Saturday…..Oct 8, 1904
October 8, 1904
Summary
“Every colored person in the southland should now have a smile of satisfaction” after Nathan Wood, a white preacher faces jail time for stealing chickens in a wagon.
Transcription
Every colored person in the southland should now have a smile of satisfaction on his countenance, for Rev. Nathan Wood, a white preacher is now locked up in the La Crosse, Wisconsin jail upon the charge of stealing chickens in La Crosse and Winona. Methodist ministers held services in the jail last Sunday and prayers were offered for his forgiveness,
There is not a time a Negro preacher was ever alleged to have committed, but what some white men didn't go him one better.
The white preacher had a wagon to assist him in his chicken-stealing operations. A bag is usually the “weapon of offense” in the south. When a white man stops robbing banks and drops to the level of robbing hen-coops, he deserves to be caught and punished. Prayers are powerful mediums, but we hardly think that they will do him any good.
There is not a time a Negro preacher was ever alleged to have committed, but what some white men didn't go him one better.
The white preacher had a wagon to assist him in his chicken-stealing operations. A bag is usually the “weapon of offense” in the south. When a white man stops robbing banks and drops to the level of robbing hen-coops, he deserves to be caught and punished. Prayers are powerful mediums, but we hardly think that they will do him any good.
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Megan Brooks
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“Saturday…..Oct 8, 1904,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed September 14, 2026, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/675.