, 1866-07-28
appearance o. two rogu'ass, who told them
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fnANoxs TnoMraoN.
TIC rapo Of Frances Thompson, who had
been slavc snd was cripple, uaing cEutche..
laying q cancer on her foot, ia one TO which
reference Is hero made. On Tuesday night
seven mcu, two Of whom we1e policemen.
came to ber house. 6ho knew the two to be
POLICEMEN By their stars. They were sll
lrithrnen, fhey nrst demanded that she
should get supper for them, which ane dao.
After supper the wrrtches threw p! Tue pro-
ytsfoua that wero In the honse wMea aaa hot
been consumed ont into The bsyou. They
then laid hold Of Frances, hitting her on tho
side Of the face and kicking her. a girl by
tha name Of
LUCY aHrru.
about sixteen years old, living with her, at.
The brutes Knocked her down and choked
her. They then drew their pistols, and satd
tbey would shoot them and fire the house II
they did not let them have their way. Tbs
woman, Frances Thompson, Was then RIO
lated BY fonr Of tho men. and 30 beaten aud
bruised that she lay in bed for three days.
They then took al the clothes ont Of the
trunk, one hundred dollars In grecnbacks be-
longing to herself md two hundred dollars
belonging to another eoioted woman, which
SIX dresses, bed-c}oth1ng, DC. They were In
the house nearly four hours, and when they
| icit thcY said they intended '"to burn up the
last God damned nigger, and drive all the
Yankees out Of town, and then there would
'oms rebel .ior ngges and neq eqttsut' s1h
Who was before the committee, said TO be si1.
| teen OF seventeen years old, but who seemed,
from her appearance, to be Two or three years
| younger, was g1rl Of modest dcmcanor and
highly respectable In appearance. She cor
| rubornted the testimony OF Frances Thomp-
| The house and as to the policemen who were
| with them. They seized her tLucy} By tie
| neck and choked her to such an extent that
| sbe could not talk for two weeks to any one.
! She was then violated hv one Of the mcn, and
| the reason given By another for not repeating
| the act Of nanelcss ntrocity was, that She was
! 60 rear dead he would not hare anything to do
| with her. He thefeupou struck her severe
| blow upon the eide pt the head. The violence
| Of these Wretches seemed to be aggravated
by the fact that the women had in their room
[ some bcd,coverinE or quilting with red. white
! aud blue, and also come pictures Of Unlon
/ otIicess They said, "Yo1 ntggers bare .
! mighty liking for the damned Yankees. but
we will Kill you, and you Will have no liking
for any one then.' This young girl was so
| badly injured that she was unable to lenye
her bed Tor two weeks.
ATTEMPT TO BUnN Lucf HUNT.
| One Chris. Pigeon, IN frishmau, went With
others to the house Ut Lucy Hunt, q co1oecd
woman, hnii threatened II they could not get
IN they would burn them al up. They did
nnh wh.n H. "tten Ill.,. n rcme eI ~, u thsr
.',.,s,f 10. .ais i't -. ~ tso W. tns. r..
lines. Ono Of theni caught her by the tllruat
| and snld he wns ,gelng 10 burn her mp. ORC
| Of tue gabg put bis pistol 10 her heal mid
snnt, .at, y p,,a i,,e Il, yun ,e1u ~. H., m ~
the "ttns..rn ..f st,s sni.i.ss te. s ,'ss,hs
uS, st t.t',.L - ~ ne tfi,n H.. ~ Ros s'Ghs 9s
ptUeeeds tf Flvteett ttnhtlts' work at Tho f0tt,
where she ltatl tecti eogkhs fut a eoiutsty u
et tttua.y. ttlt It III Iet sit]es ] ttid stett se u
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manMeF ~ geo tf"nn as,t iMto n tne iloutT , e raf{
la.m ssn,, ~. ~. \, a.. KILL ,,.a h'nu irs
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t'o'! u ni Ill., 'nab, aat toa than tl,ay wnnie!!
