ed 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.

As the K. K. K. influence was not felt in the politics of the south-west
after the events which we have narrated, and the scope of this work
forbids our entering into such details as comprised the Chicot county
affair in Arkansas, and the Vicksburg (Miss.) _emeute_, which was
unquestionably due in part to other influences, we yield to the
eccentricities of our theme, and find ourselves under the shadow of that
towering usurpation--the Bullock administration in Georgia. The
organization of the Klan in this State was perhaps more extensive and
efficient than elsewhere on Southern soil,--proving a complete offset to
the Loyal League in the important work of influencing party discipline,
and, after a time, effecting its other aim--of rendering it physically
_hors du combat_. We shall not pretend, however, to follow it through the
various stages of its development on Georgia soil, nor give what might be
deemed a correct history of its movements, as we are concerned rather with
the issues which grew out of the latter, and that which will prove far
more interesting to the reader--the _modus_ of its operations.

A single feature of the campaign in this region we will endeavor to make
prominent, without a design of saddling its individuality on this State,
or insinuating that that branch of the pet insti