Huntsville gazette., 1888-08-04
The Recent Troubles In Arkan.
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News being sought Of the recent
troubles in Chritt n :, n county, Ark
we reprint the following:
A mob of white men, armed with
Winchester Rifles, won't to the court
house in Marion. Ark where colored
men hold the most offices and also to
other leading colored mems houses.
ordered them out, marched them to
the river under guard and make
them take the boat for Memphis.
leaving their wives, children, proper
ty and all to the I mercy of the riots
ers. The following gentleman are the
ones forced to leave: j. l.. Fleming,
editor of "the Headlight" and depu
ty circuit clark, Ed Fleming, a::cool ,
DR.. N. j. Stith, physician, w. B.
Ferguson, of Bowling Green, KY.
who happened to he in Marion visit
ing his brother, Fred r. Hunt, an as
sistant deputy clark, R. L Rho les, a
printer, Lewis Brown, a music teach
er, Henry Biby, assessor, Ty
son Velmss a laborer; and j. H. Ram
sey, employmed as assistant in the
clerks office.
Later in the day Dave Ferguson,
clerk Of the courts, was made to re-
sign at the point of the gun. He
with the fo lowing were make to leave
at once: George Smith, railroad Sec
ton hand, S. r. Rocks county as
essor, Wash Deaver, constable, j.
ID. Lawrence, preacher at the Ris-
ing Sun Baptist church, Jim Thom
pson, B II Gidden and Mac Brown,
laborera.-Memphis Watchman.
A SINGULAR CLUB.
MEMPHIS Tenn, July 17.-YOrk
Bvers described in Crittenden County
Ark, by enraged whites as desper>
ado, reached here Saturday night in
his light from Cra~fordville. He
walking though the swamps, doesn't
look at all like a desperate, talks
pleasantly and well, and tells re-
markable story that puts new as
pect on the matter. ''This whole
trobule. said he, 'is the result Of the
lechery and tleachery of Negro
preacher, named Robertson, in our
county. He has had the reputation
for long time Of being intimate
with a good many weman in his
flock. A strong element in the
church was opposed to him and his
doings. A struggle to drive him out
of the church would soon have been
precipitated had he not h.tched out
a villainous plot and forestalled his
enemies. His scheme was to trade
upon the prejudic-s between Negroes
and whites, anddrive his enemiesinto
exile. He lives in Memphis himself,
and ran no risk ofiniury, The letters
to white men, which apt cared to
have come from the leading Negro
Office holders who are the leaders OF
the party opposed to him in the
church-were written by himself, as
can be proven. / am deputy sheriffof
the county, and | had to leave. The
whites said | had attempted to raise
company to oppose them, Iha'::lsn t
true however, l do not blame the
whites at all in the matter. The
letters:and notices they received were
ample justification for all they did,
but Robertson hasn't heard the end
Of this yet.
A conference between the Negroes
and the whites has been held and
the trouble will soon be patched up.
Press Dispatch.
PRosECUTINg THE RIOTERS.
LITTLE Rock Ark, July II. david
Ferguson, County Clerk, j. Il.
Rocks, Assessor. and s. w. Minchum
Attorney who were run out OF the
eo94ty during the race trouble be
tween the white and blacks at Ma
rion, Ark, last week, have met Gov,
Hughes, giving him q lengthy ac7