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RALEIGH, J. a, SATLHDAV SEPTEMBEIt 30, 1871.
VOL 6L NO. 13.
L 1 V.-
SENTINEL
court ou Tuesday last. W found Judge
W ilis upon tin- Bench, and lien. Cox aud
f H. Buebe et tha-li, presM-ating ear-
U-f.itr nt the state. U..V. Bragg,
Hon
w
A.
X D.rUh, Hun Won II. Rogers,
M Leis, Esq. John (Jailing, Ks.;
W.-. U Pv raembsr f th
jjir from dAlaiec, were in attendance.
S ,ke h always .nude agcHid appearance
,t the Johnston Bar. In early days io the
... r-'Ijk of Peter Bmwii, Moses Morduuai,
! , r(. Badger, Hon. W. II. Haywood,
J.i.l,'e nuiuudcrn, T. 1". Dvrem ieo. W.
will Oo. Manly. These were
loi.il by Pen-in Buslwe, Henry W
M ;L-r and tlie gentlemen jut named a
a m atUiiidsnce on I he court Tt
r. Mill lit lawyers src
TIIK
l. r wideii, K.4,rrr U TrTT. T
r Ahull, Esq; and Ciaud B. Hounder,
Esq.
The state docket contained 144 cam.
One murder, a warrant for murder aad
tine for rape. A Tory wspactalile lady ui
sixty, whose nam weMuit, ws bruially
violated by a negro. In Illinois, or any
tale north, the negro would have lni
liung according to uiob law. There are
lie people so law loving tunl obedient to
' ,w an the tcople of North Carolina, not
m, Ii4ainlutg Umi numlsrr ol' imllctUHVitti
i, ..i h tiding in tie-fi .l. i ill cunt
in i Hit 11V1I ilovk.t win 117 cants.
il . t tillum hiloriit.-.l il- le' h el i xr
,,1 tli.mt mklv wrtl-i, le.umable to tl
.
itlt-hi.Ui "I tlntt coUJlt V llltnnilrt US, B
llL'U' Writ llMH (Ht4l tl itilHit tilt' Itul
i. hi 'f tlie court. That uowriu mIumiIi
- .vsuid in it ( Jtunly nn-uks well frr the
. ilc, if iii in htrd on tli- Bur.
linn i ruut agrk'ulUirftl iniin-meiil
" J h ns(ll I Im- ttiiHirr (iliiht
imi. i- hihI truil Iiim s in our i ;ir tJutn
' Mm ft-niiwily lid in t-n, t-M, t- ini,'lit
i v mi l vimi
Ik M i i H' tl ;id) II fit ! m- - w .to- It i an
I, - ink .1 ..I i.-p!t' ' !. il . . .1
-i -in :m st'(Tt',t Kli'tleN, kl.l kUi
! .ii .-M. Wr toM how ihr unioi)
nfi. t "iiijn xtd otWIKMl ncrm-rt and
t- w liiindrt'd rarjFt ttepin
w !i i !iiriK uml Hfsnurn tlie wnnw fur
the diHK.ralit- tit ket, tuid tlim
i. -w u liil- iim'P fortiH'd ss n't w'i'tit
and whiiw1 whilo im-n tor voting tin j
nti ticket. We told li"W uv. Holdt-ii
itrdnnti the ncnnw tr whiiing the j
Ii Il.tM TrttH, Kild liuft Jlldt' 1) 'f)d Im-(I III?
M.ite u it'll Ut Imi) in tlie nuni ol $2,0 H). !
i
w they all went to iail, and wtire
.iilit :to( u.iloi, in triril )M-fin Hip ' !
i :ii iMiirl. when the snine court met
.-, bn tl'icty imW of the dufnO'lMlila
I . n, Hi I. 'til about fit ( arrow, the
1 S. Marshal, ordering men to jail with
oil. HFirrunt, law or authority of law.
rue- things were all listened to with
lr 4 intereHt and profound aatonialiment
b) the ieople.
We think some iiieinlH.'r of the itar
l,, iilrl make a speech at every court jiow
tu We held. Ilccauae there are no candi-iln'i-s
anil no orncers to be elected, it is no
canon why the people should not be in
. .irnicil the federal eucroachmenU upon
the states and lilmrtiea of the people.
We read much from the auditor's re
port Hhowiiig how the money was spent
Thio is the liest campaign ducument ever
iv.ui il. We advise all speakers, who ad
ilrei the people, to supply URmseKea
w ith a copy of the auditor's report. v
We hal a pleasant trip to Johnston,
where we met many old friends" who
seei.icil cheerful and hopeful, notwilh-tan-fing
they had gone through a foor
U'ai'n war and a six year's reconstructioa,
wlii' Ii was nothing mure nor leaf than the
duapotisin of a secret political societt,
kno .tQ as the republican or union leagues ;
leagues as dangerous to liberty as the old
republican Jacobinical leagues of Franc.
Irperity and betur croa to the good
people of Johnston next year.
. " 01 aJJCBClSKI)."
- lieu'l Phil. Hawkins, addressing the
1 r ..f O-.. L IL .. i .1 1 1 , thai K
wan' - irrreW hv hi. wdiile friends
u . .. . . n iv i.
Mr. Phillips, in answer to Dr. Dunn's '
,.. ,...,. i:, 1
.1., .... ...jl 1... t... '
.ir ... .
JulgeLogan wrote 10 Waah.ogton City,
... ,
complaining to the heal government th.
gov.
world ever ssw, that the (.sited Fkat
1 Hilars in RuthertWd " did not call on
liim in a social and friendly way."' The
'vernment officials at Wsshington.
"rote the officers complained of, thai
' they must call on Judge Lnngaa and treat
In. 11 with conaideratidn and rwspeci," The
u ti.a-r replied they Were- ever ready to
Vrtorni their duty and obey order from
ITie " government, but who titey -should
-snst tsxm la wsihl-wf tnTsaat-
pursoiiaj tn tiaUKlvevalnd they Clld
not a. knowledge tlie right of the govent
Ueut b' gisennlsnia the premises. These
eHTr,.r, foua.1 J'wioa I.ajwn -1 the kitchen
-'rrnr-sirrroHt)"Tai
J.J'e. ill.tli'jaittlL. .If .Igaaaiui
are like Oenl Phil, " ipfrdml,"
it . their own faoit. f
R; v. fi. A. 8TAnu. We
jilvAaett K tiHK-yule. day, W srtwot boy
frien d, lW.'a A. unfied. MoreThan
Ulrty yeaa ago we knew him at Greens
Iniro', as a pure-ouaded christian boy.
II. has improved frem that day to this in
il the christian virtue. Huch mea art
th salt of the earth.
. v ...
t 1 easier (inr a man to be snirairal than
Uf be
engfiin-
r.UJig 1 M P Hta ON II KNTFKT-
TBllS BRQKUK ASH I'lliaoX
'ntr With day of Jiftw, F. A. Shot-
well, a reae-Utile young uiaa and tli
WKi u pnattytwia t8 fnmid
"n4foniinitlil to jail without a lieiHiig.
In Marion, Uilrty miles frun uk (,-,
um federal court hold iu nwiou. Thu
young man WM hand cmftj Ukf hhim
and taken to Uanua. From Mttrion he
tnitujht to this cit and lolged i0
jail uutil the 27th day of 8e.leuiu.T.
Iiuprwomuoot without a heariii); before
a judge or etner oflicer of the liw, is tht
highest crime againat litierty ami law.
The trial of young Slioiwell beynn on
i ha lath instant, and cluaed on the 20th,
when the Jury pronounced hiui not guilty.
