The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1894-12-27
SEVEN WERE IiNCHEU
Killing nt IL White Man StartS a
Racs N.r.-N " hitrS and
Blacks IN Arms.
Auth":.. = "pWcrlcs, aud lave
k"' u" Actor.
Win t,r icrn,d the R..r.- G,tt,-r. Il
Ia Kill.
FRS HtNDEHED UNDER ARMS

frs NDERED UNDER ARMS.
Qni man, Ga Dee 23.-The lives
OF seven reg. "a i'," been t',keh i'll
the last twenty huuis il revenge for
that of one white man, and unless all
signs fail utterly many more lives
ar i" jeopardy.
Two bodies of determined men,
b tive Ell 400 al d 500 in all, every
man beIrg heavily armed and each
b 'dy about equal III numerical
strength to the other, separated by
less than a mile of country aud liable
to clash at any minute-that is the
spectacle presented III Brooks couu-
ty Tonight.
One body is made up of stern, de
termined white men, bent on revenge
for the brutal murder of one of the
best citizens OF this county, the 9TH
er is made up Of negroes-terror-
striken and fearful lest they or their
families be made the objects of the
same fate as has already befallen
seven Of their number and ready to
defend themselves from such fate as
we'll as they may be able.
What the next twenty four hours
will bring forth the good Lord alone
knows That there will be an op. n
clash seems very much more than
probable at this writing. The au.
thorities are powerless, and practi.
cally no efforts have been made to
bring about peace. save by the rela-
tiyes of the man whose murder is
the cause of it all.
On Thursday Mr.. Joseph Isom,
one of Brooks county's most pros
porous farmers and best citizens,
was murdered by party of negroes.
1t leaked out that the killing of Isom
was part of plot to kill all the
whites who were in the posse which
a few weeks ago arrested Jesse JEFF
freth for the killing of Mr., 7. Moul
den. Iscm was one of the most
popular men in the county. He
lived ten miles north of here in a
part of the county where the negroes
outnumbered the whites, and the
killing created great deal of excite
ment When it developed that the
same gang of negroes had sworn to
! kill other white men the whites are
gathered together as if by Que &c
cord aud the work Of death aud de
struction began.
Of the seven who are dead, the
names Of only four could be obtain
ed when Il reporter visited the scene
late this evening. Every cross road
was found picketed with sentinel.
and every man in the comfy armed
to the teeth When one Of thes,
race excitemerits occurs, terror rules
in the homes of whites as we'll al
olacks.
There are probably five hundred
men under arms, covering an area O
about five square miles. About
. mile and half from the home of tn
Isoms were about 900 whites all vel
armed aud breathing all sorts o
!, vengeance. A mile further was
crowd of negroes Of about the sam
q size armed with Winchester rifles
pistols, axes, clubs and every avail
S able weapon, waiting for the white
: to attack them They are entrencl
ed in and around a lot of negr
a cabins in the midst of thick eros
o and the latest information is tn,
the whites are advancing on the
from two sides.
The killing of Isom occurred
the public road not far from b
home. and the circumstances atteu,
ing it seem to throw doubt on tt
conspiracy theory. Isom was hel
Thursday and while in town. ha
some words with Waverlv Pike,
negro living in his neighborhoo
Apparently everything was smeot