New-York tribune., 1908-12-23
WITNESS FEARS DEATH
NIGHT RIDER INFLUENCE
Woman Refuses to Ledre Court
UrithOut Protection.

IT. - No. 2o-Uhen Mrs Emma
! Jackson one Of the state witnesses III -. +55z
Riders trial. excused from - 'n7 -
| afternoon she turned to Judge Jones anu -
7 will not leave the courtroom "''io1
| protection know these men -, --5si+s
| Mrs Jackson told a vivid story o. -.-.-.. +ez-
! y, the riders corroborated Fred rellIll's ~ -d
.i-,,,,- IN many details did other "l''ieS
| t.+ts.z nv name at least twenty seven u =,
- +r,a band She vas followed on the stand Os -
daughter Miss Dora Jackson an
- I'll r-bo corrobo-sted her mother ,,
- rse+ vi-ness of the day was WIN 49,.
-, ,11a-e5 Night Rider. who has turned So
atdarce F7nssen came to Union .i'E -
Rankin killing and made conie-7,- So sfzs his
trembling with fear. and coula 50 l--..1 r,sd
-. ,Lo--a q whisper. The Attorney tIen-i a -.
- -. If his answers that the JlrF M
80 49,. RUSSELL is under constant SIal -,
.a7-s ba fears that ne viii be klieh III p,I +Le
nrscautionz Russers story was .L-o5o-s+sd
same as that told bE Fehringer' anu
& ~, every essential detail -. +ods-
-, -,rt=o7ers were brought into CoU-' -
ra1dcr,red in pairs with deIai - L.I+e7 A.
,,r Zach psfr The soldiers. WIN Iil77' ,+Y,
49,, ,r+rooro door and other soldiers arIlsl ne -,
-evolvers. the prisoners at
escorted them 10 the har- Il raz the
Trdga shaw was the first witness ne -
,ro,rfe+or Of a store near Reelfoot Las
.zaz forced them 70 give them oil 70 pour ol
'Ii7 -. ,-ra1 +rav we're burned. and later
,o5 ,,t~7 when he tried before the grand
jury. 80 ..%fo+re- F4ub-
shaw said the Night Riders wore !. Mo-.t- -
- rIacl. masks and tried 70 disguise 'neil
oaro anu - IN false tones When shaw was
-,4 re,ore rne grand jury he tried 70 sLp
TT, cha town At night. The rloeIs IaNei,1
threatened 70 kill him Finally theS ga, - -
- or s1f+cning or hanging he toid lleIh "
20. NOT anxious to indorse either. out tnat Il He
- -, r,,o1,a choice he would prefer the whipping
o+ - After the riders shipped him they
told him 70 run
-e-0 Cd II
ness ,.-.
Martin Leonard. another farmer near Reelfoot
lake was visited by the riders and ordered 10
move within five DAYS, under penalty OF oelns
,zs5 asked II he moved. he casually observed
-. r. -,as sriu alive but his home was burned
TI++rass after witness told OF vistations BY the
E7{dArz and there was no identification ana no el-
t[r+ made 10 connect the Riders with the murder
~ Can+afn Rankin - his murdersrs one witness
~ eorar1 when asked how many there we're IN
the hand which visited her. said
,ho,,+ two hundred. reckon The woods were
full of EN- -. 49,, ,
81. +error maintained the Reelfoot district oy
the Riders and to prove that the murder OF zap
tain Rankin only an instance OF d slsa1l4-
conspiracy. . - tts /
-. Il is Harvey. He was taken OUT ana
whipped He did not know what ne was "Ilppe.
-i+L r,,+ said il felt powerful Ike d pleCe u
,.o+La- He said that the day the soloierS al
- Johnson one Cf the eight defendants,
I'd
5-o,-a With him to Camp Memo As they PASS
,..+ra cottage woman saw the prisoner tl[e
- .rr,e and screamed: Now, thank Ioo-
= = - --f,a+ 7 know She was take under sudIu
- I-fon city for her own protection Inc woman
- = NJ Anna Jackson, Who was called 70 lHe
stand this afternoon - s,--s5
So ., - rbe riders came 70 her home and forced
= -. 5rass and accompany them to her talLer :
-, rar husband and daughter Lhey orae.eu
- 80 XIII some dogs she owned and oulneu NV-
-. ho7,se She identified Garrett Johnson d
&c. a. The riders came back Two nights are
- 5aria-ed and forced her TO 80 TO her Ia,LleI
-. cr,d and said there had been some lalAi"e
- -7nev whipped her father and tnen ner -'7'ei-
-. ,a,-d her sisters appeal foF help ana oesa"
-oa-, vrbereupou they threatened 70 WHIP heF-
- -.t5 she again recognized Giarret Johnson ana
several others -
+r,-5 time they called 70 force her to get rid .
- - sisters little child because the latter had .
--.4rs5 with another neighnors child They t.
- ,f-z Jackson that II they had 10 come again .
- you'd whip her fourth time they came 20
.ri, her father because he testified before the .
~an5 il-y on the last visit Garret Johnson. sad .
t1s witness asked her II she had talked She re
n1ssd No. Mr. johnson. have not
II YOU we're man" Johnson retorted. I'd
hIow YOUR brains out We viii hang YOU Il YOU
talk"