The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-05-09
loMoR LAW IN KENTUoKY.

90 1oMOB LAW In KENTUCKY. Il.
Two Negroes KiLIed---A United states
Ohicer Shot DOWn--.The U. s. Troops
RepulSed-.The = Regulators Hold
-JeSsamln County. leE3i az ~
i Cor k.pa4aenes oi ne CIneimsaa GGseae
ma LEXINGTON, KY, May 5.
'1thas long been knowntthat there ex-
listed in various parts of Kentucky
bodies of armed men styling them
selves Regulators" These men as
sumed to .usurp- the place of the civil
officers and courts OF Justice, and mete
put n4nishments according TO a,cods Of
their oWn,l which they called EIynch
lRWtn q A few, months ago a band Of
Regulators called the "Saggs Men, p did
great damage and committed a number
of outrageS near the line OF the Louis
vile E Nashville Railroad Another
band drove out, robbed, murdered and
maltreated great many colored people
living in Boone and adjoining coun-
ties. Only1,a few weeks ago a body
numbering from 50 10 100 men shot and
hung some six or eight persons in the
neighbOrhood of fDanville, Several
citizens were notified to leave, or they
would be summarily dealt with, and
Gen. Fry, Col. GoodIoe Hon. John Haf-
Ian; and other good and highly respect
able citizens were compelled to fly from
their homes to save their lives. Gen.
Thomas suddenly brought the proceed
ings Of this mob 70 q stop by sending
company of soldiers to DanVilIe, since
which time all has been quiet in that
vicinity. The people had began to
hope that the lawless men who called
themselves Regulators, bad given over
their deeds of blood; undO settled down
into useful and peaceable citizens; but
ttap ppsars their Cessation nom violence
was only the calm which proceeds the
storm, r.-s
THE NTCHoLAsyILLE MOB.
On Saturday night, April 9th, 1867, a
mob Of some forty men gathered in the
neighborhood of Nicholasville, Ky,,
and, at about 9 o'clock in the morning,
marched in and took possession OF the
town, throwing ont piokets on all the
roads, and allowing no one to- ,ap.
proaeh. The main body of the, mob
then surrounded the jail and demanded
of the tailer the keys, which he at first
refused to give them, but upon being
assured that II he did not instantlysu
renderthem helwould he shot, he gave
themithe key to the outer door, They.
the body OF the prison, but having neg
lected to- get ithessmAllIkey could mot
get into the cells where the prisoners
were confined! Several, men started
back to find the jailor and secure the
cell keys, bnt.the man had escaped and
they could notfind him. 9'sfs 1lnoE ~
+ After a fruitless search they returned
with the news to theircompanions, who
were awaiting them in the Jail; when,
procuring lights, they went to, d cell. in
which negro named Adam Smith was
htterI Unable to get at him they thrust
the lights through the bars into the!cell
and then fired, on him until he fell.
There was another negro in the cell
with Smith, buthe escaped by standing
close fnithe corner So that the lights
would not. shine upon him. The mob
did not know there was any one. in, the
cell except Smith, or they certainly
would have killed him. AFTER shooting |
Smith, theimob drew In their pickets,
mounted their horses and rode off into |
negro man NAMED Bath, who had been |
shoty in fight with white man,
Crawl. was lying. Surrounding the |
house, they dragged Bath out of the bed |
in which he was lying, sick and weak |
from the loss Of blood, and procuring a
rope; hung him by the neck to tree
near byi afterywhich they disbanded|
and returned to their homes, q
s.I7yigCAUsE OF THE MOB. sI
A few days before the, assembling ofl
the mob, two dogs, belonging to Rich-
ard Crawl, white, and Adam Smith,
COlored, living near Nicholasville, had |
a fight. over the result of which Crawl
and Smith quarreled. and Crawl get |
ting the better of Smith, clubbed him |
severely.i Smith, 1t is said, made some
threats against, Crawl, and both men
armed themselves. Soon afterward
Crawl met in. field with Smith, who
was at work with the negro, Bath,
mentioned above, and it Is said the me- |
groes attempted to get away, when
Crawl halted them and ordered the me-
gro BatlIto go back and leave Smith,
which Bath declined to do, when Crawl |
drew a-reYolVer a and snapped It at
Bath, who, not being armed, rushed
upon Crawl and caught him, holding
his arms tight against; the body, and
attempting 10 prevent Crawl from
shooting him. Crawl snapped his re-,
went off and shot Rath in the thigh,
wounding him severely. Smith, who,
during the struggle between Crawl and
Bath, had stood By and looked on, see
ing Bath fall, and! no doubt thinking
his turn would come next, drew his
revolver; and taking deliberate aim
fired, the ball taxing effect, in aCFaWl's
head, just over the eye and killing him
almost instantly. SMITH then fTwent
and gave himself up to the civil au-
thofidesOf Jessamin county, who con-
fined. him inther Jail at a holasYille,
1.-THE county seat) where he was shot byl
a mob, Dasl wei have already related.
The negro, Bath, being too severely
70 be moved to Jail, was taken
to house near byfwhere he was hnng
by the same mob that shot Smith on
the night nf the 9th Of Anil. Con sthe
morning of the 2sthF the negro Smith,
although mortally rounded, was found4l
still alive and able to, talk He linger-
ed along prtn night when he died Ein1
great agony, but before breathing his
several rpeTSous who had done the shoot
ing of him, W. ~, ,at'- ii IL ss - 'iis'i
..eit,.l sHoouNGoF COL. RICE O.. .'EIgg
The affidavit made by Adam Smith
before his death, and duplicating a
OF well4knoWIl citizens, was
submitted to the authorities, and Gen.
Freedmen's Rnreap, al, lexington, KY,
to.Arrest al the lpefSonR ooncatned and
forward them 70 Louisville, KY, for .
examlnation and trial.. Colonel James |
II. Rice, Asst. Sub. Asst. Commission!
er, was sent with a party of United
States soldiers to max the arrests. The1
Colonel, with a squad Of eight or TEN
well moQuted mem left IexinRtonsoon
after enightfall, on Friday Nay 8, 3,sand |
proceeded 70, the Fnouse OF, MRS Crawl,
Thomas, who was, one OF the men that |
shot Smith, and whostsl a brother of |
IR;cha RI 'Cfa SiI fha man vghn t1as shot |