The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03
TERRIBLE ScouRGIEG AND BRUTAL
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Ku-Kia.-KI.a Outrage.

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I, was in the iar,rr part Of the fall Of
1870 that I was the recipient Of Q private
letter from the attorney general Of the
Tinted States, directing my special a.
tsnfion % the brutal MURDER Of Edward
Thompson. BY q hand Of the Ku-Klu1-
IKlan in lozndes county. Georgia. The
slosing paragraph fhis letterresi snme-
thing like this:
Tie prssident IL very much interested
in this eaze. and has eHprezsea Q strong
oe1.re N, tnese niscIesne y .soosa'
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IelOsed ffOn one MicaiAh AneEson. d
lreried % the president. giving Q detailed
/ account az the affair In substance q fol-
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~ EuHaN LAo1lsoa III u11- lsA4.'-.
ing In LOUndes county. He vas n0teo
Cor his pietv. and the influence he e1eEt-
IL, fsr al vvfs', o~,- ,ae nnnn'e m hia
r. -, =, $50,
s- nc ui-s il-DS- si-- ~
Ic1n principles lOs, no opportunity N
disseminating them. an TIE negroes az
a.,
II,epubliean marry N eysrv election.
lThompunn,s nar,e u,. brurvh, trfu-e
The eanD of IraniI,o, eoun,v. Florid,.
a, the time urtsliei OVER by one Elihu
Horn a. captain. Thonpson's was q
lease rcauirinr enerrp,ic artioa uuua the
Iparf ofthe order. Auarniuruusissuc.i
Ito him, the Impnrt ofuhich could hardly
be mistaken. The follouinr il q rrrba.
tim copy Of the sane taken FINN the
loriginal:
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them In Opposition % The Uhite mans
soss.nnenL Ime - sven yoa 70 Ie-
Itone yov- ,his : n ~, ', ,o1 "a -, IN
such As Won, on rain of punishnrnr and
death. % abandon your vicious har-
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