Author: Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780666135292
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Excerpt from Major General Meade's Report on the Ashburn Murder Sir z - L ist night, between the hours ofoue and two o'clock, Mr. G. W. Ashburn, a delegate to the late Convention from this coun ty, was brutally murdered in his own room by a party of persons disguised in masks, and with blackened faces. From the evidence of the other occupants of the house - negro women - the party is estimated to have been from thirty to fifty in number, and to have been generally well dressed. A coroner's inquest to-day failed to elicit any evidence upon which any arrest could be made. As Mr. Ashburn was the political leader of the colored people here, great excitement has prevailed among them, and I had feared a collision with the whites; but up to this evening everything has passed ofi' quietly. I am co-operating with the municipal authorities in measures to prevent any outrages being committed, and h0pe that everything will pass off quietly. The respectable portion of the community condemn this terrible outrage; but I regret to have to say that from all the evidence and information we can obtain, there is no doubt that the party who made this attack on Mr. Ashburn's lodgings, from their dress, belong to the better class of citizens. If anything of consequence should occur, I will advise you by tele graph. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.