Show fLED TO THE SWAMPS Band of Black Outlaws Led by White Men FOUGHT CONSTABLES POSSE Throe Negroes Were Killed and Several Weunded 1 1 Trouble Began Over Efforts to Recover Re-cover Debts But Collector Was it Met With Shotguns j j New Orleans Oct Oln nn encoun rter between a band of negroes led by n white man and a constables posse 1 throe negroes were killed nnd seven or I eight wounded near Pecan Grove plan None oC Jrl tallon In St Charles parish the poss vas hurl The surviving ne J giocs and their white leader Pat McGee 11 Mc-Gee lied to the swamps and are being searched for Further trouble Is I feared i I McGee and the negroes have been I r working for the Mississippi Valley railroad rail-road Recently complaint had been made thai some oC them had contracted debts and refused to pay Charges weie filed and a constable went out to HCC the negroes On his way he met John Hinds a negro assistant of McGee c Mc-Gee who covered him with a shotgun and commanded him to ICOCD away from the camp The constable returned to town and organized a posse Near the camp the JoSe encountered eighteen oC the ne croes and McGee all heavily armed Both sides concealed themselves In the F high weeds and a battle oC twenty minutes min-utes followed lhe negroes and McGee llnally lost their nerve and fled The I bodies oC three negroes and several others wounded were picked up when the smoke cleared away |