The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-03-24
A Deadly Race War on in Little
River Country.
Many Negroes summariIy Dealt With BY
lnfuriated Whites.
Seven Dead Bodies Already Found,
and Other Victims Are Being
Hunted, Who Will Meet the
Same Fate When Run to Earth
The Country in State of Most
Intense Excitement.

Same Fate When Run to Earth
The Country in State of Most
Intense Excitement.
TENARKANA (Ark), March 23-A
race war is on in Little River country,
and during the past forty-eight hours
a number of negroes have met death at
the hands of an Infatuated white popu-
latIon- Seven are known to have been
lynched, shot to death or slain in some
manner, and the work is not yet done.
The bodies Of the victims of the mob
vengeance are hanging to the limbs of
! trees in various parts of the country,
strung up wherever they were taken,
while that of another who was shot to
death While trying to escape was
thrown into creek and left there
The country is in state of most in
tense excitement. White men are coll
lecting in mobs, heavily armed and de-
termined; negroes are fleeing for their
lives, and the community is in an up
roar. The exact number of negroes
who have been summarily dealt with
or those who may yet fall into the
hands of the mob before order is restor-
| ed may never be known. Seven bodies
have been found and other victims are
being hunted and will meet the same
| fate when run to earth.
| The known dead to date are: General
| Duckett, Edward Goodwin Adam King.
Joseph Jones, Benjamin Jones. Moses
Jones and an unknown man.
Joe King and Joseph Johnson were
also taken in hand by mobs and whip
| ped. They were turned loose, and have
disappeared.
| Little River country is in the extreme
southwest corner or the State, bordered
on the west by the Indian Territory
and on the south by Texas. The negro
population is large, and has for long
time proved very troublesome to the
whites. Frequent murders have occur
red, and thefts and fights have become
common affairs. One or two negroes
have previously been severely dealt
with when the people found it neces-
sary to take the law into their own
hands, but it was not until Tuesday
that the trouble took on very serious
aspect. 1t then developed that carefully
laid plans had been made by a number
of negroes to precipitate a race war,
and that many white men had been
marked for victims. 1t is learned that
| twenty-three negroes were implicated
in this plot and the whites are now
bent on melting out summary PUNISH
men to the entire coterie of consplra-
ors. Seven have been killed and the
work of wiping out the entire list con-
tinues without relaxation of determine
ton.
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. When
ever 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 its
next victim. Some of them were FOUND
near Richmond, and the work OF dis
patching the first two or three was an
easy matter. But the news soon spreau
among the negroes, who, instead OIL
making the resistance and offerlng the
battle that they had threatened, became
panic stricken and began getting on
of the community as quickly as posi-
Bile. Two whose names We're on the list
of conspirators 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.
However. they did not escape, Ihey
were overtaken, out of breath and eX-
hausted. but were swung 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 header, ana al
his death the negroes let the matter
out. and the citizens became greatly
enrag ed Another negro named Joe
King remarked that Stockton should
have been murdered sooner. He was
taken to the woods and whipped, as
was also John Johnson. Other negroes
made threats, but nothing occurred un-
til Yesterday, when the dead body OF
Goodwin was found hanging to tree
lust across Red River from the Stock
ton farm in Bowie County, Texas. He
formerly worked for Stockton and was
chased across Mud Creek.
The place where the trouble occurred
is several miles from any town of COM
municaItion, and it is difficult to obtain
details, as the people are reluctant
about giving out the news. A Justice
of the Peace went to where Goodwin
was hanged.
Advices from New Boston, Texas, to-
night are to the effect that across the
river several negroes have been
lynched1 This morning Benjamin Jones
was found dead on Hurricane Bend,
and from New Boston it is learned that
Joe King and Moses Jones were found
hanging to trees at Horseshoe Curve to-
day. Another Jones is missing.
In the gang that was plotting for a
race war were twenty three negroes,
and it is likely that the entire number
have been strung up in the thiciNets.
The negroes are fleeing from the dis
trict To-day three wagon loads of
them arrived at Texarkana, having
crossed Red River at Index at midnight
last night. They were greatly fright
ened.
The citizens of Little River County
have suffered much recently from law
lessness. Some months ago the two
races clashed at Allene at a sawmill
and a small riot followed
From all accounts it seems that with
Duckett seven OF the ringleaders have
been killed.
A LYNCHING IN MISSISSIPPI.
JACKSON (Miss.), March 23.-Three
negroes were taken from an officer of
the law and lynched by an armed mob