Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-03-05
A P0LITIOAaDER
An Enterprlsing Nm Wan. cor
Eleven Years n Ant of Ala
bama, Killed Becst HIs PoIIt-
zeal Opinions.

bama, Killed Becsf 4Is poI1t-
tcal Opinions.
CuLLMA, February.
vi al the bloody of all the
cowardly murders 6ernetrated |
the assassination of & n Les. Of |
Leesburg, Morgan C( Ala ia the |
most diabolical, espeso from the |
GOODNESS and delibeness with |
which it was planneI executed.
The crime, committeCabout sun-
down on the 14th of yv last was
the consummation of al vears of
violence, threats and Gsu toward
the said unfortunate and his in
offensive family. Mr.. las n native
OIL hush county ln--and by
trade wagon-maker, about fiftv-
five years of age-wh,e resided
until he enlisted in tpion armv
and assisted to restore autbority
of the Stars and Striper the soil
which drank his life-bl Tn 1850
! possessed of some meal removed
to near Falkville, Morgalntv Ala
and engaged in farmininS fairly
successful, but from the bf his ar
rival in that section he We object
of persecution and aburom the
"chivalry," so called, being n
man of energy and hopior better
treatment, he remained ntive to
his own work and moles NO ono
when, in 1871, his son, Mad the
effrontery to take a publbool. re-
ceived the following lettom the
Ku-KluX then infesting M, Coun-
ty. This was served on Lee bv
posting on the school-hoyindow.
August, 1871:
"MR. LEE: You must not taId oF +ba
free public school No. -, at Ebe in Nor
gan County. This by order of that Drag
on, commanding Middle Section K II 7s
General order from the Great Di that no
cursed Yankee shall teach oouthern
blood. The idea of cursed Yam eaching
our Southern people is all q curumhug
why, they would put more devitn their
BEADS than their parents could wilt in ten
years. We have been watching nd your
Old DAD Tor some time, and from we can
see OF you we are compelled tohaf Won
are two of the cursedest rascals Isg. b,1t
II Is not too late yet. 1 am satisfh9t the
rope has been made and is now in hands
You are not only willing, but do mean,
low-down advantages of us. We wi, a ston
TO 1t, and that cursed quick. So in take
the public school at the place refe to. We
are unwilling to do anything that cnuse
excitement in the county, but we still
more unwilling TO let u cursed Var teach
our Southern people. We have her some
OF your gas about the Southern peo,nt TO
cut the matter short, we will kill dead
before you shall teach, and thev for
you to live fat and die happy is 'ou to
preach Yankees the way to Heaven. your
cursed seismatics don't preach wi1e in
tention of going to that place. By onf the
Great Dragon commanding Middle Lon.
"SEECHN."
From that time Lee and hisnily
have been the object of satire, Guile
and ostracism. which was not lted
when Mr.. Lee, seeing the beneo be
derived by introducing Northerapi-
tai, labor and men into that Son.
purchased a large body of lanand
cutting it up into small farms anay-
ing off a portion into town lc he
founded the thriving little villa of
Leesdale, in which soon were eed
those evidences of Northern lifnd
civilization-a church and nol
house. The hum of busy life maGhe
dense old forest resound withfe.
and the merry songs of the MS
of Ohio, Indiana and New n
gland fioated (this time peacek)
on the Southern breeze. One yld
think that people possessing conn
sense and mutual interest woule-
loice at these evidences of prospR,
but not so. The little struggling /
lage of Falkville, about two miles fn
L., whose inhabitants, with but few
ceptions, are SOutherners, possessinIl
the prejudices of that people, weret
pleased at the incursion of the No
ern barbarians, and when they succe-
ed in having post-otfice and a railrl
Sidetrack established at Leesdale, :
good people of Falkville were filled w
envy, and no means were left untrl
to prevent immigration and
Mr.. Lee adding to the numl
If Northern citizens. As to Lee hi
self, he was the center of their hate a
and while Judge of elect
n 1875 at Falkville he was badly beat
and his life threatened because he
lcavored to prevent a fraud being D
Detrated at said election; no means W,
eft to ruin him; his fences were burnC
lis life threatened, and in the spring
-S79 he received one of the most filt6
and threatening Iette
which would call blush to the che
If a Modoc.
Thus things went on from bad
worse, till mob with arms went frc
9alkvilie to Leesdale, committed
aults, and, threatening the lives of [
md others, caused him and his frien
o think that the time had come
to be done. So he caus
he arrest of the parties, the leader
which was fined and bound over to a
wer for other offenses in the Circl
Court of the county. About thirty da
previous to his death he was the recil
mt of another infamous letter, givii
lin thirty days to prepare for death, a
ontaining disgusting language nev
'efore put on paper. have inclos
ou the letters. OF course they a
nfit for publication, but will do
how what refined taste and langua,
ur Southern chivalry possess. II
ruly, in thirty days he was killed!
nan with blackened face, in disguis
rmed with shotgun, lurking in Il
1oods near his house, accosted
aughter, badly frightening her. 81
an into the house and told her fathe
Tho, arming himself, went out to S,
Tho the intruder was. AS he pass,
ut of his back-door, the assass
hanged his position, and, delibe
tely walking past the end of the hous
full view Of and in sight of Mrs. LII
nd her daughter, took a position b
ind a large tree, and as Mr.. Lee can
ut OF his gate the mmderous gu
elched out its contents, Instantly Xii
lg the victim of as hellish a plot q
yer disgraced the annals of Grim,
he assassin fled, and he is unknown
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