Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-01-10
Rorogs CONDUCT IN SALINE co.

Some time since an outrage was
perpetrated by q band of armed ne
groes in Lake Village, Chicol county,
Arkansas, which sent a thrill of hOr-
FOR throughout the country. Three
white men, two Of whom were limo
cent Of any crime, were aiken from
Jail and hung. After this hellish deed
the negroes took possession of the
village, drove.the whites away, plum
dered stores, and gave themselves up
to acts of lawlessness and violence.
Several days elapsed before this reign
of terror was checked, and order was
restored.
This was a genuine Ku-Klux horror
OF the first magnitude, and had it no,
been for the color of the actors, the
columns of Radical newspapers
would have tccmed with historical
editorials and startling and %phrensied
EXPLANATIONS of holy horror at more
Rebel o~utrages." But as there was a
"nigger in the wood pile" the affair
was passed by with the bare recital.
Since then, however, keen-scented
Radical newsInongers have been on
the qui rire, eager to Offset this eX-
hibition of Arkansas ficndishness and
brutality with a ku-klux story of an
other color. Failing to find the de-
sired material, some unknown mis-
creapt has gratified the raacoy and
perhaps imposed upon the credulitv
of the st. Louis Democrat by manu-
featuring one out of whole cloth. 1t
appeared in that papers as special, sent
from Sedalia, stating that Christ
mas day witnessed Il pre~concerted
outbreak of the ku-Klux at Marshall,
Saline county, Mo-, and vicinity. A
large number of armed men were
turned out in pursuit of the negroes.
Patrols are placed near town, and
every traveller is halted and question
ed. All business is suspended, and
mob law reigns supreme. 1t is not
known how many negroes have been
killed, but Edward Wiedson, who
left Marshall at IL O'clock, saw the
dead bodies of five; two were hang
ing up the neck, and three were w.
ing in the road, and one terribly
wounded, having his shoulder shot
away. AT the latest count a crowd
of armed men were starting out,
swearing they would clean out every
negro i'll the county"
The above dispatch has been fatty
centradicted by responsible citizens
of Marshall, who state that there was
no disturbance ofany character in that
place on Christmas day, but on the
contrary the day was unusually quiet
About ten days previous there
was an outbreak and acts of violence
committed in which both white men
and negroes participated. This was
occasioned by too free an indul-
sencein whisky,and was a mere DIR UNI
ken row, without any premeditated
object i'll view. No serious damage
"ouiN iCSuitSu lltu lIC OlllccTb
been prompt and efficient in the dis
charge of their duties. An occurrence
of a somewhat similar character, in
which fewer persons were involved,
but resulting more fatally, took place
i'll Il owl city on Christmas night.
Here, as at Marshall, timely action of
the officers would have prevented
bloody results. For the benefit of
some of our readers who may not ne
acquainted with the fact, md for the
purpose of correcting false impress
ions made by city papers, we transfer
to II local columns an account of
the disturbance mentioned, taken
from the Marshall Progress Of de-
cember 23rd.
This drunken riot reflects discrcdit
enough upon Saline county, but it at
fords no sufficient ground for the ter
rible Ku-klux lie. hcraldcd to the
world by the Radical press. The
same thing is liable to happen at
any time ana in any place cursed with
worthless and inefficient officers.