Whitecappers were nightriders that attempted to apply their moral values on others. They hid their identity by wearing hoods usually white. In Indiana it was usually against unmarried couples, wife abusers, drunks and others they thought were not behaving properly. They were better known in the South where it was usually racial.The Ku Klux Klan were whitecappers. Vigilantes who wore masks or hoods were white cappers. Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Jones" <dijon@ckt.net> To: <in-south-central@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 11:22 AM Subject: Re: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Brown County: Robert Robinson Arrested fortheWhitecapping of Finley Stretchberry > Anyone know what whitecapping is? I’ve never heard of it! > > Diane > > > From: Randi > Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2012 10:14 AM > To: in-south-central@rootsweb.com > Subject: [IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL] Brown County: Robert Robinson Arrested for > theWhitecapping of Finley Stretchberry > > > Elkhart (IN) Truth, June 7, 1902, p. 7. > > AFTER BROWN COUNTY WHITECAPS > > Nashville, Indiana, June 7-Detectives have been at work in Brown County > for > several weeks trying to run down men who have been whitecapping victims > here. It is thought they went to work about the time the last grand jury > failed to return indictments against suspected men, and it is thought the > detectives were employed by the state authorities. The work of the > detectives has resulted in the arrest of Robert Robinson, a farmer near > Belmont, who was captured by Constable J. W. Kennedy on a warrant charging > him with helping to whitecap Finley Stretchberry some weeks ago. Robinson > will have a preliminary hearing in Squire Mann's court at Nashville, June > 17. He is under $100 bond for his appearance. Robinson was charged with > taking a part in the whitecapping of Robert Palmer, a Baptist preacher, > several months ago and, at his trial in the circuit court, was acquitted. > It is thought that other arrests will follow. > > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by > the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, > Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > signature database 7133 (20120513) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > The IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL Rootsweb list is for genealogists and historians who > have an interest in the south central district of Indiana, as defined by > the Indiana Genealogial Society, including the counties of: Bartholomew, > Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harris, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, > Scott and Washington. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IN-SOUTH-CENTRAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message