Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-23
THE FRANKLIN AFFAEE.
Citizeas Organizing AntO a Vigi-
lance Committee.
All she Particulars Up TO bate.


From the Sa- hv,lle Bluntr, 2lst.l
The city WAS alive al day yesterday
with excited sud highly exaggerated ru
mors about a supposed war OF races thai
hun traBspired IN the vicinity OF Frank
lin.
In SuDdsy mornings Issue we gave the
particulars Of the shooting Of q Negro
ncmed VIM. Gustiue, at franklin, fol
brutslly ou.raging he person Of IA young
white girl nsmsu Eg.ll, aged about thi,-
teen Years, aDU also iuT committing out
RACES upon the persons OF two sm6iI sol
Ored girls. His execution took place on
/ Friday night at midnight, aud it was
supposed TO have been done 10y the ky-
kiux, or at least by persons ia disguise
and unknown TO our iufOrmants.
The bloody sequel to this tragic affair
/ it is our painful Uuty to have 10 record
this morning. At hSifpast twelve - ciOck
on the Saturday night succeeding the
| summary execution OF the back tie0O, q
/ young man by the name OF J5Feml4h
! Ezell, 3 half-brOiher, we believe, tU the
| young lady who was outraged, was shot
! and Killed near Franklin, GA the Carlsris
I Creek pike, by 3 band OF negroes II am-
bush. The negroes, it 10 thought, were
/ led by white men, aud mum JeIed about
/ fifty.
Young Fzele was with p2rty OF other
/ young men who were returning from
Franklin. The party NUMBERED eight
/ persons and were not disguised d, aud were
! proceeding quietly along the road. The
/ following are the particulars, so far as
we have been able 10 gHtner Them up TO
the hour Of going to press: Ga ast Satur-
day sveningit was reported IL franklin
that the negroes in the vicinity, iu-
csnsed at the killing OF Gustine, were
threatening mob violence toward the
white citizens, and that they intended 10
bura the town. A correspondent, who
furnishes these particulars, iufOEms US
that some Of the citizens from the
suburbs and around the place, came to
him and asked him if he thought they
would be needed. He told them TO send
IN about thirty men to hUi& as a reserve,
and that he would come and meet them.
Az ten O'Clock pm, Saturday night,
ne rode out three miles, passing squad
Cf negroes in ambush.
A short distance beyond this point he
met the citizens, selected eight of them,
aud rode into town, disturbing no one,
snd saying not a word to any body.
They remained in town on the watcl for
an attack for little better than an hour,
when, believing there would be 40 diff
Guilty, cur Informant told them they had
as well 20 home 70 their families.
Accordingly, they started, aud had got
about a mile and half from town, when
Jhey we're fred upon by party of ne
grOes and white men, concealed ia aGl-
Oush.
The ambusoade consisted of sixteen
negroes and two white men, making
eighteen in all.
Young Ezell was shot 10y the assassins I
and mortally wounded. A young man
named Bsasiey was also SHOT through .
the foot, aud his horse was badly hurt.
We have since learned that young
Ezell d.ed on Sunday night. The citi-
zens of franklin were up ali night sun
day night, guarding the town, and no
little excitement prevailed, in apprehen-
sion Of iurthef AUstiie demonstrations on .
the part Vi the negro assassius and their
RbI;s readers.
LHefs was no disturbance yesterday
.huugu the inusUitauts were ready Tor
Al emergency AMI apuuuaHtIy prepared
or Tue MUIsL.