, 1876-09-15

they left, Daughman's housckeeper who, -
soon as tho firing commenced, had taken refuge
In t1e high weeds In t!ic garden near ne hoase:
had fairly got under way. The precision VIII
wci they Cred their FIRST sl,ots, and tho regular
gra'lattons L, distance. slow that the assasslns
Inc" exactly where lauEt1na', tleps, Nna uss
,la',.ci M @ 1anes % t,uytis,,J, " ntcinntnci "Crp"
hail tpeut the lay 1t l'utlE!hnsn's ''o,ise,
10 te very irsndlSy' IN om mcl sGno fnto
1s'1t ts ed1oo r a0fsh wcrc 70 a"sA IL Wa notea y
lie lnu,ckccpcr; hu kept h!s eyes busy
s,lrycyinE tl1o various features Of the room anu
nong te Po&ton o. tIs fp,nfsj n.pty To aleeted
ettasss @ TO- r. to WS. % to %ony man who
hi hi rvcr beer, ii Balghman's bedroom except
i,auah mai, Himself, and, without = knowledGe
Of e room and the h,,a,t'Gmn m u thcir . yietim
yfh wns sri' itn ninotc,nasal o precision +. the ole'
~ thn 1calboard Indicate. The party was I'm:
der IL rSn comulsni Of .nan whose voice wa heard
nn il knewu Ill., nan'e y w.. W,!e1u anr f FH,o 1o
"Ec ire raye his commands III loud, dc
t,tFla ~ orera we're, Burround tho ho.e''
ti,cu, HFlrcl" then, "close up there, Cd
. ecs.1y @ n5w, steady" Tllese wcto his cxact ex-
.,rc*sfnns. as furnished me by man who was
mt 1Oj yards away at the time.
MURDER or HQNT COTTON.
Thfs vo1tnE negro was murdered ia broad day.
1trlt ii lis ,Rotlers house, and in the presence
Of lis mother. A man named jim Frazier, with
a Marty whose nuncs have tn possession, came
al! tho placo where Bony worked, ard, going to
his npthcr's cablt', accostcu Bany thus: Yon
to burr, me OUT" at the aa,ne tlmc drawing hie
ir.sluoter and advancing tuward the terrified
negro. Bony throw up llis hands, and declared
earnestly ard solenlny that hc lind never made
nggravatc the rage Of Frazier, who by this Tine
was within striking distance Of the negro.
Raising Ills cooked revolver high In tic air,
he brought IL down with terrible forcc OIL tho
sle of oor nos hea5 sss fraanE his temple
then a 1ozel, slots were fired. and poor Dony was
slut To death. Then, threatening the llalfcrazeu
,notherwith the same fate II she ''dlln't behave
hcrself," these c!Yalric supporters Of Ti'dcn
and Hendricks went on to"kl solns noFe
TWENTY-FIVE rxnsoNs KNOWN 70 NAvB nERN
KILLED..
Lust Monday Dick TcrrIll and I'm Weather
spoon we're both Killed, and Charley Smith seri-
ollsiy wounded. They were all liard.workfng
farmers. This makes a tutal Of twenty-ono NO.
rrocs and one white Republican killed In all,
and one negro seriously wounded. Il is report,
cd TINT several negroes hayc becn Killed and
thrown into tic Colorado Ntver,
There is very little doubt here, either among
white or blnck, rs to who arc tho psrpetratoFa
of tlcse crimes, or rather atrocities. Il United
sssSs M fa; fRi T n t. as q. sn an fraaie a;a,
Win Frazier, Brallt Frazier, grocery-keepors; !;
Rsiiy Beard, clerk for Wntterson & Flcklfa ut
Easlc Lake; Bill Lowry, whisky-scllcr; Jimmy
Rem. 1oatsr s!a desperate; Martay Watts
Henry Tracy, butcher, and Bill Murray, another
lr,lnkcn loafer and deaperado: aud perhaps d
certain Dr.. Smith, arc tho rlngleadcra. Janes
Raymond, known us "Crip," II lie Is In cont
pltyty with tais gang Of thieves any assas,slns,
QUE, though
A man nanea Luke, who came hero from
Missouri about year ago, wrote letter buck
Which he denounced u false ali the storirs Of
crime committed III Texas. He went Into rap-
turcs concerning ths kindness and hospitality
u tho people, etc. Well, Mr. Lake, when sto-
cut, denounced thu perpetrators, and boldly
declared that they ought to bc hung: untor-
tunatcly, Que day ls mndc this rculafk In the
presunce Of Bill Lowry and Jim Knan; where.
upon Lowry threw Lake down and proceeded
q cowhtde,-Koan mcahtims standing over the
PROSTATE Lake With cooked revolver pointing
ut Ills head, threatening to shoot II he Offered
the slightest resistance. 50 puor Lake had to
take THO whipping until Lowry bad exhausted
Lake will no doubt cxprcss l,iu,sulf sonesi!at
differently, at least as regards sonk OF tho iu-
habttants Of Texas.
nKloN or TERROR.
The unchecked atrocities Ut thts gang Of mur-
dcrcrs has produced reign Of terrUr among
both white aud bacls. The former are ufraitl
to s1y anything for fear Of melting thu d[splcas-
uro Of these rltlians. and consequently subject
ing themselves to insult mud outra1c, Il nut
assassination; wllile thy pour negroes arc living
in hourly expectation Of being killed. They are
1nn,iy OF then, 1tdo out !, The woods dny md
night. The crops arc be eElectcd, and every
negro who can raiso tic ;4lls Is leaving for
other and more secure quarters.
ONE NOTABLE ExOEpTIoH.
Willie tie good white citizens secretly lcploro
the terrible condition Of thIngs which haye
but family deseribcd, md yet ure afra for their
lives to seek to remedy 1t, there Is one uIan, I
an, proud to say, who openly denourcts the
perpetrators mud their acta. Ills nane is Oliver
Walker, u brave mnil, who served faithfully as
tho cownrdly assAssitss Of the Roam and Frazier
typu datc not attack. Walker IL i large land.
owner in these parts, and ts very popular, II
the ussassius wcro to murder him, thu whole
country would rise agalrBt his murdc1ers, and
they know it, 50 they are compelled to let Him
alone. Walker tuck Ihnrge of the inuttlated
remains Ut pour BaugllInan, and had tlIcm de-
Gently buried, This will be eot,e consolation
to hts surviving friends aud relatives, who, mn
told, live In 1ullana. Thank God there was One
man kind and braye enough to give Christla;
than the Bashl.l3azouks Of Turkey or tho sav
nges OF Sitting Bull. IL our Government 9