The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1868-10-01
We learned Yesterday the partieu-


AMP SHHOT57777lHIS DAUGHTER OUT
RACED By FIVE aNEGRoEs.isr4un-o % d
We learned EesterdaI-the- particu-
aars of the FS horrible gilb & outrage Iperpetra-
ted near TTIlyners Station. % by FIVE ner
groYePs d9grj rjilnffo Informant, N Staatifers is IA
gentleman well known to the citizens
j of GEhPsattapooga, n and his statements are
trqe lliI in eEerK epE4er particular Heis, fair
mera III residing faliinl ,ipe in the nlsighborhqod of
the sGs4e t he relates FL ts- It appears that
! the fYYifHfnity fYYiiffHfnity Of Houses camp d ground,
abqQ9nbtt fRne and half half miles from iTy-
IIref,s Station, tio in the eastern part of
Hamilton lnlll1 f1n1!ro reopUpty ~ has for some weeks
past been LIN infested by Al aaiinumber of me-
groes, who, have hay been a terrorl to the
/ citizens fe by their numerous, uqlml thefts and
outtrages upon the Iwomen, of farmers
hopYS5fh9lfdifibn On Saturday evening
last family named Gardner from
North Alabama, arrived at the camp
ground, as .thBiaflldge isl known, in
tendingto make "a permanent gettle-
| ment:s u frlIe vfa1hily consisted iof Hi
|, ram Gatdne1y an old man of about so
| yeafsy d'three' daughters, all llattained
to C%omanlsood, edFhey ofiadl Travelled
from their old iHome'ina wagon, cont
tanning theisfe# personal and house..
! hold effects! ts!nGAEfiying ihthe outskirts
of the Village, they determined to stay
thetg'uhtil the following morning L
After their frugal meal they laid down
in heifWag6h and went to sleep. III :
/. AboutImidhignt they were awaken
ed BY loud noises, and, starting up in
alright, found that a large number Of
negroes We're in and around the wag-
on. .HTMr. Gardner, = a feeble old. man,
spoke t6 fheifi!o Tie negroes replied
Wifi oathSg, and, sei2ihg MI? Gafdnefr,,
beathfm seVerelS) The women scream
ed, and afraid Of assistance arriving,
the negroes hastily seized them, took
them from tile wagon, and tying the
two eldest, took the youngest Of the
women, who was Twenty-Five Years
old and the father, bound their arms
and hastily mounting theiEhorses, dis
appeared ip ,itEhle the woods. ,,irff,,o,,e -, ,re
,e The tWo. women, bound to the, trees.
s. screamed mladlsYss: but no person lcame
Jtp thl!e9il; the9iilr; q Jalssistance, After a fearful
III night ght of suffering qffe9rip gan AND suspense, day,
Zig light ;dkagnad. ,SponI after daylight a
farmer ta ht droEe BY. the heellplessg couple
and at once went to their assistance.
lgnbipd bins ling them, they ,seon told, him
their story. f The farmer took them in
his wagon 9Enl cafnrd and hasteped back to, the
llIii VILLAGE The news soon spread, and
iilp half an hour q q ii dozen strong men,
armed to the teeth, started out. find
the negroes and their Victims. - =
Taking the course pointed out to
them, by the two women, who accom-
panied them, they rode FOR about three
miles thF6ugf3 tie woods, when they
came d dbo,r o, tie father and ID his 'daugh9:
ter, lying on the ground within 20 feet
of EACH other, and both, ttosall appear
ancesydeaR Mr.. Gardner wasdeov-
iered with blood3 ail6 a. Bullet hole
found in his bFeast.,4.Miss Gardner
was lying entirely naked, and bore iev-.
ident marks of outrage. e.oi Whisky was.
applied to both victims, an@in aeshert,
time they were. enabled tosRe moved.
They were carried back to the village,
and by 'ieeiv1 evening MI. Gardner reeoV-
cred suffic iently to relate the cruelties
to which they had Beef Subjected at
the hands of the barbarous and merci-f
less negroes. 10 qihsHW"t h,'s.' 81 4
,n,Mr. Gardner statedthatthe negroes,
FIVE ipnumber, hadttakenthem rapidly
ito the spot where. .the8W found, and 4
after dismountihg hadEtiednthem, to ial
tree and two of the negroes had Seized
his daughter, while another bro5e;eeded nc
to outrage her person: Maddened by
the scene, feeble as heswasp and as nu-
meroqfss as were his assaila1ts, he at
tempted to break his bonds and ,gol to
his daughters gescqesa His,l attempts,
were vain, and he cfiedontin anguish
for Ihelpai One of the negfees with an
oath told. him that he would stop his
mouth, and iimm ediate1y fired at him.
Heiwas hit and lost, all consciousness
Of the helIish deeds Of the negroes
From the appearance of.Miss, GardneB
it is plain that tallthe negroes violated
her person. The Unfortunate {gfri had
not recovered, sufficiently sMhar Mr..
.Stantifepleft tot tell ihernstofy. .aE is /.
.doubtfulff she will recover atsl. .nnm
oThe efftizents are afftatfftd to allow their
.weme4nri OUT eff their houses. IA per-.
feet reign of terror exists.tIAn who
can get away; haHeigon or are going.
Mr. Stantifer. came 'tohth1s place ON
Thursday foTsafety! 10 t.,'.,,,,,. 1an'"t
- We learned last aSs9i evening that enepfi
the negroes: had Ibeen ,arVested and
conveyed to- the jailril Harrisoifr r'i'nh
> The Acgr6es, are " the loyal militia |
BFpwhip ~ Tprop6s 6ses to Sail iiptq iser-l
VICE to lkeep. down the 1%r.dIdinebelsll
Sod help poor Tennessee, for it does |
not sbeniaprobaBlsF that nthe help of1
man ehR lsaatyst' her women from tffi5 the
dread fate Which awaits them all over
the State; ywhenitlae nerciless negroes
are armed by order of the Radical
Legislature aiid' their acts bpIaced be-
yopdi the, cognizance of any 6ivn tri-
hpnal.AAGAuttasOogd Unt0h, 12tk.E 'a'i
~. g Let lis have peaCe!NsGj'Ii" S'i',
-elIina ...LA2 ..Gg .,iGh1
uJn! -, ...,...,,,
- iTHrNas WIsE AND OTHERWISE. The
Inhabitants lin athis city are not the
only ones sywho are in hibulations re-
gagding" help.n: Agentleman at E-
mira iadvertises for "a girl to do house
work, who, isn't run after by more
than ten menLwhe can be icolitented
=. u - Has