Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-09
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AN UNPLEAsANTNEss AT THE CORNERS
now THR CITIZENS OF THAT QUIET 10.
CALITY WE'RE COMPELLED TO TAKE UP
ARMS IN THEIR DRFENsR-MR NAsBY's
ACCOUNT OF THE AFFAIR u
Posr orFls, CoNrEDRrr ROADS,
CWich is In Ms State NV Kentuckyl
Sept 23, 1903.
FoR fear that colored statements NV the
recent unhappy affair wich occurred at
this place may be sent North, TO the pre-
ioodis NV the Democracy, hereby make
q calm and truthful statement NV It. Twill
prefix my account by stain that the citi-
zens Nv the Corners hev alluz desired TO
| live on amicable terms with the colored
men, feelin that ther interests are more OF
| less idektikle. To show how completely
we hev conkered our prejoodises and how
much we desire peece l will state that for
a month ther hev bin only two niggers
hung, and them under circumstances Nv
crate provocation. One Nv em made a
| face at Issaker Gavitt, and tother refoozed
TO give Kernel Punt credit for load nv
water melons, cllimin that the Kernel al
ready owed him, and that ther wuz no law
for q nigger to collect debts NV white
men. Nv coorse we can't stand inslence
from EN-.
The late unpleasantnis originated in this
wise. The Radikels Nv this county he'd
given out that they intended to hold po-
| litikel meetin at this place on the goth in
slant. knew that eff they did it blood
wood flow, for knowd the temper and
feelins NV our peaceable citizens. Te
avoid bloodshed l sent word to EN- not to
come-not to hold the meetin-that ef
they did Good not be held responsible,
and ther blood wood be on ther own
heads. Partikelerly / warned em not TO
come armed, for our citizens wont stand
that anyhow. We kin never permit men
who differ from us to carry arms, ez in
case we hev dispoots with em, they mite be
dangerous.
My we'll meant endeavors wuz frootlis,
and Issaker Gavitt thot he'd try. On the
mornin Nv that day Issaker rode out to
find if they were bound to come in, and
also whether they wuz armed. He re-
| turned reportin Nv EN- comm, and every
man NV EN- armed to the teeth. AT 10 a.
m the procession entered the town, head
cd by moosic and the nashnel flag. Kz
it passed Bascom's, Issaker Gavitt, who
he'd a double barreled shot gun in his
hand, happened accidentally to let the
hammer fall onto the nipple, when IL
went of. Unfortunately 1t wuz pinted in
ger fell from his horse with the top Nv his
his head blowed orr To increase the dis
order small rock, playfully throwed by
Kernall Punt at about the same time,
struck another one on the head, and sew
eral other rocks from others in and about
Bascom's knocked several more NV EN-
down. He'd the niggers passed on quietly
all wood hev been well, but they didn't
Eager to quarrel, and full Nv insolence, and
] RELY sekin pretext to embroil US, the
procession stopped in wild confooshin,
many NV EN- takin to the woods to create
the impression that they had bin attack.
The dooplisssty of the niger caracter is
beyond f1ndin out We wuz surprised at
ther breakin up so suddenly, and for a
mint we didn't know what to do.
Eff the procession stopt in front Nv Bas-
CONS our citizens conjectured ther design
wuz to attack the grosery, wich is RELY
the citadel Nv the town. In Bascom's Is
all the likker we hev-in Bascom's our in
nosent revels is held-and Bascom's we
| to do? Unarmed and helplis we were un.
prepared for this. But Heaven smiled
onto us, and give us the means to de-
fend ourselves. The rifles, revolvers and
shot guns belongin to the principle fam
! lilies Nv the Corners, and the surroundin
county, happened to be in Bascom's
stackt up behind his bar, and providen-
shelly they wuz all loaded and capped. In
minits time they wuz distributid, and
afore the mob Good organize to make the
attack, well-directid volley wuz poured
into EN-. This dismayed em, and the en-
tire mass Nv EN-, sich ez wuzn't killed, fled
to the woods. Two NV the blooa-thirsty
wretches was shot at in the edge NV Nc
Pelter's woods, by the Captain and Elder
Pennibacker, who feared that they wuz a
| goin in there to re-organize and return to
complete their dreadful work. Elder Pen
nibacker killed one inhuman villain with
an axe, wich he'd bin wounded in the leg
and wuz found in corner Nv his fence
tryin to stop the flow Nv the blood. The
Elder wuz Altered he mite re.organiZe.
All that day posse Nv citizens were en-
gagged in quellin the fears Nv the commu-
nifty by huntin down these dangerous in
ceniaries with dorgs and KILN NV em, for
ez they exceeded us in numbers we RELY
trembled for the safety Nv our wives and
children. .-ItI
After terrible day, the agitated town
wuz restored to its wontid peece, and the
citizens slept ez yoosual The casualties
on our side is not so large ez mite hev been
| expected, when we consider the fearful
purpose NV the barbarians who assaled us.
Deekin Pogram wuZ seriously injoored by
a rock yieh Issaker Gavitt histid strate up
in his unthinkin excitement, and poor
| Kernel McPelter's shot-gu bust the
second time he fired it, takin orf his thumb.
These injoories sustained by our citizens,
may be charged directly to the internal
sperit NV the inslent niggers who would
pervoke our peacefy inclined people. But
they suffered for it. Eleven NV en- Wuz
killed, and some thirty or forty wuz
wounded. The latter hev bin all cared for.
They wua taken to the County Infrmary
for treatment--the expenses bein charged
up to EN- ez a lien upon ther property,
wich will, NV course, be sold to defray it.
Our citizens do not boast NV wat they
hev done. They feel it wuz an unpleasant
dooty they he'd TO perform, but they he'd
to do it. Corrupt and reckless men hev
bin leadin the colored people astray, and
they he'd to defend theirselves. He'd they
only taken my advice and not attempted
| to hold ther meetin this wood not hev
happened. He'd they not hev come into
the Corners with moosic and Nashnel
flag tiyin, they wood not hev bin killed.
And even then ned they gene ON quietly,
after the fust one wuz shot and the others
wuz knockt down with stuns, l doubt
whether anything more wood hev bin dun.
They shoodent hev held meetins We
kin never endoor meetins NV niggers, and
we never will. KNOWN this why will
they persist in holdin NV emp
The citizens NV the Corners agree unani-
mously Except Joe Bigler and Pollock, }
that all the blame must rest upon the mig