The age-herald., 1899-03-24
4 RACE RIOT
 IN ARKANSAS Seven Negroes Known to Have
 Been Lynched, THE DEATH LIST INDEFINITE The Blacks are Being Strung Up
 Wherever Found. THE WHITES HIGHLY lEFURIATED Bodies of the Victims Are Left Hang-
 ing to Limbs. NEGROES WE'RE TROUBLESOME Numerous Murders and Depr citations Had Been Committed and the White People Took the Law in Their
Bodies of the Victims Are Left Hang-
 ing to Limbs.
NEGROES WERE TROUBLESOME
Numerous Murders and Expectations Had Been Committed and the White People Took the Law in Their
 Own Hands.

Texarkana, Ark, March 23.-A race war Is on in Little River county, and during the past forty-eight hours an indefinite number of negroes have met their death at the hands of an infuriated white population. Seven are known to have been lynched, shot to death or slain in some manner, and the work is not yet done. The bodies of the victims of the mob's vengeance are hanging to the limbs of trees in various parts of the county, strung up wherever taken, while that of another who was shot to death while trying to escape was thrown into a creek, and left there The country is in a state of the most intense excitement White men are collecting in mobs, heavily armed and determined; negroes are fleeing for their lives, and the community is in an uproar. The exact number of negroes who have been summarily dealt with, or those who may yet fall into the hands of the mob before order is restored may never be known. Seven bodies have been found, and other victims are being hunted, and will meet similar fate when run to earth. The known dead to date are:
 The Known Dead
 General Duckett, Edwin Goodwin, Adam King, Joseph Jones, Benjamin Jones, Moses Jones and an unknown man.
 Joe King and John Johnson were also taken into hand by mobs and whipped. They were afterard turned loose and have disappeared.
 Little River county Is in the extreme southwest corner of the state, bordered on the west by the Indian Territory and on the south by Texas. The negro population is large and has for long time proved very troublesome to the whites. Frequent mur- ders have occurred and the fights have been common affairs. One or two negroes have previously been severely dealt with when the people found it necessary to take the law into their own hands, but 1t was not until Tuesday that the trouble took on a very serious aspect. It then developed that carefully laid plans had been made by a number of negroes to precipitate race war, and that many white men had been marked for victims. It Is learned that twenty-three negroes were implicated in this plot, and the whites are now bent on meting out summary punishment to the entire coterie of conspirators. Seven have been killed, and the work of wiping out the entire list continues without relaxation of determination. All implicated in the plot are known and small parties of white men varying In number from twenty-five to fifty are securing the country for them.
 Are Quickly Strung Up
 Wherever one is found he is quickly strung up, his body perforated with leaden missiles to make sure of their work and the mob hastens on in quest of its next victim. Some of them were found near Richmond, and the work of dispatching the first two or three was an easy matter But the news soon spread among the negroes, who, in- stead of making the resistance and offer ing the battle that they had threatened be- came panic stricken and began getting out of the community as quickly as possible. Two of whose names are on the list of con sprators got a good start of the mob who were detailed to look after them, and they succeeded in reaching the Texas state line before being captured.
 However. they were overtaken out of breath and exhausted, but were swung up without ceremony.
 The trouble arose over the killing of Jas. Stockton by Duckett. Just prior to the lynching of Duckett the negroes had plann- ed the inauguration of a race war. Duckett was the leader and at his death the ne- groes let the matter out and the citizens became greatly enraged. 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 nothing occurred until yester- day when the dead body of Goodwin was found hanging to a tree just across Red river from the Stockton farm in Bowie county, 1eAds. ne iofHeriy Worheu TOT Stockton and was chased across Mud creek.
 Details Difficult to Obtain
 The place where the trouble occurred is several miles from any town of communi- cation and it Is difficult to obtain details, as the people are very reluctant about giv- ingout the news. A justice of the peace went to where Goodwin was hanging.
 Advices from New Boston, Tex, tonight are to the effect that across the river sev- eral negroes have been lynched This morning Benjamin Jones was found dead on Hurricane Bend, and from New Boston 1t Is learned that Joe King and Moses Jones were found hanging to trees at Horseshoe Curve today. Another Jones is missing. In the gang that was plotting for race war were twsnty-three negroes, and 1t Is likely that the entire number have
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