Show ANARCHY IN ILLINOIS outrages upon men and women the tho son of a baptist minister at the head ol 01 the gand a august 24 1875 neither the Williams williamson bu llor nor the franklin aff affair air has any nuy political significance the former being as my dispatch showed a ily affair the latter jatter half roi romantic nantie wholly brutal and lawless but not part izan iri iii fla fia t the hi JI enderson were loyal refuge refuel eafrom Tennes Tenne tsi sst see sea det during the waland war and of the ku klux were feti fell federal eral exal sol diers diera political partie parties sare are tat present pretty evenly divided in creg cleg egypt agypt an and d there is no pretence predence pre tence vence in any quarter th atthe troubles were incited for political reasons U avas had bad blood in choc oho case ase inherent cussedness Y in tife the bother mother the wonder is noi not inot that warring families should kill one onh alad niad another their or orl ori even evan that masked gad about ol 01 0 niah nights ts but that in sucha state as ds Illi illinois illinois illinoi noi nol s should have flourished for such a length f time without the punish enam 0 a single felon for some unaccountable reas reason i on isaac vanoil an old farmer on the border of jackson county incurred the di pleasure displeasure of some of the pal pax ties i uhe the county of NV Illiamson they visited his house one ohe night put him on horseback and subsequently hung him to a tree this performance seemed to have suggested to some bold and arid lawless fellows the idea of forming a secret organization on the ku hu klux klue plan they perfected their company and wore were seen bocc occasionally asio nully nally of nights mounted on horses disguised with drapery their uniform leing keing grotesque and ghastly their bodies were covered with jong xong cot coor ton mass basks worn over their ord ora ordinary I 1 dress their faces were bild blid hidden dien behind white masks fantastically daubed with black blaek at the a openings for eyes and mouth mout hand and thein their heads were surmounted by ey long peaked hats also 0 of white cloth like liko the apparitions aparicio tio seen by maebeth macbeth on the heath of forres they would ouid appear suddenly and as its qu quick quickly jy vanish into thin air alf frequently their excursions amounted to nath 1 egand were undertaken seemingly for the mere pleasure of terrorizing honest folk but they became an absolute power people feared neared them and it was only necessary that they should make their commands known to have them implicitly obeyed occasionally they would assume to ba be champions bf the law and warn some delinquent to settle hla hia taxes and pay his debts or incur their displeasure but stich such illegal service in aid of bf law would be offset ly by the ravishing of a girl gir the plundering of a farm house the wounding or killing hilling of a man they had little force their symbolically conveyed ordinarily received compliance there were exceptions as in the case of henry carter a farmer r who being visited by a hortien portion of the juab gab fought them off as also in the tho case ease of bill dungee another farmer who suspected the authar of ahe the warning to toh bhim imand and boldi boldly trounced him within an inch of hia his MO life after enduring this terrorism for two years the people were led ria by a series of recent outrages to rise rime and crush this devilish band bandy and the story of their triumph is well worthy the narration the outlaws commenced a series of men thrashings thrash ings and w women omen ravish ings that were appalling people told one another of the ter fer terrible scenes with bated breath but made no move at retaliation ic they w were era fearful for thel the irown rown lives finally t two wo respectable nud mud nd courageous men john H nugan mogan and J B maddox werd were warned that they would speedily ba be visited they de termed to resist and the result was the battle bf maddox larie Jarie Df which I 1 have telegraphed you sod v M 4 they appeared hideously att attired ired as was their custom ahu ahn advanced conti conil confidently dently dentis down tho the lano lane to tot 8 ward the house e they werm fifteen in number a portion only bf t tha band and armed aiho awash buckless bucklers buc klers botho to tho teeth they had almost reached the hou house seand and aud were movin fear when the flie sheriff a halt and demanded a surrender the ku iru surprised came to a halt hait pr tle horses doli ou blod blud and und the pa party ty was thrown into lato confusion A second demaud demand V aa tua tta fihe rimma party parly never fining firing a but etwas it was men met with an oath and aud a bullet there thereupon upon flanigan a 96 lav lawyer of ben benton ton one of the sh sheriff posse fired and a ku IKu Klux tumbled from his hia saddle the then bec became aune atae general the ku ICU klux betre retreating abing th through rough the lane jane receiving a as they went the nire fire ot of the abe ambuscade nm bus cade eade fearing that there wasa was wag a larger party in the rear the decided not to pursue immediately but to guard maddows s house until morning the wounded man who had bad fallen into the clutches of the law was iu 10 the full costume of his and received the kindest attentions tensions tent ions lons from the family he was about to outrage he proved to be a young toung man Duckworth by name well known jn ju the county he exhibited the deepest remorse saying to one of the gentlemen who accompanied compa nied the tho sheriff ohl for gods sake pray for me for I 1 will wil die aie forgive me if I 1 live I 1 will n ever never doso boso do 30 again he was removed to Benton Denton placed ID in a room rodra of the hotel and is now n the fair road to recovery and the penitentiary duckworth claims that hat he had belonged to the order but a short time he said that besu who was subsequently cap aured hureu was the leader of the attack attach on maddona Mad doxa house ho knew the grips and signs of the order and sal sai said sald that betrayal of them is certain death in the pursuit which followed shortly after daylight aaron xeal steal was captured at his house also aiso green cantrell Cantre IJ who was full of bucks buckshot hot bot real beal is a man of family ill a baptist ministers son eon ostensibly a farmer sorn sora something ething of a lawser lawyer and generally a bad man mah though he positively denies that he lie wag was engaged in the affair of the lane yo young ung duckworth to the contrary the county is aroused at last as if it from a nightmare eor fer the first time in tw two 0 years the people dare to speak out they ther have organized a militia company corn composed posed of the best men inthe in the county and the fhe they hey wa will ili lii abert assert the supremacy of the law over every for form m of villainy meu new york verald herald 0 captain webbs lV ebbs feal across the british channel manne from dover doder to calais 25 miles in 22 29 hours and 43 minutes I 1 is neeru accounted anted the greatest physical feat yeat of this generation mrs mary yVaughn Mar vughn of williamson county Tenne tennee sey sei gave gadea a looth lodth birthday party lately she is a right jert per old jady lady and headed hedded a procession roc eslon of descendants ila iia in mp marching arching to the grove where they took dinner one half these people who go got around howling about tho the modesty of the present finback style of dress wi williep will I 1 estep tep into an art gallery dallery ands land for hours and hours gazing at the tho greek slave siave and not bay say a awold wo i d |