Show ULF HALF A m DOZEN SHOT DOWN bloody battle between negroes and whites COUPLE OF DEPUTIES KILLED result of an attempt to at arrest rest a negro desperado at brookside ala more moio trouble Is reared feared honi blo ble crime confessed by it a mia missouri ouri negro actors in court at the doirant trial birmingham ala july ZO 30 A riot r raged it red tonight to night at Broo kalde fourteen miles west bean between een negroes and M whites bites over the killing of a deputy sheriff by a negro the fight an organized band of white miners headed by deputy A T wood and joel joe baxter who he were trying to arrest jim diggers biggers A negro and a crowd of 0 the utters tatters friends over shots were fired wine mine boss boas culverhouse of the clogs slogs company discharged biggers for a Nio violation lation of mine rules lie ile remained about the place and made threats and a warrant was sworn out for trespass deputy sheriffs wood and joel baxter went to airest biggers As they approached preached pro ached biggers fired upon them with it a winchester A bullet passed through woods hat and another through big heart killing hafni instantly baxter was mortally wounded but was able to lo get back to the camp and give the alarm alar the white lifters at once organized and went to girosi diggers biggers ahe 1 I he tatter latter in the meantime had called on a number of his hid negro friends and when the two parties met a pitched battle resulted bulted the negroes fleeing to the vt woods oil ds it was said halt half a dozen or more were shot down several of whom were killed outright and the others badly wounded whether any of the whites were wounded or riot not cannot be learned the names of the killed and Noun wounded ded no nc aloes could not be had the town of brookside Is 1 in a asta state tf of grelet excitement every man man in town shooting was kept up at intervals for two hours or more late tonight to night word reached here from the telegraph operator at brookside saying haying that an attack by the negroes Is feared when the first news of tile the light reached hero here sheriff morrow and vilier chief ot of police mcdonald summoned all the available rn and it a carload of thal started at it 11 for the scene ot of the riot c complained 0 in of a rain in her head hen s bho he recovered anil and it la Is thought she had been slugged slug Ked the shei ift and other officers hao bae gone eon front dom Lawr lawrence crice t to |