"he jury who tried hiui were iK'lltiiia
. ..... . ...i . j , i
paid pnawcutair of th- amiflericiing boy
acknowledged tu biafhaaia, inopea court,
that be gave the Marshal directions a to
what aianaer of juron ahnuld las sum
nionexl to et upon the cane. When the
nry pn.n.iuncl I he boy guiltleas and the
e.iurl rfw about toornVrtiia iftir4iargs Inun
,111c hentli who had, for ' their love of bir
lure, slni kl. il Inn limlw. the malignity ol
l'M inei Ml.rr, kiri ti.ftirc,n)iinr, could no
hn.pyr W nuiprkaed,' L iiTNtti tury in
In?' in I Ithsinl ru-hih ti hirt t'urc,
lit- sai'l, lit t jh, Vouf lii'UUan:; Wtf liiivf
i Iht i liiiic. wnmnul hint Tin1 Itny it.
rtiimiili d in nit- .hiii;t.ii wtivrt lif ie-
m-i.n.- In! 'twill ilt J"tirer.
niht i Im'J ut ()U'wtionn and
n&y.. M aWJ
1 mail
p-nmiwi to unlace tited lo Ufltiry against
i4ifrtidauts.
For once malignity itaelf is satiateil,
and PInllijMi agree to young rlhotwell's
di-a-haige. A more alHiiniuahle peraeeu
ll"ll was never known, except among
i ani.ibaU anil lirubn. 1'hia pnmecultnii
ami n'mii;uliou ot all innocent boy
p K-ki eery pinieipte of hliiuaiiily and
tin : Its. p,i iu NuiIBi I iirolMli din
i. I- ti'iind when Holden turned Kiik'n
hr'l tiitui da loose upon the Miiple of Ala
in, lin e ami C'nuwell, when inma and ropes
wcreuacd with aliliemlity liecotning Hpaiu
in tlie days of her hlniMrlyi Inquisition. We
need not call for it, as such inhumanity
and violation ot American law and liber
ty, is sure to receive the iudignation of
every lover of lilierty and law.' Huch enor
mities uiuat bring down the abhorrence
of the people uin the beads of the op
presaorH. Much legalized iniquities shall
h.ive no abiding place amoug ua
yieoito DOMiNhpoN.
We admit to our columns a letter signed
" Vaawell," witlHHit intending to en do rue
the sentiments of the writer. If the ne
groes were let alone by raret-bg and
scalawag white men, they would soon quit
house-burning and stealing, and take to
honest industry for a Hving. They are
Biade to believe that they an- all political
Solomons, and the weight ot tlie govern
ment is upon their shoulders, and that the
democrat wish to re-enslave them. If the
negroes of Wake will resolve to vote only
for negroes, Phillips and tj. Busline, J. P.,
with Calvin liogers aad Willie I). Jones,
will soon leave the party. If Um negroes
of Granville will determine to vote only
for negroes, Kildee Laasitor and Col. Tax
Hargrove wffl anon abandon tlie negro
party. If the negroes ol Edgecombe shall
resolve upon negro rule, then will not be
a Norfleet left to write the history of the
radical party.
We see no necessity for "Caswell's"
being alarmed. The Pennsylvania negro
wants to be sheriff or clerk, we take it,
and when his object is attained, ha will
not care for a negro in office beyoni that.
Besides, it is very natural for the negroes
to desire to drive rhlllipa, Cantwell and
the white merj out of the' kitchen. They ,
are there to make their own pots boil, aad
not the oegront-
c:.itd STATMS OOMMlSarOIfKB
We slated sometime ago fliat Unite
si,.te Comniianroner flcoggins hail taken
hairwhen ne heard IW wodllt trWM
nioned by the dcfcnrrants "vrtio are now
'" . ' .
imputed for kklx.ng. Scnggins
the sttorneys for the United Btetes, will i
1 not even draw a bi l against thu renegade ,
not (ren orawn 0..1 aK "
'kuklux rascal "The wicked flee when i
kuklux rascal. mew
1 purst
oeth."
31 l -- 1 - .. .." t
: . . . ba.inv ann in vrtr
woods, near the house of Jamea Harrefl, ;
on the big mad leading from Shelby to
m 1; ' at .11 t 1
Marion, he initisted George Holland into
the kuklux kkva. Seogginsi tied hand
kerchief around th eyes of Holland er d
administered the osttr. Wbe the hand
kerchief was taken off, Holland beheld
biogtfm, "6e"( Qnitotii rHnVa '.Ammii-
knits pawswita im his a. Aa-rge Hol
land, the man initiated by Bcoggina, in
stow i . Jnjh.WM.tU.f to Pr lS '
tabor in thjitwtiry kklnxisg.
iiei8glM iMfi SWt fWWBit th.kijWsi,. ,
He haahnnted stvens-hy'dayaadby aighi.
We are of, cjiiniocj that .800; gin should
he in jail rather than 'Holland Phillips
and Star buck are not sipectrd to agree
.with, Bt,iiUii.r!iioJu
. vv. z '? '4-.sa y-- - -: - -e -
The Waetunt sf I'krunicU nay " there
is a st-lr of war iu nearly alt tits staitbrra
?t-e " Very uuc ; flu carpeHnaggers
and esrvwant natlvvo, hooade.1 on by such
insane ptW mtkmChrmiiU. haws tsstg
beesi making war apna th rights aad pro
perty of th Soxrtfteea nnupla, and have
(eft lawlriiil M dsrsice, hoanwnr sushosnrnra
btn, at iei plash their diaboltcal sixaa.
l&0xrteil for the 8uUnd.j
The "Kuklui" Trials.
ELEVENTH DAY (iontihi-ed.)
-MiiKTHT. Sept. 25, ISTt
United States ( America
r.
Amos Oweiet ud others.
rnxTiuoM rou Tun UKrKMCi inmtinurj )
J I.. McDANIEL cross eiiuninid by
ir I'm ii.i.l in. Am 41 years old ; live in
Kutherfoni ; am well aiquaiuted there ;
am a farmer ; married a cousin ot defend
tuii, McDsniel; was with James MuJaniel
on the night ot the whipping of Higher
start; wvuitohis hoaae about dark ; joineil
'he order a day or two before the whip
ping ; was initiated by a man nined Mar
tin over the C'leaveiand line , never wus in
any meeting in t'leaveland. Witnee de
unlwd the manner an place of iiiitia
tsoaufMr. Hiltiua lal Hie oath. Wit
ness said that was not I lie saiaa be hail
taken ; uudsnltkid it to be in favor of tlie
original eonstfluthm, except negro slavery ;
did not regard the ma iety as unlawful at
iiiattjiue, had lieitrd of niida said tu be
in iiit ktikiua ; 'I was not tlnln said thev
were by the invisible Diupire ; whs tirst
loiil thin wm lety was for mutual protuc
lioii aainai outrage upon woiueu or up
"i Miivtliitig c!c, by ajiybilyor Inun any
source; heanl ut threat to burn out the
i . 'ii'i vulive party ; had been charged Wltill
iHjtongtng to the order before I knew
iiiiyitiing about it , saw aceoiiuia ot rnHn
in the new.-p ipi r- ; raidn iu South tiaro
boa and other plui ei . nunc uiinkdt.tlcly
around ill'. V iuuias ikauied ttiree ot
four ot these rniil.-. they were sanl to be
by kuklux oi undei then uiane . dul uot
believe they Wer- imile by kuklux , wlwn
aiwirrf'
tlie rm I icala . nail votcn lor onui panira.
and pmpuawf-to tto M ftiH If fie Um Vu gli t
pi.iK-r, did not kuow of Joseph McDaniel
or bin father lieing meinlH-rs. -
Te Mr. rtrttouo. Divided my tickrt in
tho election lieforc the Inn' , uinleratooil
wlieu I joined there were to Ik' no raids
and no intimidation, anil while a mcuiticr
heard of no other undcmtamlTng
.IOSIAII 'IT UN Kit, Jr., worn and ex
audited by Mr. Htuono Ni ver Im l.nigul
H any secret society ; do ri"i now, nn l
H ver h ie belonged to u ajcret society ol
any kind
4r SiKoNo. Have yon ever given any
mtruciioii
Mr. PniLl.fr objected. Thin was no
place for gentlemeu to exculpate theni
selvi'S.