'in ulstl,ri'allec, tt " liIsy whi,la ~ awaY
oil would 10 4uint. Upon pat tl,u rfoml
,nal,e fh0Telhtha "a J. ~ ,nl'n% mn up
ppft ol tnl1fca liiofl ttl tho fnflliWnfks, sec4
!.R lllu i1lh'' Wlla lIal gona gttt a!tastn!l, a.
ls1lo wy ehofi Ol ttio rtnwh Afia throwing
~ et't'lt t'lst. Tlurrlf,oti tl,t roWnrdlee ot
tlle int,l.s Wi!1nii fotld hi,0ot down iartllati
men sna 0c!etleolfas Whteli hslu tHllafuh ana
burn t!lrlr n0lisfst W. hlowh W lfenklhE
ai,n fpht''i,9 Mllh a't shslf might. s!lelf r.
xG!tefs slicklns oiat beillrls ahd nrt!ng 0ttt
in9 hlRQcfs Hase fisch aDa ato eolf'R 10
SsAo nicli'!lnis
MI aT!EMTIs !ss't, TO nuHn WliiEs oinknM.EN.
4, ano Slaae!!vo a,ia rosptRenI lgelitge OF
lle. by: lainy txfrnt1ntl to such wt!ltr pronla
a. neg '.tat'ltettta paftictlnr lrlcnaaNlp 70 w
ttlefra TatH " flntetc"llnk themselves IN el!clt
senaMtt saa enHEeAea, ano ~ tuo'F Mst!aIe
Hsncfahy: Mt. nna Mts. Caep1f were Eng
i!nn o. which WA TO hn Ut fhr \ eoiored
schoo!. WHleh "a. 70 % tsn9ht ~ ~
tlppEo"s N!p lau neen splnIet iu t!o Unt1a
atmF; Mr' Conpef Wne Called en "aoolltlon'
~. pecanse ihey saia ~ ~ 1o'as 100 inaGl
II thelr chapel: 4 Gang ct policemen and
citizcns came ;nto thn nolrhborhood Ia .
thleatshlns attithae. bclng hppealel 70 oy
mn. a. soCpes tp ~, 70 anoM Wasa .ney Me's m Hottna t
~ ~, icy eaa1 tnc} "elu H4!.k ~ ~. rs, rs,
ha1e no f. H. ,oa n'
/
thcy Wete M talnng 10 aer. ~ eone distance
rom the mouse. aua assuring ner tnat the1
would not hutt heT Of hsr children, ~
1o,uaset w!in neI 4oar A.t!e euiau1Sa III u, y!
aenoetate!Y set @ on u1e, ana Maa'c ~ aSr aas9ans
them scysral Times; a policeman headce
tha crowd OF ncerdlafles, whose nscntion
Art' Cooper Thinks, WAS 70 nnsn up hcT cht1
drcn. Inc bnildinH ana al thc farntture "a
bnrncd, and nr. Cooper Led from the CITY u
n oEsERAL sfosEN4S'sPAocErp1SGs. .
ina testimony hfkt taken Fas that 9
hlntor General George Stoutman, from "lIel
} y appears taat ihe whole military torce sta
tioncd at Memphis consisted Of = dctaciincn
OF she sixtcenth United states T. infantry, no
tAat this force ~as not more than sufficient t
. guard the large nmount Of GoVefnmaDt pro
: perry e. Mempais asalnst tne laseo oamoefs e
: o. tnlcfee, roDncss. lnecnolas1es, anu II
PREVIOUS to this Tine tne people OF ~ Mctn !,
pms NAG been c1amot1ne lofa Hhha5aNsi q
~ the United etates troops. ooastt9g toa
! they we're perfectly competent to take caE
i q tnemselFes. HenefA st2neHan % ,, nag q
) therefore, snfnea the ei1y ana tnat seetson %
e y va psaetieaos' no,aine tnsm ss rsspons'
{ bic ior good order, peace. auo qoict. z
0 Tue nrat orea ENG ont Of ne sloious pro9eta
1nef, On kne asetnoon O. aueson5; luz 10 i.t -
{ MaF. uenefai st9nemn ~as ea,ieo p,a.to npva =, !,
D tae eneilu 81 tae eounIy'. anu rsAuetRsgg y
TO use ~ United I,, STATES @ troops anusr !, ~
!. command for quellsng them. - there 10
Z the1ctofors been 50 urgent demand upo
r. o. tae eGps ,e6ean 10 na9c de.ad ieS 1adpo
J. ken 10 queli the disturbances aud he fuEtt
whether thc civil authorities could tats car
q them,e!!ss ond rre;.rse ordss ;, q - # h; ha
/. scquent . thl,, Irresponsible parties, repr
I l and eldsfn,sa q the ~, ma: spplIcati2a
t5e General for the qse 4, Of ths tso"p:; H. ns r
= dress him a communication TO that ELECT,