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94
    
“they borrowed a lantern”
: “Troops Guard Negroes’ Trial at Cumming,”
Atlanta Georgian
, October 3, 1912, home edition, 5.

96
    
“one of the most revolting rape cases”
: “Troops on Guard as Two Rapists Are Convicted,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 4, 1912.

CHAPTER 8: FASTENING THE NOOSE

97
    
“should it be en-route”
: “Troops Guard Negroes’ Trial at Cumming,”
Atlanta Georgian
, October 3, 1912, home edition, 5.

98
    
“enough determined men”
: Ibid.

98
    
“at a safe distance”
: “Troops on Guard,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 4, 1912.

98
    
“Major Catron has 24 men”:
“Troops Guard Negroes’ Trial at Cumming,”
Atlanta Georgian
, October 3, 1912, home edition, 5.

98
    
“a few prominent citizens”
: Ibid.

99
    
$1.2 million
: “Contracts to Let,”
Steam Shovel and Dredge
, 12 (1908), 764.

100
  
“If any one of the six”
: “Bayonets Guard Blacks as Trial at Cumming Begin,”
Atlanta Journal
, October 3, 1912.

100
  
The subpoena list
: Shadburn,
Cottonpatch Chronicles
, Appendix K, 489.

100
  
“Jane Daniel was a complete surprise”
: “Troops on Guard as Rapists Are Convicted,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 4, 1912.

101
  
“she was left for dead”
: Ibid.

102
  
“the negroes satisfied”
: Ibid.

102
  
“from Cumming to hell”
: “Letter to the Editor” by Ansel Strickland,
North Georgian
, November 22, 1912.

103
  
“We the jury”
: Shadburn,
Cottonpatch Chronicles
, 217.

103
  
“the choice tenors of the regiment”
: “Troops on Guard,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 4, 1912.

104
  
“a shade more human-looking”
: Ibid.

104
  
“We the jury”
: Don Shadburn,
Cottonpatch Chronicles
, 217.

105
  “
All things changed at midnight”:
“Troops on Guard,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 4, 1914.

106
  
“It speaks well for the citizens”
: “Governor Is Pleased with Militia,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 6, 1912.

106
  “
I want to thank both officers and men”
: “Troops on Guard,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 4, 1914.

106
  
“worn and bedraggled”
: “Troops Return from Forsyth,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 5, 1912.

106
  
“make a run for it”
: Ibid.

107
  
“the absence of witnesses”
: “Two Negroes to Hang Oct. 25,”
Atlanta Georgian
, October 4, 1912.

CHAPTER 9: WE CONDEMN THIS CONDUCT

108
  “The anti-negro movement”: “Georgia in Terror of Night Riders,”
New York Times
, December 25, 1912.

109
  
“Every so often”
: “Tears Flowed Years After Forced Exodus,”
Gainesville Times
, January 22, 1987.

110
  
“turn back to look for them”
: Ibid.

111
  
“Recently warnings have been sent”
: “Georgia in Terror of Night Riders,”
New York Times
, December 25, 1912.

111
  
“Three wagon loads”
: “Cumming Negroes to Hang Oct. 25th,”
Cherokee Advance
, October 11, 1912.

111
  
“anonymous letters”
: “Gainesville Invaded by Negroes,”
Savannah Tribune
, October 19, 1912.

112
  
“My Dear Gov”
: A. J. Julian to Joseph Mackey Brown, February 22, 1913. Joseph Mackey Brown Papers, MSS41, box 4, folder 3, Atlanta History Center.

113
  “
deplore[d] the action”
: Joseph Mackey Brown to A. J. Julian, February 25, 1913. Joseph Mackey Brown Papers, MSS41, box 4, folder 3, Atlanta History Center.

114
  
“They drove out a cook”
: Royal Freeman Nash, “The Cherokee Fires,”
The Crisis
11.1 (1915), 268.

115
  
“effort on the part of some unknown persons”
: “Resolution Adopted by Mass Meeting of the Citizens of the Town of Cumming at Court House of Forsyth County, Wednesday, October 16, 1912.” Correspondence of Governor Joseph Mackey Brown, Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA.