Mr. Strong insisted that it was compe
tent to show that the rumor Ihst had gone
to the jurv was false. The object was to
contradict the witness.
Judge Fowls als followed on the pro
uriety of tlie ipjeslfoU. It had I wen stated
to the jury that a certaiu man had re
carved hi authorit y from1 Mr. McAfee, and
that Mr. McAfee had received his authoh
ty IVoni Mr Turner. The piiie wan to
prove by Mr. Turner that he never gave
any authority to Mr. MiAfce; then that
Mr. McAfee had never given the third per-
SOIiailVt S)It thai tli O.ir.l
told the w itncR) auytliing nlauit the mat
tor, and prove the wiiuens a liar.
The CotiHT ruled the ijeum improper.
). H. I'lll'ETT, examined by Mr.
Hthomo. Know James Melianiel and
Aaron V lliggeratalf ; rucolhi t the night
of the raid ; saw Jamea MeDaiiiel and
Achilles Durham that night; wot with
Mi D uiiel hefure dark, and went with hiui
Lo Dtitham's at good dark ; stayed there
as hour, and then went to a meeting with
M D'lniel and left Durham at home;
staged at the meeting an hour or two, and
then went again to Durham's, and lieforc
lo.ving there the clock struck one; went
home with Jamea McDaniel (who lived
close by ;) distance from McDauiel's to
Aaron IliggtnsUtTs eight or more uiilea;
ant a tnember of the laviaiblu Binpiru;
joined last February or March ; never have
tiecii tK'I'.ie Judge lgan, have neeu be
fore Nathan Scoggins, U. ti, OHaiuisai' uer ;
do not know if Hooggina was a uisinber
was Initialed by J. M. Nicholson; object
of the society was for mutual protection ;
'twas uot the understanding il aa lo vio-
late Wtf Uar tt lanrHte . witli sxuts.
nor to make rahls, nor to do unlawful acta,
witness never so uudentoKl it.
Csoss EiAMisitD by Mr. pniLl.IlM
Never have been on a raid ; live ou i In
edge of Rutherford in Cleavelaml ; do not
knuw wlat his dea was .fulled hean n
den twice ; heard of a few ranln aunl to
be by kuklux ; joined the lnviniblc K u
pire; supposed it was tlie mnne thing ;
could not tell if these raid wen hi tin
party or under it name ; there wss a pen
ally for divulging the signs or passw ords ;
den broke try) in three or four weeks . did
not swear to obey the orders of the lead
ers ; our den was not admitted lo the
order for some informality.
To Mr. Stkono. Have Usui on both
aides in politics, generally with the demo
era tic party ; votial republican at lust k e
tioa democratic Die election IwloretltV .
DuUiiiig in oalit to utevtrnt h.m iratsv sa.
ting aa he pleased. ;
fct.IAS IIAMIIllH. rv examined i,y ,nr.
ermiwi. Aiwsya votoi the republic .n
titkt-oevsf finsu sny o.nar ouwino 111c 1
wa. a inetub r of the .
DTi,1De Kmpire ;
Invisible Kmpire ; joined last of Febrna- j
ry i oiut it 20th or if.it
initiated bv Franklin
initiated uy rranxi.ii
was to support the laws
ui o. np.1. , ,
rrra ; oirxoTijwt
.1- ...... .
support the laws and remit itut too
of the state and the United States ; was '
told I wits allowed 10 vVto for sny Undy I
..U..t if ....I ailose.1 witrusat would
r . w pun', rivhn. were to
. . . . . ' .
be InterferMl with white 1 colored
Cavssi KUmiHKO by Mr. PHILLIPS
Am S6 years old ; live on the lower enlg
of Riitherford, 8ve miles from the Ocave
land line; belonged to a den k little while ;
twa not nurabured ; nothing was aaid ot
party ; th den wss rk admitted for in
ttamattty ; m th oath tt wss mfd we went
t,ojnh" sainptar !tt nuliiai pax.
ty ; was- to favor nf that ; wss elected
chief i swore some .uvea or eight in ; th.
oath read 'differed In eeveraj particulars
trun tbw one witassi took ; hare voted
tiev rsnJtesi tset- tvw -t war-erwr
jlCW-rtttjfeMI .M.WfJ.;.sHltil-.Lstumierl
lag oHiJ ..rsi'we'?a!. aijinrs; toe
nisio was isrif artrtei'waw ; beard of raids ;
did n.4 yt wsr IwNrif raid! did not
bear tbw IneVible Kmpk was Sford to
th rad icala. WiiaeMt hen namad the
raid be bad, been moiw on a negro for
jstttri :WftX m wmgrn tut
toreavtrattng us sisoot any one who would
come after him : the tl 'M also on a wegrrt,
aad that but to scare hint. Nothing was
aaid aTsiut voting or- politic in any of
these tnataocea, v
To Mr. sWmo. Nothing ws said in
all these raids about voting nothing in
thorn iswitical; were fur steaiiasr oura,
UireaUsisag sad the other ho did not Isear
the ewsjan nf. ' ''
JSO. 0BJG0amioed by JC. rhsvolio.
Was a member of tlie Invisible Knure
nie;'"ornWt was the nntiicti..iri iif
WiiWtf anil orpharui'wheii mtma j used,
was io a den when the whipping of Big
gerstslf waa resolved uihui ; the chief,
Wiley, said it was becaime of Ins lustigk
ting Mctiahatis. the kimng of Defjicat-d
nothini was aald of Ui,i.fiAira imiIii 1
nothing wss said of HiggeraUifs polllu
or voting ; went on Uw nkt HeTw wA
nes deaenlvd thu route and the partial
he uiet and the time ramsuined on the
mareh, all g"lng to show that the raiders
all came from a distance and fruiu outside
ltuthorford county. Went to a place a
quarter ef a mile below Matthew (Vow
der's. eight or nine miles east of Bigger
stall's, where he met Iinck Tiadale,
Michael Origg and Michael Crowder; got
then liu.'l au hour after dark ; then they
rrMtled to the Johnston place where
they met two more 1 tutus Maquis and
Webb Knkriilge, from there, sull going
westward ly, to Jim AUen'a, four or fvt
miles from Hmervtitl a wnarn they met
the main body , did not know any of the
nen they nni Ui rt, thea went on to
BijfgrllVif Wifneas Sd not go nearer
ill all 150 to H) yanU of the house; stayed
at where the lioraus were; no horses taken
u p to the Iioum? ; the whipping took place
almut II o'clock ; saw nothing that wan
done at IliggeratatTs ; Hrst heard of the
nocicty trom Dr. Martin; that it was for
mil pri'UvUou and proleotion ol friends;
nothiTig anid on that iM-eanioii or after
wardn alajitt Hililics; notiiing to pn-veut
onen voluig the republican lleki-t it' he
tliouglit pio(R.-i ; li 'Ooily joined the raiil
going trom .Inn Alleu'n to ibggerntatf a
Here the naini s oj 'the d' tend int wen
i tilled over and wtlne nl he knew tiic
of them; that thei aeie not there or br
would have ne-lt 01 lit .11 ii n-'Hicfclllng ol
tin III. Ili.lt lie liuilld 11' lie "I the Uaiuen
the "1'iel .le;e ''(.I'll- l .oieil
'11ULiuX.1i141lll.-U1g .i..v.tn.iy- 4ih .V"44tg-Mi
it . uti.tersiiaid Uic order n agtuint thc
radieal purlv . tieve. heiii'd III the dei
.u'.yihn.g ah .tn p.. Mini; down the radi
in! put!) . "iilile.J.i ll.e 1 Im.'I nav m ;
1 1' mr I ui il 1 , -, it nitilgoontl" iilggerv.tat)
raid; Bi'.'r'i r -1 IT wan tin. I and c..e
iliililntl 01 'i.tlien.i dell 1. tile .-.'lull.:
lee, dim .1-.-1 01 den lo.u lt.i:eniall
nuts tl.ei I M l ' t klllieg II. pit.
