New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-09-10
From Georgia.
AUGUSTA, GA, Aug. &c, 1874.
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To he Editor Of Tie Ne,o National Era:
The world should know of the atrocious
outrages committed against the colOred peo-
pie in this section, and l know of no better
way than to make them known through your
paper. l will give you a few items that have
TRANSFERRED right here in the city of Augusta.
l wrote you some months ago of the mobbing
in the public market of an inoflcnsive colored
man by Dennis Hallahan and party of con-
victs from his brick yard, and that the said
IIallahan was bound over to appear at the
next term of the Superior Court, under the
Insignificant bond of $500. AS everybody
expected 1allahan failed to appear for trial,
and that l have no doubt will be the end
of it. .--.--.s
About month ago Mrs. Barnes, a colored
lady of our city, was standing and talking
with another lady, when one of the city po-
lcemen passed along; Mrs. Barnes, who
was, by the bye, several months in preg-
nancy, inadvertently brushed against him,
(the policeman and, without further provo
cation, he slapped her down. The matter
"aS ttI ohtC lCpoitCu W thC MdNOl, Il SOOu
Democrat, who, after hearing the evidence,
(there being several eye witnesses,) and the
case being fully proved, fined him ten dollars.
Yes, ten dollars fine for Shaping weakly
female down in the public street, and she in
pregnancy.
Again, on Saturday, August 18th, a white
and cOlOred man had an alteration on one
of our street cars, which resulted in the COL
ored mans shooting and MORALLY wOunding
the white man, from which he died in a few
hours. The colored man was in liquor, and
shot the white man without shadow of JUS
LITIGATION, and should certainly have been
made to pay the penalty of his crime. There
were two colored men together, (brothers, }
and they were both at once arrested and
lodged in the county Jail and securely con-
fined. AS soon as it was ascertained that
the white man would surely die, and he hay
ing been captain in the Confederate army,
his old comrades in arms, who at present
compose very largely the white military vol
unteer companies, determined to take the law
in their own hands, and at once had their
men summoned, with instructions to bring
their arms and ammunition. Remember,
Mr.. Editor, that these companies are made
up. not Of the poor and ignorant white men,
but of the rich and most influential men in
the city and their sons. At q late hour in
the night, probably a thousand of these men
went to the Jail and took out the man that
they supposed did the killing, had mock
trial by tho mob, found him guilty, and were
about to hang him, when it was suggested
that, as this man insisted that he was inno-
cent, perhaps he was not the one whercupon
the other man was brought out and tried by
the mob, and found guilty. They then started
to hang him, but, as the city fire. bells began
to ring just at that juncture, they concluded
to take shorter method, and agreed to shoot
him. 1 am credibly informed that two hun.
bred muskets were emptied at him, and that
his body was shot all to pieces is certain
The New York World say the good class Of
citizens ought to repudiate the affair, but the
fact is, this thing was done by the leading
white citizens of Augusta, and am told by
an eye witness that one a member OF oul
City Council, and lieutenant in one of the
military companies, walked up to the mutt
lated body Of the dead man, after it was shot
all to pieces, and emptied his pistol into his
lifeless lump of humanity. Great God, what
atrocity.
On last Sunday night, the 23d, colored
man, being in liquor, walked into the house
of a Colored woman. Wishing to get him out,
she requested white man, who was not an
officer of any kind, to aid her in ejecting hin
from her house. He did help her in getting
him out, and then attempted to carry him te
the guard-house the colored man, being
quite drunk, refused to go to the guard-house
and, without any further cause, the white
man ran his knife into him, and he dropped
dead on the spot. The coroner's jury, after
so!emnly examining the matter, gave, as