Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-10-06

| FURTHER PARTICULARS OF The EAGLE LAKE
MASSACRE HORRIBLE NARRATIVE THAT /.
youcHED ToR-THIRTEEN NEGROES KILLED
August 4th We published letter from the
most reliable of private sources in Texas,
giving an exceedingly narrowing picture OF
the wrongs and persec utiOn which were be-
ing heaped there upon the heads of all who
dared to obstruct the Democratic plan Of
manufacturing a solid South. This was
previous to the massacre of Eagle Lake, now
more or less familiar to our readers. Since
then we have received another letter from
the same source containing extracts from Dal-
las and San Antonio papers, descriptive of
the massacre, for whose thorough accuracy
our correspondent vouches. He begs of US
that We give them the benefit of cur circula-
ton, il order that Northern voters nav un-
derstand the perils which beset Union men
Of all races in the South, and the measures
which are being taken there to further the
election Of Tilden and Hendricks The first
extract is from the San Antonio RepuJican
OF September 9:
"EAGLs LAKE, Texas, Aug. 30.-Friend
Nelccomb | send you an extract from the
Dallas Herald, which makes some reference
to the murder of colored men at Eagle Lake
IN Colorado county. | am surprised that
tie press has not taken this matter in hand
and given the horrid details to the public
long before this. Thirteen negroes in all
have been killed, and fully 50 more would
have been killed by this time had they not
He'd from their homes. Some Of the refugees
are now IN Houston, and the story they tell
Is enough to make ones flesh crawl. One
poor negro was torn from the arms of his
shrleking wife, and tortured by being shot
In the and legs until seven bullets were put in
TO him. Every time he was shot his cruel tor
mentors compelled him to shrek Gordon" "
the name OF white man who had been mur-
dered some months before, supposed by ne
groes. After shooting him seven times, one
OF the murderers, little more humane than
the rest, shot him through heart and put an
end to his suierings.
Most OF the negroes killed were taken
from their their homes at night, dragged
away from terrified wIye. and children, and
shot at once.
Night before lost, Capt. J. y. Baugham,
for several years sheriff Of Wharton county,
was taken from his sick bed, where he had
been confined for weeks. tied up to a tree,
for he could not stand by himself, and agtt-
cen bullets put into his body by the same
gang OF muderers who are engaged in killing
the negroes. Mr.. Biughman kept a little
store at Eagle Lake, ami bad the temcrity
10 openly denounce the wholesale murder OF
negroes. Since he was killed the living
seoundrels who killed him or their friends,
have started the Treposterous story that be
was melting the negroes to not and killing
u white men. In short. after the murder
iug scouudrels had killed some thirteen ne
groes, and driven 80 or 60 more from their
homes, they attempted TO make itaTp.ar
that Bsu.nmam was u blame for the
butehery. knew Bingham well he was
= quiet unessumiuE man, proposing iu
hi7 personal APPEARANCE, and about 30 years
OF age. tle se.sed in tle Fcicra army, 90
lng into the war . private ami coming out a
captain After the war he settled .n v har-
ton IN the county OF that name, where be
engaged IN merchandising, and dii a good
business. lie was elected sheriff OF tae
county in io73, and served for about three
years wiki satisfaction to all p4rtie-
81 sometimes think our government j. q
failure. Talk about Himhlrsh Why tue
killing OF the slx prisoners there was almost
angelic compared to the butcnery al Eagle
Lake. Situng Bull, IN his ualmIe>t dAs-.
could not have cmmitted more brutal and
air0cious deeds, Vet all our available army Is
sent u punish HIM, while the SITTING Bulls
Of the Colorado bottom are icit 20 - un-
whipped %; justice, their hel.l-h crimes not
even creating ripple upon the calm surface
Of p4b.ic uiiair~ II these atrocities are
spoken Of, the average citizen viii brush
them away with the Aackucycd remark,