had a right to relit. t" , ou .1 no. I whet,
ordered , thought he wan ii.iu.id I"' go
where ordered ; didn't lir.tr any t hing ol
the cause ol Mellaril killing lieprimt ,
KlggemtafT wa- 1 I. i,.K-d t wo wmkS.lter
the tral. W..111W heie mentioned the
n.'liiieaor nutVen ineinlM-ra who were pren
ent the night the w hipping was ordered--(none
of tlm defendants in the list) -and
said there might be others he did not re
n.ctnlHir ; this wa.t the first muettug ,
the second, it was resolved bi do
the whipping on the Monday or Turn
dav following; on the raid no one joined
in Ituthciford , Anna) Owens (one of the
del'e.idants) was there, but .10 one else
In. 111 Itulhertttrd ; when the Sandy liun
crowd was net they were 75 to 10(1 alto
getber; the men were mostly dinguined ;
heard old Biggerstaff hollowing ; did uot
llnuk ihere was anything aaid of Ulgger
BbifTs (n'litlcn from the time of scntene.
tin the whipping; nothing was said in
the onth altout ola-ying " good and bad
ords.H," or "lawful and unlawful ccmu
niamln;" heard from private vernons tin
onler waa to put dowu the radical party .
did not think this talk was a general
thing; heard it talked of; never heatd
anything said of the ol)ji(cts in the ilea
Here witness mentioned hc following
raidn he had been on; .Jack Willnian,
col , for drilling negroes; Whistnant,
white, living in adultery, said to lies
inemlwrof the order saw him in a meet
ing afterwards; a black boy, for ruuniug
with white women, and the Biggemtall
raid the Drat waa struck s few In ks, the
last was not caught. On the Diggers! ntf
raid some were armed w Uncus had a re
peater; did not hoar BiggcnttafTs dttugh
tor hollow that night ; got home an hour
or two before day. John Wiley, of
Cleaveland, was the first witness heard
sMak of the KiggeratalT raid be wa.
chief ; heard s good deal ot Hollowing ana
noise at BiggeratatTa ; were there about
three quarters of an hour.
To Mr. Srnono. Ilear4 nothing of
Willnian ttcini( a school toachor: was
drilling men after prayer meetings ; heard
of their drilling at night (nsevtrai plaoea,
ami in the day; this wss reported to the
den.
The court uow adjourned till 10 a ni.,
to morrow.
TWKLFTII DAY.
Ttlttsiial, Bept. an,
Unitod Ststc of Amenta .
1OT1.
Amos Owen and others.
TaMtTinosv KiiRTiixnurmiiiaHoosiTiNt'itii )
AI.VIN JOIINSllM (worn and exam
ined liv Mr. STKoao. Was a meuiUir of
the Invisible Empire ; initiated the back
part of 14 winter by A. Klllott ; object
of; the older; not nlated wfien sworn in;
11. aliiug m to what for or what was to las
f rlnjre-;
no-Thing- Wild'-arnWff-VWngTHTrT' ft
iutt-ri' rin with Lite political rigbu of any
lIMt jn ,lw liigsUff raid ; met at
j jm A llrra, two mill, or more castof Big
...r.talt". . eighty or eighty two were in
i,. . icMri .hem nurrtbered . was No.
-, aayaelf ; ws neer lite frotk ; no one fell
u. -j.,-,. . ,, 1 ten s and rtnfL'erman :
- . . . ...
if any h.i.i Iwcn on the road, Would haw
wh th. ui ; no men were at Allen wne
1 1)t (uere
1; none came houi went (if Big
,,tl,ft , . 1 ii d.(teBdants called over,
g'
mom
I tin 111 live wm. of KiggeratatT' ;
know all of thi n. : saw none of them at
I It.- whipping, htrd hone of their names
called ; had they lie. 11 there winuld have
a-co or heard wMuetbuig ui . a.tfa ; saw the
whipiitig ; alter itvwta negsn aoni one
called (Mi I hem to atop tilt Ihey made Big
geralejT own noincthittg , Biggerslaff was
Ite.tri.nt snd Uw sin ailing ioto Sam eel
I I igg, .at isTdPsi hi is-wl'T 'W Kglll-tew4
s man named iloitituM wss at tlwbeaii in
thw kitiiftK kffittr-; nothing mm ma tn
Bi;tferstafT about poll tics or his being a
d d radical ;wllne, did, nc know th
cause of 'Hie raid fjlj (be k illing aiul sli.n.t-
re -wre ri.dtfr wf H tfiat tliiss wit news
w.th tile eWd ; saw nsthiO)f
a boMJe or taiaswtritte put-on Higgersluff s
bead : beard uottnog aaid of a b-ittle or
turpentine that night; know J"e Wilson;
.( tie bad been there wlUnnut aisguise
would have known him; ao of Bartim
BizttersUff; no horse were near BUfjrer-.
-ssaiT's nraswi wen JWO ysrt of w n j
none nearer ; left when the crowd am ;
saw no men join th crowd (mm the went ;
stoptted at Anto. ll.irri1' .nt liu. jtray
laaal fallnil n 1.1 ui. . liarrell
hi niht c'. .tl.es 1 girt, aarer tlufV'l oye
in the crowd told It irn'.l what had hero
done ; witness shook band with him, a
did other ; witness karw part of th men
they mot at Aiken's ; noo of the defen
dants among them ; thuau who cam up
aOsr witness got to Alien were trom
H am r.Mill.N o .1, .111 1 1111.1.II-S , aid 1.01 Mb. It tlltf v.11,..' wolliui. 'in not U'lV .1 ' ,,-i 101, le an. o ..IJ.-i . J. i.-a4isnK.sl'.-A!Ji.sl. j.a JSi'.'Vu.J '.t:z;:i .Jtiiil
..all, noin.lf.ft'g tike rlhat ; nolhini. kuvw U.. w 1 .v., ni u,.i, : a id . .fere .be il... m , ..ut . evi.le.ie.. .1". ' "" Uuu;' uo "'!''' "IwJL ia.i t Jl. .1.-, . ,- - -44
S'lndy Kun ; Joseph Wilson lives on San. Iv
JWttisj i 3ai ansae wvlh thtm
gerstatf'a; Handy Kua is part in tteave
lana and rvt in Itutherfnrd
Okiais liiis.itxn bv Mr. PHILLIPS.
