The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-08-24
THE DAILY NEWS.
.,ExECUrIvE cLEmEHCY.
sE1xAsE OF PRISONERS SENTENCED By MILL
TARY COMMISSION.

man. IQ6S6' ptlbOudIs Ho1o oAAS0sS
coniointly with Duncan G. McRae and Samuel
Phillips. as to whom noHeprosequs was en-
tered. Phillips turning States evidence, and
IL being decided by the military commission
that there was no evidence implicsting NcRae.
The facts Of the case, as admitted substantially
by prosecution and defence, ars: -
: THAT on Sunday evening, 10th Of February,
1867. q respectable white girl, Hiss Massey, re-
turning from church to her home, in the vlcln-
ity Of Fayetteville, North Carolina. was met in
the suburbs of the town, assaulted, dragged
from the public highway, a1d brutally outraged;
thai. ON the same day, one Archy Beebe, col
ored man, was arrested by thepolice OF Fayette-
was brought before magistrates for preliminary
examination; at that examination ;Beebe WAS
fuIly identified BY the oath Of the young Lady
mon whom the assault had been committed,
and by other testimony, and was BY the mag1se
trates committed TO- await his trial at the next
County The report OF cthes crime produced
great indignation in the minds OF the peo-
Die Sof 4hS community and Q large crowd,
both Whfte and tcolored, assembled to hear
the preliminary examination above mention
ed. After the examination, the young lady,
Migs Massey, passed through the crowd
from the court room to carriage, and 9 hand
kerchief falling from her neck revealed the
marEsC Of the brutal clutchof the ravishers
fingers upon her throat; and thereat the crowd,
already excited, became fulons wltn lnolgnar
lion. The prisoner, brought out 1eW mo-
inents after, was killed by pistol shot, fired
Hom the. MIDST OF 5ne c5oWoi Snoauy st- ;a.eet--
wards the defsndants S9ssf Ct ih.n A. were anes
ing ihey Second Military District, and were, In
iyfolloWing. .tried: before a'mihtary commits.
Mon; as already stated q A large: number OF
witnesses were e1ann,e9. ny anu l stle tsee..oy
genefaDy Has OF . c0nnlcting Cnalaceot, . eGuo
Of the Witnesses ior t9e psosecuEon swearing
that Iolar nfed tne Snot, anu Snas IvSefs tSu Snu
hand dsyasms1orlsy on tne MatnesSest1 .ns Ho Ss
fence tesuned p9nuve!y tnas taey nea1% nama sne
repofe o1gIe pastot, ana MecS ~
and saw tnat ne not only uG h9s me Sue L. ~. -
tof but that ne had mourning 70 90 WIN tne Az
tack on Besbe. Some OF the Witnesses sT9re
Phillips, tsa 70 whom 2 g not prossqut was eneer7
ed asa reward for bus turning states eyloence'
from me Neignt ot sesamo9y y Goes aot ~ w
assd f%o1sr PaHsrs pnSs e and WaInaS r. SSd I sny @
fss;n1 n Ii With fifs Sf1ootine: but it does ap.
near ths4 Pbiiliua Who was acauitteil. probably
Hred tfe sofstol sfiree! ma1nbers OF the COM
mission fscommend Powers and Watkins to
Executive Memancy, Is
The Judge Advocate OF the Second District,
upon review Of the case, recommends that the
death sentence be mitgated to imprisonment
for twenty years. 7.
General Candy directed that the accused be
mprisoned IN Fort Macon for fifteen years:
and they are now executing that sentence in
that prison.
The e.Advocate OF the Second District,
IN reviewing the case, says that while the pru-
tai outrage committed by Beebe was not
legal palhshonot tho murder, OF -Whlch II msy
have been the exciting cause, yet 1t is compe-
tent and reasonable Tor "the reviewing su-
thonty TO oonsider facts. In determmng tne
charActer OF punishment tnat Hnal pe mnctco
upon the prisoners: -.
len Thousand OF the most respectaple cltl-
Gems, many them members or tne Masomc
order, " Nortn ana !e9utn Oaronna. loinea y
peunons % me EIesiosns 20 PARDON tne pllson-
S III tho aUy e mo,ar snI 20 Il.
ssat SaG saey say saey AnOm loIt - pe poa0eapo'
TS.st,o aas Ssa.Yo,os a,d : ,,sor roie f!ro - the
Iad au bst po~srs e tbo NIL.
sSt1ssso r.saS ~, o v"sAs - s.o
S.L S.ee Msooe!i e19 1of .Hsarest protector, her
"a IstaeS ,Sng DEAD; and the petitioners argue
tnat even If the prisoners did shoot Beebe, the
Outrage committed ON highly respectable fe-
male g near relative, was in itself circum-
stance which should mitigate the punishment
of the accused, who have already been impris-
nnef over q wear, That the negro Beebe was
or;,tu ~ the sontraee Is admitted by, all. and
~ raceivsd a. 8 nnnishment for this brutal
act The nefalty Provided by law-death-
~ ~ ,,I,, pcS;a., ~ thst resnlt 10 fud in
$hs ynoSa hy wh;cb e WAS aesomplished. u
in =. ~ t,tsr s-ona5 IN behsH af tba defend
~ = thot .hare Sas M rassonabIa oronnd for
ILe ;nternosit;on or the military court; that no