The weekly standard., 1870-07-27
From the Standard of June IL
A PROCLAMATION,
BY His Excellency, the Governor of
NOrth.CafOIinas
Executive Department,

RALEIGH, June 9TH, 1871.
WHEREAS, In January or February, 1869.
the house of DANIEL BLUE, colored, in the
county OF Moore was entered at night by
band of disguised men, known as the Ku-
klux Klan, and the wife of the said Blue,
who was pregnant and five of the children
were murdered, and the house with the
bodies of the murdered persons aforesaid
was burned:
And WHEREAS, on the 26th of February,
1870, WYATT OUTLAW, colored, citizen of
Alamance was taken from his house in the
tow of Graham by disguised persons known
as tire Kuklux Klan, and hanged by the
neck until be was dead, on tree near the
Courthouse
And WHEREAS, on Saturday the 21st
day of May, 1870, JOHN W. STEPHENS,
white, State Senator from the county of
Caswell, was murdered in opea daylight in
the Courthouse in the village of Yancey.
Vile, by persons unknown, supposed to be-
long to the Kuklux Klan aforesaid:
And WHEREAS, on the 18th of May, 1870,
RoBN JACOBS, colored, living near Leas-
burg, Caswel county, was murdered at
night by "a band of the Kuklux Kan afore-
said:
And WHEREAS, from the end of April,
1870, to the 18th of May, 1870, not less than
twenty-one persons, white and colored, in
the aforesaid county of Caswell, were cruelty
whipped and scourged by a band or bands
of the aforesaid Kuklux Khan:
And WAEREAs, during the week ending
the 14th of May, 1870, colored man, in the,
county of Lincoln was taken from his bed at
night and tied to tree by band of dis
guised persons known as the Kuklux Klan,
while fifteen of these demons committed
rape on his wife:
And WHEREAS, about the same time, in
said County, band of these men disguised,
known as the Kuklux Klan, met a colored
woman in the dusk of the evening and COM
mitted rape on her body, and afterwards
stuck their knives in various parts of her
body:
And WHEREAS, about the same time a
band of men disguised, known as the Ku-
klux Klan, in SAID county, shot colored
man on the public highway, and then told
him they had shot him through mistake for
another colorcd man, but laid him on pile
of fence rails and told him to cry for help ::
And WHEREAS, u cOlored man named
PURYEAR, of the County of Alamance, sup
posed to be half-witted, having followed two
of the disguised murderers of Wyatt Outlaw
to their homes, and having spoken of the
fact publicly, suddenly disappeared, and
was found drowned in mill pond with a
twenty pound rock to his feet:
And WHEREAS, T. NJ. SnoFFNER, one of
the Senators in the General Assembly of this
State from the counties OF Alamance and
Guilford, has been compelled to sacrifice his
property, and, to save his life, to make his
escape from said county on account of his
opposition to the KukluX Klan aforesaid,
and his devotion to the government of the
United States:
And WHEREAS, on the aGth of May, 1870,
most atrocious murder was committed by
disguised men on NELL MCLEOD and
DANIEL MCLEOD, white, of the County of
Cumberland, and three others of the family
were wounded by these assassins:
And WHEREAS, in divers other localities
peaceable citizens have been insulted in their
houses, put in fear for their lives, whipped,
scourged, maltrcated, mutilated and mur-
dered by persons disguised, and known as
the Kuklux Klan: And WHEREAS, retalia-
tion has commenced by the burning of barns,
stables, and mills: And WHEREAS, all these
evils are to be traced to the Kuklux Klan
aforesaid, though no apology can be offer.
ed for the retaliation refasNto, tor it. is
equally to be depiored and reproba;ed asa
wicked violation of the law; and upon due
information laid before me, (which iuforma-
tion has not been furnished,) that barns, or
stables, or mills, or dwelling houses, have
been burned by incendiares, mentioning
localities and the persons TO whom the said
barns, or stables, or mills, or dwelling houses
belonged, rewards will also be offered for
the arrest and conviction of the incendiares
aforesaid.
Now, THEREFORE,. !, WILLIAM W. HoL-
DEN, Govern of the State OF North Carolina,
do issue this my proclamation, offering a
reward of FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for the arrest of each of the murderers of
the wife and children OF Daniel Blue, of
each Of the murderers of Wyatt Outlaw, of
each Of the murderers of John w. Stephens,
of each of the murdcrers of Robin Jacobs,
of each of the persons who committed rape
on the bodies of the colorcd women referred
to, of each of the persons who murdered
Puryear, and of each of The persons who
murdered Neill Mcleod and Daniel Mcleod,
and robbed the family of the said Neill Nc
Leod, together with such evidence as will
lead to the conviction of the persons thus
arrested; those who planned, advised or
cOunselled the commission of the act; those
who participated in the act or acts; or those
who conspired to conceal the bodies OF the
murdered, or aided in the concealment and
escape OF the fclons:
And l enjoin upon all officers, civil and
military, to aid in bringing these and all
other offenders TO justice; and especially to
discountenance, discourage, and repress all
organizations of men who ride or walk at
night in disguise, with arms in their hands.
1t is misdemeanor thus to go disguised.
and it is felony if these disguised persons
molest or injure peaceable citizens in their
persons or property.
Done at our city of Raleigh, this 9th
IL. S. of June, A. D., 1870. and in the Oath
year of our Independence.
W. w. HOLDEN, Governor.
By the Governor:
W. r. RICHARDSON, Private Secretary.