The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-07-08

grove near Eureka, some ten miles |
west Of this place, to the number Of
two thousand, perhaps, and all was
peace, harmony, and pleasure. A
negro named Amos Judd climbed up
the trees about fifty feet, and stretch
which large flag was suspended.
the earth, when a lady Cd re-
to fall aud get killed, for that
This remark would probably have
passed unnoticed, had not drulker
Democrat roWdy startled the entirs
audience with his vehement gesturts
and noisy boasting, that he had killed
| killed If Democrats would but do
their duty. Alas. it proved too true
| that Amos Judd had been murdered
in cold blood By this same cowardly
braggart, james james, fer no other
crime or cause than having a dark
skin, and as added by rumor, for
| throwing to the breeze the flag under
| whose folds he had become free
man. James Is well-known here as q
| desperate man, who twice deserted
from the 58th Ind. Regt., and long
| ago deserved the death penalty. It
| seemed that Judd had gone to the
town a mile distant from the grove
in company with two other negroes,
and in a saloon happened to meet
James and two or three others. james
| was evidently considerably in liquor,
| id nj
abusive epithets to the negroes, and
to Amos particularly, as he knew him
well, to allwhich no reply was made
any difficulty with him. Soon the
negroes started off while james con
tinued to call them towards, and all
kinds of insulting names, until Amos
turned about and told him that
he had better hush and be-
have himself, at the same time
seIzing a briekbat which he threw,
but apparently with no design of
rihe-whether his own or not, we did
heart as be walked away. These are
the facts as related by an eye witness.
i A Coroner's inquest was held, and
! | 3tIcEWdEU DOUy WAS CdTtO 1OI Dy
! the friends of the deceased. james
was Immediately arrested and lodged
in Jail at this place. Such scenes are
the legitimate outgrowth of the spirit
, and teachings of the Democratic
party. Bitter hatred of the negro
! race is infused by the parents into the
! very hearts of the children, and
though willing to use the negro in
every possible way to get money or
political power, still modern Democ-
racy deeply hates the colored race,
and would reduce it again to servi-
tude if that were possible. Hence
! the murderer appealed to his Demo
cratic friends for protection when he
came upon the celebration grounds
} and many a member of the Demo
cratic party said: It's only a niger
7 killed , Not much loss, only one
} more niger out of the way" just as
: If some one had shot mad-dog. Yet,
/ if the negro had, in self-defence,
taken the life Of white man, these
same men would have led mob to
J hang him without judge or jury.
Amos was a peaceable, quiet man, and
. had been for two years In the employ
I of &. j.. Mason, ESQ, one of our Tore
| mDSb CtGl1SuSs
: The wheat crop is pretty we'll har-
!. vested, and is about three-fourths of
an. average in quantity. The dry
!. weather is holding the corn crop back
, somewhat, though it promises well.
r The arrival of the prize piano Gre
: ated quite a sensation in town, and
} hundreds of persons focked to see ii
/, and learn the truth, that it was O gen.
, uine instrument, and no gift enter
! prise affair. 1t is pronounced by
!: competent judges to be one of the
l finest instruments that ever came to
a this or any other place. Prof. War
!. rem, of your city, deserves great credit
: for his taste in bringing to our West
ern markets such superb instruments
I when 80 many cheap things are thrust
:. upon us by unprincipled men from
the East. But enough for this time.
As ever, yours, x. Y. Y.
Fl from another correspondent we
! have received an account of the same
affair, the details being substantially
, as above stated. An inquest was held
, on the body of the negro. the jury
rendering a verdict. cold-blooded
: murder" JAMES was to have had
his trial on Monday. - EDS. JOUR
: NAL.