New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-11-18
p. N. JORDAN'S NARRATIVE.
THREATENED BY DEMOCRATIC RUFFIANs
IN DURHAM, N c.


IN DURHAM, N. c.
uwvINcEp By A LEADING MAN THAT POLITE.
GAL MURDER WOULD BE A DANGEROUS THING
"a CHARACTERISTIC BOURBON OUTRAGE.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNEy
Augusta Me-, Nov. lie. n. jordan, formerly OF
Freeport Me-, who driven of Durham, N. C.,
by the democrats, and back to Maine last week,
bsbd to-day:
i moved down South four years ago for the benefit
q my health, and Durham. / troubled with
kidney disease and my trade Of black
smith L opened a candy and peanut stand L ran
for township constable the Republican ticket this
fall and worked the polls all election day. but had
no trouble with anybody The first sign OF mischief
came about L. o'clock Wednesday night November
Somebody raped a my door and woke me
who's there 1" 1 asked
y Is Jordan in 7" they said
Yes" said l. What do you wsntF
I" Is that you, JordanT
Nothing more was said. hour later there
came another knocking the door.
~ What do you ~ 1 asked.
Il that you, Jordan u
aYesn
Come door"
hurriedly dressed and threw the door open My wife
and the Older children got Six or eight armed men
with masked
Jordan" said them a committee
notify you that you this We suspect
you leading the nggers who raising the devil
here. and will give you until o'clock
inE get If you amt out Of town by that time you'll
be killed"
was thundcrsruck and frightened out Of my
wits. Ny wife and children began to cry and that
Increased confusion
Il willing GO. gentlemen" said. but 1 have
no money. II you'll raise the money for me I'll 60"
You've got 90 be hung. you dirty Yank. they
said. "we'u furnish you the money. You must be OF
by O'Clock and don't you dare show head out of
doors before daylight"
They went OF and down in the house to talk It
over wiki nv wife read the Biblc to the family and
prayed. / member Of the Baptist Church. Then L
told my wife that would go North raise money
and send family 1 didn't believe they would be
harmed We there It'll heard another rap.
Come the door, Jordan" the grun voice ssd.
went the door and found the gang there.
We've decided furnish you the money" the
and unless you're out Of town by O'Clock
morning you're dead man. We've -
Of killing you now. and would II 1t wasn't for
your family. Wen that your family don't suffer.
but won't give you any money!,
The brutes my wife and children crying in there,
but did them stayed in the house, not daring
to TIL about O'Clock. when visited several
Of the wealthy men Of the town. and tried 70 borrow
some money. One Of them Mr.. Blackwell. the
tobacconst He would not listen to Democrat
whom / suspected be Of the gang that called
me. Blackwelrs place and vengeance
while 1 was there. i called on several people
but successful In getting any money While
was in Jim" southgate's store. four men came in.
Now. blank we've got ye." they said
They seized and hustled and
into a closed carriage ] scared half death.
For Gods sake. gentlemen, what you going to
do" 1 asked
We're going to hang We"
pleaded with them and promised to leave town. But
they said it of 1 must hang. Finally
asked be allowed my wife and children once
more before died but they refused 10 allow IT, All
the time We were driving rapidly over q road leading
out of town. l thought 1 goner, and cried
Ike baby. Presently horseback dashed
up. Captain Paris. one Of
the leading men Of the town. he
told them that 1t wouldn't do kill and that they
must let me leave Finally they me up TO
him. He put me jim southgstes wagon, which
was Just behind and carried back
Now" said Captain Paris you and your family get
ready will that you have money enough
70 get out of town with Don't show yourself till you
hear the train whistle peril of your life"
Ny wife and had time to throw few things into a
trunk get eight children ready and reach the station
Just as the train came Captain Paris tickets
20 Goldsborough and SOS in money. He took the key
TO nv house and promised sell the things and send
me the money friend mine agreed do the same
with my store ana left 5000 or $500 worth OF
goods behind. 1 may get something for them and may
not
We did have money enough to come here with.
but kind people to whom we told our story
helped Us along l did incte the negroes TO in
oepdiarism There was nothing OF the kind. They
hatched the story I'D after they drove me away. The
negroes were friendly to because came from the
North was the only Yankee in town My only
offences were that was Yankee and Republican and
the negroes liked There had been no trouble at all