, 1870-07-23
Radical Account


Ff"" th< te"e0 III 1"A"' 'ess' 'atS 10,
On Sunday evening a sonnE cofnrcd man,
WHO was waiting a. Cross Plains fl. tho u;'
train on the Selma, Kome 4 u-ltun Katiruad.
mas ord red by drunken Whit to hold hlp
uule. Tic young man really :.Ml:,lItI. but
the noise OF the approaching tram frightened
the aui1nal, WHICH waa ourg and Wild, aud 1t
l,ruLe away f1on him. Tho drunken white
man, returning soou after, got into a furious
PASSION nl,out the circumstances, abused
the negro. AID ended By kick
,nE him ntf the platform. This
IL all the fight there was At this time. No gen
er1l melco took place, In which the negro tram
hapds jost.ed The on!y trouhle was that a
coiored mAA wsB kicked OF the Ilatform at tho
station by = white man, mad with anger aud
w1,lttey. because he could not hold q FESTIVE
mule, frightened hy the uoiss of = railway
train.
The young man was naturally very indignant
at this treatment from lnsu for wI,onl he had
| about ,mee-3uartcEs of nile distant, aud
urged party oftrien,is io return with lin to
| t1oss laiss to whip tho man. 80 far Re we
haze l'een able to learn, after tlilSent inquiry.
no other l:u1rose wae aEo~sd or snt ','as;se<;
| At th,- point the teacher OF the colorcd school
| at Patona. q Canadian named Luke, WAS ale-
| psisctl Of the trouble, left Ills hou-e, went
among the negtocs. ard endeasored IN Iliet
their anger. aud aIsieei tlIeus to lei the nat
ter Rent. The Fans. ho~tvef. "a dozen ID
uurnfer, accounting 10 the HOME llo'ty:. pes-
sisted in their iIttEtio4 to 70 to tr,.. llaHs.
They did 90 Whom within short ,!ist 4nte
of the village, one OF their numbsr WAS sent
| forN atl. AID INSTRUCTED to tire pistol AZ
! slEna} when he should Rec The white Eaan theE
~tse in pursuit #. The pistol "a~ discharged
ju-t ar pccpi1 we:e returning from church.
| Duly single shot was fired. 1nt that AZ j
signal: Trustworthy accounts b1y that ll'lv \
dress wAn pierced, btss il Is absolutely cest1in
that NO one was injured. Coming right
sitter the brutal conduct Of the
white man in the evening, however,
| IL INSTANTLY aroused the fearn aud fired tho
paseiuuA Of tbs white people. froul thus
p.lut W. Nigh, take Il4e e;ory told by thu
bale1e vhich Justify OF pall1a,e the murders
Which weso subsequently committed. SayB
uilc account: The citizens as.eulEln,l snt
rho, four negroes who refused tn surrender
Over Que hundred negroes wers arrested. A
! ca17,et-b2sktr tanned Luke. from Cauatia,
who is teaching a negro school 1t ta,onA ID
under arrest as being the leader of the s,o-
1 greer III this muriieruun assault A. we
have raid, Luke ensleas"1el 5n ,lise,atic the
negroes f1u.u proceeding 10 Cross Plains
all tue mutletons ss*ault consisted
VI rieual ~liut. which hurt no one.
and war hot intended to.
Luke aud the arrested negroes underwent
| some kitd of an examinations On Monday, aud
all we're discharged except Luke and tour col.
nrc4l men. At midtlish, large party OF
| armed aid Disguised NltH f14lR I140 lFt4e
Plains. touk ,bere i've men er1 of the cala-
loose. hung Luke aud two Ut sl. col,Hea mau
10 trees near BY, and rh0' the ofl.er tsso deaf
and threw their bAlies over tue fence Iht
Mu,o IaiIas account es,- that. "Alopre,
fr+,dmap. who WAS txdlr shot, was not lung
Greet, Little, wbo escaped, was caught nea
I1ior'e Station aud killed
The particulars OF Lux death are very at
fect,pc' lie W. granted ten nln,1te4 il. trhi.]
to sr~Tarc to meet tis Maker. This ,i1no HI
mru1irti in writing 4 touching letter TO III
wife. and in teryent PRAYER. Hir letter va
sturk IN th. clef, OF tree. whence 1t was t.
ken. He makes no couftrslon Of suil,, Al ha
i,eru stated ~ rou1r r.ptrr, On tie cuutrar,
II il, a (;rnl-feariug and earpes, y,otest Of II,
: ,anoseneo Of tie charge Of inc,tinc The nseroe
In rint. Now tGst hi, 1ufYrftttxt
n,n h,s coA 10 his final 81
rount 4 Determined and pefsi-:c;s efr J,
j. lang ma1e Ia lI.rkrt, hi. Character, In,lt
f,n.,1|., a., .t,r otl,ar ,,r,t1n1' M. .ssss.ins
TIM, l. charre,i A. tic ieci,Imate scsal: Of h.
nwn itmeu,i!sry teach,ncs. W.. arc told, hos
t>rr. bv tuauv wio have known him long an