Richmond planet., 1897-04-03
HORRIBLE!!
LYNCH-LAW SUPREnE.
Another Victim to Mob
Violence.
Rev. George w. Brannon is
Snatched from the Bosom
of his Wife and Dear
Little Ones,
BY AN ATR0OIOUs MOB AMI
LYNOHBD.

Mr. Editor II shudder to lift the
screen and present to the worlds glare
one more OF lynch-law's heinous ac-
complisbments. While the great
American people were at the hight st
pitch OF enthusiasm over the inauru-
ration ora President to pull the reins
OF this great governments, who saws
that his dPuntry's honor shall be un-
tarnished and who was maRnanimous
enough TO say that "In a great civil
lied t2) dbuntry like ours Iynch-law
must not be tolerated ;; right in the
lace OF this noble assertion, before the
words had time to be sent to every
state and county, a lawless mob of viii
lians takes Rev. George w. Brannon. a
minister of the Baptist Church and
moderator of the Lily Star Association
from the bosom of beloved wife and
dear little ones, and to some secluded
spot in dismal swamp they carried
him and disposed of his life according
to the laws Of the lynchers. and left
his lifeless body to be found riddled
with bullets A crime too heinous for
savages, much more for civilized (7)
people.
Tne trouble occurred near Six Miles
Bibb County, Alabama. in the early
part OF this month (March). where
Rev. brannon has lived since shortly
alter the surrender.
| Durlng the early part of last wear
"heh the pc ople of bibb COUNTY were
preparing Tor the state and county
eiection' the republicans who general
~ divide their vote said 30 the nonu-
lists, III you will allow us to name ;
part OF the ticket we will concentrat.
our forces In the county (as was don,
IN the stAte), end beat the democrats. ,
The populists said, No, we don't neeC
GU niggers"
30 the republicans named a ticket q
their own and voted for it, which O
course, caused the defeat OF the popu
lists. There being three tickets 10 b,
voted, the democrats won nv a smsl
majority. The populists then heca M
indignant with the Negroes. Rev
Brannon was a marker of tickets !,
his precinct ard certain of the ponu
lists threatened at that time to Ill
, hlm, and for three weeks after th
election he was kept lodging in th
woods from this blood-Ihirstv moi
After which time they let him com
home and cooled off of his trial unt
: sometime during the month of lar
: uary last in Rev Brannon's yicinitv
: white girl of The Battles family ws
said to have been assaulted bv A gray
ish-blue-eyed black man. A mob ws
soon organized and all the Negro bo1
8 IN the nelghborhood for miles aroune
as we'll as the Negro men, were 500
q marshalled before her majesty (?) th
/ | girl for Identification.
r am told that the right one has nc
Q been found as yet, though all the Ne
{ gro men IN the community have bee
: before her. She is honest enough 1
lar to not name anyone except the or
who she believes to be the guilty Ia
lty.
A certain Negro school teacher, NJ
Johnson Frost was arrested and ca
ried into her presence. She said thu
), He resembled her assailant A
this assertion poor Frost's life was j
Jeopardy every hour. The county SUI
erintendent of education sent word I
loose Frost for he was at the hous
Iof the superinten endent seeing aboU
school matters when the crime wa
Committed (4:3O p. m.) However
Prof Hicks, the superintendent ha
:, to go and swear that Frost was at hi
house before the furious mob woul
= loose him. Since which time Eros
and his brothers had TO leave th
county But it is the ruling of JudR 2
Lynch that when such q crime is pei
petrated upon white girl some Negr,
Q guilty or not guilty, must suffer th
? penalty Of death by the bloody hand
of mob.
Shall We continue to succumb to sue
brutal treatment? God forbid Tn
mob's fury being SO high, they wer
deter mined to kill a Negro. Rev
| Brannon being the Negro living near
est the Battles residence, the site :
! the crime, he as taken before tn
! girl by the mob, as they had aIread
sw orn to kill him on account of th
ugust election as stated above. tn
fire OF their animosity kindled, Afte
: she had seen him having known hiI
= = from her infancy, she said that he wa
not the one Thoroughly inflamed b
: the old grudge they did away with hin
neglected to mention the begin
ming that Rev. Brannon was the seq
. Ond victim that has met his death mr.
der the influence of this same mol
sometime in January a poor ignc
rant Negro George Fenderen by nam
- Oust week after the girl was assault
2 ed } was at the house of his sick brot
y or helping to nurse him, as he opene
the door to attend to some nurse du
ties two shots were fred at him simu
taneousiy, one taking effect in his hea
n the other in his left breast. Pof
- George fell face foremost ont of N
?, door. The horror stricken wome
= shut the door and were afraid to moy
- until the next morning. when tbe
- opened the door and found their nc,
% brother dead upon the door-sten-
- 1t is reported that thev mistoe
- George for the rapist and killed bir
Mr.. Editor pardon me for consumiY
so much Of your valuable space in a
!, lineating these heinous crimes. hi
the world must know OF them r.
20 when we see our people being exte
- minated by such atrocious modes
- makes our blood boil within us and y
~ are made to exclaim with Cicero [
ancientorator: % Tempora O More,
es Where in the world are we? In VIII
" country do we live? What kind of
Republic have we? The counsel AZ
y it'll The Senate knows il and vet (t
mOb) lives
Ye northern colored sympathize
= and advisers, what shall the Negro
- while these hagranJ wrongs are bel
90 perpotrated against him3 4 thouo