Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-24
verltable Reign Of Terror Among
Blacks in Arkansas.
SEVEN NEGROES LYNCHED.
whites Vow 60 Hang Twenty Three
Of the Cciorcd Population who
Entered Into Plot.

Tcxarkana. Ark. March IA race
war IN on In Little River country. and
during the last twcnty-four hours an
indefinite number Of negroes have met
their death at the hands Of an infuriat-
cd white population. Seven are known
60 have been iynchcd. shot to death or
slain la some manner. and the work Is
not yet done. The bodies Of the vic
Tins OF the mob'a vengeance arr hang
INK 10 the limbs N trees In various
parts OF the country. strung up where
ever ovcrtnken, while that OF another
who was shot to death while trying to
escape was thrown into creek and
left there.
The country IN In state Of most In
tense excitement. white men ARE col
Letting IN mohH. heavily armed. and
determined. negroes are fleeing for
their lives. and the community IN In an
uproar. The exact hunter of ncgroea
who have been aummarily dealt with
or those who may yet fall into the
hands OF the mob before order II rc-
stored may never be known. Seven
bodies hay. been found and other VIC
TINS are being hunted. and win meet n
similar tate when run to earth.
Tho known dead TO date are. Gen.
crni Duckctt. Edwin Goodwin. Adam
King, Joseph Jones. BENJAMIN Jones.
Moses Jones. unknown man.
joe King ana John johnson were also
taken In hand by mobs and whipped
ey were aftdrwards turned loose and
have disappeared.
Little River country IL In the extreme
southwest corner OF the state. bordering
on the west by the Indian territory,
ana ON the south by Texas The negro
population IL large. and has Tor a long
Time proved very troublesome 10 the
whites. Frequent murders have oc-
curred ana thcfts and lights have be-
come common affairs. one or two
negroes have previously been severely
dealt with. when the people found II
necessary 60 take the law into their
own hands. but II was not until Tucr-
day that the trouble took on a very
serious aspect. II then developed that
carefully laid plana had been made by
number OF negroes 10 prcclpitato a
ruce war. and TINT many white men
had been marked for Victims. II IL
learned that twcnty-thrcc negroes were
Implicated IN this plot. and the whites
are now bent ON netting out summary
punishment TO the entire cotcric OF con-
npirntorr. Seven have been killed. aud
the work OF wiping out the entire list
continues without relaxation OF deter.
ininntion. All implicated In the plot
nrc known. and small parties OF white
nvh, varying In number from twenty
I'VE 10 nfty. nrc securing the country
TOR them. Wherever one N found he IL
quickly strung up, his body perforated
WIN lenden mlrrllcs tn make SURF 81
their work. and the mob hnstcnH on In
quest Of It's next victim.
Come OF thcm were found near Rich
nond. and the work of dinpatching the
ilrht Two or thfcc was an easy matter.
tut the news soon spread among the
negroes. who. Instead u making the
Resistance and offering the battle that
they had Threatened, became manic.
stricken and began getting out Of the
community M quickly ns possible. Two
whose names were ON the list ~ con.
hnirntorr got n good start Of the men
who were detailed 10 look after them,
nnd succeeded In reaching the Texas
state line before being captured. How
ever, they did not escape. They were
oNertnkon. out Of breath and exhaust.
cd, but were swung up without ccrc.
mony.
Tho trouble arose over the killing OF
James Stockton By Duckott. Just
prior TO the lynchlng ~ puckott, the
negroes had planned the Inauguration
OF race war. Duckctt was the leader.
ana az his death the negroes let tho
matter out and the citizens became
greatly enragcd. Another negro named
Joe King remarked that STOCKTON
should have been murdered sooner lie
was taken 90 the woods aud whipped,
ns was also John Johnson Other me-
grocr mnde threats. but nothing oc-
CURED until yesterday, when the dead
body OF Goodwin was found hanging
10 tree Just across Red river from
the stockton farm In bowie county,
Texas IL" formerly worked for stock
ton ana was chnacd across Mud creek.
tn" plnce where the trouble occurred
iH several miles from any town OF CONF
munichtlon and II II difficult TO obtain
uetniln, az the people are very reluc-
tant about giving out the news. A
Justice or the peace went 20 where
Goodwin WINS hanged.
Adviccs from New Boston, Tex, to-
niKht are To the effect that across the
river several degrees have been
lynched. This morning BENJAMIN
Jones wnn found dead on Hurricane
Bend. ana from New Boston Il IL
learned that Joe King ana Moses Jones
were found hanging To trees at Horse
shoe Curve today. Another Jones N
inlHaing. In the gang that was plotting
Tor n race war were twcnty-thrcc ne
sroea, and II II likely that the entire
number have been strung up In the
thickcta.
The negroes are fleeing from the dis
trict. Today three wagons full arrived
al Texarkann. having crossed Rcd
river NJ Index at midnight last night.
They were greatly frightened, The
citizens OF Little River county have
suffered much recently from lawleaa-
ness. Some months ago the two races
FLASHED nt Allone. at a sawmill, nnd
small riot followed. From all accounts
u seems that. with Duckett. seven OF
the rinslcadora have been killed.