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Abilene Weekly Reflector
Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas
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In Tonganoxie, Kan., Noah Ashby faces charges of assaulting Ada Waymer, sparking intense racial tensions with armed whites threatening lynching and 500 armed Black residents protecting him, nearly leading to a race war on Aug. 18.
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Leavenworth, Kan., Aug. 18.—During the past two days great excitement has prevailed at Tonganoxie, a village of this county, twenty miles west of Leavenworth, and there has been imminent danger of a race war. Noah Ashby, a negro, was taken from the jail here on Wednesday to have a hearing before a justice of the peace in Tonganoxie on the charge of committing a criminal assault upon Ada Waymer, a young white girl, who was dragged from her horse July 27 and outraged by a negro. The evidence against Ashby was very strong and the indignation of the white people became so great that there was loud talk of lynching. The negroes did not accept the theory that Ashby was guilty, however, and 500 of them well armed gathered to protect him. A large number of the whites also armed themselves and for a time it looked like war.
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Tonganoxie, A Village Twenty Miles West Of Leavenworth, Kan.
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July 27
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Noah Ashby, a negro, charged with criminal assault on young white girl Ada Waymer, who was dragged from her horse and outraged on July 27. Hearing in Tonganoxie on Wednesday led to great excitement, strong evidence against Ashby, white indignation and lynching threats, countered by 500 armed negroes protecting him, and armed whites, risking race war.