The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-02-11
BLACK WOMEN IN MASKS.
THEY DON MEMS CLOTHES AND
WHIP ONE oF THEIR OWN SEX.

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Barnwel County the Scene Of the
Outrage - The F1ogging Admins
tered Because Their Victim Upheld
the Recent Wholesale Lynching-
Two of the Band Recognized and All
Under Arrest.
CHARLESTON, S. c., Feb. 1O.-A strange
story comes from Allendale, a small ham
let in Barnwell county, near the scene Of
the recent lynching. Hattie Frazer, a negro
woman who is the mother of a mulatto
child, was the victim of queer black cap
outrage. The story Of the outrage is thus
related by lady who recently arrived in
this city: When the news of the butchery
at Barnwell court house reached the Allen
dale section, Hattie Frazer was one of the
few negroes who did not join in the chorus
of condemnation of that act.
WENT AGAINST HER RACE.
On the contrary, she express ID the some
what remarkable opinion that the MUIR
dered men only got what they deserved,
aud this opinion was very openly expressed.
Since that time the woman has been in bad
odor with her race. She had received
threats from time to time but treated
them With scorn. One night last week the
storm burst. While asleep in her house
with her infant only few weeks old she
was aroused by noise indicating that
someone was trying to get in at the door.
Not suspecting anything she went out with
her child In her arm to see what was the
matter.
DRAGGED OUT AND BEATEN.
Arriving at the door, she was seized from
behind aud thrown down. Her infant was
| Jerked from her arms and thrown on the
ground. She was then dragged some dis
| tance from the house aud submitted to a
most brutal beating. The lynchers were in
masculine attire, and wore black masks and
| caps. After beating the woman nearly to
| death they left her with warning that
they would return the next night aud q iish
| her IL she was found in the neighborhood
| Ar or the departure of the black caps she
| dragged herself back TO her house, where
she found her child lying on the ground.
HER AssAILANTs WERE WOMEN.
The next day she identified two of her
assailants. They were negro women living
| in er vicinity, and were at oncs arrested
and lodged in Jail. These women turned
states evidence and confessed that the fog
| ging was done by "a band Of from tive lty to
| thirty negro women, who were dressed in
male attire with black MASKS and caps, and
who undertook to punish their victim for
| the expression of her opinion. Upon
| their testimony fifteen negro women
| living in the vicinity were
arrested. According to the testimony of
toe two women arrested the women had
| disguised themselves as mon with the in
tention of creating the i'm Jression that the
outrage had been committed by men. The
affair has created consde able excl ement
in Barnwell county. Efforts were made to
keep the matter quiet, but ithe story leaked
out to-day.
| READY AT AUGUSTA.
| AUGUSTA, Feb 10.-David G. Ready,
who murdered Black, negro who was
under arrest in Barnwell for stealing coal,
| just after the famous lynching, was brought
to Augusta tonight by Chief of Police
Twiggs Of this city, who learned Of his
presence near Madison. Fla, and there cap
ured him. A reward of $500 was offered
| for his arrest.