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remained in the county for some time afterward and went to
the Nation. Sheriff John Cox went after him and brought
him back. He stood trial and was acquitted.
Mr. Bill Etchison who lived on the edge of the cross tim-
bers above Peoria was charged with killing a negro at Waco,
and Beacham, the Sheriff, saw him every day and made no
effort to arrest him. A squad of police from Waco was sent
up here to get him and finding him in Hillsboro started with
him for Waco. Beacham and Bob Purnell went along to help
get him down there. One of the crowd led Mr. Atchison's
horse by the bridle and Bill had his quirt to whip Old Dan
along. Mr. Atchison's brother Dan, went "with the crowd
and after going down the road a mile or so, Mr. Atkinson
reached forward and pulled the bridal off of Old Dan and
gave him a slap on the side of the head and Old Dan-turned
around in the road and started back for Hillsboro, and, as
all were looking up the road and talking, Mr, Atchison
had gone considerable distance before he was discovered.
In a short time we saw Mr. Atchison coming back and a string
half a mile long all scattered out after him, but Old Dan w:s
far in the lead and Mr. Atchison's brother, Dan, was not far
behind him. Old Dan ran up to the Bateman saloon, where
he had been accustomed to stopping, but Dan ran up and
started him out on the Peoria road whipping him every jump
and with the other hand waved a six shooter over his head
holding the crowd back. Mr. Atchison made his escape and
soon arrived safely at home.
E. J. Davis was governor for about four years during those
dark days and our citizens had considerable trouble with his
police force which was principally negroes with a few cary et
baggers, who led the negroes, and put them up to all kinds of
meanness that would terrorize the citizens. To suppress
these the Kuklux arose. These were citizens secretly organ-
ized to prevent the police from doing any harm to our citi-
zens Some of these scouts went to Col. Gathing's house and
frightened the family. They claimed that they wanted to ar-
rest little Jim Gathings and Ed Majoys for killing a negro. As
they had frightened the family badly, the Gathings boys were
very much enraged and went to Esq. A M.Lorance and swore82
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Kirkpatrick, A. Y. The Early Settlers Life in Texas, book, 1963; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth130187/m1/86/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .