, 1873-12-05

vas thcir custom since their organization.
arn, anoy uad n never oeoa disturbed by tho Gov
Of us. Tne i gut bsioro tho maoins ] wan In. In.
formed that tho arrost was to DO n,nio, aud t,et
ah9uld there 10 any resistance on tho part Of tho
Tyler to tho froo ontrance Of tile ol.lcors tho
troops wore to fire into tho bnlltling and burn It.
with all thoso within. I personally informed
tho Grand Lodge of them Intentions, and tho
moxt morning learned t,ht thoy into,,tlod to hold
their session with opon doors. Tl,oy did 10, and
TaTo 1t1, arrested, , and that night conluol In tho
that ,thoy should bo taken to 1Inyana for trla
but three houra after hunriBe they wero all iulon
outside Of tho city and ghot TE,is net created
considerable o1citemont at tho timot but as 1t
waa imprisonment to speak of 1t, 1t was soon
The fanilics Of those mon thus shot wore
placed Oil trial for the ncH Of The heads OF those
families, and. as result, their property wns
con!iHcated, they were declared parposs and. ut
the Bamo umot tho population w,.a forbidden,
unaor pain Of imprisonment, to rontlor my Of
thom any assistance. Thus, bping deprived Of
home md nheltor, food ant the r,cans Of obtain
ig II, lorbldton to caro the jurIsdiotion Of San
tsHSo do Cn6n. theHe poor holpless creaturcn
sought Eholtcr In tho woods near hero anu bo-
oa1ne one common family.
Bat tho intstlnan'tios, cruollios, and bar
oaritios which these womon and childron have
1oon subjected to passed tic belief of civilized
0o4'Ss l Cou!t Hot NeHCIlUU Will 1 IllY0 EGen
aud been unable to prevent. All robborios ara
laid to their door, and cyon supposed robborie3
wnro gotten up, 10 that tho claso OF tho blo0tl-
honnd might 10 Witnessed by tho labblo md tlo
suffering Of somo ono Of tho poor bomgs added
to their thirst for morbid deprayity.
It was not two months afser the execution &
TINT sau ono OF tho women, who was
nboat TO- become q mother, placed between
two boards. upon which sat a heayy, burly sav-
ago, Hurrouudod by dozen soldlors aul several
bcing to confess n crime OF robbery which hatl
previously Investigated, aud could find no.hiue
that warranted the belfof of a robbery larinE
boon committed. Her dead boay was loft tloro,
nnd, four days after, WHOM !he stonoll compelled
Its burial, it waB found to have been nrtly de-
foureu by doga. Since that tme to the praboat,
tAcso poor croaturos hayo bcon r,1bioctcd To
ontrases beyond description Or comprehension
by te people Of community hucll a. yuu live III.
Taoro % arc now but fow l!Sing polapa thirty
all over 900. Sumo died from Bsavvation. othors
from exposure, while tic majority Of them wcro
killed By b!oodhoundB, for it IL Quo Of tho sports
Of 'tt'oao brutcs to hunt those poor people M
whose acS could not lo distinguished by reaBo,
OF nautilation. An attempt to oxtosntnato tllom
vas made q few daya ago by The volunteers nnd
Bome Of the crew OF tho Tornado. When tho
!irgiulns was brought into tho arbor it was rnado
tho OCCASION oi groat fcatytios a.itl liquor owol
freely. Toward midnight party Of tnroo men.
with hounds to hnut their victims, atarto,l
for the woods. No ono dared to prevent
What it was known would follow. Tho noxt
morning thoy boastod in the Btroots of wllat la,l
taken place, aud related with pride and pleasure
tho violence to which they had subjected theBo
women and girls, homo OF tho latter being only
u years old.
With an associate official wo TINT afternoon
proceeded into tho woody and ordered the burial
Of niuo whom We found d=ad. Seyoa wero nuf-
fcr'ng from violence TINT cannot describe; ono
waa hlaok iu tho face, Ble having boon cho,od
to death, while another had her outire breast
bittcn off. + returned sick at heart, unable to
render tho slightest assistance, though had
boom compelled to look On with apparent indif-
florence.
BY means Of negroos ITO rcndor then, what as
sistanoo no can. Clothing re cannol Rond u
this might be identified, but food aud medicines
VIC havc 20 far bcen abio safely to sond through
slaves. who hayc more pity for these beings
than they who once shared tho bounty and hog
pltalty Of ihoso thoy now poreeouto.
II tho people in tho United Ssatos should no
tltion their Government to give tno mornl infl,,-
onco OF Rome kind Of protection. tho money
could easily be had to either take thcm out Of
tho county, or provide for them without any OK
pcn.e to tho community. In God'B na,no, do
what Won cnu for humanity