Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-05

months Of September, October ant
November, 1868, that did not ge
one or more letters, reporting tb,
murder of citizens Of the county, ant
claimed in these letters to b. murdered
in consequence Of their political opin
ion, or other outrages committed or
them, and begging Of me to send 6
military force to the county to give
protection against lawless mon.
Q.-What was the condition n
Abbeville as to outragcs also, ot
Newberry2
A.-The same as in Edgeiield. IN
Abbc"ille County I have reports on
file Of nineteen murders. Those
murders were also committed before
the November elections. Judg;nn
from the former election in April, and
making due allowances for natural
changes ana influences that might
lcgitimately have been brought to
bear, and Judging furthermore by
the statements Of men from the county
of both political parties, it is my
opinion that the Republicans would
have carried tho county by 1900 or
1000 votes I mean by Republican
Hoge's majority for Congress. AS to
Ncwbcrry County, in fair election,
l can only judge of i, from the Same
information l had as to Abhcvillc.
The majority in Ncwbcrry could have
been from ten to twelve hundred,
same rs for the Legislature. TIC
violence i'll Ncw!"!ry vas not TO tt!!::.
same extent as in Abhcv:!lc as to
murder. but the sanic Intolerance cx-
listed as to colorcd men voting. There
were two cases of murder in New
berry-Lce Nance &ni 4 man BY Tie
name Of Johnson Gia>s-uw-rrpu.;.
ncnt colo-cd lncn that now. rGcu!icct
Of. A fair election in Ed~a:i.lI
would have resulted probably, (cs;i-
mating sin ALkcv!!ic and Ncwhcrrv)
l feel justified in saying the majority
would have been from .wci.tv to
twenty-five hundred, with great de-
gree of certainty. At fair election
in the whole Congressional ID strict,
estimated rs above, believe am no,
over estimating the result when I as
sumc that Judge Uogc would have lad
rom two to three thousand majority.
IL would have not been less. I p;;,
his estimate at the lowest f"ur@s.
from my knowledge OF tl, counties.
above dc&cii''cd you (!Iov"j ccull not
have thoroughly canvass2l with
safety to life. ard this I give from i'll
formation which / received and co.,
-ider reliable. T:.c chances arc great
that you would have been shot down.
wish to say in that connection that
there arc many men ho,JiD;s Demo
cratic principles in those counties WHO
are good men and pcaccahIc c;.izcns,
and opposed to the system OF terror
ism and outrage pr9c:icad BY others.
and reported the subject matter tia:
L have here stated in the hope that !
could DO something to prevent OF
avert what they feared would Ec &c
inevitable result Of the c!ec,;cn--tIlc
terrible slaughter Of tic citizens, bcg-
ying Of ire at the same time not to
mention their names in connection
with this information, is it would
place their own lives nd property in
jeopardy. I must say that 1 tlo not
think there Is the danger of an or.
plan to interfere at present
with the rights OF any citizen to travel
through or transact any business in
these counties as there was during the
heat Of the canvass; but there may
be individuals who feel bitter toward
Judge Hoge, end might avail them
selves Of any opportunity, if hc came
in their vicinity, to do him IN injury.
or perhaps kill l.iln.
Determination by J. D. Pope, ESQ.,,
for j. L. Rced.]
Q.-Where were you bo-n2
Al was born in the State Of
Pennsylvania.
=, Q.-When did you first come to
South Carolina?
A.-On the 10Th or 10th day OF
August, 1864:
Gin what capacity did you then
come?
A.-As a prisoner of war.
Q.-Where were you taken pris-
oncr? ' .. -,
A.-At Atlanta, in Georgia, on the
22d July, 1864. >~
Q.-Were you ever in South Caro-.
lima before? .
A.-Never was.
Q.-When did YOU next come n