that he had instructions to start for
V?alsenburg at once.
"1 am ready to go,'' he said, "and !
will endeavor to carry ont the in?
structions of my government. I
anticipate no trouble for the efforts
which Governor McIntyre has been
making since the news was received !
from the scene of trouble is quite |
assuring that he has the matter in j
complete control."
In 764 the Black Sea was frozen to a
distance of fifty miles from shore. The
Hellespont and Dardanelles were froz?
en, and the Sea of Marmora was passa- i
ble for cavalry.
She Said:
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Liver Troubles -Dyspepsia 20 Yrs?
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so that rv could not stand up straight, and went
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