| Show lACE RAGE TROUBlES IN MISSISSIPPI Conservative Estimates Place The Number of Dead as a Result at Fifteen TROOPS TROOPS SENT TO THE SCENE B at t lies l Suh Subsided lc Negro s Quiet Tenn renit Dee Dec the tho number or of dead by a conserva a tn tivit nt at 15 1 thu racial trouble throughout county Ils has reached I a mot most stage oM anti ch chocked u a arace race war of at serious Berlou proportions It It is feared wil result After quiet hint been restored at t Wahalak the tho Irl outbreak oe oc occurred Monday and shorty shortly after artur the Iho dt departure arturo or of tire tho troops Helt sent to quell the tho disturbance rioting broke out nt at Scooba live south or of ortho IvI mies tire tho luter latter and during yesterday ald unit night might live negroes aru reported to have been killed Ot Of this later clash reports are aro reo re reports ports placing the number ut ot killed and wounded at 1 it Icoro Troops vero iris I tu to the anti 11 let left Meridian early curly today At five negroes welo killed before the arrival or of troops At Crawford Miss lea Conductor W Vt N ot of the tha Mobile uld anti Ohio ri tall loud WIS WAS shut Shot wounded hJ by u a negro night negro In tUn turn was shot by harrison and ond before lie hI could lIaR killed ly by l a Three companion who were with tire the negro le tied to tire tho One or of these theseas was as later Inter captured arid shot eliot to del death Ih The others were being pursued Last night a negro involved inn In 11 art alt altercation with two men aboard I a train lear near arid and hen staton station wa vas reached WI was taken from the tho train and killed rho troops sent elt to toda today arc alu com cam of a 11 company compan of infantry anti I a batery battery or of the troops an air organized party or of 40 10 men from Columbus are on ontie tie tIre scenic to asit In quelling tint tho riot Ilot Iii 1 I a dispatch to by last night Shelt Trout of ar Kemper county described Urn tho situation IS as critical SITUATION AT T Sc oba Miss IS Dl Dec yonder yeter day dar reports reached tins this tOWI town that tour four negroes Imd been pursued b bI I a an and killed kled five mies east or of mere here I It WS vans also also reported that the negroes 11 In arid aud around the town tow I were vero II iii 1 a state or of unrest ant and trouble WR wits feared A telegram was sent to to Vardaman It at Jackson asking that troops be sent here from Meridian Tire Tho governor ordered out n a of at mi militia litia Ind aird the tho Bohler soldiers arrived hero here arly rl today found however that no trouble existed In Scooba and they art are artno no HOW Walking about the little town chat tn with the citizens Tho ho reported kIlling or of tour four yesterday W wits a direct outgrowth of the Iho recent trouble troubie nt at Wahalak a fight Occurred al on a Mobile OhIo railroad traIn between two 10 grace and Conductor Cooper One or of the negroes was killed out outright outright right and tIo tho conductor received severe InJuries Great excitement lt at when I It was reported tim the l tie gross groEs had threatened to 10 the white people and hur burn the town 00 Coy promptly sent fent the tho state mita militia to the tho but after atter remaining one da day Col ol II inn command reo me turned to reporting don dan danger gor ger or of further trouble hal hat apparently passed Citizens or of Scooba say Bay today tha that nu no clash wih with negroes Is nol now reared feared hert here The legro negro population II is quiet from Wahalak this mon morn lag state that excitement there thero ha has and b busIness Is now being carried on 1 air usual VAnDIA S ADVICES Jackson Jacklon MIss 11 Dec Dc fiGo 2600 Varda Vardaman man said aid today that his latest from Senoba were the report or of race troubie had bra been exaggerated 10 lie said hl he would hold time tha militia there however until hl ha wa was sure al all hall hail been beell quieted down I |
