New-York tribune., 1867-10-05
KENTUCKY OUTRAGE&
enY,5r IN TuE sTATE-FIvE HUNDRED MURDERS
AND OUTEAGEs ON UNION MEN AND NEGROES
MURDER, ARSON, RAPE, AND ROAsIlNG OF
MRN HEFnNR EIEES.

6ylMF IN TIE STATE-FlVE HUNphbp fuiNpHhs
AND OUTEAGEs on UNION MEN AND NEGROES
MURDER, ARSON, RAPE, AND RoAsIlNG OF
MEN BEFORE FIRES.
Froa Special Correspondent
LOUISVILLE. KY, Sept. %. 1867.
Some time ago we read in the papers that
an officer Of The army objected to having tho Rebel guns
t West Point marked with the place Of their capture
lest In future years youth from tho South who came
there 10 be educated should the marks aud have his
feelings hurt by being reminded of the treason OF his
state We also heard Of gentleman In the late canvass
IN Keacky who fearful Of hurting the feengs OF
his auditors that hes ALWAYS spoke of the war as our "'e
slight differences with each other" Tho sesilvehessoi oi
these gentlcmen nothing, however, when eoih'
pared with the deep emotions of Kentuckians Some one
having recently few persons had been deprived
N life and beity the State OF Kentucky WITHOUT oo
process Of law there forthwith profound agitaoh
and tho mschievons person bitterly denounced asa
hired Abolonist sent down here To sander t0c suono
State aud the angelic inhabitants thereof
An examination 81 the official records Of the Frcedmens
Rureau shows that during the past year nearly 500 mur
ders ard outragcs had been committed on Need'nen
alone to say nothln Ing of as many more on whe mem %
perhaps another that had never been fcpof'e " '
or taken notice Of officially. .,..o. ,bo+ 1,
Kenton County Amanda Bishop, a 'daughter Oh nenIy
was taken while al work and beaten with CLUB uiiil
she sensee because she WSSSI h w6o Gr beat herr
on the 18Th Of March, 1866, o. b. Duke at Mount ster
Ing r NJ & n'' on 5'" the nth Of March, Montgomery
County, poor black man named George bnty Nts nn M,
,iered by some unknown on the 26th Oh Ahcn, WI
liam ThoInas colored man. was taken IRON the Ji at
paris, Kentucky, and hung by q mob On the ON OI
an cold baod ON the 18th of May, In the same county,
Henry Nelson murdered, and short iime nelos,
Ann Roeer4, "a rooIcd woman was Killed III Madison
county by William Shaw, white man lNlng WIN VIZ
% Ann r. ESgsS" % r% Sas Of poor auntc Roger None Of
the above murderers have 6een Pnlsh91 h paa' & io,
A hand OF men, sly ling themselves Reguatols; went
groes In the month many negroes were 'onpou,
County In Mason County, Harvey Sharp took knife
and cut pieces William Johnson poor O'eS man Op
the nth of June three beat, on the Tate Creek road
poer cooIe man because ne would not say he stole
horse found their possesson and which he Shd lhey
on the esd Of June 1868. In Mason County kcntncRy
bsch om,r Tins ease ON being referred 10 the County
Judge His Honor ieed This OIuTt uoeS m nGe sro
while returning home from church on SUNDAY, the i4tn
DAY OF July. shot down by Thomas Fnlsve ana ron on
col and attempted to kill black man named Henderson
The Of Fullaye was referred 70 SnGge Ulr o s Tx
ma had left country welitodo eoloTed man nanea
IhSa 1ysS sS o H. ~S %ss H IN the month Of july 1885, at the
iastigation OF Dudley Morrison. Feur Glass and Others
lewis sanders George sanders, and two other white
brutes the nth Of July 1867 wen. 70 tno m9"sT ht m
up her furniture THIS happened near Warsaw, Ky;
on the 27th July In Clarke County an oiacS
killed by c. X Johnston who Is stili at aige: &C. , WINE
In hiS hOnSe, IN Mercer tOuhtg
August last Harrison Benton, black was shOt ara klea
by William Clark. white. On the 9Th OF August ID In'
tin County, Ky, T. Bottom, Geo summers au1 D. VII,
Iiams with five other white men. went to the house OF
William Kane, thrifty colored man. ana robbed nm oi
ali be had Including 500 silver. In the same month,
an GaIatn County. mob styling themselves negro Iesu
lators beat aud drove OF great many hegToes; M na
Of white men. 80 sToug on the hSt OF inc slh o sep