Will be w avty-one no litth of May; live
in lUthewwt t- avh.ngTl to no- wsrnlaT
.!.. ..r l.u I.I.. ..: . . -1
uen of the Inviaible Kuiuiru: swum -in at
A. IllloU's den , F.lti,itl Uvea in Cleave
land ; as many as flfly present when sworn
4w: hal diffiiivaU dalses on; was told
by uiH'le Jus. Walker to go oil raid; was
not obliged lo go, but went to In ;a the
crowd , heard of the killing nf IX-pricst
anl the shooting into Samuel HlggerstatTs
house la-fore tile raid ; nothing said in his
den about tho whipping ; ssw Amos
Owen night of raid ; he came with the
o-owd ; were between Jim Allen' and
BiggnaafTs boose when the uvea were
numbered; did nut bear more than tit
nunibrutd, that waa the whole crowd;
.Marion 1 Hoard was is riaJ of the
whole, aa w.mi anthTstorxl ; Hoard said
otAing about tias causa o UiggerstaiTii
being whipped, heard him give uo orders
to break otien the house , have thought a
good deal alanjt the nistter . witness
named other mertiiiea he had been at.
Had Iwnna two raids -the J&ggerstefT
and llainbrick raids; don't know Ham
brick's politics ; don't ni olliH't a art of
the oath to ojwy all orders of the chief ,
the rest of Uw oath read by Mr PI illips
he siud waa auloUiilnilly thai he hid
taken; don't k now U brok c opi.U llig-
g'rtatf a d nri ureatni in v nuii there he
ilii not kin 01 , w it .1 ai liiaotiininl tlnil
iuL;til, did uol a. l o..: isi il 1 iM'k n it li
a gim oi pnio', .1 ..... . .1 , il,,juM-tl 1
hi'ii wjith hi- k' . 1 . . ", l . . "i Mi
tiotn ; witileiu. 1 11 ,
aaa to wrtw JJUO . williew. n'ni' K Itlu. I
clntaH in the roa.l ; uul ui't iee hun (
ugi.t out ol the holme a acct'iid tiu.i
tssetr wmr Hrrnor 'otnr Trrnna dtwk
sw Amos 1 twin j! Jim Allrn'a
To '.! S1.1." . Left Owen at w her.
the h in.- 1 -.; anked hiui to mi. id my
l...ra; a.tin I g"t t.i the honi the Then
vi re briagHtg Aaron Biggerstatf nut ;
' 1 11 wan not at the holist at that time .
. 1 two white gowns; Fiiltock .ui.l Wil
.f- iinon had thmn on ; tin wen- all the
' 1. "If . govt im witiiean saw. Here Mr.
- in.g read tlie other versiou of the oath,
tu 1 w itueas ntaui it wan nearer the oath
lie had taken than thll read by Mr. Phil
hps.
To Mr. Phillips. Was one of the first
to tell Judge Logan all he knew ot tlnf
matter ; 'twas Ixiore the elecliou
JOHN H tillKKN sworn and exam
ined by Judge Fowls. I jve in Kuther
lord ; always voted the republican ticket ,
never voted the democratic ticket ; be
longed to the Invisible Kmpire; was in
Hinted by Frauklin Oreen in Chsireland;
wss a republican then and remained so
while 111 the ordor ; took no obligation as
to voting ; look one to opHsjc the repiih
lienn pai.y in all its corruptions; gtnMi
republicans did all they could to purge
the (tarty ; saw nothing in tlie Invisible
Umpire to nlleet w iui(s republicanism:
wan not sworn to .lisir.) Hit lawn of the
.it vf tli United Htattai, and nothing
to keep him from voting as lie plovnid , it
wan nu ret that witness voted there
publican ticket ; .have seen disguises 01.
several oouanio.ut ; some eight, or ton dis
guised uieu came to sxy houae one nigtit ;
wss standing ainoiig them in the house
around the fire; noticed them and heard
theui talk; head disguises had holes for
their eyes, a.ate, nmulh, iVx- ; could .Hit 1
tell who they were by the eyes ; did' not
recognise one nf them ; tried to do so ;
the men came knowing . witness to he a
member; witness tried to discover theni
were wss s g.MMi ugut; um not snow s
man (Nf then, by his eye or vHce; could
not swear to one of them by his motions ;
when the men took oil their disguises, wit
neas knew them ail well ; witness' sister
si 1 wss present and did not recognise one
of them while disguised.
1'nosaEtAwmno by Mr. PHILLIPS.
Joined the order to February last, ind
considered myself to he in it till after he
last election, when J. confessed ; Kliaa
Hamla-ick wa a nntnber; Ham brick bi a
repntihran ; V. Ittreas joined because he
heard it was good thing to protect
men 1 nothing said shout protection in
ati Hill; witness had no still; took kn
oath to opfiose the corruption of the rad
ical party ; nothing in the oath shout oln y
rnglfmTrftirtkr voted the radical ticket in
tlie last ebrtion ; helongid to the order at
last election voted against1 convention
and Kir Logan. Witness admitted to lin
ing on raid on Martin Pearson, col
.and, fur raying be had been rohlwl by
the kuklux, and tor saying If thi Csme
to his house " he would know onn' 'of'
ilium "this being nnilerstonil a threat
that he would kill one of then ; pave
Pearson fifteen lashes ; told Isun sf hi
charging the knklni with rolii : 1. him.
aud his threat to kill ; went same uigil
to the bouse of Milicti'ieu, charged with
running about and Is ling to supply hut
17 1
flMJ
-if ..1 I . . i,l " ai I f a
wife and tin drao with aufficiout fund ; -
wi-.it to tn him to UkeJurcareoJtji
s-ifi" ah rf "riildivin to stay at jiurae and
a irk; next raid was to Bill Howxcr'a.
cliatgid with breaking a oowVleg, aplit-
timr s rail and nuthnu (tie ms'i tail
through i and running her horn; next t
wnippea negro ixiy tor cursing a white (
lsdv: was not on Jhe RiiriratafTraid
fo JtiDoa Fowi.iL Pi.r.iica hail nothinit
at all do with any of the raiii witness had
tteen on ; nsrver heard of a raid 00 political
grminda
10 r. rerLl.trm. rorgirt to mention
raid on Henry Carpenter for threatening to , " t the door to ascertain the cau- ol
kili sum of the kuklux; took hi gua tni; aaw him ; tea mile, from Daj
away ; this th sight thsy visited tiauses; W Oould'. to Biggaratafr'a slept by my
same crowd then. ' nlfrht; got op afW sua rise ;
THOMAS WX)D8 examined by Jtrpoa oth were Sere ; heard of raid s few dwyt
Fowi.K. Ijv in Ueaveland ; knew aoth-' Arward; Avow V Biggmtaff atyhnei
tng ot the invhubf Empire tut be came 1
was for the Culoo, ao(J since the rebellion
1kve ctairae.1 tolw th ssiue ; dim't know
which of the present parties he belongs to;
aj. (or ... tJi . General Wsshiiigusi plat, I
form , xlnt not not last slsrtion j was in
fpr!iittTir.rtat ttrjef 4THKrj8 1" tVetoni Uiat
Totwr rer air trw n?pannm nut on ;
never voted otherwise ; voted tor uraat,
fin- the constitution and sic pplnm ; go
fisr theparty which is for the good of the
country ; there waa nothing in th organi
sation to interfere with votinir : would
Lout h iolnad it if Ihsa. hadmmt any
tttnf alnst the rito, The coritltMn.iif,
or in reference to voting ; would have had
nettilnjj lo id j v, 'idi any sni ,' aid not
svicir tu oppime the republican party; no
uvulUxithju u tu iu. mliifUoiis ; joined
for self prototitlon ch'klly beard of raid
and row and whipping in toe country,
and was told I would lie safe in it.
0Exiauiu. by Mr. PUlyra
Poct think the colurel man in my county
capable of holding office, whatever they
nay bi slsenher ; would rather as. it in
.here; joined the Union Leagu, ftrst ; thn " "jwiinfr e" ; uen. uoura m ne
hsal of nslhi 1 lsis gosts r I fmw -Aro rtv lsiM Oould
-m.5thint? tike this: ioineS it Isi fanhnlf brother of Mr. KiggersUtr.
