Six Men Shot Down

Title

Six Men Shot Down

Source Type

Newspapers

Publisher

The Forreston Herald

Publication Place

Forreston, IL

Publication Date

08/06/1898

Transcript

The forreston Gerald BY THEO. F. HALLER. FORRESTON, - ILLINOIR SIX MEN SHOT DOWN. ANTE-ELECTION RACE WAR IN ALABAMA. Bloody Work of Negroes at a Political Rally - Armed Men Called Out - United States Conscience Fund Hae Received $297,452 Since 1811. - Shot by Alabama Negroos. At the village of Cusseta, Ala., two prominent white men and four negroes were shot and several others narrowly escaped a similar fate, It was understood that the Populists would have a negro rally meeting near Cusseta, and H. R. Mitchell, the overseer of the plantation, with a score of negroes of his following, went to attend the meeting. When he and his party arrived at the place they were met and fired upon by a negro named Gus Avery and his associates. Charlie Morgan, Tom, Combs and John Hill were shot. Mitchell returned to Cusseta and procured warrants for the arrest of the negroes, and later, as the party sur- rounded the house in which the offenders were concealed, the, negroes opened fire from ambush without warning, seriously wounding W W. Meadors and W. J. Busby, both white men, and Will Floyd, a negro. Armed forces were telegraphed for to Opelika, West Point and Lafayette, and 200 men armed with Winchester rifles, shotguns and pistols responded to the call. Election excitement was at fever heat.

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