Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-10-01
WHITE LEAGUE OUTRAGEs.

If the murders and other outrages
recently committed in Alabama and
other Southern States This list
will be published from month to
month in order to let the perpetra-
tors of those deeds see their acts as
sother view them:
ALABAMA.
July 13.-At night, because they
had attended Republican meeting,
Chancellor Fielder and Colonel Sea-
well. of Greenville, in Butler county,
were fred upon and followed to
Colonel Seawells house by assassins,
who were prevented from carrying
out their bloody purpose by the
timely arrival of the sheriff and
his posse.
A few days later the Republicans
of Barbour county called Repub-
lican meeting at Clayton. When
the meeting was organized White
League mob entered the hall and
'attacked the speaker on the stand
with sticks, knives and pistols"
August Waiter P. Billings,
young and promising lawyer, was
riding on horseback home from a
Republican meeting, at five o'clock
in the afternoon, when, in passing
through a piece of woods within
half a mile of his house, he was
shot by assassins lying in ambush.
He and his horse were found dead
on the road in the morning. His
money and watch were untouched.
August 2S.--A train on the AL
bemarle and Chattanooga railroad
was stopped at York, by false sig
nal u band of armed men entered
the mail car and shot the colored
mail agent Qvey) in cold blood.
In Lee county a body OF armed
white men surrounded colored
churcn during divine service and
fired u volley into the building, kill
my ltul i"' Sbho "i' '|A i".'
wounding several others.
In Livingston Mr. Allen, hotel
keeper, was brutally beaten because
he dared to say he was a Republican,
Within the last ten days no less
than fourteen murders have been
committed within an area OF thirty
miles of Meridian.
ARKANSAS.
August IA white man was
murdered in Eagle township, near
Little Rock. A negro was charged
with the murder, and without evil
dence on probability of guilt he was
seized. mounted on horseback, os-
tensibly to be carried to Little Rock
for trial, with his feet fastened un-
der the horse and his hands tied
behind him. When on the way a
meiee was purposely started by those
having him in charge, and he was
shot under pretense that the shot
was fired from the bushes.
August. colored preacher
named Cook Ross was taken from
his church door in Lafayette coun
tv, at the close of the Sabbath SER
vices, by mounted and armed white
men. He was ordered to walk off
a few PAGES, when one OF the party
said: IL haven't killed a Cd d-n
Niger son of a b--h for some time
now take that" He was shot dead
in the presence of his congregation.
August.--Saturday, at midnight,
party of White Leaguers went to
the house of a colored widow in
Tennessee township, and called out
George, her only son, a harmless,
Industrious young man OF II years
of age, and nephew of the widow,
young lad who was visiting his
aunt. While crossing field near
the residence of Martin Burke the
widows son was shot, and the other
escaped to the woods Whether he
was pursued and shot is yet un-
| Iuuwn.
August.-Three leading colored
men were arrested on Il trumped-np
charge OF petty larceny, and dragged
to Jail in GAINESVILLE. At night they
were taken to the woods by gang
OF " hite Leaguers, n mile from
town, and each received 600 lashes,
with instructions to leave the coun-
ty before daylight or they would be
hilled at sight. They were found
next day with parts of their bodies
pounded to a jelly and blood trick
ling from q hundred wounds.
KENTUCKY.