The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-25

| We returnad to a barber shop for consulta-
except as to the shipping of the press of the
| Record. To that we could not agree, as We
| cid not know whether Manley would permit
| It. We drew up reply saying we would
use our influence to have 1t shipped away.
| The reply was placed in the hands or
young attorney, who was instructed 70 de
| he placed 1t in the postoffice The next
morning the Record office was destroyed
Then they said that if Scott had delivered
| the letter instead of putting it in the mail
/ the trouble would have been prevented, but
| here Is what their own paper says, con-
| tinued Mr.. Henderson, reading an extract
| from a Wilmington paper to the effect that,
] even If the letter mad been delivered, II
would have made no difference, as the col
| cred citizens only agreed to use their m
| 6uence to have it removed. After the de-
| struction of the Record Office reign of ter
rcr was inaugurated. Colored men were
| held up and searched and ordered home. A
mob shot Calling gun into a house pc
| cause they suspected negroes were wi VII IN
| and killed three. Il was at my ONCE ne
| continued. when j went upon the street /
| saw a prominent and wealthy wholesale
merchant What does, all this mean!
asked oh, it will be all right Henderson,
! said he We have a new form OF govern
ment now. and the new mayor VIII see tha maj
| order is restored. Tonight the streets will
| be patroIled by armed men. You go home
| It's all right ] replied: But ! can't go
home. How can go home? l will be shot
and drove to my home, telling me to inform
my wife and children that we were SAFE
| that there was no danger to be anticipated
| That night retired early was suHerins
| with a severe headache. probably due TO the
! excitement through which had passed"
A NARROWING NIGHT.
Then, in a low voice. at times so low as to
be almost inaudible, Mr. Henderson pro-
ceeded to relate the experiences of a night
that will never be forgotten by him or his
family while they live. The large audience
was intently silent:
about S:15 O'clock" he proceeded, there
came knock at my door. Who's there"
called. Open the door; we want you,' was
the answer Who's there?' 1 demanded
again. Come outside we want you, came
the answer. NO. ! called; ] have retired.
That does not make any difference. Come
out; we want you. No, l said, II you
want to kill me you must come INTO my
house and kill me here Then l opened the
door. Forty or fifty men, each armed Win
a rifle and wearing a white handKercnlel
about his left arm, entered filling my par
lor, the hall and the porch outside MY
neighbors afterward told me the house was
completely SURROUNDED; called my VIE 70
seated myself and said, Well, gentlemen
what do you want?
1--WE have come to tell you you must
leave We do not want you to remain here
longer VIII you tell me what nave
done why must leave" You are not the
/ might have time to arrange my, business
affairs. / asked for ten days. They sald
that was too lOng-they were tI6dtlHS AHS
better than they had others.
There was a litter at the sarcasm in his
voice. 49,, ia NJ,
Henderson in a passionate voice ana WIN
flashing eyes His passion stirred the huol-
ence
mo, indeed it is not" responded nearly
every one in the house and for a moment
there was a mutter of indignation on all
hands. ...,,e. ~
was then Friday night but warned me Jhat
they would not be responsible Tor my SAFETY
after that time; There was no steep t vhae
to settle my business. Every man L met
looked at me suspciously, would stop and
neW mayor nsTM al colonei Waddeii / asked for
protection. 1 told him that l had been
warned to leave. He said l should remain
and he would see that was protected NO,
YOU will not protect me. I ask protection
to-day while / am settling UP my business.
| was given a special officer, VINO accom-
panied me. At o'clock / went to the sta
ton to leave town and sent for my famlly;
II was two hours until train time ana L
began to be afTi bdy and snf three 70 5ee to p
tect me and my family until we were ABOARD
the train" -.
Mrs. Henderson and the children-there
are ten of them-hed from home with
scarcely a change of clothing. Their flight
was like the flight the night Herod, was
train Mr.. Henderson and his family went
into a sleeping car, fearing TO go into the
day coaches They pulled down N1,. t Hen Ger
son found the deposed eX-mayor aboard the
sleeper. They were in deathly fear as the
train rolled on through the State as at
every station were n1obs ready to lynch any
negroes who had been deported from VIII
mington who might attempt 10 leave the
train Mayor Wright had intended to change
ears but found mob lying in wait to lynch
him and rode on toward the North 10 a point
W Wash f When out of dangers reach
Mr. Henderson and his family spent DAY
with his mother and sister. Then ne Went
on to Cincinnati, from there to THIS city
and on TO Brazil where his family now Is.
THE MANLEY EDITORIAL.
Concerning the episode of the Record,
Mr. Henderson said that it was not because
Of the editorial he had printed that the
office was burned down. Manley was
bright, honest young man, who last Au-
| gust, replied to charges that had been made
against his race, not to SANDER any whites,
but to give the truth to the world. If there
| had been any just cause for resenting the
| editorial it should have been done at that
time not three months later Mr.. Hender-
son declared that the Democrats were not
satisfied with having secured the county,
| but were hungry for the municipal ofnces,
| and simply used this as a pretext for start
| ing trouble that would enable them to turn
| out the old officers. He denied that the
| colored people were towards, telling how
! three North Carolina black boys were fight
| lib al FL 0dAlSy III LILO
| Twenty-fifth Cavalry, almost while their
| parents at home were being murdered. In
! the war of the rebellion 100000 cOlored men
| had helped protect the flag. we are not
| towards said he; I'VE Will fight, ana nghL
| like demons if given the opportunity to up
| hold the flag" He spoke OF what the Imrd
| North Carolina colored regiment would do
| if given a chance.
And here Mr.. Graves, a noted South
| erner, comes to your city and asks how you
| of Indiana would like to have a colored
mayor, a colored sheriff, how you would
| know Mr.. Graves knew he was lying when
| he said that?''
Mr.. Henderson went on to say that Charles
| w. Norwood, the registrar of deeds, was the
| only coored man holding any position of
| Importance and not word had ever been
/ said against him by any of the worst par
/ tisans because he was man of high at
/ tainments and irreproachable character.
Where is the remedy to these eV1lS?'' Mr..
| Henderson asked He regarded as out
rageoHs the suggestion that the colored men
| should be sent into a separate State. 1t
| and drained the swamps, making them fit
| for cultivation. Their work had enriched the
men who now hate them What they wanted
| was to be let alone The race had progressed
/ and would continue to progress.
| In North Carolina, said he. I'VE work
| for q cents a day, it may be, or for board
/ and clothing. 1t is pride to me to know
| there are fewer beggars in the colored race
/ than i'm any other Set down at the end OF
| the war without where to lay their heads,
| without clothing to cover their nakedness,
| poor and ignorant, the colored men of North
| Carolina to-day own $20000,U00 of property.
| Why can't they tell you the truth? They
say the colored people have no churches in
/ Wilmington. Those of your denomination
have better church than this, They have