, 1874-09-21
TEE TROUBLES IN GIBSON COUNTY,
TENN.

TEE TROUBLES IN GIBSON COUNTY,
TENN.
CHICAGO, Sept. 10, 1s74.
70 The Editor u The Chicupo Tribune:
S1n: The inc!oscd lotter from brother-in-
law aud siste. received today, will bo OF iutor-
est to your many readers, NJ giving good and
re]ablo {aa can youch) history Of recent trou-
blos it, Teuncsaee:
TRENyoN, Tent, Enpt, IL, 1874.
DEAN BROTHER AND EIs1En: 1u yclyiy to yDur ill.,
auisy will Try aud gtSs you History u our reeeut
STRIPPED OF ALL PREJUDICE,
anl as nearly unsarnishG4 US tossblu: On 8unllay
uiEat. Aug. H. two young were riding to CHURCH,
lrar tirkeuAyllla Tor uilson wrn they weru tired on
Uy nupller ot psgrovs Inesr s.,saai4 were wound
I'd; but tle young men dih1uounteL quickly, jumped
Into aud eacaped ought to remark tAas
hnd been lrld in tue eoIutry, aud, without uose, Ill
tho buckEhot aud powder III Milan and Trenton had
leen purchased, Thcss proceedings had caused u
vague runur to 10 Got foot THAT general tnHutrec
tlun WIZ contenplatsA by tie baeks After the shoot
tug above Eeterrrd TO-. nnlacrr Of men we're tol-
utztl by Uoarl oi Magistrates alld proceeded 10
arrcst negsoos who hA been known to be absent FROM
homc that night. When fonna they had, wjthult
cGptlo arns nta ammunition III plenty; They were
tikeA to ltcke.tsve a,a regularly tried by HeAeA o{
Magistrates, alld unanimously udnited that Ill sur-
eecttun VIII on foot, un1 that to ntenttan tu
ga11lze tte u'glt Of The shooing Hn1 tIst kl John
Aoore u brutncr Of our ileares tlghoi} Alt. Hu!c,
and negro who hAl ulyulgcd thu plot They asserted
hut this year ad beeu tuure III crops, uuu FROM
l<ir families nutis 4Irlug They proposed to kill W.
cry white INN u tho county, aud talte posaession
Of h,s +a. a.r'ua These c9nfo; ~ ~ WIRE
III fully 3u rilizenH. They also Ba lla this Arla.
was general thing. aud thcy wuul bu takeu out Vi
fesaioa was fcarful, 1t couhned TO ex'leLels
but u! t!asHen Nenr the of action are! nMa,
.aking the woncn nMd children where they could bo
most easllY defended, required for struggle tlat
HEIlEyED WOULD COME.
After te trIAl tho prisouurs aIxeu in number we're
Icandea to tho clubhouse till arrangements could 6o
made to take te,n to Trenton. Al night, Ennle Mlsk-
ca men presented themselves mud demanded tIo pris-
onefs but thu guard refused u yise thr1n up. They
& h'y % w'S 8sts saF' asps1eS ns ' to has
.Au prikonets TO- Tho County Jail. These guards
were well ur,uea with both guns aud pistols. On tho
rearancu and renewed their demand. Finding that
lighting aoAo WonId got thu prisoners, they disappear
10, ana tho prisoners were duly handed over to tho
tp 10 this in!u tho very letor aud spirit Of the Inv
aad oten ot,oye t1rnyh tho midst Ut tue most ILL
by aonls hook cropR Tie lawyers generally sided
with tho negrues, hutl luupe were CONVINCED that,
through lar Of tlle Government. nothing would DO
Bsesng, w uli lid ero 1t tie aoat Of wur {ws
within mlea1, tllat turning theegroca loose III a
1p So to s 1r boy a
asserted TINT they would bs reloasc tue most serious
aplrelenyiuon ontsraiued u thu result. Our
4eAt cHlzenA west afrail Ut sNols-!aw, ns.sl
FEARED JusT WHAT DID FOLLOW.
The night following tito examination, some eighty
ys s ss fGS nn t. 1 a "a nat Rse
(tho SheltM keers theM), HhCrsW Williams, hravinB
oiFo IN tho ssrcet W III duty bound got up a'l 60
replied w demanding t!s Keys. Tie siAsLtf refused
a1Il uYain culanlra them to tlispcrae. Some OF to
Men Hen M cockrd THUR pistols aud holding them to
i g'vu lis opa woras) "shoot aud Io d-dls Ihey