Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-07-27
PEOPLE INDIGNANT.
They Resolute Against The
Nashville American.
An Indignation Meeting Held at Dick
son in Which the Editor of That
Paper is Hanged in Efhgy.


When the news of the lynching OF
of Jas. Wynn over in Dickson was re-
ceived, the Nashville American pro.
ceeded to read severe rebuke to the
lynchers. 1t appears now that the
American has stirred up hornets
nest, and it would not at all be safe
for the editor of that paper to peram.
bulate around in Dickson.
When the American containing the
scathing rebuke reached Dickson, an
indignation meeting was called for
the public hall at o'clock last even.
ing. This call brought out some 200
people. The following account ofthe
proceedings of this meeting is taken
from this mornings American:
GA letter was then prepared for
publication. The sentiment expressed
implies that some of the people of
Dickson county do not believe in
mob law. They entrust the carrying
out of the law to honest, well-be-
haved citizens, but have to be pre-
pared for all emergencies. That such
al emergency occurred yesterday in
the dastardly murder of mother and
child the people of Dickson county
are fully assured. Since the recent
mob violence in Davidson county,
the grand jury of that county have
been in session, and they have not
yet dared to fix upon any of the
perpetrators as guilty parties. David
son county claims to be and is the fore
most county of the State, and should
set an example to her humble sister,
Dickson county. The people of
Dickson county believe charity be-
gins at home. Cast the beam from
thine own eye before taking the
mote from thy brothers eye, is an
other motto which Dickson county
has in mind. Dickson county claims
the mature age of 80 years, and this
is the first mob in its entire history,
which is saying more than any other
county in the State can say.
"The meeting adjourned at 5
O'Clock with the solemn promise Of
every citizen present that it would
convene at moments notice if an
other editorial appeared in the Amer
ican which demanded an answer
from them. Every citizen to whom
the resolutions were presented signed
them.
about 500 o'clock crowd of
some twenty people dragged along
the main street of the town to the
south side of the depot dummy fig
ure of man, dressed in black suit
of clothes and gaudily ornamented.
The angered crowd first attemT ted to
hang the figure to a telegraph pole
on the north side of the depot, and
one of the indignants had already
climbed to the top of the pole and
was preparing to take the rope, when
several of the more conservative cit
liens, seeking to save the disgrace,
insisted that the hanging should be
performed at some other place. The
crowd then made their way to the
south side of the depot and here, op.
posite the only hotel in the town,
hung the poor dummy just as the
east bound train rolled in. BY the
time the train stopped crowd of $50
men gathered about the swinging
figure. Some of the crowd hooted
and yelled in derisive glee, Above
the Kisses and sneers of the crowd
some shouts of death to the editor
of the American were heard. Some
fellow hung the following sign to the
dummy: Editor of the American.
Dead, dead, dead"
In the meantime the American
continues to launch forth birthstone
editorials denouncing the whole af-
! fair.