Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-12-26
IN BEHALF OF THE WHITE MOB.
Statement of the Turbulence with the Vie,
of Justifying the Whites.

Statement of the Turbulence with the View
| of Justifying the Whites.
| QUITMAN Ga, Dec. 26.-Nartial law is
not the most unlikely thing in the world
In this county, for kilograms from Gov
ernor Atkinson and prominent citizens
have emphasized the necessity of having
| soldiers on the scene to prevent bloodshed
| and the Valdosta Videttes have arrived.
The Waycross Rifles are under arms and
other companies will probably be ordered
to the scene at once should their presence
be deemed necessary. Details OF the ter
rible state of affairs growing out of the
murders of T. H. Maulden and Joseph
Isom have been brought to light. The
people of Marion district, failing to find
the negro, Waverly Pike, who murdered
Isom, have taken the lives of several of
those who, as alleged, aided the murderer
in making his escape. 1t is the hope of
the conservative people of the county that
there will be no further bloodshed, but the
coming of the military may have an OPP
posite effect as the Writes who are under
arms claim that it means protection to
the negroes which the white people here
have been unable to secure from negro
desperadoes.
The Killing of Constable Maulden.
The killing of Maulden began the whole
trouble. Maulden was a constable and
went into one of the turpentine camps
which abound in this section. Two BROTH
ers named Jeffreth, desperadoes set upon
Maulden and shot him to death. Maulden
was an old Confederate soldier, and be-
longed to a prominent family. His mur-
der created widespread excitement, and a
posse set out after the murderers. There
was talk Of lynching. but wiser council
prevailed. and the Jeffreths were captured
| and safely Jailed.
Prominent among the posse bounding
the Jeffreth boys down were Jos. 1som and
his brother-in- law, Henry Tillman, who is
kin to the late governor (now senator) of
South Carolina. These gentlemen We're
warm and persistent in the chase and
thus it is asserted incurred the enmity Of
the negroes of the section.
A Conspiracy to Take Revenge.
So it is claimed on the confession of Mo-
Caull, n negro who was arrested for the
murder of Ison, that the negroes banded
together under Waverly Pike to kill every
man who had hand in running down
the Jeffreth boys. McCaull said the gang
was oathbound to do the work and that
Isom's death was the beginning thereof.
AS soon as Isom's body had been taken
home, Judge +. w. Tillman and Henry
Tillman, his brother-in law, organized for
the search of the murderers. There were
four negroes in the party, two named
Herring; McCaull (who has confessed),
and Pike, who is still at large. McCaull
and the Herrings were caught the first
night and jailed. Then the search for
Pike,' she murderer, began in earnest
The search for Pike was KEEP. up, but lie
could not be @zlfd that evening. Friday
McCaull made his confession.
The Confession Wakes White Wrath.
The confession created a great deal of
! feeling in the county, and when it reached
the houses of Isom and Tillman it
created a feeling that had not manifested
, itself before. 1t was then that the whites
|, would have taken revenge if they could
. have found some one upon whom to take
it, The efforts to capture Pike were re-
doubled, and people came from Colquitt,
|. Worth Berricn. and other counties around,
!. armed for the search. No threats We're
. | made. however, by the scarchers until
Saturday, when it was learned that about
: thirty negroes, armed, hac congregated
Q about three miles from where Isom was to
. be buried that evening. and that they
were there to protect Pike if he were
found
The First Negro Killed.
1t was given out among the whites, too,
|. and that by a negro. that Pike was in hid
: ing in the ncighborhood, and that the ne
" groes were armed for the express purpose
? of protecting him from arrest. His place
!, of hiding was revealed to the party by the
. negro, and that evening, after Isom's re-
~ mains had been laid away, "a visit was
, made to the place, but the negro was not
. !. there On that trip the whites, now in
? large numbers, encountered party OF ne
;, groes and several shots were exchanged
1t was fight after the bushwhacking or
der and negro named Henry Sherod,
known to be a warm friend of Pike, was
In | lnd