tember, robbed, beat, and maltreated great inaiy
peaceful negroes In and about Camp Nelson, Kentucky
In October last, the PARIS Fair. in Bourbon County,
black who oa the FAR Grounds hag some %"us
gathered. shot the negro ln'h
threw him IN cart, several following the cart ana hS
1t. The negro, who was not dead was tAen 70 ne
,a and the same night mob broke open the jail beat
'he and wounded man to death then cut NJ Is throat
M day exposed to the public gazs h0IfSS ss cs 10
negros of and another, near C0rIshVliie n.y. had
MS ears slit some white men hung two negroes near
went to fhe cabins OF some inOiensive living
near Johnsonve, in Mercer County, and beat an old
sonyic wien Donovan followed hlp. beat him the
head with pistol until he broke the pistol n pieces ana
then mounting his horse drove the old creature before
him three miles Dreshells farm. He repeatedly rode
mp to the old and kicked him in the back, the poor
creature being feeble get out Of the way In March
last % negro named Anderson Haekley was arrested
in Mercer County and thrown into jail. when Dr.
John Wither po0n baiied him out condition that the
uegro would make written contract to work for him bis
lifetime which the negro did In 1iay 1851 mon Droke
open tho jail az NchOisville and snot and Killed negro
prisoner They then went out three miles into the conn
Try, where poor innocent negro who had been shot by
white man IN the hip was lying "ounded tooR hin OUT
In Boone County party Of citizens attacked Jordan
Fnney quiet, industrious negro drove HIM on ana de-
nav were driven out OF the county because their hus
hands soldiers in the Union army. None OF the
Boone Ther Prosecutors were returned Rebel soldiers
IN Grant County wm Sleet Eliza sleet, Jesse Best,
Edward Alexander, Mary Alexander and Carter Rorsf,
beaten in most ernel and inhImsn msnner' Their
pr ppOpey 5sn o dsa Carter Rors was most terribly pun
ied gashes nearly six inches long being cut ln ms Do
portes as quiet industrious black people.
Jacob Rile, cOlored soldier, who was hving with hls
former master taken out Of his house by band OF
armed mon who then burned the house. While they were
burning the house he ran away but was shot lhong ,e
Delled To leave the county "a, -, ~,
wss taken from his bed IN the night ana beat Or nearly
an hour with whitothon sticks, many OF the thorns
breaking OF In mis- body, head and lace. lie was eo-
negro man. formerly slave Of Mr.. Peter Bailey o.
beon because he did not pay over to his former master
Reuben Atkins. discharged colored soldier
robbed OF so and beaten by his former master
wSIppe by her former master until she was nsenble
CHARITY Smith, tho wife of soldier was stripped naked
BY her donS 1 % SnS Shen isn he t and
whipped her nn she was inSensibe; then he ordered
an humble nd noffensiye freedman and the OF 20
Of land was taken from his honse ey some white
bowels protrudcd, aud he died in grea, agony The
Sy tho name Of acSet and roasted the soes
fore the re after which they put cut one OF ms eyes
preacher nfyned Burns. who quet and good man,
and after robbing his house rayisbed HE wife in his
bred persons were horribly treated, and one shot by
these fnhunan ends Two Of the perpetrators OF these
outraGes were arrested by officer Of the freedmens
Bureau. bat while they were being removed for trial
Judge Apperson Of Montgomery County, ky took Their
bodes from the officer by writ OF habeas corpus, and
set them at liberty.
Iewis'Tandy colored man living in Lexington offered
apstOl for sao to a white man, who wanted IL for ~;
but the pistol being worth more than double mat
amount Tandy declined 10 SELL when the white man had
him arrested for carrying arms In violation Of the state
laws and brought him before MAGISTRATE who hncd
Tandy s. and gave the pistol a present TO The white
man Tor having Informed Taidy. Another white man
"boucht pistol IN the way OF Arnstead TOwles,
fudn .tri rin;safi al wrltO-dO cOOred citizen.