The morning news., 1899-03-24
SEVEN LYNCHED IN ARKANSAS.
,,ceorS IN LITTLE RIVER COUNTY
TERROR STRICKEN.

..,,.oI Duckett Lynched for killing
White Man-Other Negroes Then
rormcd Secret Plots Against the
,,,,itcs-On Securing Their Names
naud of Lynchers Went Out and
KILLED Six of the Leaders-Great
excitement Prevails.
rsvarkana. Ark, March pa race war
4. oo in Little River county, and during
ns last forty-eight hours an indefinite
rnnbtr of negroes have met their death
-, ,bs hands of an infuriated white pop
uauon.
seven are known to have been lynched
,nd the work is not yet done.
Tho bodies of the victims Of the mobs
ignorance are hanging 30 the limbs of
trses in various parts of the country,
s.runs up wherever overtaken.
The county is in state of intense ex-
element White men are collecting in
r,obs heavily armed and determined; ne
,roes are fleeing for their lives and the
community is in an uproar.
The exact number of negroes who have
been summariy dealt with or those who
NAV vet fall into The hands of the mob
bafore order is restored, may never be
known Seven bodies have been found
and other victims are being hunted and
will meet a similar fate when run to earth.
The known dead 10 date are;
General Duckett.
Edwin Goodwin.
Adam King.
Joseph Jones'
Benjamin Jones.
Moses Jones.
Unknown man.
taken in hand by mobs and whipped.
They were afterward turned loose and
nave disappeared.
Negroes Formed n Plot.
Little River county is in the extreme
southwest corner of the state. bordered OH
the west by the Indian Territory and on
the south by Texas. The negro popula-
ton is large and has for a long time proved
very troublesome to the whites Frequent
murders have occurred, and thefts and
fights have become common affairs
One or Two negroes have previously been
it necessary to take the law into their
own hands, but it was not until Tuesday
that the trouble took on a serious aspect.
ltthen developed that carefully laid plans
had been made by a number of negroes
to preoipitate race war, and that many
white men had been marked for victims
. 1t is learned that twenty-three negroes
were implicated in this plot, and the whites
are row bent on melting out summary pun
Slment to the entire coterie of conspira.
toIs Seven have been killed and the
WORK OF wiping out the entire list con-
uuues without relaxation. All implicated
IN the plot are known and parties of white
men varying in numbers from twenty-five
Hty are securing the country for them
wherever one is found he is quickly
bullets
They All Took to Flight.
The work of dispatching the first two or
uree was an easy matter But the news
svoh spread among the negroes who, in
"7du oi making the resistance and offer
"7 'He battle that they had threatened
'tcdine panic stricken and began getting
VU' OIL the community as quickly as possi-
l"o' whose names were on the list of
eo'SpIIatofs, got a good start and sue
"e'e1 IN reaching the Texas state line be
lore being captured. They were swung
up without cermony.
l. IouDIe arose over the killing of
Ta"ss Yo stockton by bucket. Just prior
10 ~ Ine ynehing of Duckett, the negroes
uou wo' planned the inauguration of race
Gn DucKett was the leader and at his
o,,l '9.n 'le negroes let the matter out The
lens soa became greatly enraged. Joe King
Uo,,S 1o"Il Johnson were taken to the
tb Mus ana whipped Other negroes made
,er5e,. rJa.S. out nothing occurred until YES
""eii 'ne wholesale lynching began
Iwenty-Three Were in 1t.
r. nI .ae gang that was plotting for a race
ltl were twenly-three negroes. and if is
pn' nm Iae entire number have been strung
ts,', ,u 'ie 'nlckets It is known to GER
T,S mat seven ringleaders are dead
ri,, negroes are fleeing from the dis
r.. Today three wagons full arrived al
ir.3. ieH3afkana, having crossed Red river at
index last night. -'eN '''ei d