The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-06
HOLLAND is ALIVE AND WE'LL.
Talks of a Great Joke He Perpetrat-
ed on Miss Jewett.

ed on Miss Jewett.
Columbia, S. c., Nov. Sat the meeting
of the Lillian Jewett Anti-Lynchlng
League. held in Boston, Oct. so, Miss Jew
EFT read letters showing that Rev John w.
holland, pastor of the African Methodist
Episcopal Church a Delta, S. c., had been
lynched for forming or attempting to form
Jewett anti-lynching clubs. The Boston
papers the next day We're full of the meet
ing, which resolved itself into an indig-
nation gathering and adopted resolutions
condenning Southern laWlessness. Pray
ers were offered for the supposed widow.
Miss Jewett read to the meeting sew
eral letters written TO her from
Rev. J. w. Noand, in which
he evinced hearty sympathy in
the work the league was engaged in.
Then the following letter from Mrs. No
land moved the audience to tears, and then
to indignation:
Dear Miss Jewett: With weeping and
bereaved heart I will attempt to inform
you of my untold troubles. Oh, how sad
this world is now to me, which was once
my life and pleasure. The league which
you insisted on was duly formed the same
seemed to be the ideal thoughts of my
dear husband, from which much good was
expected. Did he ever dream of an enemy
of his own race, neither did he think of
white neighbor that would do him harm.
In the formation of the league there
were some bad men to be vouched for.
who succeeded n finding out my husband $
plans and with treachery, filed with over
flowing malice, informed the whites that
my dear husband was organizing a force
to attack the lynchers. On the night of
Oct 10, my dear husband. by a strong
body of armed men, was forced from the
Ii h. ea1f
morning his perforated body was found
hanging from the limb of a Tree. Oh, if l
could only have gone with him, how much
better and happier ii would have been.
But l suppose that kind Providence is saw
ing me for purpose by which l will be
permitted to do His will.
l will have to leave here before the end
of the year, and may l never rest eyes
upon the treacherous black hearts of my
own race who caused my husbands death.
I am TOO full to write at length. Do let
me- hear from you, for l know you will
sympathize with me in this sad bereave-
ment which will be consoling TO your low
ing friends, Annie E. holland
Delta, S. c., Oct. So 1899.
Speeches were made by several white
ministers who followed the lead of Miss
Jewett in declaring that the time had
come for action to stop iawlessness in the
South The next day Miss Jewett wrote a
letter to Mrs. holland, expressing deep
sympathy for her and saying:
"But, though dead he has done the
great work he set out to do Scarce had
your letter been received when the pub
lie knew that he had died a martyr. And
the vengeance of a just God will bring
those murderers to justice God bless you
my dear; your husband was brave. noble
and his memory lives. Our. league VIII
take you unded its protection. / myself
will walk with you, side by side, and know
that a great pain lies over my heart. l
shall take great pains to send you all the
clippings, as from this on the great traS-
edy of so good a man will be told by every
press in these United States. He has died
a Savior to his race.
please be brave, dear, and write and
tell me how it happened, those who be-
trayed him and were implicated. The ven
geance of a powerful institution in the
league is over them Have you little chill
dren? Would you like 10 come North?
Tell me all, my dear it shall be conf
dental. il you ask it,"
The Rev John w holland is alive, we'll
and has never been threatened He has
voluntarily told all about what he con-
siders a huge joke he and his wife perpe-
trated on Miss JeweCt, who he thinks is
latter the Doodle" He speaks of her
iestingly as the fair maid" with whom
ne has had an interesting correspondence.
His wife does not care to go to Boston, he
saws.