Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1828-08-29

necessary to go over the same story az D..
lie was certainly as mean man and ilie great.
est glutton 1 ever saw. What little money he
could n.ake by selling horses at auction at 25 cents
eaeh' he always laid out Tor cakes aud pics which
he eat himself, aud never carried a mouthfu
home to his family. l never saw him selling
horse but he had pie in his hand, eating il while
crying the horse.
Given under my hand this BUD day of August,
1925.
WA. PLANT.
Laurence County, fla.
i do hereby certify that 1 have known John
Harris OF South Carolina tor the term of Is wears
-during that time his character was no, consider
ed good: lie was not respected among the Bap.
tstS neither was he member Of that society but
debarred from joining during the time i knew him.
though he attempted 10 do 1 have understood
that he preached frequently, but 1 do no, believe
he ever was member OF that society in South
Carolina. 1 believe he left that state in dishor-
est way, to wit: Swindng his neighbors out Of
some money, md left the state between two days
Given under my hand this 4th day OF August,
1928.
JOHN BROWN.
What will Mr.. M'Cord and others say to this.
How will their certificates tally with this' Squire
BIS character will compete with Mr.. M'Cord's-
Snould ii DE urged that John Harris might have
been bad man in South Carolina, and a good one
you picase-we shall prove that ne was worse in
tennessee than in South Carolina
We shall soon be furnished with the evidence of
his respectable ncighbors in Tennessee.
Laurence County, lila.
This IS TO certify that first became acquainted
with John Harris, one of the six miIi,tamen, in
| the army under General Jackson In the year 1914
lie belonged to my company. 1 have frequently
heard him preach IN the army and never heard
any thing against him until the mutiny broke out
of fha I'D. aogtl
his mutiny was in agitation five or six weeks
fapors and subscriptions were handed round to
me, and to ell thc nen--ihe purport was, your
time Is out, and are you not going home!" Harris
was one OF the head men in this business After
they asccrtained that they had majority on their
side, they then made their intention to go home
public. The officers refused to let them 60 or
! give them provisions. They then went to the
C0mniSsary house to break II open and take out
what they wanted Their first intention was to
prize up the house and take out log, but when
they found the door was hung and locked on the
outside, they concluded that they could prize off
! the coor much easier than they could prize out
log. They priced the door off the hinges, and
threw it round on the locked side, and took out
what they wanted They carried the barrels OF
Hour to their tent and took what they wanted -
harris was one of the men who helped to prize
the door oil. Next morning atdaylight they COM
Inenced calling their roll in boastDg and romano
ing way. They marched 10 the ColonePs marquee
and commenced firing, and they must have fired
between two and three hundred guns; and they
kept Oh firing for three miles. Thosr who had pa
perS were considered temporary officers and be-
ieve Harris was one.
some oil those men returned before they got
home-some returned after they got home, and
some were brought back. know nothing about
| the Court Martial, but understood great many
! gave testimony against Harris as a ring leader
understood that the provisions Of these men gave
out before they reached home, and they met two
or three wagons loaded with provisions going on
10 the army, and that Harris and his company
stopped those wagons, took Off the hind gate, and
took out what they wanted.
Before this mu,inous party left the army, SOL
der by the name Of Thomas Brandon stood in the
tort door, and shot large SOW, which would have
! weighed 200 lbs. and was said to belong to the
! Commissary. The SOW was cleaned and Hsrr;s
| took his part of her.
The above statement is Just and true to the best
| OF my knowledge and belief.
1928. 'N's
VIM. M'KELvY.
Mr.. Harris says that Gen Jackson, in his letter
to his Baltimore friend charged his father with two
things more than the Court Martial did, and more
| than he ever WAS guilty of. Admitting that the
! Court Martial only charged him with two crimes,
VIZ: " LIST. Mutiny. I'd. Conniying at mitinY," it
by no means follows that he was ever charged
with more than guilty Of. Ii he had been guilty of
thousand crimes worthy OF death, it was neces-
sary to lay in only as many before the Court Mar
| Na' as were deemed Suiilcl2nt to convict him.
This was done, and he condemned to be shot.
and was shot for the two crimes only as alleged
above. We have already proved him gully of ma
ny more crimes than he was charged with before
| the Court Martial, and we expect to prove him
guilty of many more than Gen. Jackson ever charg
ed him with.
We have already sustained every charge stated
by Cen Jackson, except that of burning the bake
house. Mr.. MKelvey says he knows that the
bake house was burnt, but he does not know who
Gid H. We have list Of names, among whom
there are enough who know who did do it, We
shall ascertain the fact as the nature of the
case will admit.
rs MIR. m'Kevey's evidence will be like gall
and bitterness TO some, we have taken the liberty
TO call on some sis or eight gentlemen to state that
Mr. M'Kelvey is man Of known truth and
whatever lie says may be relied on. We could get
thousands to testify 10 this fact if necessary.
C0urtfand, .Aug. 4, 1928.
We, whose names are hereunto subscribed do
certify that william MIX elyey is man of known
integrity, and whose word is entitled to the high
est consideration. We have known him personally
many years
Geo. w. Martin,
Littleberry II. Jones,
Sdmuet Meredith,
Ihos. COop,oood,
James Woodfn,
j. III. PeaTsaH,
/iamiiH Epes,
Daniel pdLc.