Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1919-12-06

death IN broad daylight. The boy was
bound hand and foot, and stood up by the
creek bridge railing and shot to death. The
verdict Of the NegrOe s death was "dcath Of
gunshot wounds at the hands Of parties I'M
known to the jury" 1t was not a very
serious charge against this Negro who was
lynched. Certainly womanhood was not
involved.
Here is another case: The four Johnston
brothers were OutrageOusly murdered near
Elaine Arkansas. The four brothers, one
of whom. DR.. l.. II. Johnston, of COweta,
oklahoma who was there visiting his other
brothers, had been hunting' and was peace
fully returning home with their game when
they were intercepted by white man, sup
posed to be a friend of the Johnston boys,
and told that a race riot was in progress in
Elaine and advised them not to 90 in that
direction, but to return to a point below
Elaine, leave their guns to avoid suspicion
and take the train for Helena. After con-
siderable persuasion the part OF their
supposed white friend, the Johnstons fol-
lowed his advice trying to avoid trouble
that they knew nothing Of When the train
on which they were riding en- route to
Helena reached Elaine their good white
'friend' led mob aboard the Jim Crow
coach and with guns drawn commanded the
Johnston boys to throy up their hands, ac-
cording to eye witnesses, and in a few Sec
ons had handcuffed three of the boys, evil
IDENTIFY not recognizing DR.. Il. H. Johnston
as one of the brothers, and were marching
them out of the train when DR.. Johnston
spoke to the men, saying: "Gentlemen,
these men are my brothers, and I want to
know why you are taking them from the
train.' In reply one of the men said: eff
you re their brother you'd better come
along with them" TO this DR.. Johnston
retorted: ''Well, | will certainly CO." where
upon he was also handcuffed and the four
forced at the point Of guns to get into a
waiting auto and hurriedly driven off. That
night about II o'clock the bodies of the
four brothers. riddled with bullets and mu-
tiated with knives or other sharp instru-
ments were found by the roadside. They
had been murdered in cold blood!
The perpetrators of this grewsome crime
then issued a statement to the effect that
one of the Johnstons took gun from
deputy sheriff and killed him, causing the
posse to fire on the four brothers, killing all
OF them instantly.
Now to add to this awful crime the moth
er who was at that time in Arkansas, went
to claim the bodies of her four murdered
sons. but she had to pay a ransom for the
bodies of her sons before she could get
them. She paid the price, however. and fol-
lowed the remains to their last resting place
in Little Rock.
One of the boys. Leroy, had seen two
years service in the war for democracy
while serving as buger for the 18th New
York regiment.
DR.. Elihue, the dentist was very sue
cessful man and owned nearly half of his
home town All of the Johnstons were high
w respected wherever they were known.
There is no rape here or any insult to
wOmanhOOd.
For our part. we would not cover the crime
of rapst with the end of needle. We
would expose him, we would turn him over
to the law, we would help to run him down.
But we solemnly protest against blackmail-
inc an entire race for the crime of a few
brutes who are to be found in the rank and
file. not only of the Negro race but every