MatWf1fwW.tpiSlrfffie
rt"'''"'"!' Trntli'
ir. , 0011 i
allow the colored man to hold office and
vote, have no objwtiou to his doing so; ' went there Saturday aud left on Sunday
understood the order to lie in fvo.of a was a timepiece there, but It waa not run
white man's party; suppose e of lls'ningi retj tgifm mj Jttilcmsrrrt M llo the
ohjet'li Waj (tgalKsf thi rvliired" roan limo. T
irating ;,.aWrt.Hl (ht white men were j Tirll iaiK FolS. Sat up some time
to rule; can't toll if anything was said : after nuppei -later than usual.
atnt the nlmMl..ma& ot.inj; 4'Hipuat The. court took a mw titt .
there was something of that in It ; wit 1
neas son luld biiu U waa a good thisg;
that it was to keep the tiegnvos fnuu steal
I up hogs, breaking into amokehiiusea and
going into corn cribs , joinol it on this
grm ui. , was or stopping, in e uner wntie
orDiack, steatirig, adultery, violation, of
Itkm law a n .f f... kivln.i mMM In 1 1 . I
land ; on way home the night he was
initiated, went to whip a colored man
for being Insolent and otherwise niislie
titving at a Mww-ehucking ; nothing said
In the oath witness took about the radical
pirty nor nf obeying the orders of the
chief- "upon honor," added witness,
" there waa nothing In it against my priu
Hple was a uiUeh a republican then
as ever and am now ; nothing said against
the laws ; if there had liet n 1 would not
have hail anything to do a ith it ; heard
of the liigguratafl' raid hut know notbine
of it.
ToJtuHis Fowls. A hi" the same man
in nihtH I evi- wan . mii'l whal 1 meant
In lore I i 'in,..! , 11 w aa all uilderattHMl ;
never uiidcruujolilics to lie a part of
the older ; heard ot some negroes drilling
in lliu nuigiilairkiHHi, and alno ol stealing
and burning, and uii'h-rito.d it waa .the
'ilqea't ol ill.- Oldir lo put these tiling
1 ; tin .. .'illy Waa alal'lued at the
um.-. . nl uieu .ii,ijvd to iut them down,
ind soil, lit 'U ' with each other .
linn he undcinliaiu to tie the coulttliin of
. . .....B .'" 1
.lllr-. withe" Aiit ; .v . sens were uiem
rfinWr iif "aafianu iasut by judge 1.
gau, and the Brat bill of indictment in thi
cane to coutratlji't the teatiinooy of Mary
Ann Norville and Aaron V. Uiggontlatf.
I'LICAHANT KOHITHK examined by
Mi. Sikomi Am fbther of th defend
ants, Hctiiamiu and Daniel Fortune ; know
Joseph Wilson ami Aaron V. BiggeralatT ;
recoilnct th. night of the raid ; 'twaa on
iliu ni.11 01 Amu last, tv tineas uien uvu
tied that his sort, named sImivs, and Wil
win, were at home that night ; that'besat
with them till 10 o clock; J. W Walker
was there and witness' sister Adeline ,
after w.Uieas' sister retired he went U
ed. and in a short iima . the boys went
ihey slept up alalia iu the loll, ttpway for
tbeiu to come down again bulibjr the
Lairs Ihey sx ended, Wilson sd Walker
came on a visit , got there before night ;
heard them go up stairs and go to bed ;
my house is two uuloslVoin Aston Bigger
tail's, soon at'ur they aunt o lied Iward
tlie ilogn barking all over the settteaie.it ,
heard uo one get up ; am certain the boys
did not go out while witneaa Jay awake ;
1 lie hoya were Ui ere next morning And kit
after breakfast; am uo kiu to Jiavsph VYil-
son; thsl night rkutt lurn. ir'.ir i'
mm ..nt uun tjnraott came to the house
about dark ; some of Uiem got supper ;
Scott T'us asked one ot my suns fie
porter missed his name to go home witlj
him and he wunt ; lialf a iijile to Scott's
tmum-; saw hiiu in the morning returning
t'roi.i the direction of Scott's house.
Vitiaw BiAumaTioN bv Mr. PHILLIPS.
Do not lulling to the Invisible Kmpire ;
Leant no noise that night but the dogs
barking ; Wilson and Walker are Drat
cousins , both young men ; rant them to
see the latys, are not tutirried ; went to
bed at 10 o'disfk ; hJf an hour afterwards
heard tlie boys go to bed ; beard of Hie
riid Sunday evening , never heard it was
tnbe: Jesse Wills' daughter waa at my
house that night.
lo Mr. Htborsj. Young men in the
habit of pasting backwards and forwards,
have a single dai.ghssr sad sister single.
WILLIAM TOM8 examined by Mr.
Sthomu. Know Lssndet, called Scott,
Toms; is my sob ; know th Canaass ;
kiivtw Asm. Biggrtatatf ; beard of the
raid ; was at twuue that nwgbt ; fteott reft
Inline about sun down j got home again
a. the chick struck H; asked for keyitf
crib fa teed Tien Carson horse; ssw litis,
in niy room, and heard hint talk to bis
mother ; stain heard him go to bed ; after
a while heard several person cross the
nn.m to Leandcr's room and K"-'n ' room
wss os m limt floor, 15 to ?0 "fret Irom
ise; saw jjeander early In the morning,
and saw Taylor and ""' Carson there ;
did not see Tom Fnrtnmt that evenlnff rs)
the n. t morning ; niy wife was lick thai
sight and I ww wakefl.t ; think I Would
have heard them if they had left the
.boons.
C.Kt.wlMn by Mr. PIIIU.IPH
Three iHil.a ftom my house to A ansa Blg
gerntslf's; heard no noise that night;
nrvrt saw disgiriaed man ; Taylor Car
sno !nw tli.ee inKs off ; lllggerstaff' is
ueuily e.u.i, Carson's southeast; thm
j Carson'.- to BigKcTstatf 'a . about ttiree
nines; inu carw.o a at auowx una sau s
' , tMm
might hsv gatw e-n-sj-s-rrf11
Carson boy ars xui,- in vnraons ars rrs
rjueiitly at my house. ,
8. IL K)l'l.Drxaniuiedbv Mr. Stuonci
1 r ..M I - n..U
DmW Oould is my unci, aamuel UonJd
"'1 . wv"- "him .
was at Daun i li.uld house ; west toeft-
two or tbrse- hoar by sun ; stsyed there 1
JI night; weut to bed about 10 o'clock ; 1
oenjamm wss up wueu x wen. ; miortij
I went to bad he window tel. out a
, m -- 1
VJ mairtage , am n "v - "p"'
J I" '".the howsa. j j ',.. . J
T" "Mr. tT A. (KltW examined by Jorlg
Fowls. Live in Cteaveand ; wa raised
in Yanrxv I m dnughser of Wm, Mnnrej
Ln yaneey fattier tias rwep j niw'a.Df ,
the senate from nis dtswict at a radical ;
WTVOir-iC'K'U." Oiasld; "rsxert the
raid nf tbr nth rh of ApTtr; was at Den
ial Qrsald' that nkrht; ajot tnars that
tmrnnna just before sundown ; bus hand
was wrtli me; we c-.TpoiI a more n the
himAZi' ruliiei ticaw.eH J ...1 tu uchwik ;
I reHfVjl a btti bwMi ray hiintisj) , pgg;
te1 "aiMT RLujauvin OouU ind laniul wtf
ami two, bnnUiera and the two daughter
of Daniel Oould wer thera ; wss awtk
when my husband came to our mum ;
Ben.-went - to thw- door to soe whit th
noiss was about tti window falliDg ; did
nut see him again that sight f saw aoth
ingvof Daniel after retiring ; wa not dis
turbed by nea juoviug atxmt tit bona
)ha night L gist p, Ltaton un-i, xtjv
min and Daniel wen at brvnsktast, and lite
asm. mem ben of th family ; talhor atiil
mflitii ail.
t in. i ,ne
Un
UiMiNKj by Mr. IMUUdPN.
