, 1880-08-04
little tips and handles shine forth, mndo of
coral or silver, with uncut stones enflxcd
GEORGIA ATI2OCITY,
THO EIideous Outrage Near Joncsboro
-Anotlter Chapter In Shotgun His.

ATLAsTA, Ca, July 31.-1b The Editor Of
the Cincinnati Commercial. Ono Of the most
horrible outrnges ever committed upon ue-
groes by the Southern whites has Just been
perpctsated near Jonesboro, twenty miles
from Atlanta No crime Of the Ku-Klux era
ever surpassed It In maIisuity and atrocious
nrn,nty radSs Ard %sn H; ,ss sek ask upon tho
racy for Gstaeltshfng their supremacy, we may
Justly cali this the opening Of tho l'rcslIen-
tlai cnmpu19il IN tiie South. To the negro
Of terror. The !Ianti Of oppression That took
sedn 81 Sf feei Xf1d Fysn So " yee se
E hey .na ntspnse =; ,n}, n2w re rn Of
The whole affnir ls not only dIsgracc 10 the
State Of Georgia. but trnvesty Upon tie rlv-
| ilizat!on Of t.e nineteenth century and tho
| bolsted freedom Of our Republic.
md dsereplt negro. @ va, Will lis ianiiy III sss en-
ployed III Fayette County. Georgia, of, the
| cotton plantat!on Of John Gray. Ttonirson's
employer Of tic theft o2 i piow, md hray,
| disrcgardEnE the ordinary and slow forms Of
justice, one day .admlnistcrpd a. horrible
whipping to him III tfe ields*. Thompson,
| had Gray arrested OIL q charge OF assault anil
battery, and 80, strong WAS the Testimony
against him aud so concluslye the evidence
tlAt tito young negro was Innocent OF the
theft. Tint Oraf; was found guilty, sye1' BE-
Imposed upon this casligntor. Groy now
Threatened Thompson and l.ts famIly with
death. aud Tho poor nogrU wns, with bis fam,
lice o an adjoining county. ue suited on a
plantation two miles from Joncsboro, III Claf.:
The county. and np 70 nlght before Last lived
there untnolested, Winning for himself " tue
lustry.. lii the aboye fncts, II. Outrage in
| themselves, Is found the only causc for sec.
onf' outrage, ono of the most horrible Of aIl
those that have occurred In the South since
In rude log cabin, about twelve feet
square, night before last, Joe Thompson and
his his, familywn W,!fs. son, n!nrtied daughter
toEet1ser Tor q nights rest. Little did they
+? return to then, tint night in horrible and
l,tdeoys form. About ,' lal!nlght The inmates
their sleep by the crushing III, OF tho
the sldo OF tbcIr humble home.
ihat would terrify % liz most daantiess hsaris s
| "a scono mt strange to those negroes Ut tho
Soutl, who have lived through tbs en- Of Ku-
Klnxisu1.. a score OF armed nleu. with pNint-
made of rigs saturated with Kerosene, yeii-
| inE like demons, tlrongel Into the door.
/ -Four seized the aged father hy ur1ns and legs.
siSe yaS r5od 1asR,sSS qh SeH 1 Vi ecSe ors S1s 5
/ The daughter, slgeptnr between hpr Two
eilldren Iaiscd Hp ~ nea but M nulIet !, vent IT
O corpsc, ier warm blood squirting ont in tilo
| faces Of her innocent children, Meanwhile
the fnti1cf, Ignorant Of Ilis dEuRiicrs ucnth,
-Four men sWui,K lin from tdo ground nv
arms md legs. While a firth adininIstereiI
Tic laah ai ,l,on III, f@aco face md boIy,
1neeratillg him terribly. Near BY four others
Dar6nrolls torture was inIiicted upon lin,
until finally. iii Lis thirst for bjo0d. Ole Of
tho 1niInIglst assaslrs put n bullet Though
efo sri bGpS Snsa3a tsa sdS fot & baa
houpsoIs MED @ md ,i%oiSen1i,r i Wife rrn1 nm
her bed, and Inflicted upon iera %hippinE TO
tsted uua a'a ta:her %si n son % Fsllus nn nd
Waylu: thclr torches aioft. the assasius tier.
Departed, marking tte uath OF their return
|EnS t9 n$F,no1ng nsgros s houss q
csct"nscss t oe and drao,,nr so9n Ills 'ifs ,esin
| limbs about hfs hosnp, folni lis sol] lyiue
fatally Wounded III tho ileld, Ills daughter
| Wiie ,nonnlnr iitifuiiy nnd Bleeding from tiD
eifncts of liza iash. '-'~' 0s '''' ''''
| Joo Tholups0, had recognized among the
r.|srs,s mn; J1n Cry, the former Spprsss;oT, =
thasa t 1t , Wc1o M arresE n ae9Ws fr iureT S1', a
incarcrrateI II, t6e Jonesboro Jul. '>>3
IT se safs ts15es ae sna pg es syss sna1s s Il
Ueoraia Who would band togetler aud dclib.
erately inarrh fifteen miles to the eonlinIsslon
Ct sSsh eEH;s III Is tI.is: Bnt s9Issqasnt i
tcntS III thut rni,,,tv srn1tntIjzc1 viii diem
IN this outrhrr. md trnxnieG IN arms T..
! Ionrsborn tn tsiItct fheir reipnse frnn, mi,
a!e 1Ss aS t tc s:! Saql5t af srn resSve asug Ill.,
iim IN. orftpr tt,e 1Mi,itnrv ~ thaf n)n"m n9s5
metlintrly Ton 1nc,, % lad i beci, s t arrested.