Lawlessness in Kentucky and Ku Klux Terror
A Cincinnati Commercial correspondent describes the crisis in Kentucky, detailing close ties between lawbreakers and officials, Ku Klux violence in Owen, Garrard, and Breathitt counties, militia actions, and the rise of negrophobia shaping public order. The piece critiques partisan sympathy, calls for equal enforcement of laws, and warns of racial violence fueling disorder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrard
Breathitt County
Fonda
Cincinnati Commercial
Kentucky
Stevenson
Boyle
Marion
Washington
Meresr
Ku-Klux
Rowseys
Knob
Casey
Kuy-Klux
Bluie Kennett
Rowsey
Law and Order
Owen County
Stevenson Alliir
Walters
Russell
Smoots
Havine
Owen
Franklin
Trenry
Melford
Smoot Party
Owenton
Sant
Joun
Ifn Kix
County of Ears
Hiw
Walkier
Ku Klux Posse
Garyearner
Saici
Llelt
Louisville
Avzeger
Jans Yn
Perry
Leslie
Walker and Russell
Posse
Kuklix
Smoot
Rowsey-Kennett
Marshal Murray
Walkers
Russells
Garrard County
Kennedy
How the Boys Amuse Themselves A New Way of Calling Down Republicans
A Chicago Inter Ocean correspondent reports from Little Rock Arkansas about White Leaguers attacking a poor widowed colored family in Tennessee township. The widow’s son George was shot and killed while fleeing. Holmes disappeared and is presumed dead. In Johnson County three colored men were seized on trumped up charges of petty larceny and jailed in Clarksville without trial as White Leaguers terrorize the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Lancaster
Kennedy
Sellers
Nicholasville
Garrard County
Breathitt County
Owen
Garrard
Breathitt
Randall
Jon
Badklood
Carnevices
Courier-Journal
South
Tocsin
Lato
Chicago Inter- Ocean
Little Rock
Arkansas
Tennessee
Martin Burke
George
Holmes
Johnson County
Reading
Clarksville
Outrage in County Leaves Negroes Mutilated After Whippings
A city marshal and Baxter editor helped abduct enslaved men, dragging them into woods ten miles away where they received 600 lashes with a knotted rope. Victims were left to die, found the next day in a pitiable state. A Union supporter cites fear and calls for federal action to halt the brutal sect. No arrests reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baxter Organ
Clarksville
Congress
Terrorism at the South editorial debate on race and justice
The editorial denounces Southern violence against Black people as barbaric and demands federal action. It recalls Lincoln’s emancipation, condemns northern complicity, and urges the President to restore order, warning against a shift in national politics and the rise of a white supremacist stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Inter-Ocean
South
Modocs
Newpaper
Alabama
Tenmssee
Louisiana
Abraham Lincoln
General Grant
Congress
War of Races Debates and Southern Violence Looms
The piece discusses reports of racial strife in the South, noting corrective coverage by the Courier-Journal and Missouri Republican. It warns of growing hostility between whites and blacks and between Democrats and Republicans, urging lawful action, caution against federal overreach, and highlighting the need for Republican strength to curb Reconstruction era abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Dixie
Courier-Journal
Missouri Republican
Somerville
Tennessee
Austin
Miss
Augusta
South
Republican Party
Chicago Journal
Congress
United States
Patterson
South Carolina
Uke
Party of Freedom and Loyalty
White League
Land
Treasuries
The Lost Cause
Helena Arkansas correspondent laments Northern sympathy for a mob killing of a black man. He argues Southern sentiment has hardened, cites Republican power and press as obstacles to a revived Confederacy, and calls for stronger white supremacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Arkansas
Cracking Down on Ku Kluxism Blamed on Northern Democrats
A Louisville Commercial argument accuses Northern Democratic politicians of fueling Ku Klux violence in the South. It claims northern figures collaborate with Southern mobsters to influence elections, urging voters to punish the Democratic machine to restore law and order and end Ku Klux support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Julia Hayden
Tennessee
Louisiana
North
Congress
South
Ohio
Indiana
New York
Nevada
Alabama
The Tennessee Butchery Controversy in Gibson County
The Cincinnati paper rebuts a Tennessee account of the Gibson county jail massacre, challenging claims of a radical plot and questioning the alleged conspiracy. It argues masked killers would not risk public exposure and condemns the massacre while noting limited local condemnation.
Law and mob violence threaten Southern order says governor
The governor calls for arrests in a bloody eight month murder spree and warns lawbreakers that punishment will follow. He rejects claims authorities are powerless and argues public will must back enforcement of the law against attackers of any race or political view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
H. V. RB
Tennessee
Amirs
South
Tennessee murders spark federal interference fear
A Cincinnati editorial from a Tennessee correspondent reports thirty nine murders in Rutherford, Sumner, and Gibson counties over eight months. It condemns lax justice, notes victims largely black, cites violence against whites as possible reaction, and urges swift state action to avoid federal intervention and martial law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Cincinnati Commercial
Rutherford
Sumner
Gibson
Trenton
Union
United States
Cain
Gibson Counties
Dastardly Murder Shocks Caddo Parish Community
Reports from Keachi recount the murder of Squire Headrick after a Logansport party meeting. Headrick, longtime De Soto parish resident, was killed following inflammatory speeches by white party members from Texas and De Soto Parish. Dr. Custer escaped. Headrick’s body was found after a long night search and the inquest verdict remained unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southurrstern
Keachi
Squire Headrick
de Soto Parish
Logansport
Black List Urges Names Of White Men Supporting Negro Party
A Franklin Enterprise item calls for a Black List of white men who side with African Americans in the political contest. It urges inscribing names in a permanent record to mark them as infamous and to ostracize descendants for four generations. The piece proposes opening the list for St Mary and names a father and son as initial exemplars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin (Law
Bkeet
St. Mary
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Tennessee Butchery
Gibson County
Democracy
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