Juliet signal. [volume] (Juliet [i.e. Joliet], Ill.) 1844-1???, 1863-08-18
IRE Atrocities Perpetrated by
Orcer OF White AbOIItIOnIsts.
one OF them a Chaplain

correspondence OF the chicago Times.
Steamer Belle Memphis, Aue.4
1t becOmes my painful duty to inform
you OF one of the most brutal Ub,Ia..Is
murders that has been committed s;nce ,hs
negroes began to fall into the hands n
Abolition ChapIains. "
Today eleven negroes Were sent from
Island No. 10 into Madrid Bend. Tenn
with orders from the negro official. fvh;,s
men to 90 to Mr. A. +. Beckmsn's ho,s.
murder him and his family, throw thsm
IN TO the river, get bis money, and plupder
hte house. P"Ne'
They went to the house and took Mr.
beekmaD and bis father, 20 years of ace.
snc Tour OF bis children, the eldest ahon.
20 years and the other three down Ia 3
years old marched them to the river hank
and then tied and butchered them In the
most horrid manner, and then threw them
into the river. '"SO'
A citizen happened to be passing the
scene. and the screams of children he.
low the bank attracted his attention 10 the
spot. when the young lady saw him and
screamed to him for help, out to 20 usa
tor be saw one Of the rufian negroes deai
her blow that silenced her screams for.
ever.
They then turned upon the fleeing citizen
with orders from the negro leader 20 kiIi
him-not to let him escape for the world
They fred eight or ten rounds AZ him he.
fore be was out of reach of their musket.
but he made his escape unburt. They ths6
went to the house, robbed II of monsv ana
papers, and tore u2 everything. And ,bns
terminated the lives of two men and fonr
helpless children By the hand Of FREE ne.
groes under the control of the Ahol;,;o, 80.
on Island No. 10. s '-''''
ly After this horrid deed they went ;nto
widow lady's house and piundered n Of
everything. = "
Col. Roberts, who was 10 Madrid Rand
Tenn.. at the time couscriptine tbs nsonis;.
negroes, sent bis cavalry sfter men snS
arrested nine Of the eleven, ana tbe1 .on-
feesed the whole matter TO the CoIonsi 80
officers. They we're ordered to rourder tbrss
other families. They said thew vere ~
ing their way back to the leland for pro.
lection when they we're taken nm ri.
Colonel, on their confession, arrested The
three men who ordered the murder. and
took ail to Columbus to be tried.
1t seems that the men who gave tbasa
orders to the negroes had q Dot of loose
"N.~H "No tboau EOD VIC tOrED. who "a q
CURED more TO Keep them than the men
were paid, and therefore il became peces.
sary TO murder the unprotected citizens 70
get meaDs and plumber to 20 on.
1t would sicken any decent person 10 bs
at one Of their free-love associations and
see the negroes and white women min1Iine.
together: How degr adipg il must Be viii
Uncle Abe'a American citizens of Gfr;asn
descent 70 be compelled to sssooisla -;,h
such class Of beinEsl "'''
Mr.. Editor, 1 have seen enough of th;.
lager ~ GER VAT I. am :icE Of il am di.gust.
together With many othsrs
VINO pave seen and heard of ths doinoa
about Island No. 10.
~ abraham LineoId could be placed on
! ~ one day, aud see the sights as !
nave seen them. surely be would Be 1ittle
sex, aad send the negroes back South.
ia ts-i-- Yours, truly,
.. s....-,... j. r PAGE.
2. S.-Tbe names Of The three white men
referred to above were Thomas Il Chap.