The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-03-24
RACE WAR IN THE SOUTH
Inhabitants Of Little River County,
in Arkansas, Aroused. Is.
LYNOHING OF SEVEN NEGROES.

The Blacks Fleeing From the State,
Pursued by Armed whites-Three
Lynched In Mississippi and Their
Bodies Anchored In the River.
Texarkana. Ark, March 24.-The wild.
est excitement prevails among the me-
grocs Of Little River county. and seven
negro men have been Iynched by the
citizens Of that section. The affair
originated with the assassination of
James A. Stockton. planter, by "Gea.
eraf' Duckett, negro. on last Friday.
Duckett was lynched the day after
Stockton's murder.
A race war is now fairly on in the
county. The bodies of the 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 in mobs. heavily armed
and determined, and negroes are fleeing
for their lives. The exact number of
negroes who have been sumnarIly dealt
with may never he known. The known
dead to date are "t;cncral' Duckctt,
Edwin Goodwin, Adam King, Joseph
uoAtSt IbthIdiIili JuHSS, tlpStS Jones anu
an unknown man. Joe King and John
johnson wcr" also taken in hand by
mobs aud whipped. They were after
ward 'urned loose and have disappeared.
Stockton was murdered at his home
near Rocky Comfort by Duckett on Sat-
urlay last. The negro escaped at the
time, and after remaining in the swamps
until Tuesday he surrendered, saying
he had nothing to eat since his flight.
lie was taken to Rocky Comfort, and
soon after his arrival there Sheriff John
sou and deputies started with him for
Richmond. They were overtaken by 200
armed men, who demanded the prisoner.
Duckett was taken to the place where
he had killed Stockton, and after making
a confession he was lynchcd. When the
negro was taken to the George planta-
ton, Just before the start was made for
Richmond. it seemed as if every man
within ten miles knew of the capture
and before the officer and prisoner could
get fairly started the whole country was
aroused.
After the lynchng 1t was learned that
Duckett had frequently tried to get the
negroes In the county to join him in a
iatt wal HsuluSl tut Whites. "A lew
hours after he had killed Stockton he
passed several negroes at farmhouse
and told them he had KILLED one white
man, and il they would follow him he
would kill more.
The Jones brothers We're intimate with
the assassin OF Stockton, and it was dis
covered that they were leading scheme
10 avcnge their comrades death. The
assault was provoked by the unearthing
of plots ihM the followers of Duckett
had concoctrd and when the revelation
was mad" Il band Of citizens began their
search for the principals. Friendly ne
groes who had originally informed Stock
ton of DuckeLts $ threat were the medium
of knowing the facts against the present
victims, these informrrs themselves hay
ing been warned under penalty of death
not to communicate the plans of the out. |
laws to the whites.
IN the gang that was plotting for a
race war wcrc % negroes, and it is
probable the entire number have been
killed. II is known to a certainty that !
the seven ringleaders are dead. The
negroes are fleeing from the district
Yesterday three wagons full arrived at |
TeNarkana, having crossed Red river
at Index at midnight
All of the victims were pursued singly
over the country, and met their fate at
different times and in different localities.
Edward Goodwin was shot down on Mud
Creek near Rocky Comfort, and his
body thrown into the stream. The
Jones' had He'd in different directions
when thry learned of the pursuit. and
were run down and lynched one at
time.