Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1908 — LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS

Way the Tennessee Authorities Are Moving Against the Night Riders. SIXTY-ONE PRISONEr.B TAKEN Woman Promises to Tell AH She Knows About One of Them. Masked Riders Doing Outlaw Htunta at Obion. Tenn.—Trenton la Also Threatened with —~ • •Hades.”

Camp Nemo, Reelfoot Lake, Tenn., Oct 27.—Fourteen more prisoners have been brought into camp in connection with recent night rider outrages in this section. This makes a total of'sixtyone prisoners now in custody here. Three mounted scouting parties out, and two of them have returned. The third will not i»e back before tonight. As an Illustration of the temper of the people an incident which Occurred when one of the prisoners now in camp was taken, is interesting.

The prisoner's wife came to the gate as the party headed by Captain Rogan passed and said: “Thank God! the time has come jvl.en I can tell what I kno»w. You’ve got a man there,” she Mid, pointing to the wagon load of prisoners, "who is one of the ring leaders; he came to my house and held a pistol on me and I’m going to tell what I knowj’ She has been, or will be. summoned before the grand jury and will have the opportunity of telling "what she knows to the right body. Mysterious Masked Riders. Obion. Tenn., Oct 27.—Masked riders made their appearance at two points within three miles of Obion in broad daylight Obion Is fifteen miles from the soldiers’ camp. Early in the day a roughly dressed white man, wearing a mask, appeared at the home of’ George Beard on the L. A. Ward farm, and demanded breakfast of Mrs, Beard. Being Informed that no food was prepared he ordered Mrs. Beard to cook breakfast and call him from tbe road nearby when it was ready. Roads Seem To Be Guarded. Mrs. Beard complied. The intruder ordered Mrs. Beard to enter another room while he ate. in order to remove Ids mask without giving a view of bis features. Two hours later, while Will Brown, of Obion, was driving at a point about three miles from the Beard borne, lie was confronted suddenly by a masked man who stepped from the bushes and ordered him to halt. “What is your name, where have you been, where are you going, wirat is your business?” demanded tbe night rider. Receiving apparently satisfactory replies the man ordered Brown to proceed. Threatened, with Profanity. Union City, Tenn., Oct. 27.—Dr. T. J. Happel, of Trenton, who Is here, says an unsigned letter was found on the stairs to his office which contained many threats against Trenton. The letter was full of profanity, and declared it was proposed to give Trenton “hell," and to make way with the men and women, whites ami negroes. The letter said the town would be visited the last of the month, and that the people would soon be “drinking water Id hell.” On the back was the picture of a horse and rider. Grand Jury la at Work. Union City, Tenn., Oct. 27.—Govern or Patterson has arrived here bringing several attorneys from Nashville with him to assist in bringing to justice the murderers of Captain Rankin. The circuit court is to extra session and the grand jury impaneled, instructed, and gone to work on the investigation.

MALCOLM B. PATTERSON.