June 22, 1863, Semi-Weekly News (San Antonio, Texas)
The Macon Telegraph of the 2d, contains the following: A factory at Seven Island, in Butts county, had loaded a wagon with seven bales of manufactured goods, and dispatched it by their customary driver, a trusty negro, to Forsyth, for transportation upon the Macon and Western R. R. The wagon arrived at Forsyth in due time with only three bales, and the driver’s story, (which there is no reason to doubt, as he identified many of the parties and is also confirmed by circumstantial evidence,) is as follows: When the wagon had progressed about seven miles on its journey, it was stopped by a line of 28 women drawn up across the road–the most of them armed with knives and pistols, and in the thicket close to the scene of action set a man upon a stump, also armed with a double-barrelled gun. The women called upon the negro to halt upon peril of his life, and then immediately commenced discharging the load of the wagon–cutting open the bales, and as soon as they had taken as many pieces of cloth as they could carry away, made off, leaving Jim to proceed on his journey with the three bales left.