115
  
“Quite a number of black churches”
: “To His Excellency, Joseph M. Brown, Governor,” letter from Charles L. Harris, October 17, 1912. Correspondence of Governor Joseph Mackey Brown, Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA.

115
  
“We condemn this conduct
”: “Resolution Adopted by Mass Meeting of the Citizens of the Town of Cumming at Court House of Forsyth County, Wednesday, October 16, 1912.” Correspondence of Governor Joseph Mackey Brown, Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA.

116
  
“We pledge ourselves”
: Ibid..

116
  
“investigate these depredations”
: “Ask Aid to End Crime in Forsyth,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 18, 1912.

116
  
“I am in receipt of your letter”
: “Mssrs. C. L. Harris & J. F. Echols,” October 21, 1912, Correspondence of Governor Joseph Mackey Brown, Georgia Archives, Morrow, GA.

117
  
one of the earliest Prohibition
laws: David M. Fahey, “Temperance Movement,”
New Georgia Encyclopedia;
http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/temperance-movement, accessed October 1, 2015.

117
  
Judge Newman’s Northern District court
: Minute Book of the United States Court, Northern District, Judge William T. Newman, 1912–1913. National Archives, Morrow, GA.

119
  
“Old Man Roper”
: Royal Freeman Nash, “The Cherokee Fires,”
The Crisis
11.1 (1915), 266.

119
  
“A gentleman of Forsyth County”
:
Dahlonega Nugge
t, October 18, 1912.

CHAPTER 10: CRUSH THE THING IN ITS INFANCY

120
  
“the influx of negoes”
: “Trouble Brewing in Hill Country,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 14, 1912.

120
  
“a crowd variously estimated”
: “Drove Negroes Off Gaines Building,”
Gainesville Times
, October 16, 1912.

121
  
“a mob of whites appeared”
: “Trouble Brewing in Hill Country,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 14, 1912.

121
  
“Not only has the entire section”
: Ibid.

122
  
“Cursing the negro”
: Ibid.

123
  
“The men alleged”
: “Nightriders Arrested That Shot Up House Near Flowery Branch,”
Gainesville News
, October 16, 1912.

123
  
“Bud Martin”
: Ibid.

124
  
“We don’t need any military”
: “Arrest Is Made in Race Trouble,”
Atlanta Constitution
, January 31, 1921, 9.

124
  
“Horace Smith”
: “Five Men Arrested for Running Negroes Off Gaines Building Last Thursday,”
Gainesville Times
, October 16, 1912.

124
  
“If we could have gotten”
: Royal Freeman Nash, “The Cherokee Fires,”
Crisis
11.1 (1915), 267.

125
  
“When the crackers in Hall County”
: Ibid., 268.

CHAPTER 11: THE SCAFFOLD

126
  
“Now what
is
the law?”
: “Letter to the Editor” by Ansel Strickland,
North Georgian
, November 22, 1912.

126
  
“within one mile”
: Minute Book of the Forsyth County Superior Court, October 4, 1912. Forsyth County Courthouse.

126
  
a “temptation to mob violence”
: “Reform in Legal Hangings,”
Atlanta Constitution
, October 26, 1912.

127
  
When Morris learned
: “Thousands Cheer at Hanging,”
Keowee Courier
, October 30, 1912.

129
  
“The weather was ideal”
:
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Georgia, 1911–1912
(Atlanta: Charles P. Byrd, 1912), Appendix 2, 22.

129
  
“a heap of charred embers”
: “Thousands Cheer at Hanging,”
Keowee Courier
, October 30, 1912.

130
  
the sound of a hammer
: Interview with Don Shadburn, February 24, 2014.

131
  
“the side of the mob”
:
Report of the Adjutant General
, Appendix 2, 20.

131
  
“The ground selected”
: Ibid., Appendix 2, 23.

131
  
“a few relatives of the Sheriff”
: Ibid., Appendix 2, 21.

132
  
“He was boisterous”
: Ibid., Appendix 2, 20–22.