Show winchesters WIN CHESTERS IH PLAY BLACK MEN KILLED WHILE attempting TO AID WOUNDED birmingham ala juno 29 the deputies aade the well in hand at cardlin and where the bloody race riots occurred yesterday afternoon although the negro miners refuse to work and continue to carry arms obrien saya that he has no right to disarm them and with few exceptions they are prepared for any sort 0 trouble an additional force of men has been placed on duty tor tear of an outbreak during the night A coroners jury held an inquest over the remains ol 01 ed eells and adams samuels today A physicians sworn testimony was to the effect that both negroes were shot in the back eells body was pierced with twenty five buckshot from a double shotgun and was killed with a winchester rifle the postmaster at blossburg Bloss burg testified that shortly before the killing he heard eells talking to a crowd oe bis comrades in regard to a speech made to them by the sheriff who said that it the negroes would disarm they would be given protection ellis told them this was all a lie and he declared that lie would not return to work until bis winchester had been emptied tho jury came to a verdict that the negroes met death at tho hands of an unknown party or unknown parties shortly after this two white miners one armed with a winchester and the other with a shotgun were seen walking down the road to the gin town ellis left shortly after them it was but a few moments when shots were heard ehlts was found lying on his face in the road and his body was beaten by a drenching rainstorm tor several hours adam samuels was killed while going to succor eells when he was within seventy five yards of the pros irate body of eells a winchester ball brought him down two then ran to samuels assistance he told them he had been shot by white men they stooped to pick him up and while in a crouching position they were fired on the negroes then fled in every direction and the three bleeding negroes were left in the road for an hour A white man with a shotgun met a crowd of miners farther down tho road 1 I have killed the meanest negro in blossburg Bloss burg said he look out for my family boys he baa not been seen since said among the negroes that the white men who did the shooting were secreted in a box car on the railroad track near the dirt road tho physician testified that the shooting was done at close range the coroner lust in from blossburg Bloss burg says it is impossible to get at the gutlay parties he baya that both eldes are sullen and he predicts further troubles the mines have almost closed down tor want of laborers |