Outrages By Ku-Klux Klan

Bone, James H., Clerk Of The Circuit Court, Huntsville, Alabama

Publication: Government Office, 1869, Washington, DC

40th Congress. 3d Session. Mrs. Doc. No. 23. 9 1/4" x 6." [1]2pp. Letters addressed to General John B. Callis requesting immediate action be taken for the protection of Union citizens living in Alabama against the Ku-Klux Klan. Mr. James Bone relates two stories .... the first atrocity occurred when the KKK called upon Mr. Biglow by breaking down his door, knocking his wife to the floor and then ransacking the house. Afterward the Klan dragged Mr. Biglow from his house and took him to a grove where they tied a rope around his neck and swung him from the branch of a tree. When Mr. Biglow was drawing one of his last breaths, the Klan released the rope and said to him, "You voted for General Grant, did you; this is the way we intend to treat all Grant men." The Klan swung Mr. Biglow from the branch several times, stating the same thing each time his life was about over, and then they turned him loose warning him to leave the state or next time they would not spare his life. The second story involves Senator Sibley who while staying at a hotel expected that the Ku-Klux Klan intended to call on him and kill him. Fortunately, Sibley was made aware of the Klan's intention and fled. That night, about 50 men armed and in disguise did in fact break into his hotel room looking for the Senator. January 18, 1869, the document was ordered to be printed. Scarce. Light damp-staining. Very good.

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