| Show KILLED khyle D NINE NEGROES BETWEEN A POSSE AND A COLORED BAND an attempt to Ar Arre remita tiNero negro bremiker in results in a ditched pah hed battle more alore trouble expected forest miss bliss oct 24 As the result of an attempt to arrest a negro near in the eastern part of the state ono one white deputy was killed three wounded and according to the latest report nine negroes havo been killed by the citizens of the harpers ville villa neighborhood and the sheriffs posse com combined blued the pursuit of about fifty negroes who had joined the original offe offender rider with the avowed determination to prevent his arrest and capture and which ambushed the party attempting the arrest continues and the number of fatalities will undoubtedly have assumed large proportions before the trouble js is over the whole country is terribly pr arrous roused cd and the sheriffs posse has been reinforced with men from all the neighboring boring towns gov mclaurin has gone to tile the scene which is about ten miles north of forest the nearest railroad point the trouble originated last friday when a negro named burke had bad an altercation with his employer charles freeman a white man in which the ne negro got the best of the difficulty the next night a crowd of white men headed by wallace sibley who was deputized to arrest the man went to burkes Burke ii house which is about a mile from cowhen they arrived upon the scene and called for burke they were greeted by a fusi lado from the negroes concealed in ambush in the bushes surrounding the house and in the house itself wallace sibley the leader fell dead at the first volley and three more white members of the crowd james johnson Job james hamilton camilton Na milton and james wells were wounded the whites returned the fire but were unable to do any execution as their assailants v were ere all concealed there were not more than eight men in the white crowd and finding it impossible to resist effectively they dispersed toward harpers villo ville it was not known at that time that sibley was injured but upon a return to the scene in the morning he be was found dead in the yard The wounded deputies were able to get back to town tow n w with ith the assistance of their comrades when the crowd returned to ville the news spread like wildfire during the night a large crowd gathered from the neighborhood they immediately went to burkes Burli eshouse house and got from his mother the names of all parties arlies in the crowd which had ambushed the men the iii night lit before in all there were about forty negroes who had gathered to prevent the arrest of burke and a list was made u up p at her dictation the blie sheriff riff accompanied by about citizens lias has started after the ne negroes roes and so far nine have been captured and killed |
