Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1909 — GETS BLACK HAND LETTER [ARTICLE]

GETS BLACK HAND LETTER

Farmers Guard Home That Has Been Threatened With Torch. Newcastle, Ind., June 15. —Nathan Payne, a wealthy farmer, has turned over to the federal authorities a Black Hand letter. The letter orders him to place SSOO on the northwest pier of the bridge over Flat Rock creek, near his home, between 10 and 11 o’clock at night. The letter threatens murder and the burning of Payne’s home. Farmers are guarding the house with shotguns.