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Show The Somerville Riot. Memphis, 8. The following is an 'authentic account of the troubles at jSomervrlle, yesterday: Hoxh bad feeling had been engendered by the ! election, and the negroes had attended attend-ed the polls heavily armed, and made ; threats to bum the town. A promi-! jneat negro politician, C.sh arren, ' 1 who had been abusing a son of Mayor Hendon, yesterday, on the street J snapped ft pistol twice- iu the Mayor's face. .The Mayor then drew a pistol 1 and al ot him dead. Several shotd1 were fired simultaneously by the 1 friends uf Mayor Hendon. The nc-' jrrocs accused one Oscar Burton of firing the shot that killed Warren, j and wh.eri he appeared on the streeLs . tho police attempted to arrest him, j but no resisted. They then fired on 1 him. He returned the lire, aud in-thctod in-thctod mortal wounds on Albert and Paul Pi'ives, and a dangerous one on .'u Jge Kiyc. A party of negroes then opened tire on him, but as yet cone of the thirteen wounds received are it.il. |