'rten milen li.m llinielftnutd'a;
flveiuie
i ArrKKKooa saanioN.
! Jl MIS FOUTl'NK examined by Mr.
Stkono. Know Jason Withcrow , reool-
lei t, the night of the raid ; heard of it 18
c,,K.k R.1 K , Sun,Uv .
wilh,nw., thll, Tenin hu
.
mule ; got there about dark : ate suiuasr ;
saw some parties there: left alatut two
hours in tlie night ; it waa three or four
miles across the taoun tains to BlggsrstaV'a,
rough Boad ; five or six miles to go by the
riavl. !
To Mr. PniiJ.ir-a. Borrowed Withe
row's mule.
To Mr. Striinu. Mra Wit hero w waa
shortly aitrrwanla delivereil of a child.
GKOUtiK HAMItliK K examined by
Mr. Stkono. Waa a memlH-r of the In
visible Kinpire ; joined last winter or fall ;
waa initisted by Thus. K. lim n ; the oath
wan to obey the constiiiiiioa and laws of
the United Slates and of the statu,
soiuetbiug in it atiout the old conatK
tution, slavery exoepted, Mr. Strongs
vision of the oath waa n lajauilj "cor
n ptii.ns ol tlie radical party" was in it ;
ciiouilvil it It would deprive ine uf the
rl-M to voti f r tin' inui I liked; whs
told "U" '. i.'.llii' - ti 1 . 1 nl-'Ul i'ln Msg
Ulii iikt.il oril.-i. It-.ei.- w;t! a '" de. of
secteay . liii.i lul J the radicid lli-iu!
loi a: 1 ntale "Iliciii .iucc the suiretiiter,
but went '.-ir tin t .iitveiitem , voted the
( ." I. vvnlM-.l. by Mr, PHILLIPS.
Wan nivly .line wait old lUh ol last Au
gii.t , dou'v recoiled the word " itutuacti
Iftlc " in the uutil ; Kliaa ilsiubrick is my
sou, John tirecu uiy sou iu-htw ; belouged
to the den Shotwelt would not teoctve ;
wss never in a meeting bul'boce; heard
oatti but once ; dou'l recollect atsttil
'- .'b.-viivg oiiK'is ," don't miollect atMiut
" opitoaiug the indiettln iu alt forms ;" no
thing said nb-e T liolltun, uaked them il
it wiMlld ht.idi't iu - iioiu the privilege ol
vo'ing an I ch -ni , w iiell they w leawt-M.
1114 tut tu.'M'i ol t..iiiit4; t.recii etii'w.
the oath ". Ihought I undiustinid it
VVlttlcse (I- m 1 lU . I lilt pl-ev of iiit.Uilg
when luiie.i. 'l. oul. e.n .. eiv elected and
a ci.oio.ilit. .j.!." no J,Nfive on mjuiiuit
tut ; 'tw an r. p.i,i..t a .us;." had tan-n steal
lllg tmru and n(fM.g .1 l"t whisky ; it
was pn.posed to whip tiuu ; ilie cauip said
to put the law on- him; some one aaid f
that crowd did not whip him, a npiad
Inun below would take hiui in hand ;
'twas nsailved to giv hhn a small jniiip
ping with a' switch j next morning some
ouu said It had been done; wa unfhe
Committee that ordered the whitH"t
had iko nu v with tlie order alter
wards. !
To Mr. rVraoDU. No polides or tatk of
vising in that whipping ; simply for (teal
jug com and swapping it for w hisky j bad
aja .tect right lo vote as tie pleased.
A. U. LoOA exaniintd by Mi. rtiuoae
Live in Rutherford ; did uut belong b.
the Invisible Kmpire; am a conservative ;
witness testified to the good chaincier of
Joseph Sweeney, John Calton, Win, 0
Depriest, Tsyktr Csraon, Olio Caiwa,
Tom Toms, Samuel Higgcmtad, ILtrlon
Uiggerstatf, Achilles Duihaui as Inung
good; of Adolphtst Depriest, Joi pii
Ih-pnest, and several others, wiltuw aaid
tlw-y wore young men who limt turuied nl
( h.ir.abir, but lluit he had uevn heard
anjlliiug against theto. j
Vi ITS KttS. Heard of tlie raid in ques
tion , went to BiggurstatTi bouse the
Wed.uatday or Thursday after he was,
wh pped ; was told h wa In the liuld ;'
did uot see hint. BiggttrstatT in his test
imony aaid Its had been coutlmal to h
Ins. I for long time had tu l pro,iH'
up Here a lengthy arguusmil tollowid
an to Uh! admissibility ot questions sliow
iiuxthat a supicit.u of liwirui a kaklui
iiad atlutitcd the character of some ut tht
delendanta. The court ruled that tlif
quotioiia must retor to report in
regard to th defendant previous tft
lb fltli of Ap.il last, the time ."
Hie riL. Th list of defnudanM
then read to, witness and h satd that
Swsexoy, parson Wither and William
Depriest were the only ones b bad heard
suspeoted up to that tl.ua. Th witussk
waa atari asked In regard to the locattos
of the houses of defendants in rwlatiou tti
that of Aaron IliggerststT, and be said
they nearly all lived in directiou eppo
site to that in which, the crowd oats os.1
the night uf the raid on Biggarstaif.
tlATTIJKW CKOWUKU mind by
Hi. rrmoan. Live in Ckaveumd, ti
miles from Jam. Allen ; Tivcoflot th
nu lit isf thewaid wa sitting In my porct
and hoard the report of gun south of nai ;
out alter fiv or sift mounted men passed,
uU k. al to o'clock pruciaely theuiail
body p..s-d my liouml tu a gallop ; Irons
th tntis srxt morning tlniy wen Uiret
to fiair double, and alxuit twenty-sii tiles
passed, besidt lift who wsnt before;
sou, were disguiacd ; was aeared and slept
mme, and exactly at 10 minute past twe
ti, run. u.1, . sou,, eaois Into uiv vard
fo, water; aaid what they had don - us I
gran BigyersUlT fust 800 lick; that
thtJ had d.melt, not hi MighboarjiiiB
rtocty saia tuey wouia nsve to nurry upot
Ihrv could not CtHsf the water ; it wa
dark when they went up, the moon ws
np when they returned ; noticed ih tint
mad good maiiy not dinATilai'd. TWiu
Bess tostibVd to the character of A. Dun
ham and Oould a very good. Wiuiea
was sot a member of the Invisible Km.
ftire : Totad both wv ; bad been a men .
bet of the Union League, wa induced to
Vnit bj praaiihat aeHit. him that If ft
wa Kiunn trutt two-tntrn or tn men of
th .tat r tW--ae, esxilil get
back into the union ; wa a onion utsn
aJwaya,, and expected to be ; wa told
there warn rtfht nstrtirllf fh leagli ; toot
sntaAtii
livs eitrt
, xt.Mih...fmai. IWggerslat-s over
the Cleaveisnd line ; tirer might b thre
totbe atealn the rank ; two or 'thre N
of the men cam np to my boas bemr
the big crowd oaas up; cuinfml SM nlas;
they wesvgoMi hatr hou rs and lea miautasj
; &wmMuBtin$M''S M llViiw.li.disi'
guine; twa a raile to I be. creek, eight
aulas tu th Bberby river ! a big gsag
sssss I back, as many maybe ssore than
weutnp ; they were uot La ratsk to vnturre
ing, but aswttandr iT5r o wenlbactf ;
ever heard ot Durltass or Oouid Laaiagsua
parted of being kuktoa. . i " .
