Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-10-16
peaceful negroes, in and about Camp
Nelson. Ky.

was on the Fair Grounds, had some
words with white man. who drew a
| pis tol and fred a him. \ mob soon
| gathered. shot the negro four or FIVE
times, and then threw him IN cart
several following the cart and firing
into it. The negro. who was not dead
was taken to the jail; and, the same
night, mob broke open the iail. beat
the SICK and wounded man 10 death
( then cut his throat aud threw him in.
to the creek. Next day he lay nearly
all day exposed 20 the pu6lic gaze. a
horrible sight to look upon Some
white fends, in Marion county. cut a
+, negro's cars off; and another, near
! Cornishvllle, Ky, had his ears slit
Some white men hung two negroes
/ near Dauyille, and onein Lebanon. Ky.
Dr. jerry Donovan went to the cabins
Of some nolirmsIve negroes living near
( JOhusony.lle, In Mercer county. and
I beat an old man named David Bergau.
I Bergan ran away to Johsonville. when
/ Donovan followed him. beat him over
the head with pistol until he broke
the pistol IN pieces, and then. mount
/ ing his horse. drove the old creature
before him three miles to Dreshclls
farm. He repeatedly rode up TO the
old man and kicked him in the back
/ the poor creature being too feeble to
+ get ont Of the way In March last. a
negro man, named Anderson Iacklev
was arrested. in Mercer county, and
/ thrown INTO Jail. when one Dr. John
/ Witherspoon Jailed him out, on con
ditIou that the negro would make a
written contract to work for him dur
/ ing his entire life, which the negro
did. In May. 1867, a mob broke open
the Jail, at Nlcholasville, and shot and
killed negro prisoner. They then
went out three miles into the country,
where poor, innocent negro, who had
been shot by a white man IN the hip.
was lying wounded, and took him out
and hung him.
In Boone county party Of citizens
attacked Jordan FInney. quiet, in
dustrious negro, drove him off and de
stroyed his house and furniture. Two
daughters OF Finney were driven out
Of the county because their husbands
We're soldiers in the Union army
None Of the Finrev Family were al
lowed to remain IN the county Of
Boone. Their prosecutors were re-
turned rebel soldiers.
IN Grant county, Wm, Slect. Eliza
Sleet, Jesse Beat, Edward Alexander,
Mary Alexander and Garter Rorst.
were beaten IN most cruel and inhu-
man manner, their property destroyed
and they forbidden to return home, on
pam Of death. Garter Rorst was most
terribly tortured. gashes nearly SIX
inches long beng cut IN his body and
1lied with salt. All the above named
persons are reported as quiet. INDUS
trlous black people. Jacob RIle, a
c"Iored soldier, who was living with
his former master. was taken out OF
MS house hy band Of armed men,
0ho then burned the house. While
they were firing the house he ran
away, but was shot through the side
ln making hIs escaue. lie and his fam
Iiy were compelled to leave the coun-
ty. Harrison Griggs, colored man.
residing in Boone county. was taken
from his bed, in the night. aud beat
for nearly an hour with white thorn
sticks, many old the thorns break
ing off in his body, head and face
lie was compelled to leave the county.
: naoro man. formorIv slave Of
Mr. Pefar Bailey. of Woodford conn
tv Kv. was knocked down and saw.
aralv 'baatan bacause he did not nav
over Ia his av-master all of his WAGES
Ranban Atkins was robbed Of frfv
dollars and baafen bv hiS former mas.
tor Clarr;ssoa Rprdett tho wifa Of
= colored soldier was whinned bv her
former master uptil She was insensi-
M.
Cbartv Smith the wifi. of = soldier
,yas strin,a3 n,lzad nv her former own.
ar Who them tied her hands and feet
as far anart ~ noesib]e. when he tool,
! cowbi1a and vbinnad her until she
was insansible. than he ordered her to
be washed down with salt water Jo-
Scph Rails. an humble and inotIensive
freedman. and the owner OF forty
acres of land. was taken from his
house bv some white men. who so mu-
tilated and abused him that his bow
els protruded. and he died IN great a y