Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-03-30
|NSURREcnON IN ARKANSAS.
NEGROES PLOT TO MASSACRE THE WHITE
PEOPLE-~SEvEN ARE. LYNCHED. 4
In Squads, Every Man Thoroughly Armed, tho
Search Tor tho Coiored Men Is Renun.

In Squads, Every Man Thoroughly Armed, tho
Search Tor tho Coiored Men Is Begun.
TExARKANA, ARK, March ga
race war is on in Little River county,
and, during the last 48 honrs, an in
definite number of negroes have met
their death at the handa of an infu-
rated white population. Seven are
know" 10 have been lynohed and tho
work i, hot yet done. The bodies Of
the victims of the mob's vengeance
arc hanging to the limbs of trees in
various parts of tho county, strung
up Wherever overtaken. The county
is in q state of intense excitement.
White men are collecting in mobs
heavily armed and determined ne
groes are fleeing for their lives and
the community is in an uproar.
The exact number of negroes who
have been summarily dealt with, or
those who may yet fall into tie
hands of the mob before order is re-
stored, 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 arc:
General Duckctt, Edwin Goodwin,
Adam King, Joseph Jones, Benja-
min Jones, Moses Jones and an un-
known man.
Joe King and John johnson were
also taken in hand by mobs and
whipped. They were afterwards
turned loose and have disappeared.
Little River county is in the ex-
trcme Southwest corner Of the State,
bordered on the West by the Indian
Territory and on Ihe South by Texas.
The negro population is large and
has, for a long time, proved very
troublesome to the whites. Frequent
murders have occurred and thcfts
and fights have become common
affairs.
One or two negroes have previ-
ously been severely dealt with when
the people found it necessary to take
the law into their own hands, but it
was not until Tuesday that the trou-
bic took on serious aspect. 1t then
developed that carefully laid plans
had been made by number of ne
grocs to precipitatc n race war, and
that many white men had been
marked for victims. 1t is learned
that twenty-three negroes were i'm
plicated in this plot and the whites
are now bent on melting out sum
mary punishment to the entire
cotcrie of conspirators. Seven have
been killed and tho work of wiping
out the entire list continues without
relaxation. All implicated in the
plot are known, and parties of white
men varying in numbers from rs to
so a"e securing the country for them.
Wherever one is found he is quickly
strung up and his body perforated
with bullets. Tho work of Dispatch
ing tho first two or three was an
easy matter. But the news soon
spread among the negroes, who, in.
stead of making the resistance and
Offering the battle that they had
threatened, became panic-stricken
and began getting out Of the COM
munity as quickly as possible. Two,
whose names were on the list of con-
spirators, got good start and s"c-
Eeeded in reaching the Texas State
limo before being captured. They
were strung 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 tho inaugura-
ton Of race war. Duckctt was the
leader and at his death the negroes
let the matter out. The citizens be-
came greatly enraged. Joe King
and John johnson were taken to the
woods and whipped. Other negroes
made threats, but nothing occurred
until yesterday, when the wholesale
lynching began.
In the gang that was plotting for
race war were tWenty-thrce ne
groes, and it il likely the entire mum.
ber have been strong up in the
thickcts. 1t is known to certainty
that seven ring leaders are dead
The negroes arc fleeing from the dis
trict. To-day three wagons full ar
riveH at Texarkana, having crossed
Red River at Index last night.
500 REWARD 800.
Tho readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that thoro is at least one
IrnohcI 1icnoon tbof on;onnn hoo hnop