He Killed Them
May 23, 1896
Summary
Jack Trice fought and killed several white men when they came to lynch his fourteen year old son.
Transcription
Braidentown, Fla., May 12.
Jack Trice, a colored man, fought fifteen white men at 3 o'clock this morning, killing James Hughes and Edward Sanchez, fatally wounding Henry Daniels and dangerously wounding Albert Buffum. The battle occurred at the colored man's home, near Palmetta, a town six miles south of here, and he fought to prevent his 14-year old son being "regulated" by the whites.
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
Yesterday afternoon Trice's son and the son of Town Marshal Hughes, of Palmetto. fought, the white boy being badly beaten, Marshal Hughes was greatly enraged, and at 3 o'clock this morning he and fourteen other white men went to Trice's house to ''regulate" the colored man's little boy. The whites demanded that the boy be sent out. Trice refused and the whites began firing.
THAT DEADLY RETURN FIRE.
Trice returned the fire, his first bullet killing Marshal Hughes. Edward Sanchez tried to burn the house and was shot through the brain by Trice. Then the whites tried to batter in the door with a log, which resulted in Henry Daniels getting a bullet in his stomach that will kill him. The regulators then ran, a final bullet from Trice's rifle striking Albert Buffum in the back. The whites secured re-enforcements and returned to Trice's home at sunrise, vowing to burn father and son at the stake, but their intended victims had fled; only Trice's old mother was in the house. The old woman was driven out and the house burned. Posses with bloodhounds are chasing Trice and the boy, and they will be lynched if caught.
Jack Trice, a colored man, fought fifteen white men at 3 o'clock this morning, killing James Hughes and Edward Sanchez, fatally wounding Henry Daniels and dangerously wounding Albert Buffum. The battle occurred at the colored man's home, near Palmetta, a town six miles south of here, and he fought to prevent his 14-year old son being "regulated" by the whites.
THE CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE.
Yesterday afternoon Trice's son and the son of Town Marshal Hughes, of Palmetto. fought, the white boy being badly beaten, Marshal Hughes was greatly enraged, and at 3 o'clock this morning he and fourteen other white men went to Trice's house to ''regulate" the colored man's little boy. The whites demanded that the boy be sent out. Trice refused and the whites began firing.
THAT DEADLY RETURN FIRE.
Trice returned the fire, his first bullet killing Marshal Hughes. Edward Sanchez tried to burn the house and was shot through the brain by Trice. Then the whites tried to batter in the door with a log, which resulted in Henry Daniels getting a bullet in his stomach that will kill him. The regulators then ran, a final bullet from Trice's rifle striking Albert Buffum in the back. The whites secured re-enforcements and returned to Trice's home at sunrise, vowing to burn father and son at the stake, but their intended victims had fled; only Trice's old mother was in the house. The old woman was driven out and the house burned. Posses with bloodhounds are chasing Trice and the boy, and they will be lynched if caught.
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Liam Eynan
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“He Killed Them,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed February 19, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/1622.