The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-09-23
from the St, Lo uis Democrat.
NKOR LAW IN NNHSSOURV.

hh0mEeO On mSuBpAcAOn OF Crhuneas
A white Man Outrages n Black
Woman and Is Not Hanged.
There is county in this State which,
for sundry assumed reasons expressed
by Sx-rsbels and lot Of unhanged, dis
franchised cut throat bushwhackers, il
called the ''Kingdom Of CalIawsy,"
Verify, it is Kingdom" of mob law,
as the many outrages perpetrated there
for years past have most fully demon
etrated Later, we have an account OF
another murder by men who, having
not the fear Of God, man, or ''nigger''
before their eyes, have dared to usurp
the functions Of law and summarily
take human life.
In the city of Fulton, on the evening
Of Friday, August n, the wife of DR.
johnson in Fulton was suddenly sur
prised in her home by the unlimited
presence Of a negro, whose movements
indicated an intention to commit rape
upon her person, which, fortunately, was
not successful The negro escaped be-
fore be could be identified. The next
day, aS it was necessary for some one
70 suffer the penalty, colored man was
hunted up-by whom we have not been
informed-and duly arrested, and sub
jscted to an examination before the
city authorities. The evidence was
not Of positive character, and was
OF the slightest strength. The only
ground Of suspicion as revealed by tes-
timony was that the arrested negro had
in the early part of the evening visited
one of the servants in the house.
The accused man was remandsd to
the Jail or calaboose. On Monday the
iailOr had some important q business
at hotel conveniently located at some
distance from the Jail. Accordingly he
left the Jail and its prisoners to stand
alone in gloomy grandeur, while he
could attend 10 his urgent business.
Soon after his advent at the hotel loud
screams were heard, which no one
could account for, though apparently
proceeding from the jail, which was
surrounded by number of men. The
screams continued until the Jail door
was heard TO fall with crash Then
all was quieti for rope put around a
mans neck does not create much loud
friction, and the swapping OF the broken
bones OF mortal neck does not make
much noise. The body Of the negro
was afterwards found, and an examina-
tion by doctor revealed the fact that
the skull had also been broken.
Rigid inquiry in Fulton has been
very unsuccessful in ascertaining who
did the job. Nobody knows anything
about it. No effort has as yet-that is,
five have been rightly informed-been
made to prosecute legal Investigations,
and the case rests, and SO does the
"nigger'--ln the ground.
On Tuesday, the very day after the
mob-murder, an Irishman raped negro
woman. He is in Jail, but as he is
white and his victim was black, no fears
need be entertained by bis friends that
be will be mobbsd. The case is en-
tirsly different, you see, and the sub
jsotS Of the "Kingdom" have a nice
discriminating sense of justice.
Now, has not the time arrived for the
nobocrats?
We are informed that a gentleman,
IS he alightsd from the stage at Fulton,
heard one man address another in iubi-
liant tones,giving the news: awe hung
; Niger last night" uttered just as Il
be had been to a circus, and was de-
lighted to report what good time he
had had.
A fine country to live in, is it mott