Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-07-08
ANOTHER EXPOSURE.

The Press and Times Of yesterday had
another one of its Ku-Klux outrages, this
time locating the affair in the town of
Sbelbyville, and the time as Sunday
night The Press. and Times tells how
the Ku-Klux whipped a teacher Of
negro school and a negro man as fol.
lows
"They went to his lodging in the dead
Of night, took him out Of his bed on the
street, mother naked, and dashed him
nearly to death. Then four of them
grasping each, either a leg or arm,
dragged him 10 the house again and shut
him in. They then went to the house of
popular eolOred man, and hauled him
out, but he took to his heels. The sports
considered they would let him have his
OWE way and follow him, giving him a
cut every time they could get a chance.
In through the corn and hay, and over
the stubbles they followed the poor fell
low, cutting him about the face, head,
body and legs until he fell down in a
swoOn, exhausted and bleeding They
then gave him a few kicks apiece and
left him. He was found yesterday morn
ing by his wife and daughter, who cars
ried him home -s i..a.f .
We have from a perfectly reliable
source an account of this affair, which
occurred on Saturday night 1t will
show the extent to which the Press
and Times drew upon fancy Our cor,
respondent writes under date Of the. 5th
as follows: a o.
The Ku~Klux we're in town on Sdtur~
day night last and as there viii be an
exaggerated account Of their conduct
while here, furnished the Press and
Times, thought it would be nothing
amiss to apprise You of the facts.
They entered the town on the Fayette-
vile and Lewisburg pixies and were on
the Square before any one in town was
aware of their presence. The squad
numbered about forty.eight, and were
handsomely dressed and masked They
were we'll armed and finely mounted
They rode around the Square twice, then
lEOtttutu uONh w d5lilIGh1t Ibbb
about three or four hundred yards
and halted in front fDunlap's "shebang,"
and mounted him on one Of their horses
They also took a negro by the name
Of Jim Franklin in charge, and returned
back to the Square, where they halted,
and gave three cheers for Andrew Johns
son. They then proceeded out OF town
over the bridge, the way that they came
in. Having my curiosity little aroused,
in company with several others, fol-
lowed them to the bridge they had, how
ever, put guard at the west end, and
would let no one pass. They took Dam
lap and the negro about two or three
hundred yards from the bridge, and
struck Dunlap, IsuppOse, about one hum
dred on the naked hide with a leather
strap and whipped him very severely,
cutting the hide in many places The
negro got off with very light strapping,
comparatively. This was all the Biolcnce
that they committed, and these are the
facts
What the negro had done | know not,
save that one of the KusKlux remar ked
that he would not want to shoot at an
other Ku-Klu1 Dunlap is a negro
school teacher, and ever since he came
to this place has made the negroes his
associates. lie is a man that is not rev
speeted even by many of the negroes of
this place lie doubtless got orders to
leave for more cOngenial cline, and
will, more than likely, obey orders, 1t
is stated that there was not less than
from five to six hundred in the vicinity
of town, but only the above mentioned
squad came upon the Public Square.
As You may well suppose, they being
the first Ku-Klux seen in town, created no
little excitement and a feeling of fear
upon many. The negroes as a general
thing, fled for their respective places of
abode, and l have heard it limited that
some whites did the same thing
Some of the people here are very inr
dignant at their conduct, while others
are quite Indifferent, to all outward ap.
pearances. All has beenvery quiet since
the arrival Of the Ku>Klux / hope that
this visit may suffice for the future