, 1874-08-29
Arrest Of the Alleged Ring
leaders,.
Testimony Of Prisoners thai tho tntcn-
lion Was 10 Exiirpate i.
the Whites.
Tho Events TINT Led to tho
,Lyne}ai,ig OF Sixteen
. Negroes.


northeast Of Humboldt mud 80 ntloa from
this city. Indications aro that tho cntiro
negro population Of Gibson County iutoudod to
innugulato ,socrot hoAtl]isios for tho purpose Of
numbering ,tho whites. who llavo been very muol,
alarmed for lhoir pornonal aafoty, mud arc stitl
fearful of fntara i'll from tho r ignorant yot ma-
licious focs.
'.''" THE FOLLOWING rAory
rolatvo to tho aifair, OF which VIC slall prcsont.
" sloak. have bcon carefully ascortuinod, yet
hastily wilton out, by an 41ppedl commissioner,
just returned from tho town Of Gibson, or Pick
ottssille, tho latter being It's post-onlco nano.
About flvo wceka ngo tho negroes gavo
big barbecue 2}s miles from, towu.
Several wllio mon, among them Jno
Halo. wont to the entertainment to pur-
chaao :. tho barbecue, thu pr,co aaltod
being %. Aa it Ind bocn lalf-caten perhnrs,
coioroa, became incoaHed becarso full price was
not yoceiyea. This led To d difficulty totweoa
WeDb and Halo. tho latter being prevented by
wLito frienda from inilicting, aorioua injuries
groea hayo frequently ,naao threats OF revenge
a.d MOI o tllan one rttmor Of .iotlng was Bprcnd
about, though not ganotally holloved. Last Sat"
urday night about holf-past IL o'clock. while
two yottng men llauncd Mohroo Morgan and
,1umes Warren were riding aiong tho road about
Q nllea from town, tloy wore
FIRED upoN Dy cnowD or THIRTY on FORTY
NEGROES
The youlg tlau alnudoucd tlletr horsos, n.,o
Of wl,icl. was wounded, and took to tho wooda.
Tbs nog1 ooa pursued, yelling and shouting. Tho
yuung Inen managed to cscapo, and returned
safely to town MI hour aftorwari.
Tho firing by t!ss negroes awoke tho citizens
Of Gibson, wllo forth *ith eelzed their Weapons
aud mot togethcr for tho purpoao Of defending
themselves. "a thoy suspected tho faot that tho
negroes were attempting to murder tho white
people. An Informal naeoting Waa hold, and mon
nen5 III seaicI'ol MOI gan nsd Warren, who were
believed to hnvo haan killed, this fear heitlE
n,ado all tho stronger na thoY were not fnrrl
nutil soma t,ne after the ehooting was tlaarl,
ttlough their horses Woro cauEht By tlioBO III
search Of tho young men. Judging it inlpra11ont
and shortly afterward tho missing Young melt
! CAME iu, Altar arranging neeeaaavy procautidus
aghsnst knrrllset party Ut citlzens, in command
Of an officer Of tho law, proceeded to tho house
With gun tho dny previous. Another fact which
nlado their foars all tho stronger, WIS that only
one negro waa in town Saturday AFTERNOON,
Hpo1. which days there usually were t. large
tho .pnrty renchod Walkers housc, whero
| lhey aurpriaotl and captured negro
na.ned Lon Ballard. Tho prisoner being led =
! shoft distance, waB Aaked tu make fu! eonfcs-
sion OF tie shooting tint night, tho reason OF the
organisaton among tho tegraes, its purposes,
and aims This lle did, tho substance OF Ills con-
| fos5ion bciug as follows: Tho co)orou people
mot Saturday night to organize Temporarily,
which waH iono by olnctiug-
| sw1EsI4Ey BAiELpA CAPTAIN,
the object being to .piotect Col. Webb, coloEca,
from ioarod ku-Klslx outragee, and after that to
return to Kill negro NAMED BURIAL Butler. who
lad rovoaled their plans to the. whites. Aftor
firing upon tho white ilcn that night. they ais-
Iorsed and proceeded home. Wlilo syinpathiz-
| ing with thu nogroes Ballard profeusod TO hayo
takun no payt Ill the asaassin-hke procecaings.
| lie raid tlat 4 few nights previous Dan Will
Janis, Tolu Cookn, jim Cuoko, Bob Love, Dick
leader, visited lis llol1ao and wanted linn to 10
to negro meoting, to Go held half d milo fronl
town. Atetahen had hDen to Dco him tllat morii-
ing before, and soid tho object Ut ts4olr nteotinG
WIZ to devise nplRn for the aBsasRilatlo,, Of Bur-
| roll Butler, the negro alluded to above. They
woro to giyo his wifo slight whipping, cacll Of
tho thirty to bestpw twonty elashes upon her
bare back. he Bnya lie rofused to attond the
! meeting OF to participate.
Having obtained Tho ab'yo facts tho party Mt
oneo proceeded to arrcat McGIlro, the rsngload-
OF. wlo was surprised III bed shortly nftor day
light, md was uiado captiyo. After proceeding,
uss 10 deny hts aanlpaic,ty III OF knowledge Of
tho attempted assassination aud tue intended
outbreak a,nung the negroes III that COUNTY their
purposo being to murder. tbs prisoner tlol'
Admittol lls guilt, mud said that tia following
THE HEAD MEN AND R1Sd-IEADEns
engaged II TUG atlacK tao 1lRAt nelofo rom
Shelton, George Groono. btoyo HfyKnt, NY lyoyt
BOD Love, Dan Wllaiams, DICK shaw. Jarrolt
Durrow, lug Ja1utBop Hays Peebies, Leon ool.
dan, Char!io scott. Needam hloiAIne. albert
Williams. Tom Cook. jim Cook, Johil Reagan,
Georgo Hess, bob Baden, Felix lEscomo,
deo,go Hicks Gus Cummings. Geosgs Gseone,
"s'd Wtnslo" s!ie!dH III adast'on to tnese, sey-
eral other negroes, whose nahles llo ala mt iec-
ollect, ~ero ongagca ~ the AFFAIR. -, Ti.ey met
anu orRanizoa " electing "lflalo~ eatei4s Cap,
tatn lor tiint night, with the nndesstanding taI
5oehata hebb ~hs 10 ~ eioeteo %ne con,4io
When tho hanaa reached iis house: LAG aah1 tne5
lired On Morgan and warren w1tlout mating
tilen aud hau no profocation saso tnelr olltlitt'
to"nid tho whlte people. Ine ptlhonosa s'aeo
inent eorroboinicd tl!at OF the otAor negro, ans
thoy hotA wero PLACED III vaoal't HOUSE tof saio
hceplug. News oi tue movement maae ny ths
neGspos spfaad rapidly thsouSAoas tAa coHutEy
aud tho oxcitemaht booamo most 'hsonso, ~
etl2ena belug eo,sfsasly alarmed anu Tearing tn'
worst, ~ 1t then beeamo known tnet Ilo neGtoe'
] welo well orHassIze1. Men from an thu nalta o
! tho country iiocEea TO Gibson, ONO party naYlht
como from Milan,
,, THE Exc1TEaEST AND slEETiHd or o111zEss.
: Tho excitement bocanlo all tho moro genera
Ail4 intense ~ IT was rnmnred the ncgfoea *oult
hkoly attack TUG town that n'S!t; accoldlne!y'
meeting was held, duatlce- Glli!tef Pre61ulhi'