Wyoming democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Wyoming Co., Pa.) 1867-1940, 1868-05-06
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ens-ed and the 1iae Il the regr9 czras up
and By ber Tioleu, Lzngagye f8rtLer In
crease1 his re, and be ralee3 bezTT 1os
IA, Be Lad II Ii. had s1d attempted 70
g:rke TIE ,Ferseer d ibs be43. T.: L-
managed 70 ev25e The blow. IEe negro
attempted 70 strike tie secoad t.oE, ba:
4 ibe oTers5er dew yi.:o. I'D sbg: LIN IL
+ ihe face, i-a.,.lag a .IZ-: No1D4- He
tben rl;.red y h. bJ1se, az foT sbo1i al
kC1r a. remained 4-.-L
The negro mean lIle, had 5een among
kiI fe.,oNs, i-c..icg them = Y.9.-Doe, and
sgoa crgsg f iLen ssfzub.e1 around
TIE oTersssr hy1se. Nez.ig a. tie DE-
groes o. ibe plantation ~ere II tie asseln-
by, and iBs oTerseeF, sseirg TIA: be life
was 10 dzLger, Jumped OF Il The S.ndow
and ran. Sbots Sere fired After hin, one
of which wounded hin. He s;ill eoriinued
20 run, however tbus wounded and bleed
ing, and pursued By The savage crowd ot
brgtes, now infsned to perfect f4y.
Af.cr a chase Ct ab11: mile the over
seer reacted The house IF Mrs. Ms,i1d,
whose husband was absen; at the line. lie
inplored Ter 70 take hin IL AID shelter
bin fiom the yelling pursuers "bo we're
seeking be life, which she did most VII
liDeIy. Than she took Ter stand outside
the door, and fyr Il GRE than 81 hour hel1
the murteTerz al bay, resisting all tbeir
efforts 70 etiec; al entrance, and refusing
10 accede to their demand 70 give up their
vieime. They s:roye to get her away but
sbe struggled Dobly. hero!calIy maintain
iug beT position, and received EDaby bril-.
g At their hands.
+. Finding that they could Dot intimidate
this courageous la9T, the foremost Of them
broke 10 the window Of the house, and
were quickly followed by others, and the
wounded nau ins-de soon fell q victim to
their savage fury. Shots were fired al bin
aud eleven buckshot entered bis breast
While be lay upon the floor il the agonie'
of dealb, negro women cBme up and bes'
him ~iih sticks, ard some of the worsi
among them declared that they "~o'd not
leave without a piece Of lis fesh to carry
home with them"
A more brutal or diaboical murder ha:
perhaps never been committed, and th0se
who perpetrated The bloody deed, while il
the act Of executing their houid purpose
acied more like demons let loose from
} Pandemonium than anything in the sem
blance Of humanity.
While engaged 10 their murderous work
they were frequently heard to cry ont thai
the Radicals would protect them, thus
showing that The responsibility for the ter
rible death Of this poor man rests witt
those Eho have scattered broadcast thro
the South the seeds Of bloodshed and dis
order.
Our Informant could not recoll.ct the
name Of the murdered man, bat said thai
be came from southwestern Georgia. He
vas good oVerseer. and an excellent mai
iu every respect. There were thirty-one
negroes engaged in the affair, and are Dov
held in confinement but if the Radica
party has carried the dsy 10 South Caro-
Ina there is little hore that anything viii
ever be done with them.-SavaHnah,( ga,
Republican,.