Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1888 — THE NEGRO RIOT. [ARTICLE]

THE NEGRO RIOT.

Four of the negro pariticipants in the tragedy were brought to a summary justice. One of the four resisted and was riddled with bullets. The other three were then hanged to surrounding trees. The posse has sworn to run down all the negroes who fled so the hills on the night of the affray. There are at least fifteen other negroes in hiding. A special from Wahalak, Miss,, says: “Runners came in about noon Friday from White House, bringing a report from the other band of searchers. They rode hard all day, and covered their territory well, but failed to find any of the negroes for whom they were hunting. A negro woman who was in the house during the shooting Sunday night was seen to-day and told what she knew of the affair., Her statement, however, only confirmed other accounts and brought out no new facts. The guards who had charge of the prisoners report that they escaped Thursday night, but do not think it worth while to attempt to find them any more, and have asked their names to be scratched from the list of the ‘spotted.’ ’■ A note was received Thursday stating that several of the negroes who were in Maury’s house during the shooting Sunday night, were making their way to Meridian through the country, where they intended taking the train in order to leave the country. This information was telegraphed to Meridian and all other points near here where they might attempt to board the train, and if they attempt it they will certainly be caught. This seems to be the only chance to capture them. The searching party has been disbanded, and the riot is practically over, at least for the present, out woe to anv of the ‘spotted’ should they ever be found in this section of the country.”