The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-09-22
NE w JER SEY.
The Ku-AIux Rampant-They Commit
an outrage at Belleville and Threaten
the People,

| ahe FeODles
The Newark Advertiser of yesterday morning
relates the folio wing:- .
For some time past number of the most
| respectable citizens of BeeVile, pleasant
aud important suburb of Newark, have received
| threatening letters written in red ink, with a
| Autographed skull and cross-bones at the head,
| and signed as we give them below, These
letters were only laughed at, and it was deemed
absurd to suppose that they could be in earnest.
The events of last night show that they have a
| real meaning. The following batch of Ku- Klux
klan notices were received by the citizens of
Bellveville, whose names are appended to them.
Ihey were, weyer, only addressed on the
envelope. For convenience we place them at
the bottom of each letter. They will be recog-
nized as the names of prominent and substantial
citizens, well known in this city and county.
ment of the letters, all Of which are threats TO
the lives and property of excellent citizens.
They were mailed at Newark and New York.
postnarked on the 14th, 18th, and 10th of
September
Old David waits you Prepare TOR eternal damua
ssS
neaaquar.sfs X < K b. adsoa M % Sept @
Preach politics no more. Keep stiff upper lip or
You are a spotted man. Death 10 Gran. men and
There is blood upon the moon
We are l5o strong in Bellevile. well armed and all
true zen.
,.,, a., [GoFFIN-cs. HI
Thirty days you can have to leave t:wn In or pre-
pare for eternal daInpation
Headquarters X. X K, RAesbh 8, Essex Co..,
"0' TO % Rev w. w. aa,loway.
Internal Hyp9cr e. thou at damned; prepare for
Death to Grant men and niggers
are. We are the K. X. X OF Essex Co. I5O strong
well armed, and true men.
Now TO the facts of last night, which show
that behind all this foolish stuff was q really
malignant design. Last evening, Lieutenant
Bynner, who is merchant doing business in
New York, but residing IN Kearney, on the east
side of the river, opposite Belleville, was waylaid
as he was leaving Mr.. Little's house, where he
bad been passing the evening, and knocked
down with slung-shot by an enemy whom he
only saw for an instant lie fell insensible, aud
was probably left for dead. After about halt an
hour of unconsciousness, he revived, and badly
stunned and covered with mud, walked back
and aroused Mr.. Little. who had retired. He
was without his hat and cane, and seemed some
what bewildered, but said he had been as
saulted. Mr.. Little took his lantern and gun,
and went down the carriage road, where he
within two hundred feet Of his house. he saw
an object on the ground, which proved to be a
pistol. The pistol is q Frank Wesson, two.
barrel revolver, new and bright, and loaded.
tx. K. K.n On the reverse are scratched a
dagger and bullet. On one side of the butt it is
marked "a. j." or perhaps 80. J.," the mark
being indistnct. On the other is engraved,
"Death to Yankees"
The latest development was the finding in the
vicinity of the outrage,by lad, at an early
hour this morning, the following Ku-Klux Klan
order, or message:--
Mettle-
Meet at old rendezvous tonight Bring your re-
gala ana M. Imp bus. o. N. o. Is going 10 Ak the
young leut, sure 10 night after which Ltles barn
Will be hkhted. Keep shady. p. M. Barn at IL
p. M.
Don't fail
o. q W. & Y. will sentinel and watch beforehand
II. O. T. @. KS.
By order.
X. X. X. O.
-, 49, X, X X g.
night. Ais well. 'N
Sunday, Sept. 20. '6s.
This shows that the killing of Lieutenant
BynDer was intended, aud that it failed only by
the bluuder or cowaidice of his assailant. The .
burning OF Mr.. Little's barn was doubtless de-
feated by his being about with gun and
lantern alter the alarm. Our authority is so
ample that we are compelled to vouch for the
existence of this incredibly shameful state of
affairs,