Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-26
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operations Of the same kind. Accordingly they
assembled, and placed themselves in force
around the Negroes house, but manifested some
discretion withal; for about ten days previously
they had made a "peaceabe" attempt to kill
and thus reconcile Johnson; but he, unwill-
ing to purchase "peaee and reconciliation on
such unequal terms, put his double barrelled
shot gun through port hole and fired on them,
wOunding one ScOundrel in the hand and an
other in the arm, when the whole party of vii
lains retreated and fed. On the present oeca-
sion, therefore, endeayoring to profit by expert
ence, they surrounded the premises of johnson,
as in the first instance; but in order, this time,
without danger to themselves, TO insure
peace and reconciliation, they set John
sons stable on fire. and then lay in ambush,
like so many Indians, waiting for the negro TO
run out of his house to save his stable, when
they intended to put not less than fifty bullets
through his heart. johnson, however, did not
run much, but remained quietly in his house,
and let his stable burn; but two neighbOring
coored men, seeing the fire, naturally ran TO
the spot to assist in eXtinguishing the flames,
when the ambushed devils fired on them, wound
inc one severely in the mouth, and sending
bullet right through the brain of the other The
name Of the man thus shot through the head
was Glib McGruder. He fingered two days with
his brains oOzing from the wounds, and then eX-
plred. He was one of the hardest working,
most peaceable, reliable and upright negroes in
Shelby county. This is the universal judgment
of democrats as well as republicans The muir
derous cavaliers having thus secured "peace and
reconciliation" by imbruing their savage hands
in the innocent blood Of one poor, helpless, and
harmless negro, rode of Immediately to a neigh
boring saloon, called for whiskey, drank to all
the Ates of hell, and then dispersed to their
homes in the hills.
But, is there not caase2 Yea, verify.
Last spring these same kukluX gentlemen Wis
tied the house of Lawson johnson, and, strange
TO say, carried off his double barreled shot
gun. After the lapse of a considerable time
johnson discovered that one Anthony Stump
had possession of his lost fowing piece, and ac-
cordingly he brought specific action against
him for the recovery of the gun. The case was
tried, and the gun awarded to johnson, its orig
inal owner This decision put the devil into the
entire kuklux, and hence the object of all the
recent visits has been to steal the gun again, and
then kill johnson for having recovered it in the
first instance thus getting rid efectually and
forever of one Grant voter, aud striking terror
enough into the remainder to run them out of
the country, or keep them close at home until
alterthe November election.
Permit me now to state two or three OBJ
yious and general facts
81. The men engaged in this Internal outlaw
ry are all rampant Greeeyites, holly in favor of
peace and reconciliation but belong eXcu-
Sively to the democratic wing Of the coalition.
80. These men are all known, so it is said, to
not less than one hundred honest, hard working
farmers, scattered over the territory above al
luded to, who could, if they were not afraid Of
their property being burned or their lives taken,
have the last villain of them arrested in less
than week.
%. No arrests have been made by the state
authorities; not even an attempt has been made
at such thing, and we predict there never will
be Is this state of robbery, burning and muir
der to continue, and continue forever?
"Ought not the general government to inter-
vene and hunt these outlaws TO utter extermi.
nation, thus saving the poor and helpless from
robbery and murder, and more especially as the
state either refuses or neglects the highest and
most sacred duty that she owes to her citizens?
Quick work could no doubt be made of this
business if the requisite authority were only
giyen for there are now, we are told, and have
been for year past, one hundred United States
where this helsh outrage was perpetrated, but
they dare not lift finger unless invited by the
state authorities"