The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-08
startling News from Kanawha--The
Capital" at the Mercy of
.'- a Ku.Klux Mob.

Startling News from Kanawha.-ThI
WC0pitAI" at the Mercy of
les. 3- a KusKlux Mob.
In another column appears q communi
cation ltom Charleston, receivsdlast even
ing BY Gov. STEVENSON, well calculated
to arrest attention. Our readers will rO
member that some two months ago wha
was called u "riOt" occurred at Maiden
KanawhA county, between whites, ant
negroes About that time anll since W.
have noticed frequent illusions in thC
Charleston papers to secret league, e,stylct
Ku.Klux" and sometimes "Gldeon'I
Band" of which ex-Judgc HINDMAN wa
said to be chief, and which It was alleged
existed in large numbers in Kanawha ant
other counties. We never saw or hCart
anything very definite about this organiza
tion, nor attached much Importance tt
these rumors; but others who have mean
while had moro information have knOwr
that the rumors were but TOO we'll founded
Tic great numbers Of low, ignorant per
SONS employed about the suit works along
the KaMwlla hive afforded just tht
material, and their prejudice against
the negroes (whO arc numerous III
tlatr region), with the prospect that
the latter would soon become voters
have furnished the occasion for the nucleus
Of II secret, hostile organization, TINT con
stitutcs small rebellion against the State
or as the. nlalcontents say, against the
"ESadicaW authorities! There Is "a icon'
currcnCc of testimony going to show that
this organization Is 50 numerous md Its
spirit 80 bitterly hostile 10 the lawful all'
tllorities, as to threaten SERIOUS consc::
qucnees II il is,not promptly aueIled. The
letter herewith printed is from D source
that entities 1t TO credcnce, and the cn'
d0rsemcnt ut the bottom Is made by oftl'
GERS Of the county Of high official and per
sOnal standing We omit names for the
obvious reason that to print them might
expose the writers unnecessarily 10 the
vengeance of Judge HINDMAN's Thusg.
1t seems that in Kanawha county the
civil authorities are now paralyzcd. The
sheriff cannot execute the process Of the
court and cannot make arrests Prisoners
III the jail arc taken out by m armed
mob, without resistance, in broad day
light, while the supervisors arc sitting in
the court house thirty yards distant liza
mob can do this, why cannot IT pltindCr
every bank in the place and carry away
the twenty or thirty thousand dollars Of
State deposits now there and the much
larger sum that soon will be there! The
following document, u copy Of which llas
reached us, helps tell the story:
tt $3.50 REWARD! 4.
The above reward will be paid for the
arrest and safe delivery into any Jail with
in tho United, States or the State Of West
Virginia, the bodies Of Geo. NJ. Wllitelaw
and George Cox aliNS uix, two, prisoners
who were C'contncd intlIc Jail Of fKanawlln
county, from which they were iOrcibly
delivered by m armed iorco Of men, on
the Cd day Of March, 1870. Whitclaw was
awaiting trial for tho charge Of. passing
counterfeit money. lie, Is, o young man
about 81 years ofngc, lighthair, tEir com
plexion, about 6 feet, II inches ltgl!I
weighing about 100 lbs, Of good address
and has evidently received II collegiate
education.
Cox alias Xix Is IL small man, black
keen eyes, heavy whiskcrs, lCf big tot
very lily shaped, and just under the scall
on tho top Of his head he lias small pro
tuberancc very much resembling II Oullel
under the skin. lie was contined'i in JAt
awaiting, trial for burglary.
The above amount WIN bc paid for the
arrest and safe detention Of both Of them
or $3.50 for tho said Whitelaw, and ,$10t
for the said Cox alias uix, aud inlornla
| ton given TO. either ono Of the undersigned
ut Charleston, Kanawha county, Wes
Virginia. HRDGENAN SLACK, W 81.
U. S. MaT&hdl DistITct Of W. Va.
,.l JOHN W. SENTz, ,
Sheriff RanGrtG County
March Sd, 1870.
WI were not before aware, hut now
learn, that the condition ofafEairs develop
cd by the "AIalden Riot" has inspired so
rious alarm in Kanawha, and that arplica