Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1868-09-18
BELLOWS FALLS, VT, FRIDAY,

County, was hanged on the 14th by the
ku-Klux.
A. Tom Jordan (colored) was taken
from the Jail on the night of the 14th
inst, and murdered. He was a citizen
of Maury County.
5. Several murders were committed
near Johnsonville, the first of the month;
names of the persons murdered not Civ
en-.
8. Tom Kelly taken from his house,
in Maury County, on the night of the
10th. 1t is believed he was murdered,
as he has not been seen since.
VIM. Wyatt, sixty years of age, school
teacher. Have lived in Lincoln county
nearly fifty years about forty or fifty
came to my house some time in April,
all in disguise; nine or ten dismounted
and came into the yard; SOME boys who
work for me were just returning from
fishing party; they (the Ku-Klux) fred
on the boys, who ran away /; they then
left, and / heard of several negroes be-
ing abused by them; also heard of two
being hung by them the sheriff's house
was visited, and the door knocked down
and his house searched, but he was not
at home; he has since sesigned; on the
first Monday in March, a man by the
name of DauphIin was shot and killed
by them negro was also killed: all in
Fayetteville; citizen was shot severely
for voting Union ticket, but afterward
recovered the civil officers are afraid to
make arrests; on Saturday, the 18th,
company of Ku-Klux Klan came to my
house; about midnight eight or ten came
in, and after alarming all the ladies in
the house, told them they were looking
for the man of the house; they called on
me to come out / told them | was in
bed; they then told me to come out or
they would bring me out; they then
came to my bed, and despite the screams
of my wife and family, was dragged
from my bed to the front of the house;
while yet in my house, was struck over
the head with pistol, and cut SO the
blood flowed fearfully; after sitting me
down, one of them said NEGRO equal
ity;" replied, NEGRO equality" is just
what you have made it, and just what
you have left, with your hands lifted up
to the Most High God, swearing that you
would obey all the proclamations and
laws of this Government; | took hold of
a pan to get some water to wash off the
blood, when they bid me good by ; seve-
raj citizens have left the town of Fayette-
vile ON account of their Union procliv-
tiles.
Mr.. w. A. Kelley of Maury County
testifes that he resides about five miles
west of Mount Pleasant, that he is
farmer, and about twenty-eight years
old he was a Union soldier during the
war, and was honorably discharged at
the close: he has lived about two years
where he now does, is voter, and voted
at the spring election; and that election
threats were freely made against those
voting the Union ticket, and one man,
pulling out pistol, presented at the
head of colored man, and swore that
if the latter did not vote as the other
wished he should not vote at all.
On Tuesday night last he was as
sailed in his house by band of IA arm
ed men, who broke down the door, and
forcibly entered the house ; they called for
Kelley, but he escaped through win
dow, and was fired at as he ran; they
then threatened and abused his wife, and
breaking open his trunk plundered it of
500 in money, and tore up his soldiers
army discharge and certificate of regis
tration they went out and turned cattle
into his fields, partially destroying his
crops they also broke up his shot gun;
he left his home and came to Nashville,
and is afraid to return for fear of being
killed; in regard to the November cleo
ton he has heard the rebels say that if
they were not allowed to vote they would
not let any one else vote, and he believes
such is their deliberate design; the party
at his house on Tuesday night swore that
no id Union soldier or abolitionist
should live in Maury County witness
believes he knows some of theparty that
were at his house, as he heard them speak
certain names while they were breaking
down his doors and while he was running
away; he does not believe that any Un-
ion man, white or black, will be allowed
to vote unmolested at the coming cleo
ton.
The following is the transcript of a
letter which was addressed to Mr.. Will
liam S. HALEY, teacher of a colored
school
HIDDEN RECESS, UNTERRIFIED
RETREAT, KHAN
on NrScr.NCE ETERNITY