To Mr. frr Bona., It was rertortod that
I th coiorsd wen were dnuing dovra thai
to meek lit kuksua, and 1 thooght tbia
orowd waa going to rsuia thenv. a i
JSO. A. McFARLAlSU examined bj
-"-1 miBt.i.totf - t -t i
jliiil.r yowls. Masihsw Orewdi-T-' Ytlwe
h-1 tM!nsAlMfcjsisw-els
any ntan in that enmity; ant n repub
lican and been deputy sheriff of Kuther
ford since the surrru.iiT.
UtCOJIUK W. iIJJNS Wifed to the -
chnjai !ur of StotlTiws'.F, t'anaiq.l livCa
son, Ben. ioiId, Wm, I)rrxieat,jSanil Big
gertaff and A. Durham, aa good. Wltneaca
is a cit lien of Rutherford and a minister of
the Baptist church, la 4Jw reguhir ercij.
tii his im ins uiiuisuj ; owceaey, vf m.
lepiieat and Olin Carson have suffered
soeiew hat in character by reports thnt
they were kuklux.
This closed the testimony for the de
fence. TuaTmottv run PaosncTTloll (rsseaw.)
MICHAEL CHOWDER sworn and ex
n sal ned by Mr. 1'Hru.irs. Live in Cleave
lanil ; was at the whipping ; heard Blfc-"'.
ntstiuY earsed fh beins; a radical and
for having Depriest kilted cureed for
boing a leiuiing radical ; heard nothing
said to Mis. Haniatry ; Ulonged to Hoard's
den j order given iu dun to whip Uigj, -r-statr
for killing Depriest. Wiley said
that was what It was for ; so said Hoard,
the chief; Wiley came up from tlie lower
neighborhood ami asked our den to
whip Biggerslaff for killing Depriest ;
after Wiley's second visit, the den resolved
to go ; sentence won MO lashes. Witntta
confirmed other witaeaM tt to the naite
to ItiggorBtafTs, and that the main I iy
joined in at Jamea Allen's; ass, the whip
ping; did not take part halt; saw two
men have Mrs. Itamsey by the hands at
the gate; did not are her struck ; heard
tlie men say they were whimiing Bigger
staff for hsving Depriest killed, and then
they cursed hiui for bung a leading rad
ical , got to Uiggeratatri in the middle of
the aiglit ; know C'allou ; did uot see him
ttvir night The list of defendant was
rend ..vtV aud wiuieae reiftgniatd none of
Ihcte; knew none ol them; the crowd
th.it followed Came by Wall . Mill, frum
t 'l'-av eland ; did not com from Lincoln
tou ; no one joined in between Allen'
and Riggrrstafl'a, nor at BiggeraUtTs;
were told the whipping was tor killing
lit priest ; cursed him tW being a radical ;
did not hear any one asy the wbij ping
was Li being a rsdiial ; the horse were
left tOO yards down the road ; no horses
nt the gate or near It ; weut back by
Amos Harrrll'i; slopped there and heard
Unro ll talk to some of the men frvmi hi
...d, w itueas was disguised ; others were
dniguiaed ; oould not recognire any of
theiu if be did Hot know they wete there.
To Mr. Pun. lips. Don't know that I
was hound to go un the raid. Hoard said
if auy man failed to gUc be- would lie
Hucd a dollar and a dollar lor hi horse,
and if it was not paid it in three meetings,
they would lu .1 ,.1111.
.I VIt..., PKARSON. ooforod. exam
ined by Mr. PutLi.tn. Live in Kuther
foni ; waa visited by th kuklux once;
waa told I had alwaya been a big man and
Voted against Harwell Bryan, foo whose
Lutii wUmxi bvnu) at.d must atop it.
To the I 'oust. I lls men wete din. ..
gUised. . Z! la
- ',. rtxiarraim tif; mtrm ntna.
Th'vy said thny cant lwrause 1 bed
thivalened lo kill one of them; the raid
was on the 4th Saturday in February.
AAlt'lK BBiaF.tv8TAFFrcaflidan.I
t xamhsnd l.y Mr. 1'H.LLira. A. H. Jones
was l i ... ..IV fisr coiign-a In IM70.
I " Mr. OI HO..U. Wis bt .ocn some .itO
vote.
.Mm ('arson, Ella tf isliisut, Ji-enu
Weils, Wm. Scruggs and Itobbiua,
were called to testily to the character tor
veracity of Annul BiggerstntT, and all said
it was good. Due lived tillec.ll mill's l.o.n
him , snot hei nine or ten; another thtee
and a Imif ; auoilier eight, and the lat
vc All these witnesses said the were
republicans.
This chased the testimony in the case.
Adjourned till It) o'clock to-ntorniw.
Car Fua AoKUitJi.TtJgjti, Aamaj- '
Tion eVfuiisi. PHKUii'Ma The Hpecial -;.
Pteunuins ofTurad by tlie Associstitui and
by our business men are among: Uw most
attract! va features of the next Cape Fear
Agricultural Association, lai b held in
this city on tb 14th, loth, lth and 17th
of November.
W uutvm that a handjuma French
China Tea Bet far tb irouiium ofTered tor
the lady who exhibit, th largest and best
outlacfhia of article iti til Uousehold De
partwenl, th work of! ne owa aaada.
Theysluabl preniiam of solid ail ver
plate, otTured byh Aasociatios fur et
oolleooe In the Department of Fluid Cmp
hare' oeett long before th pubilc ' '
Meaara. IVIiowet t Co., agent of Hut
Carolina Fertiliaor Company, and ths Jfa
rasas Ouano Company of this idty, offer
fsvlwOauaul ytmmUoi their lortiliaari
a' ajatclat prumlum. Beside Lheae,
atmW.'Wlli
Tsui , Manning, Mutmon & )nif:
(lurch iter anJ 0, It. French k Bona, oflbr
valuable prernitiius lor excel tenon In several
articles of agricultural and mechanical in-d-U--
1;.. , . -i '
W e itope yet to ad4 much to thi li.t.1
and ' old out other LoduoemenU, not only
Ui attract ex hlbitnra, but alap to Induce a
large stUniiance of visitor,
AaijWMkirn,
The kxecutlr oomutitte 0 th Caps
Kear agrtcutturat sssotiation, fsrasrTP-'
fort to txuvut a (us -fair la Kovamber,
hav not overlooked th wnunmenta lor
the yianiger portioa of their visitor. ,
They hsv determlood to hav atour
vTttDtarrrfe betr,' U fi itf'th'hir.: fa.'.'-
sxlijitioa to the osual biwiH. of the totu-
I aey, aa elegant gold walch will be cPren
jajnL HlgnmMui- tpiait. ana a n
wnr
Ti'awarcKrto
fv?!!f':
, .'a.-V "a "
47 committee of cltixen will mna
far a ball at sight la th city h.IL 1
We art aura tho young . ladies and
genUemea wha attead the fair will fyf)r
apprsoiato thsss effort to add rthir
ntVuiameat, WUmiitft. Jgnrnmi
Tb losses by th great fire "at Virginia
t-lty willnaah 70,ox. .;t;
m Thera I great mortality among tat
childrea la Luh, No woadar. .
Cady Slantoa has a totaled SC. ,Ho is
a meniharol thalwiirsre wgttsstuia, aad. '
Uany taught Aim how W Uia.
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