K. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic : $b treating the more important events of the Ku-Klux-Klan movement in the South. With a discussion of the causes which gave rise to it, and the social and political issues emanating from it.Beard, James Melville
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K. K. K. sketches, humorous and didactic : $b treating the more important events of the Ku-Klux-Klan movement in the South. With a discussion of the causes which gave rise to it, and the social and political issues emanating from it.
Beard, James Melville
Ku Klux Klan (19th century)
ART. 6508. [1.] The penal code for the State of Texas shall be
amended as follows, by inserting after Act 363 the following: [363]
_a_ If the purpose of the unlawful assembly be to alarm and frighten
any person, or persons, by appearing in disguise, so that the real
persons so acting and assembling can not be readily known, and by
using language or gestures calculated to produce in such person or
persons the fear of bodily harm, all persons engaged therein shall be
punished by fine not less than one hundred, nor more than one
thousand dollars each; and if such unlawful assembly shall take place
at any time of the night--that is, between sunset and sunrise--the
fine shall be doubled; and if three or more persons are found
together disguised and armed with deadly weapons, the same shall be
_prima facie_ evidence of the guilty purpose of such persons, as
above described; and if any other unlawful assembly, mentioned in
this chapter, consist in whole or in part of persons disguised and
armed with deadly weapons, the fine to be assessed upon each person
so offending shall be double the penalty hereinbefore described.
CHAPTER XV.
TALLY-HO!
The Situation in Georgia--Bullock Usurpation--Some Things which may
be Explained--Negro Criminals--Taking Refuge in the Ocmulgee
Swamps--A Brutal Murder--Ku-Klux Ambushed--A Terrible Oath--Uncle
Jack B.--A Brief Memoir--"Nigger Dogs" in the "Goober State"--Uncle
Jack Interviewed by the Ku-Klux--What came of it--Getting Ready for
the Chase--A Pack of "Negro Dogs" described--In the Swamps--The
Opening Chorus--A Warm Trail--Swimming the
Ocmulgee--Disappointment--The Lull is Past--The Cheering Notes of the
Chase--Blood of the Martyrs! can it be?--A Last Effort--Another Crime
added to the Calendar--A fresh Start--Baffled Again--At Bay--Tragical
Scene.
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