, 1874-08-31
THE TENNESSEE TROUBLES.
Particulars oftho Lyih,ic;iiii'n}g Of I'M, Negroes
In Gibson County.
Tho Apprehsnded Negro Attack gpon Tron-
ton-0no Thousand Armed Whites
Gathored in That Town..
Proclamation by tic Governor, Offering.
Rewards for the Apprehension OF
tho Lynchcrs.

Trenton. Tenn. tAuy. 2s,. Dhpaeh to IL. a,snns,,
;, : =, Ardianche.
Yesterday morning City Marshal DUNCAN md
conssnblea W. ". sentor and Spence Eldrilgo,
with m escort OF forty ,mon woll armed, brought
sl1toon negrooa from pokottavlllo, and lodged
them in the jail ut this place for safo koopnu,
They wore put tn tho old jail. tho now Quo ii
course Of construction. boing full Of prisoners.
The negroes aro the ones who had preliminary
examination boforo Justioos Jo1dnn, lily, nnd
Hunt, Of ptckettsvlfe, yesterday AFTERNOON.
.., VINO THE NEGROES WERE.
They wore portion Of tho party which fired on
Mo'aroe Morgan md Jamos Warron, two young
white mon, Inst Saturday night, rs they voro 60
Ing to thor homos, and when about mllos.. from
pickcttsville. at tho preliminary examination
twoof tho negroes confessed to tho fact tlatag
eral uprising OF tho nogroos for tho purpose OF
killing all tho whitos, was insonGod. Tho narnou
Of t4o negroes who woro brought hero md
lodged In ja,l. nro ,Nolson NfcGhoo, Ben BAL
lard, Jarrett Durrow, George. Greene, stoy'o
bryant, Dan Wal1lans Bob Loyo, Dick Shaw
Dug JamIaon, Hays Peobos, Alfred Williams,
Nick 1ycy, aud four others, names at present un-
known to your cotroapondont.
!, =. TIE MASKED MEN. ,
Inis morning, botwcott and 9 O'Clock, about
100 disguised men, armed With doublo-barrelod
ehos-gups, litoa, aud royolyere, rodo quccly into
town and surrounded tho jail In Which the
negroes mentioned -wero confined. Tho Bhori1
aha Jater, both Of whom wero On duty wore
callod out mud tho koya Of tho prisoners' coils
demanded. .'To this demand tho ofIlcurs refused
ta aecode aud declarel their intention Of holding
the negroes subject to the action Of tho law,
"coafE ron THOSE aIdGEns,"
Tho lenders Of the masked mon leyolcl their
ToaponB Mt the officers, and sad In emphatic
tones, -"".Wo have como for those niggers, and
intend getting them; turn oyor tho koys, or wo
will blow your brains out" As their very action
looked like business, there was no more l,osita-
ton beyond formal protest, and tho kcya wory
turned over.
PREPARING Fon THE SLAUGHTER.
Going to tho cellB tho masLod mon uufockcd
tho doors, and with presented md cooked wca
pons ordered, tho negroes out. Tho order was
trolnblingly. compiled with, and the poor fright
ened black wrotches marched into tho corridor
Of rope in twos. S'9~SN
THE 3rAncIl TO; DEATH. .
>, Tho dls2uised men marched tho negroes into
the street. They were placed in tho coutro Of
an irregular hollow Square. and tho limo OF
known as the Huntingdon road. Tho atrictost
ellonce wns preserved, and, until tito 1naykara
were well out Of Trenton ut least, they nra-
served their incognito in slch q manner NJ to !
.'RuN, noYa, nuS.".
After going about half . mile, tho mob hnltod
and six Of tho negroes, three couples, were or.
dored out Of tho ranks. They wore cut loose at |
ONE one side o. Of tho road and told to 20, aud 60
volley from along tho Whole line cut them down 4
all falling at tho irst, ,tlro. The mob must Anyo
supposed that all were killed, ia thoy moved on 4
without htopp,nS. to inspect tho coudition Of !
their victims. When found lator this morning
by tleiega.ion Of citizens, four .waro, wounded,
QUO supposed to DO mortally, tho others but /
slightly. :,
,K111zsa| TEN Ar.A TINE. -, 4
From this aceno Of cnrnnso tho masked mon
and their remaining victims marched on about
2 milos further up tho rlvor bottom road, wI.ero
another Init WnH made. Then the romaiuinuston
negroes wero ordered out. Like their brothron !
VINO Ind gone before, they were cut 1ooso and
to!u to move themselves. Tho poor frightened
second jump towards life and liberty they were
shot down. This time tho ,naskore took better
aim Tor they dropped cvory ono Of tho fleeing
negroes dead In their tracks.
counTEEH 'E1LLED-TWn woukDED,. Il
That ended tho carnival Of blood for the night
fotrteon logroca killed outright aud two others
wounded, one perhaps MORALLY. :. After disposing
q tho lust Of their dofenselesa Victims tho mur-
aoring, nlaeiers dispersed, disappearing in tho
dark shadows of the aojacont forests like sr,Irt
Of tho damned who had been cal,od forth to n
festival Of death, aud from which they wore TO
lucsently forced by tho gray light OF dawn.
LooNSo AFrEn THE MAsKrRs. |
Lho' circuit Court ts it, session at: this place,
made by the soreral members Of tho Bnr dcnounc-
ing THO actlon Of tho masked nlon who wcre all
from tho country, In l4e most emphatic torins. |
iho Lar urged upon tho presiding Judge to at |
once eond ~ special charge to tho Grand Jury:
iroctng that body to send for witnesses nil |
aloMs Tue road from hero to pitckotsvito.. anil |
g learn IL posaihlo the nanos Of tho nlaslscre so
hat thoy might be indicted and punished.
FALSE ALAnM.. 2
At this 1uuetllro courier riding at full spced
'ntored the town mud announced that tho
logros were full force Rnu well armed out
lbont I miles from town, near what is known rs
DO Gleason placo. This report of course car1aol
llo most intonso axciscmons audtho court, with
he exception Of tho criminal docket, was nj
ncn adjourned. Scouts weso ut .onco sent out
II NIL directions to Gcour tho country, When
hoy returned they reported a!l quiet, although
" s, generally understood here that tho negroes
uu ready for action ut q moments notice,
MEN FItoa[ UNION olrY
Two companies Of whites from Union CITY anil
ltermedate points arrived here at: o'corlt
o-day.: They arc oil well. armod md rently for
ny emergency. Everything ID quiot horo now.
renton, Tenn. tAug. :s,, DispateA TO tae Memphi.
ocn The following IL my interyiow with Mayor
"Ihe report roachol hero this morning TINT
om 300 to 600 negroes woro /
nAI'oiiIsa ON TUE TOWN or TRENTON,
col1!a not Lear, on scouting the country, Of
lorinasion also reached hero by q white man |
'as Ae Ind aoen LOO negroes, portion armed, {
10 woro cleaning up everything. Alrs. Gloa-