Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-03-24
MORE LYNCHINGS.


says: Seven negroes are reported to
have been lynched by citizens OF Little
River county. The victims are Edward
Goodwin, Ben Jones. Adam King,
Moses Jones, Joe Jones, sud two Others
whose names cannot be learned. The
three Joneses were brothers and friends
OF General Duckett. the negro lynch
ed on last Wednesday for the murder Of
James Stockton, wealthy planter OF
Little River county. Since the lynch
ing OF Duckett the blacks rad planned
en- outbreak. The negroes let the matter
out, which aroused the whites, who
were not satisfied with lynching the
leader. Another negro named Joe
King remarked that Stockton should
have been murdered sooner. He was
taken to the woods and whipped, as
was also John Johnson. Other negroes
made threats, but there was no retaia-
ton until Wednesday, when the dead
bodies were found hanging to trees just
across Red River from the Stockton
farm. 10 Bowie county, Tex. The scene
OF the trouble is many miles from any
town and it IS very hard to obtain de-
tails. ! Justice of the peace went TO
where Goodwin was hanged from New
Boston, Tex. Rumors from there last
night were to the effect that many have
been hanged IL the gang that was
plotting for race war there were twen-
ty-three negroes and some vague ru-
mors are that all that number have
neen lynched. The negroes are fleeing
from the district. Yesterday three
wagons full arrived at Texarkans,
having crossed Red River at Index
Wednesday midnight. They were
greatly frightened. Some months ago
the TWO races met at Allene, at saw.
mill and fight followed.
News of the lynching OF three ne
eroes has just reached Jackson, Miss,
from remote part OF Yazoo county.
An armed MOB took three prisoners
away from deputy sheriff, who was
carrying them to another county 10
stand trial, riddIed them with shot.
and then, TO make snre OF their work.
weighted the bodies with cotton ties
and sunk them in the Yazoo river.
The three negroes were c. Reed, Minor
Wilson and Willis Boyd. The lynch
ing was due to the belief that they
were the instigators of the race diff
| Guilty across the line in an adjoining
| county, which came near assuming
large proportions. The trouble refer
red TO took place several days ago a.
midnight al a settlement in Sharkey
county. The first indication that the
whites had was when several promi
nent planters and citizens were shot at
from ambush. The three men who
we're lynched had been previously
identified a. the parties who shot al
two white citizens from a cabin by the
roadside.
1t was also reported that some ne
! groes had besieged the overseer Of a
plantation in the neghborhood. Ia ad
ditiou to this evidence Of general bad
feeling among the negroes there were
all sorts OF rumors afloat. Ia two OF
| these circu instances crowd OF two
hundred whites assembled from Shar-
key and Yazoo counties in order to
| ~uOOL uOhu TIC dh-OuSGC4o dGQ lAtii
accomplices. Two OF the ringleaders
escaped, but large numher OF suspects
were arrested, Of whom ell were finally
released except the three negroes
named above. They were not lynched
after their capture, but were turned
over to the sheriff OF Yazoo county,
VINO notified the sheriff of Sharkey
county that he held them at his order,
Sharkey county sent deputy after
them. The deputy took passage Oh
the steamer Rescue for Sharkey county.
At Silver City the voyage was inter
rupted by an armed mob, which took
the negroes away from Deputy Sylves
ter and riddled them with bullets. Al
ter this mad been done it is reported
that the bodies were weighted and
thrown in the river. It is not known
whether the mob was composed OF
Yazoo county men or whether it was
crowd which came from Snsrkey coun-
| to. Silver City is not great distance
from the scene OF the first trouble,
which resulted in the lynching.