Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-12-23
WOMENTELLOF
NIGHT RIDER
OUTRAGES
HOMES BURNED BY
LAWLESS MARAUDERS
Neither Age Nor Sex Respected
by Brutes Who Created Reign
of Terror in the Mountains
of Tennessee,

IBy Morning Journal sDeeIai Leased Wirel
Union city. Tenn, Dec. 22.--Wher
Mrs Emma Jackson. one or the state,
witnesses, this afternoon, in the night
riders trial was excused from the
stand, she turned to Judge Jones and
said: Il will not leave the court room
without armed protection know
these men"
Mrs. Jackson told a vivid story of
several visits of the night riders, cor
roborating Fred Fehringers testimony
in many details, as did other witnesses,
ana identified by name at least TWEEN
ty-fiVe members Of the band She
was followed on the stand by her
daughter, Miss Dora Jackson. eigh-
teen years old, who corroporated her
mother.
The last witness Of the day was viii
Russell, an alleged night rider. who
has turned states evidence Russell
came to Union City after the Rankin
killing and made a confession. He
was trembling with fear and could
hardly raise his voice above a Whis-
per.
Russell is under constant guard, but
believes he will be killed in spite OF
these precautions.
In the night rider cases the prison
ers We're brought into court today
handcuffed in pairs, with detail of
two soldiers for each pair The sol
diers, with rifles, halted at the court
room door and other soldiers armed
with revolvers, met the prisoners at
the threshold and escorted them to
the bar.
j. G.. Shaw was the first witness.
He was the proprietor of a store near
Reelfoot lake. The riders forced him
to give them oil to pour on the fish
docks when they were burned, and
later whipped him when he tried to
go before the grand jury. Shaw said
the mig. riders wore mother hub
bards and black masks and tried to
disguise their voices by talking in fal-
setto tones. When Shaw was sum
moned by the grand jury he tried to
slip into town at night. The riders
caught him and threatened to XII him. |
Finally they gave him his choice of a
switching or hanging. He told them
he was not anxious to endorse either
but if he had to make a choice he
would prefer the whipping. He got it, |
After the riders whipped him they told |
him to run.
Did you rum" inquired the court |
You Oughter have seen me-" re- |
torted the witness.
Martin Leonard, another farmer |
near Reelfoot lake was visited by the |
riders and given five days to move, |
under penalty of being hanged
Asked if he moved, he casually OBJ |
served that he was still alive but his
home was burned.
Witness after witness told of visi-
tatiOns by the riders, but there was no |
Identification, and no effort made to
connect the riders with Captain Ran
kin or his murderers A Mrs. Leon |
ard was asked how many riders there
were in the gang that visited her.
About 200, | reckon. The woods
were full of them" she replied.
The purpose of the state is to show
the reign of terror in the ReelfOot
district inaugurated by the riders, and
to prove that the murder of Captain
Rankin was only an instance of a
gigantic conspiracy.
Confederation of Fehringer's con
fession, detail by detail, raid by raid,
continued today old Man Pagan
cleared up the mystery Of his name.
1t is Harvey. He was taken out and |
whipped. He did not know what he
was whipped with, but it felt power
fu like a piece of leather" The day
the soldiers arrived, Garrett Johnson,
one of the eight defendants, drove
with him to Camp Memo. As they
passed a little cottage a woman saw
the prisoner, threw up her arms and
screamed, Now, thank God. ! can tell
what l know"
She was taken under guard to Union
city for her own protection. The
woman was Mrs. Anna Jackson, and
she was called to the stand this after
noon. The riders came to her home,
forced her to dress and accompany
them to her fathers, with her hus-
band aud daughter They ordered her
10 kill some dogs she owned, and
burned her fathers house. She iden-
titled Garrett Johnson as the leader.
The riders came back two nights lat
ct, forced her to go to her fathers
half clad and said there had been
some talking done They whipped her q
father and then her sister. she heard
her sisters appeal for help and began d
TO scream, whereupon they threatened
TO whip her. Again she recognized
Garrett Johnson and several others. A
third time they called 20 force her TO
get rid of her sisters little child, be-
cause the latter had quarreled with
another neighbor's child. They told
Mrs. Jackson that if they had to come
again they would whip her. A fourth
time they came to whip her father be-
cause he testified before the grand
Jury on the last visit Garrett john 4
son asked Mrs. Jackson if she had
talked. She replied:
NO. Mr.. johnson. / have not
If you were man" Johnson re- v
orted II would blow your brains p
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