The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-04
oflcer. Clarksville. Md June 10. George wash-

ington, .colored. shooting officer weimar. Text
June =, John be9ckar,, white. murder. Great
Jess" Thompson and Camn Reese, a. col6red.
murder. Wctumpka. Ala; Charley Washing.
June ~ Wam Strut coi"ToI a D"y V% Ni as.
sault, hurneh AZ the stake. Devlinr. La; June
~, Hewlett. white, murder IIiIlsyilt". Va.
Bot"sviln, :. C.: Juna ~ Mr.. Jake Cr6-
re-" ,v noint9s raH% T"y: J9Iy H. ]ohp
g%"y"i a. @1"t qn i ~ S KY v H4nkjR aS";
wh.i@. Wc,tviiiS. Ni-s} July -. Ios"rh Wi.
i< % %""'N IaG NnS % os$ g%%r S d. III
THtr HnIIy ROOM l'airsttn" rex: Aug :.
c" a Na:" Aug ""2re win yaaaara 1 f. n1
lrari. arse ast", hiia N"av"r md Sg"ie
E" Tpn- \" az rylorrd, murtr- '@t"u6nl.
a'girL Iurm''. Nt-..; NuE ~ NrN Wullor.
cl."r i, trYuI' "-"nc. Pleasant lIrl ut: tuG.
soda W to, II !urp.,u. ga. -. 90, a. known.
rn."rTI; NJ" ,"r W assault. F""nd-,i3
S "a &H n 1@ Ga set 2!rn a 1Ed
Gawn, not mp. Nolth. texas. Syrt II. Bvnny
I." "7 T" + cT, ' ya 9@ son }@ dg " .ys. M"
~. gen, Ma Sept Gcofs" burden, soi-
Ga. Snut -, Ice rr"ktt, wh'r, criminal as
Sauit lairrk roir'y Na.i '"r'. =. John Will
A !, r r"or"d mqr ,yr IT. - n NoP'ain
t,"mr'"d assault. \nnap"Ns. Nd. oct, D. Rev.
1%ay S""G iY. "'G G ?$""Ff sn 'ssIE}1 ys
= SSi ,E AnS s% pr5 5 san
a n tb m@" VIZ" ,rY os,u r ~ dei%nd-
and Arch i'nur. culOr"i utl"mpcd murder, all
"f lIarp"rsviIl". Miss =: Oct %, John Anderson.
"vom ror-ar - roi6rci' %cf"nine
in political riot phruix. 5 G. Nov 10. twrnty-
r% %fn s% @o c 7H' Io Moy2 f rS eTr
weather. c,o'"rcd. murder. Monticello Ga
coI"ren, no canse assigned, Monticello. Ga
l n"r ggNEowp "ol%I"4 i.G Yr ,,d Ea S
barn burning. New Harmony Grove. iia
Jan, >, l9M'., Marshall TrGrrgeor, co,orcd.
ton and wife. c"lorr.l, no cause assigned Fort
Gain, Gain; Ga. Feb ~, Cnpd R"ddiHg and an
March Morris Chr.s'"nhcr.. caio,ra. "frmtmai
assault. Hope 'rk March i',. William cotton.
H. "rr Jan rn "Htn f% Ir "Sv cng
All q. George Ta'can IWognaYh all c"9ret.
HSHamn TJHns. Moscs N jSnc o'GH joe ' Rins.
John johnson, and Is unknown, l23), nIi
"' Rock FS cann ;% &rk Maish "h X K hr
S Wilson,: C. e Fed, WITS BOYD. coIIred.
ArrilG Fo~es' Sam"rs%;n and Nose AsnidSrs"n.
%"iored, murder, BrookvlI". Miss; April II.
Rex GiIH w Ellison c9lor@d No cause as
I.arne, whitc.. murder, Henderson. Tenn:
April IL. VIII White. white. murder. Clinton,
$trck and c"orci, % Alleged Griher e of sa@
oSe M Hhar
ing white folks, Palmetto Ga:
or tn nss and Se b".e IF ynSh v lay 5s
lynched for criminal assault and attempted
orimihn assault. or - per cent IT the whole:
mnliGnhnt charge upon which tn" white press
Of the south bass its"Xruse for Justfying mob
| American race the disgusting. mIutaton that
It is race Of rnpists None. OF these men was
! right IN law. or equity which throws the bnr-
| den OF proof on the accuser. to assume that
! they were guilty. TO do any such thing and
to make it general would undermine ouI
whole Judicial system aud leave every man
tion. We may grant that, for the sake OF argus
mcnt some. Of these men were guilty as
! the interest Of Justice and humanity we shoull
insist on the proof submitted In tn" manner
IrSsSrp%Sd ~ ~ the ew have no more
man IN til" rspHbic " but beforS ' us
vile crime is hitchcd upon any man he
! To swing him up or shoot him or burn him at
the stake by n mob. without any ceremony or
law. but q crime, against civilization. and per:
sistenc" IN 1t vii! corrupt our whole system q
exclaim The mob But they will he. or chaos
will follow, in which the bottom will drop out
LINK the OF h To viii Hs
Then. Of the remaind der u or i72 per cent
Of the victims were charged with murder Of
H ss RE Sh 24Ses@ %5 6Ssd9S
Imprisonment. or both. except few who we're
apparently lynched for no assignabIe reason.
TnHe whnh Shirt has s2Hs
the crying necessity Of deviainR soms
means means Of Gh1n9h1nE it out The white
they need only. the INCLINATION. II they viii
not do II. the time will come when. in self
defence. through Congressional Legislation,
tie indignant and scanlaIized nation will do it
actnont Of which it has ample power in the
| Federal Constitution. which specifically enJoins
Ep9qb the States that they shat protect prot cttzsns
neglect or refuse to do this. to correct an evil
| which affects in its consequences the whole
r"3p,e. the, Federal Government has stepped in
An analysis Of the lynching statistics year by
year for the past decade will show that crimi.
nal assault, or. more properly. alleged criminal
assault. constituted but from - to - per cent.
kind. None Of these would have le"u lynched
4 the white masses had been willing to leave
A., s,tsndssd to ,hsiir ,qwn BUSINESS , ana Isfs
theirs That the white masses have been
TO- 'ake the hw into ahsir own
rap"rs o. high and low degree cannot be dis
| putcd. That some Of the best OF these papers
have seen the error ~ their ways and are now
manfully nghtinGfthe mob spirit is an en-
couraging cement IN ia" situation. as il also
such outspokcn contemplation Of mob excesses
and the Rev Dr Thrkirll Of Atlanta and the
E"v DR. liawthorn" Of Nashville. " hen the
press and the pulpit Of the South hccoms
! honestly ARRIVED against mob and lynch law
W. Shal have an end oi il in short order
But the effort to hitch upon tho Afro-Ameri-
! tho ~ iIrnn of hpiuI IA of rnllist 4
is not only malignant and infamous, hut comes
| with exceedingly hn! grac" from men who
filled the republic with race Of mulattOcS as
the result al raping black slave women for 800
years, Lynch law must go
T. THOMAS FORTUNE.