Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1869-12-17
The Ku-E{lux i'm North Carolina.
A METHODIST MINISTER ASSAULTED.

ie these lawless bands and who commit out.
y RACES equalled only by their palmiest
days. The latest of one of these assaults
o was committed on the Goth ult. in town
y in North Carolina upon a Methodist
y minister, who is teacher Of colored
T. Normal School at Company Shops, N.
e O. lie is gentleman of education and
: piety, and tells the story himself in let
ter to friend, in Philadelphia, where
/ he was formerly teacher:
COMPANY SHoPs, N. c., Nov. %
}, Ny Dear Friend ~ will
t give you plain account of the terrible
affair, to correct the exaggerated reports
that may reach your ear. | have re-
> ceived injuries in body and mind from
which shall never entirely recover.
On the evening of the Goth inst, the COL
: ored converts sent for me to preach for.
them, as their minister was absent At
ter making few brief appeals to them.
during which there was some disturbance.
from masked men outside, | returned
home, accompanied by two of my pupils.
We retired. AT midnight we were ar
oused by beating against the back door
OF our house. Soon we heard the low
hum of voices in the adjoining room. As
soon as l left my bed four men, disguised
IN satanic garb, seized me by my feet and
arms and hurried me away in double.
quick time, regardless of my comfort
until L explained to them that nv dis.
eased knee would not bear such USAGE.
and pleaded with them to favori. When
they could not silence my irrepressible
screams by striking me on the head with
pistol, and threatening to blow out nv
brains, one of the band relented, and of
tered to carry me upon his Shoulders
tie pretended to be "black nigger''
and hence arose his sympathy for me.
but he soon wearied, and others took their
turn, who refused to carry me, and tried
to make me walk, but | could not With
out my crutches. Then they seirsa me
by the feet and head again and hurried
me on. | asked what harm | had done
them. Teaching niggers, and making
them equal to white folks" They brought
other charges against me, which told
them were not true. They said that I
must leave the State within ten DAYS.
When | started | had on only my shirt
and drawers, which were soon torn from
my body by the tops of the bushes tbro'
which they bore me. They seated me ON
the ground and gave me about 80 lashes.
Judging from my appearance the next
day, tor tainted during the operation.
They used raw hide and several green
hickory sticks. remember being reused
by kick in my side, and was asked tn
rise, but could not. They lifted me up
and cut the hair from one side of nv
head, and painted half of my head and
face black. When they started off from
the thicket where / lay, | asked them
the direction of q house. One of them
kindly showed me the road, to which
crept, but did not know which way TO
move to the nearest house but by the.
stars knew the direction of the shops.
and soon heard the voice of nv ever
faithful wife, alone, calling for me. She,
arose from bed at the same moment I
Did and attempted to tear the mask from
the fifth one of the band, and succeeded
In getting part of it, and then ran from
the room, half dressed, and aroused the
whole village. Bands of white men and 1
negroes were soon securing the woods for
me. This caused my prosecutors to be
IN great haste to carry me further than
they intended to at first Many were
panlc-stricken and would not aid in the
pursuit.
Twas exposed three hours to night air
without clothing, and hoped II miles /
with the aid of stick to meet nv wife /
with my crutches. A mile further brought
US home Several times | paused from
exhaustion. A colored man FASTENED to
bring me my clothes, and offered TO bear
me IN his arms. The X. ks
hate man 10 proportion as he works for
the elevation of the negro. Perhaps
they were allowed to scourge me that 1
migat realize how much the poor color (
ed men suffered during the last two GEN.
turtles. Many white men svmpathized
with me, but colored men knew how TO
dress my wounds after my wife had faint
ed in the endeavor, and could tell of
more severe whippings they had received
from drunken masters, whom they still
loved. A Conservative member of the
Legislature, now in session, closed up the
severest gashes, and spoke decidedly
against the outrage The news Of nv
capture flew with the speed of the nov
ing train to Raleigh, and is reported that
soldiers are to be sent, but not at nv re.
quest. The citizens, white and black
promise me protection after he ten DAYS Il