Show I CRIMES CASUALTiES 1 Shooting and Killing Between Whites and Negroes A 200000 Mistress Despatched A Foul Wretch Jailed in Ohio Etc Etc Etc Race Unpleasantness Danville Va 3A conflict occurred oc-curred between a crowd of white and colored people this evening Walter Holland was shot in the head and is supposed to be mortally wounded Thomas Seward was shot through the body Five negroes were killed and it is supposed many were wounded The beginning of the conflict was the beating by one of the citizen3 of a negro who had abused another negro not apologizing apologiz-ing for his opparent rudeness and spoke roughly about the citizens some of both colors interfered and a pistol was knocked out of the hands of one of the white men and exploded ex-ploded All the stores were closed immediately an alarm of bells sounded and the people came out with arms The town Sergeant came out soon after with one of the I military companies and commanded the people in the name of the common com-mon wealth to go home and the streets were soon cleared The city is now under the supervision of one of the military companies and I mounted police The town Sergeant I Ser-geant in response to a message from the Governor offering assistance if needed telegraphed that all was quiet and no further trouble was apprehended No arrests are made as yet |