The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1879-01-03

lay perfectly STILL The Captain said:
The id skunk Is playing possum."
lie then jumped 4, ThOmpsOn. kicked
him several times in the side and hack
with great violence, and turning him
over. ground his bnot heel in his fare
lie laid Cor . long time unconscious.
and uas several times raised % his fret
buf could not stand His wife continued
% pray during portion ofthe time.
asking God % bring her husband to Life,
and begging the Captain IN spare him
Cor the sake Of his family. and Ii her
tTy and 81 him home. The Captain
finally said that she might do g she
Liked II Was easy 10 sse that Thompson
could not live. lie Hasn0t entirely dead
uhen bis wife goa him home. At the
earnest enireaty Of his wife. ID. NApp,
Q physician residing near. came % sre
him and dressed his wounds. although
he saw poor Thompzon uas past rscoE.
cry. lie Vas literally beaten 10 . Jelly.
one Of hiseyss had been forcedoOmpleie.
lyout of il socket and be Was Otherwise
almost totally unrecognizable
The inhuman monster, EIihn Horn.
the leader of these desperaioes, was
known q the time as . respectable mem
ber Of sOriety in Hamilton county. Flor.
ida, and q o leader in the Democratic
ranks in that vicinity. lie uas Violently
oppnsed 20 the administration of Gen.
Grant. and determined that M one should
preach what he pleased to term the
heresy Of Republicanism" in that part
Of the country ani live His doctrines
were fully earrieOlOuf upon the ho.lies q.
the unfortunate Thompson ani his wifi.
When I had carefully examined the
papers ani studied all the facts. noting
particularly the closing senirnce of the
attorney gpneFal's letter. IresOlVe,l % ne,
Q, onre, and % give the matter my pr,
sOnal aiiention- Taking Cor assistants
one Of NY ablest and most determined
detectives. and three United States sol
diers. pickei Cor the occasion. dressed as
eiiizens. al Eve of rs duly equipped as
spOFismen. Provided with tent, dogs and
I've Of about the beSt breech lOaiing
d0uble-barTel shOt-guns thai ever leff old
England, We t0Dk the sBuiheFn-hDund
train Cor Savannah. On arrival there va
purchased team Of mules and \ wagon
and started On our mission direc,ly We
hunted paFtriiges in the daytime. and
camped out q night Cor nearly twu
weeks. until q LAST. without any seeming
purpose beyond our ostensible sporting
ffOlic. We fetched upint Ire neighbnrhooi
ofthe locality where Thompson met his
tragic deafh. 7 had in the meaniimt
succeeded in making the acquaintance q!
one Samuel Harper. Q irregular membeI
in god standing ofthe Hamilton county
Ku-Klux- Khan. and 50 manipulated him
o % get the inside trsck- lie Was man
who in sDme respects might be likene'l
unto Judas Iscarin,. except that judas
Betrayed Chris, and his disciples. uhils
Harper betrayed the devil and his Col
loserS. and demanded as the price Of hi,
treachsry nUre piects thzn did the man
ue read a.
The plan laid out % capture the mrr
who TOOK the leading pari in the murlrl
&c Thompson Was plain and simple. the
oretically, though practically ID might
be considered rather dangerUus. some
body might get hurt. The men w
sought 20 grApple with we're known q
be desperate fellows. yet should oui
traitor prove faithful to us. as ] believed
he would. the vantage ground was Or
our side. armed as ue WERE with veap
ons Of the most desih-dealing character
and uhen in the hands Of men serving
God and the government they speak O
their uickal opponents With voicss N
death and destruction A special mrEt
ing az the llamilt0a county Khan hai
bern called IN take arii0n against q car
Ipethagger In o neigbboTing county Tn
IspOt designated far the scent cnuclav'
lot these midnight assassins uas in 4
thicklysiuiie'i pine grove. marty iEC
miles frnm any human habitaiinn. Oul
Judas was early IN Lan,i tn pilut US O.
the camp Of his brethren. We carefully
uurked our way 10 within about hun
yards of the camp. ahFn Harper. by pre-
si0us arrangrmsnt with me. advance,
towards the camp and gave the X. X
e0untersign. and was admitted into theil
midst lie had been provided with sev
eral bniilrs ufrighf sleepy whisky. which
he uas mt slou in passing arOun,l
among the klan there present. by crawl
ing On cur hands and knrss We had gain
ed . pnini Nd close 10 the men We sought
% arrest that We could hear their lin.
smack q they drew the bDtile from
their ugly mouths. We could almoS,
smell their sulphurOus bTeaihs. as tlsy
uttered CURSE loud and deep against rad
icals and sralazags gensrally The flick
sEiDg blaze of Q burning pine knot stucL
in the ground senf iis lurid glare about
among them and served 10 make the sur
rounding darkness more impeneirahle
and thus. g. IL 70 we're 50 orlsrrti. afford
ing Us On opportunity tn reach. unob
served. the opposite side oftIe grrai pins
log against which some Of the drunken
bEuies were leaning.
Cpon making o square cUunt I found
there we're just nine Of them including
our right hover. around whose scriggy
neck white handkerchief was tied %
prevent mistake in case Of shooting
The oniers we're not % shoot except in
case ofHsistance. IL had bern arranged
that Harper be arrested with the rest o.
the members Of the klan. Afterwards
making his escape with Q cool two hun
droi In bis pocket a. the price Of hi.
villainy. We were now actually 90 neat
% come ofthe rufnans that we could al
most reach them with our handA So
well were these miscreants suEprisei
that upon . given signal from me they
STOOD like 90 many children looking
right into the INJURIES of our double
baEreica sho, gura Tablean.
Tie order Vas quickly given cor the
ntnbers ofthe klan 20 STEP up one al q
time and put their hands in Cncle Sans
braceleta There we're no arguments
nor necessiiv Cor any.