The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1903-07-04
..SOUTuERN OUTRAGES',
That Recently Occurred in the
Northern States.

The following is a list of
"SOuthern OutrageS' that didn t
take place in the South. The
list was made up by the Mem
phis Commercial-Appeal. 1t
clear shows that the 'cruel and
barbarOus treatment of an inOf-
fenSive race is not the result of
a deep rooted and unreasoning
prejudice" peculiar to Southern
whites. After having whipped,
driven away, hanged and burned
negroes Unfortunately, it is to
be hoped that the North will
hereafter withhold any criticism
whenever the South finds it ne
cessary to lynch some black
brute who has forfeited his right
to live by the commission of the
most heinous crime known to So
ciety: Here is the list:
On April 10, at indianapolis, L DR.. Alex
ander, accused of grave robbery, tried TO
shoulder the crime on negro named Can
trll. and to destroy the evidence against
himself sought to have Cantrill pronounced
insane and railroatled t" the lunatic ASYLUM.
On April 20, at Bloomington, H., m"h
whtecapped Joe Shiviey, a negro, and two
white girls, on the ground that improper re-
lations existed between them. Shively was
whipped with barbed wire and badly la
cera,cd.
On April 90, near the village of Santa Fe,
H., a mob of wrathfu farmers took 4
young negro away from the officers of the
law and hanged him. They then turned
upon colony of negroes engaged in con-
s,ruction work thcrcabouts, Shot several of
them, drove them away and burnt their K hts.
The negro had made an assault upon the 10
year old daughter of farmer Branson Davis.
On April so, at Morristown, \. ] Harry
Hildebrant, Il white man, married ncgress
by the name Of Clara Nandunk. While the
ceremony was being performed the church
was surrounded by mob and missiles of
every description were hurled at it, and the
bride and groom were stoned when they
came out.
On May /, in Brooklyn, mass meeting
of citizens was held on Carlton avenue to get
rid of the negroes residing in that neighbour
hood and prevent the establishment there Of
Christian Association. The meeting was
successful.
On May 4, the governor Of Indiana re-
ceivetl a letter from Joe Shively, the negro
who whtecappec, stating that he had
been ordered to leave Bloomington within
fifteen days pain of being hanged.
On May 90, Fremont, o., John Dixon,
a negro, was stoned and driven from his
home because he intimate terms with
some negroes charged with murder. Pre-
viously a mob had stormed the Jail and tried
lynch three of the suspected negroes.
On May 81, Manchester, Ind, a
negro wayati old man Martin Kaiser and
his seventeen year old daughter, beat the
father with club and assaulted the girl.
Bloodhounds were secured and mob started
out to lynch the negro.
On May 70, at indianapolis, Lulu Had
ley the Chambernla,d who refused to make
up bed used by Booker Washington, was
chIoroformcd and robbed by negroes.
On May "a, Manchester, Ind, a
negro aussaulted the two little daughters of
George Smith, farmer, and a mob was at
once formed to catch and lynch him.
On May 81, at Cairo, ILL.,, some negroes
were elected from the set aside for white
passengers. They then stoned the car,
smashing the windows and injuring some of
the passengers. AS the train started, shots
were fired, and a negro named William
Crutchtield was killed.
On May 81, at Pittsburg, mob charged
some negro crapshooers, killed one and hor-
ribly mutilatcd another. Several persons
were wounded in the melee.
On June 7, at Bloomington, H., K. II.
Wyatt, negro, was taken from Jail by a
mob of furious men, killed and then burned.
He had murdered the superintendent of the
schools because the latter refused to renew
his certificate as a teacher.
On June 9, at indianapolis, Eugene Bush,
4 negro hotel porter, made insulting propo-
sails a young white girl, was pursued by 4
party of young fellows and shot and killed
by James Anderson, an ex-soldier, of Gin
cinnati.
On June 9, at Indianapolis, George Wild
hack, a senior in the Manual Training High
School, refused his diploma because he had
to sit on the stage at Englishs Opera House
beside negro
On June 9, at Belleville, Charles IL
Thomas, a negro preacher, left town in ODE
dieucc to commands from the white people
lie didn't even wal, to bid his congregation
farewell.
On June 20, at WilminS;onon, Del. George
White, negro, was burned at the stake TO