Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-06-25
TENNENSEE.


the atroeious acts Of Rsdicalism in East
Tennessee, vcuched for by the Banner
Of the 22d, rs having transpired In Nc
MINI county, in the eastern part Of
which is band Of despersdoes, who fre-
quently move down upon the defsnceless
citizens for the purpose Of plumber. The
Banner says:
A few Fights ago these villains visited
the house OF Mr.. w. II. Wetmore, .
pesceable citizen, and as in0ffensIve
man as lives. After failing to entice
him out, they gave his house
8 terrible pelting with rocks,
thrice threatening, with bOrrld oaths,
to take his life il be did not leave in ten
days, and yelling with much emphasis,
" You are the id rebel that went
South" Last Sunday night, the TN
instant, suppOsiDg that Mr.. Wetmore
was at home and in bed asleep,
though he happened to be absent at
the time, they again approached his
house. -Four of them with 3 heavy fence
rail very suddenly burst open the front
dCor, and with demoniac shOut5and yells,
rushed into the room where Mrs. w. and
her three children were asleep, and COM
menced Immediately throwing rocks
and other missiles upon the bed occupied
by Mrs. w, before she could possibly
get out Of it, bswling at the top OF their
voices repeatedly aud with Oaths too
shocking to pen, Leave here DO such
rebel shall stay here and live here. We
have come to take your life; we have
come 20 kill you; and we are going to
do it,n besides utteriDg many other
| threats Of violence and blood. At the
same time some of the party outside
| broke 10 the window, which wss protect
/ ed by sn outside shutter. The shattered
glass fell upon q bed, and was fol-
/ lowed by tables turned upside down,
sticks and stones, Mrs. w, though Sc
/ verely bruised, succeeded tn getting her
/ self aud children under another bed.
/ The fends hurled an ak through the
room, caught up from the fireplace a
/ heavy aBdirOn and sent it violently
against q little boy a. he was scranbling
under the bed burning and brqising him
| considerably, discharged firearms into
| the house, cut up chairs, broke up glass
ware, bedsteads and other articles OF fur
niture, made two piles Of clothing upon
( the floor and set fire to them, evidently
/ intending to burn the house and inmates.
/ AT this junctuFe tbs oldest son, lsd Of
! seventeen, fired 8 musket through an
opening in his sleeping room above,
upon two Of the party outside, and
/ wounded badly both Of them, knocking
/ out an eye, and causing the blood to flow
| so freely ss 70 pleiuIy indicate their
| course to 3 house more than pile dis
1 tant. Three Of the parties have been ar
| rested and identified, two OF whom have
/ been bound over to appear st the eBsu-
| ing term of the Circuit Court IN August
next, but the third one arrested is too
/ badly wounded 10 be taken from his bed
at present. Another party, standing be-
| hind the scene OF blood and fire, will be
| found TO be involved in this great crime,
and for very paltry consideration, and
| the aspect OF political persecution was
put upon it for blind.
On Saturday night last party of
men disguised as Kukluxes called upon
a negro man named Hense, In the en-
ploy Of Mayor EDgle Of Columbia, and
! demanded to see him. While be was
I dressing, q pistol was fired through the
I door, the ball iBfiictiDg painful but not
| dangerous wound In the thigh.
-On the same night, similar party
| called ct the residence Of S. M. Arnell, a
| citizen Of Maury county, but be was
I
/ vent through the trsin, with rope ia
/ hand, voWiDg summary vengeance on
/ Mr.. A. There were thirty or forty in
the larger gang. 1t is said that the ru-
NOR about the two men on the train is
incorrect.
-On the same night some negro boys
were playing marbles by moonlight, on
/ the Mt. Pleasant pike, near the first toll
gate, when they we're fired upon by q
/ party Of the same sort, and one OF them
/ wounded IN the shoulder.
The Columbia Herald Of Saturday
saws: Last night about ten O'Clock, sin.
gular and strange body or bodies Of men
+ made their appearance on the square.
] They seemed to come in town from eve
~ direction. They wore peculiar
! dress, but entirely unlike the Kukiuz
garb. They we're well mounted, spo
I bore every marx of true gentlemen. L
vas impossible to form any correct esti'
mate as 10 their number.