The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-07-11
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:rIaa Doisus OF staphccin, connor, ritz !
CONSTABLE & i,ses q
ii! s'pFt THE lKIgliTH tSrASTRf, AT
ssIs'sS as'1g ss'a5iooa iooaxSaKnURo. .5'.i,i.ii
JuIY' " u :l:s.Akt 8 O'clock A. NJ. calls upon
tho counsel of Mr.. w. v. Izlar for that gentle
man. Assures them that nothing violent is
5iutended, that he merely desires Mr.. Izlar to
80 to Columbia and give military bail, 50 that
tts mittat ea.,. tdsa, oeer The military bond,
4 itlsofheri papers, TO, THE CIVIL .AuTnoRI-
rlEsaas E,asgE Counsel ssscstto the said Stephen
O'Connnr, that Mr.. Izlar is already under
recognisarce- in the sann of three thousand dol
lars,aildl that the man Earle McCord, coi'd)
whom h said have shot to prevent an
escape from an arrest for felony, is now cou-
9yalcscsnt; /; and that military bond for that
purpose is therefore unnecessary, since the
civil sasboritigs =. are already fully charged with
the matter Q,Gf9nn9r = srsy makes the same re-
quest of somc of the suretics on Mr.. Izlars re-
cogniEance to tic civil ccu.ts. Also, rearrcsts
Mr.. Sydnor, Deputy Sheriff, and delivers at
4 thcaShcriffs Office a, copy of an order fiom
aoaeFal Candy removing Mr.. Dukes, Sheriff,
Mr. !sydner, Deputy Sheriff, and Mr., Edwards,
Constable; ;arrointing Mr.. Harpin Riggs
sheriff and providing tina. before Mr.. lliggs
shall .cgtct on the duties Of his ofico, he
shall take. the test oath, aud flc his bond in
due form Of llaw. his copy was not Tor the
Sheriff, however: but was addressed 70 Mr.
sydnor, Deputy Sheriff. Mr. Dukes has not re-.
ceiyed any geopy Of the order, addressed to him.
self nor any ether order ~ regard tleroto) Tx
pecting to receive such an order, however, Mr..
Dukes employed large clerical force, and pro.
ceeded to take an Inventory of the papers in
hisioffice, i. 81
"a AZ No Connor demands Of the Sher-
iff the body of Joe Brown, colorcd in Jail un-
der,iceflmitmcnt for burglary. Sheriff asks
!i.@ ::s :s sas. nCoa.e. refuses,
but tskes Joe Brown out Of Jail.
10 A. MIR. IIarpin Riggs takes tho
TEST OATH in SOLEMN FORM.
JuiGY sth.-O' Connor . ssletachmcnts attempt
the arrest ;,.NMi. of NE. Hare who is already under
bail in the sum sum of $4,000, to the civil authori-
ties but Mr.. Hare was not at home Also ut
tempt the Sarrest of some negro burglars con-
nected with the affair; but being under orders
not % shoot dsrkies; the negroes run away be.
foretheir faces. asils,s, I.
/ Pl n T7-O(''Connor 3 arrests the Intendant of
/ the Town, and four other citizens, whose
names were i on the .reeognizances of NIcssrs.
Ixlar and Hare, and tells them that he will
j hold them until Izlar and Hare arc forthcom-
ling (O'Conner did not send for Mr.. Izlar at
all, although informed that his fathers resi-.
dencc is some IA miles from tho Town) Up.
fon remonstranee, takes advantage of the op.
portunity to indulge his prooiivity for billings
gate, by lenouncing the citizens of Orange
burg for secrcting murdcrcrs, being no better
4 ,+#ss4s y -
than horse thieves, ETC., ETC., with the appro.
pirate sprinkling of profanity.
P.fM.--(A little later) O'Connor consults
the fleet Military orders at the Office of the
Bureau, and sends his Sergeant to release the
gentlen, N he had so wantonly arrested.
July 8, 81 A. M.-Earlc AIcCord, colorcd,
the wounded convalescont, is borne to the De-
pot on q cot, without any protection from the
burning rays Of the morning sun, en- route for
Columbia. I'm rs 4 4 sss
TO rA. NJ - 'Connor forcibly elects Mr.
Dukes from the shcriffs Office, takes posses
sion Of the papers and property, and of the
Jail, instals Nj Harpin Rigg- as Sheriff with
out the formaltics of bond, and through the
witoletra,,saotioi, refuses persistcntly to show
any orders from the Post Of Columbia for his
conduct, though his orders are repeatedly de-
maaded BY the Sheriff 4
KS LII "a. M.---A bail writ for false imprison-
,nent requiring bail III slss sup Of Eve thouA