, 1870-06-11
NORTH CAROLINA
k0-Alu1 pnsFsaEes-rroclnma OF
thc Governor.

ka-hlu1 onsFnEes-rroclnma OF
the Governor.
STATE OF SoRrH CAEoLlsA. ExxcIr1vsDErr,l
RtLkiGH. june q. :
WHEREAS, In January or Febrlary, 1869.
the house Of Daniel Blue, calored, in tbs
County Of Moore, vas entered at night by D.
band of disguised men, known as the ku-k1u1.
Elan, and the wife Of the said Blue. who was
pregnant, aud Eve Of tho children uere mur-
pssdas @ apf 9Th s eSaes SaiHed os the
And whereas, On tho o6th Of February. 1870,
Wyatt Outlaw, colored, 4 citizen or Aamance,
WIS taken from his house in the town Of Gr2r
hAu, By band OF disguised persons known AZ
the Ku-kux Kan, and hanged bJ the neck
until he WAS dead, on q tree near the Court
House;
And, Whereas On Saturday, the 2lst dsy OF
3lay, 1870, John " Stephens, white, State
Senator from the County Of Caswell, was mur-
dered IN open daylight in the Court House, in
the village OF fanceyville, by persons IN
known, supposed to belong to the ku-klu1
Han Aforesaid:
And whereas, On the 18th OF May. 1871, Robin
/ Jacobs, colored, Lying near Leasburg, Caswen
County, was murdered At night by band Of
the Ku-E1uS klan Aforesaid;
And whereas, from the ID ct April, 1870, to
the 18th Of May, 1870, not less than twenty
one persons, white and colored, in the Aforp-
said County Of CasTeu, were cruelty whipped
and scourged bya band or bands Of tho kn
J. EluL klan;
And whereas, during the week ending the
14th of May, 1870, colored nan in tho County
Of Lincoln was taken from his bed at night
md tied to 3 tree, By band Of disguised per-
sons known as the Ku-klux klan, willie fifteen
Of these demons Ii succession committed
tnpe On his wife
And whereas, about the same time. in said
county, band Of three men, Disguised, known
as the Eu-klnx klAn, met colored woman
in the dusk Of the evening and committed =
rape On her body, and afterwards stuck their
knives IN various parts Of her body;
And whereas, about the eaue time, band
Of men, disguised, knoEn as tho Eu-Klux
klan, in said county, shot colored man on tha
public highway, and then told him they had
shot him through mistake for another co1ored
man, but Laid him on pile Of fence rails and
told hlmto c1y for help;
And, whereas, recently co1ored m1n.-
named Puryear, Of the County OF ialamance,
supposed to be h1lf-witted, having followed
tHo of the disguised murderers OF Wyatt Out
law to their homes, and having spoken OF the
act publicly, suddenly disappeared, and waa
found drowned in mill pond with twenty
pound rock to his feet:
And, whereas. 7. n. Shofnar, ono Of tha
Senators in the General Assembly Of this
State, from the Counties Of Alsnaaacs md
Guilford, has been compelled to sacrifice hia
property, and, to save bis Life, to make his
escape from said county on account Of his
opposition to the ku-klux k1an aforesaid, and
his devotion to the Government Of the United
States
And whereas, on the 18th Of Nay, 1870, =
three disguised man, on Neill Mcleod and
Daniel AcLeod white, Of the County OF Cum
berland, snd three others Of the family Hero
wounded BY these assassins. .....
And whereas, in divers other localities
peaceable citizens have been inaulted in their
houses. put IN fear for their lives, whipped.
ecourged, mAltreated, unt1Ated, and mur-
dered by persons disguised, and known - the
ku-K1ux Elan; And whereas, retaIiahon
has commenced by the burning Of barnB,
stables, and Enills' And whereas. al these
Aforesaid though no apology can be ohersd
for the retaliation referred to, for it il equally
to be deplored and r.p1obated as = wicked vio-
lation Of the law; md upon Gue information
la.d before me (Hhich information has not
been 3uEnlshed), that burns, or stables, or
mills or dwelling houses. have been burned
b5 incendia1iea, mentioning the localities and
the persons to whom the said barns, OF stables.
or mills, OF dwelling houses belonged, rewards
WiA also be offered for the Arrest aud con7io-
ton of the incendiaries aforesaid.
Now, therefore, I, William ". Holden,
Governor Of the State OF North Caro1ina, do
issue this my proclamation, offering 3 reward
Of $500 for tho arrest Of each Of the mu1dere1s
Of tho wife and children Of Daniel Blue, Of
the murderers Of Nya.t Outlav, OF each OF tho
murderers Of John ". stephans Of each Of
the mu1dere1s Of Robin Jacoba, OF each
OF the persons who commit.ed 1apes
on the bodies Of the colofed
women refeuad to, Of each Of the peg
sons who murdered Puryear. and of each Of
the persons who murdered Seil1 Mcleod and
Daniel Mcleod, and rubbed the family OF the
said Neil McLeod, together with such svi-
denca as viii saad to the conviction Of the per-
tons thus arrested; those Who planned, I'd
vised, or counselled the commission Of tho
act: those who participated in the zct or acts,
OF those who conspired tp conceal the bodie0
OF tie murdered, OF aided in the concealmant
and escape Of the felons:
. And enjoin upon al oEicers, GIRL and mill
tart, to aid in bringing these and Ill other
offenders to Justice; and especially to dis
countenauce, discourage, and repress all or
CARNATIONS OF men who r1de or walk at night
in disguise, with arms in their hands. II IS
nisdemeano1 thus to go disguised, and it is
felony II these disguised persons modest or in
lure pesceaLle citizens in their persons Or
property.
Done at our city OF Raleigh, this 9Th dry Of
june, A. D. ld7o, and in the s4th year of our
independence.
T. g. ". ". HOLDEN, Go7ernor-
BY the Governor:
". T. RICHARDSON Private Secretary.