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Show HONKSTIAVSFIUENDS The Details of a 8ociety in Georgia Which Ostensibly Protected While It Rlly j MURDERED, KILLED. ROBBED And Treyed Upon the Ccmroanity Th DvUiis of the Arrest f the Gtag. Jam i.S, (ia., May II. .l Ih convictions convic-tions in the Ibiiiou Pi. ken lucrndtarr i!-.e continue excitement runs high la j this se-t ion. Then' I liilenn" fiHlin(r la 1 the matter. Men w ho a year sfr tm put down as M.iuJt ami rrperUbl ar 1 iM'ing sent in thu pi 11 ile in Ury for lift. There ha. Ihtii mi. .nrrcl a band f outlaw, organi. il for arwm, nd de-j Iruction, and lis member r found In l pcrii, w ho not ix month ajfo, joyed the un.iH'linn.'i rontldrneo nf I lie prople aiiiung whom thrv lisl. The band regiibirty forrued trr-ritile trr-ritile nalh binding tneh and evi'rv nn to obey the iniiiitiiilon and hv la4 that had been wtittrn out and adopt!, and a iligiil-e h.nl Utn deriibil upon ut him k as nlghl and mi hiditiiu tu cany ilUnmv whereer II u mn. The inciiitM-r of the gutig rr hunted down, and thrv urr now on trial, .ludfe IhiImt i presiding I n-day n-day John Forrester wao eontteliM and' selileiiced to thn i 'nllentiarv for llf. The next day J.niwn Ijinmlown it con letril. Seabiim l.anwluwn will plead guilty to the tiidiclmnnt. Thn rims will U- taken up and puhtd through nit rapidly a piMihle. Tkorn ' are wveiitccn priumrni In all. Ilundidi of men and women throng th court room ami low n. "The Honest Man' KricmU and Protectors" Pro-tectors" was Ihn aatna of the orgnn. Ii.ui, .Ink LnndsdoMn a captain, David Wheeler Hrt lieutenant. t,ren Kii libi second lieutenant, and Joe Klrh-aril Klrh-aril leen-tary and treasurer.'" lUeh' iiiemlH'r ore in protect rach other In putting dowu rrporttiiK on mminhln-i mminhln-i r. to Im true to each other and hrl each other out of trouble. Thi orjfin-Uatiou orjfin-Uatiou would try ami put In death , trail. us In Its rnk, that thry woiilA alwaya do justice, and would forever for-ever keep the act-ret of thu rlan. Memliera were to lie whipped and Hne when Hot n'ilidin(f In Hie rail of thn raplaln. Attached to thu ronatlttilion apiean'il tho ualue of Iwenty-ativm t law abiding citixena of Pli keua the , very men marked hy the couaptratora for puiiUliiiirnt. Oppoita each naino " a that of an outiaw. For ImUoi'e, lust on the mil wa thn Uiuii" of Nulxiit lanlford, "rir'n,',uied by Jack La down," appeartd opponiia. Idlord hoiue wa .burned Decatuhor 13, tfW. So went thii list. The bnrrdng allti'lrd tu caused great Indignation. The family knew It wa Incendiary, The night of Deeeinlier It wa Idtierlr cold.. A the family wei learla fbfr J burning huina the Jeen of men imi kinir " the mini, aomuii and children In their' tlUtrcsa were heanl frnin th darkneM , of the wood. Away down lha tnoiin-lalu tnoiin-lalu aide wa heard thn devlllth nit-r-' ing laugh of the destroyer uf home ami ' happinc. ThU raiix d Indignation ' and horror, which wen) Inleinillml tn fever hrnt when, on Ileeemlier 31, thn Imino of Mike hlone, thn predict! In all ' Jasper, wadetrnyd by the liii-eqrliary torch. Otllcer went to work to hunldnatt thn iin einliiii le. John lnlnwn ami John Forrester wre arroteit and htilml. Reward were offered by the guvrnir. Shortly afterwnrd a band of men. In the dead of night. III thn hwnr of thn Jailer, released them and two other primmer, breaking In Ihe .til with ae and bar. Ou leaving thn lad they were confronted by sheriff Johnson ' little mm, They fin d ition him, miaa- -Ing him, hut burning bis fncu with powder. pow-der. Then llm heriff, with tht aid tif hiew d deteelie, Urtid afrt'nh 011 thn trail. Pal-Ion Pal-Ion Mill wa arreted. Ha told on lien. Coffee, and Colfim wa impriaoited. Coffee turned slate' eriib-iu-e, ln! ta otllrer to tlio gang rnideoou and handed ou r their bgiil' and rotinli-tutiou rotinli-tutiou and by law, logethrr will; the name of the hole hand, and eoofewd that thn gang did the burning, Tbi . brought matter lo a rrti. 1 Urn arrrst of the principal partie billowed, and llmlr trial ar now in progre. Here 1 how aiiaiiifinn rented on the leader, hi arret following; and the gang com-jii'4? com-jii'4? lo grief. Jim Wlgijiiilon. a hille of lh peace, wa arrested when Lanwlown wa 8rt arretted, lie had a couimltmrut trial and wa released. He aid he had been ' aked to join a secret organisation. Ih purpose f which w lo protect Idork-nder. Idork-nder. lie ba disappeared. No know where he is. lie aid if they batl learned tin hiul told, the band wottlti kill him. Wiggiiigton g:i the information infor-mation that letlto Milh' urrrl, l,Vf fetj'a arret followed Delectiva Hoo ib 1011. the "Old Slfiith'' f lh moan-lain moan-lain il id llm work of bringing Ittrnt lo jiitice, and ha wihe lull rredil gireii in Mr. Wil!i.ini looly and Mr, Mike hlone. lwo young; dete-tie, who1 aided him with ignl ability and unl.r- ' ing en fgy in mnoing down the Iwmsf-burner. Iwmsf-burner. 'J he prima objWt of the inwuiitMnrr wa lo drun from the i-onnlry all pft-x,n pft-x,n who iiiterfi-n-d in anr way with the manufacture of and trartie In block-ade block-ade hiky. and thi-v made up their mind nt to lteital to bnrn or ruunlrr lo carry out their purjiow? ilirrt'U II. Jotie, Eli Fiehl. Toni Field and Torn Peiidiey are bow on trial. Tin? hunched and are now Ixringf tried together. |