The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-24
their death at the hands of an infuriat-

their death at the hands of an infuriat-
ed white population. Seven are known
to have been lynched, shot to death OF
slain in some manner, and the work is
not yet done. The bodies of the vic
( Tins of the mob's vengeance are hang
| ing to the limbs Of trees in various parts
| of the county, strung up wherever
overtaken, While that of another who
! was shot to death while trying to ee-
cape was thrown into a creek and left
| there.
The country is in a state of most in
tense excitement. White men are col
lecting in mobs, heavily armed, and
determined; negroes are fleeing for their
lives, and the community is in an up
roar. The exact number of negroes who
have been summarfly 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 a similar fate
when run to earth.
The known dead to date are: Gen
erad Duckett, Edwin Goodwin, Adam
King, Joseph Jones, benjamin Jones,
Moses Jones, unknown man.
Joe King and John Johnson were also
taken in hand by mobs and whipped.
They were afterward turned loose and
have disappeared.
MANY CRIMES COMMITTED.
Little River county is m the extreme
southwest corner of the state, bordered
on the west by the Indian territory,
ad ON the south by Texas. The negro
population is large, and has for a long
time proved very troublesome to the
whites. Frequent murders have oc-
Cured, and thefts and fights have be-
come 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 it was not until Tues
day that the trouble took on a very
serious aspect. 1t 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. 1t liz
learned that tWentythree negroes were
implicated in this plot, and the whites
are now bent on melting out summary
punishment to the entire coterie of con-
spirators. Seven have been killed, and
the work of wiping out the entire list
continues without relaxation of deter
mination. 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. 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 it's next victim.
Some of them were found near Rich
mond, and 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 that
they had threatened, became panic
and began getting out of the
community as quickly as possible. Two
whose names were on the list of con-
spirators got a good start of the men
who were detailed to look after them,
and succeeded in reaching the Texas
state line before being captured. How
ever, they did not escape. They We're
overtaken, out of breath and exhaust
ed, but were swung up without cere-
mony.
HOW 1T STARTED.
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,