Arizona republican., 1919-10-07

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 Many Forms of Extortion
 Another form of extortion was to sell shares of $l0 each to the negroes in a proposed building to be erected by the union at Winchester. Hill had so planned his campaign that any negro possessing from 50 cents to $50 was given an opportunity to invest in some- thing connected with the union.
 He then advised the members that the general attorney of the union in Little Rock, would, for an additional consideration, represent all of the ne groes in their settlement with landlords during the ginning season. He went to several of the meetings with typewrit- ten powers of attorney which he had signed by the negroes collecting amount from $25 to $50 and pledging payment of the balance of $50 each with the crop as security.
 He further told the negroes that the plan of Secretary Lane to provide homesteads for the soldiers had been carried out where the white soldiers were concerned. but the negroes had been refused participation in it. We found where negro soldiers at Elaine had sold their discharge papers for SIluS diiS ilR iIOIH 9JV lO SIUV Ou AlC theory that such discharge entitled the holder to 40 acres of government land He produced government maps of state lands in the Elaine country, which he said could be bought for s200. This amount was raised and paid him. The land was all described and certain ne- groes had designed which parts of the various farm Gall in eultivation) they desired to take over for themselves after the white people had been driven off.
 Every Man Has Part
 He urged all lodges to decide upon a plan of campaign when the day came to strike and designated the part to be played by every man. He told them that the government was erecting at Winchester three huge storehouses, where arms, ammunition and trained soldiers would be ready for instant use. On Wednesday morning after the first fight at Hoop Spur, the negroes crossed the track and lay in the woods all day waiting for Hills army to ma | terialize. They were within easy range of automobiles going to and from Hoop Spur all day and could easily have fired into them, but they wished to wait for Hills army in order to clean up in one full swoop.
 The fight at Hoop Spur was un- premeditated as far as the negroes were concerned, as they were organ izing their forces Wednesday morn 1 ing to attack and capture Elaine, but when runners informed the leaders that white men were entering the woods at Hoop Spur they decided to go up and wipe out the gang before entering upon the more serious task of capturing Elaine. They underesti- ,mated the size of the force from Hel- [ ena and the battle resulted.
 | Every negro who joined these lodges was given to understand that ulti- mately he would be called upon to kill white people. Unquestionably, the time for attack had been set, but plans had not been entirely perfected and the shooting of the officers brought on the insurrection ahead of schedule.
 Another scheme used by Hill to ob. tain money was to appoint leading ne- groes or several of them in each lodge as private and foreign detectives, fur. nishing them with large nickel plated stars and a pair of nickel plated hand 1 cuffs for which they paid him s5' | ea .si-