The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-03-24
NEGROES LYNCHED
in A WAR OF RACES.
rIOre Than a Score Hanged by rlOb
of White rlen in little River
County, Arkansas.

Texarkana, Ark. March PA race
war is on in Little River county, and
during the last As hours an indefinite
number OF negroes have met their death
at the hands OF the white population.
Seven are known TO have been lynched'
and the work is not yet done.
The bodies Of tho victims of the mob's
vengeance are hanging TO the limbs OF
trees in various parts Of the county.
The country Is IN a state Of most intense
excitement. White men are collecting
I'm mobs. heavily arIaed and determined.
Negroes are fleeing for their lives. The
exact number OF negroes who have been
summarily dealt with 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 are:
General Duckett, Edwin Goodwin,
Adam King, Joseph Jones. Benjamin
Jones. Moses Jones and an unknown
man. Joe King and John Johnson were
also taken in hand by mobs and whipped.
1hey were afterwards turned loose and
have disappeared.
Little River county Is in the extreme
southwest corner OF the state. being
bofdcred on the west by the Indian Ter
ritory. and on the south by Texas. The
negro population is very large. and has
for long time proved very Troublesome
Frequent murders have occurred, and
thefts and lights have become common
affairs. One or two negroes have pre-
viously been severely dealt with when the
AZ fftlr l,t
into their own hands. but II was not until
Tuesday that the trouble assumed a Sc
rious aspect. Ii then developed that
carefully laid plans had been made by "A
number OF negroes 10 precipitate a race
war. and that many white men had been
marked for victims.
1t is learned that % negroes were i'm
plicated I'm this plot, and the whites are
now bent on melting out summary pun
ishneni TO the entire coterie OF con-
spirators. Seven have been killed, and
the work of wiplng out the entire list
continues without relaxation. All inn
plicated in the plot are known. and
parties OF white men. varying in num-
Der from 20 10 so. are securing the
country for them. Wherever one is
found he is quickly strung up. and his
body perforated with bullets.
The work of dispatching the first two
or three was an easy matter, but the
news soon spread among the negroes.
who, instead OF making the resistance
and offering the battle they had threat
ened, bcame panic-stricken, and be-
gan getting out of the community as
quickly as possible Two whose names
were on the list OF consprators got
good start, and succeeding In reaching
the Texas state line before being over
taken. They were strung up without
ceremony
The trouble arose over the killing OF
James Stockton by Duckett. Just prior
to the lynching OF Duckett the negroes
had planned the Inauguration OF a race
war. Duckett was the leader. and at
his death the negroes let the matter out.
The citizens became greatly enraged.
Joe King and John Johnson were taken
TO the woods and whipped. Other ne
groes made threats. but nothing oc-
CURED until Wednesday, when the
wholesale lynching began. In the gang
that was plotting for "A race war we
% negroes. and it is proba BILE that the
entire number have been killed. III Is
known 10 a certainty that the seven
ringleaders are dead. The negroes are
fleeing from the district. Three wagons
filled with negroes arrived at Texarkana
yesterday. having crossed the Red river
at Index.