The record-union., 1892-06-13
Special to the REcoRD-US1oS.

NoAhhiE W. I.), June l2.-There is
great excitement in this city tonight,
occasioned by two criminal assaults by
negroes upon white women. A negro
lad named Holley assaulted Mrs. Charles
Moore, wife of freighter. He was ar
rested, and mob surrounded the iail,
threatening to lynch him. The negroes
claimed that Holley is innocent, although
ne confessed his guilt to the Sheriff, and
race war seemed imminent for time.
Judge Perkins, negro lawyer, was
spokesman for the colored men. During
the excitement he said: LET the whites
harm that man and the town will be in
ashes before morning" The Sheriff
smuggled the prisoner from Jail and took
him to Wichita, Kansas. The second
outrage made was upon the wife of James
Genken by an unknown negro who es-
capped. A posse is on the trail and will
lynch him if found
There seems to be considerable doubt as
to the removal of Holley to Wichita. Ks.
The negroes say the report was circulated
so they would disperse and give the
whites free field for lynching. a great
mob OF negroes now surrounds the iail.
and is increasing every minute They
nave sent to Langston City, negro col
ony ten miles away, for reinforcements,
being determined to protect Holley from
the White mems vengeance. The negroes
are Well armed, and the whites are carry
Ing Wlnchesters. Intense excitement
prevails. Sheriff Hixon and Chief OF
Police Kelly are busy disarming the ne
groes.
A iTh ITlfN ro4i0
that the negro who outraged Mrs. Gen
Ken was overtaken by the posse six miles
south of town and shot dead. This news
greatly intensified the excitement, and
the negroes are threatening violence.
At l O'Clock this (Monday) morning
one or two nervy citizens ordered a lot of
negroes who were stationed on the corner
next to the Jail to move on. Several
offered resistance, but the officers used
their clubs effectualIy. Several decent
negroes jumped on drygoods boxes and
made speeches to the excited crowds.
Officers Rhinehardt, Kitchen, Kelly and
Kehl were there. Two or three shots
were fired. a big burly negro named
Perkins yelled Hang the editor of the
NeloS." No sooner We're these words
uttered when Bill Dilghman, Jack Tear
ney, Doc Roberts, Dick Reaves, Walters,
Taylor and others said "Try it."
AT o'clock this (Monday) morning a
large number of men are parading the
streets. There is no telling what may
happen. The Sheriff and police are reso-
Lutte. The excitement is intense. Negroes
have congregated on every corner and
trouble at the Jail seems certain, as
another mob has assembled in the yicin-
ity.
The city is actually alive with armed
men, who are ready to fight to death if
need be. E. p. NIcCabe, negro ex-
Auditor of Kansas, is held responsible
for the crimes committed, and violence is
feared. He cannoG be found tonight.
and is evidently in no ways desirous of
showing up. Whistles are blowing, and
shouts and yells are heard from every
quarter Of the city. This beautiful city
OF 10000 people is thrown into pande-
monium, and no one sleeps this night.
The yell of the determined mob is mo-
mentarily expected, and no power on
earth seems able now save the brutal
ravisher's life The electric lights have
been extinguished, and it seems now that
the worst may happen. Captain Cooper,
one OF Payne's original Oklahoma BOOM
ers, reached here at11 o'clock with seven
teen men. They are determined that
nothing short OF lynching will satisfy
them.