The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1869-05-26

Jail. They left him there the first
nigh; without telling him the
charges against him. The next
night, however, the trio took him
out and told him what he was
accused of. He denied it, and
they prepared to put him to the
torture.
They first hung him awhile--tak-
ing him down before life was extinct
and questioning him. He still de-
MED all knowledge of the char
ges. They then bucked and gagged
him for some time in the most
cruel manner. He still protested
that he was innocent himself and
did not know who was the guilty
person, AS a last resort, Whiting
cooked q revolver, put it to his
bead, and told him he had but a
minute to live, if he did not con-
fess. Woods was scared, but even
the almost certainty of instant
death did not elicit a confession,
and the baf1ed scoundrels, after
abusing him and cursing him,
turned him loose, threatening if
he ever told what was done to
him bysthem, to kill him.
Woods is a negro, very mnch
liked by the white people of
Crittenden, and who did good
deal toward alleviating the wretch
cd condition Of the prisoners in
the Marion Jail. This fact having
transpired, Mayne, Haynes and
Whiting[ the mostinfernal scoun-
drels Of alp have prosecuted him
in the manner just recited. He is
ready to prove these charges, and
much more.
Graf. Crump, the young man
who was so cruelty maltreated by
them. and whose trial and trium-
phant vindication we have already
given, is gentleman ofeducation
and refinement, of goodfamily and
irreproachable reputation His SIM
pie word is worth more than the
Bible oaths ofall the scalawags and
carpetbaggers in Arkansas, or
anywhere else, for that matter.
He is the object of their especial
hate and persecution. He is now
in the city, and has been here al
most ever since he was released.
Notwithstanding this actis known
and he can proveit, Haynes and
Mayne are continually spreading
the report, sending it to little
Rock and elsewhere, that he, Club
Harlan, Clarence Collier and
Gilbert Dowell are in the swamps
numbering negroes. A few nights
ago negro came in toMarion and
reported that Crump and Harlan
had murdered a negro at or near
Kingston. On Friday evening
Crump in company with Collier
went to Mound City and there
heard this report. Fearing some
trouble from it, they Immediately
took a skiff and came down to the
city. 1t was we'll they did, for
shortly after they left,
MAYNE DISGUISED AS ANEGRo,
at the head Of a band Of twenty
armed negroes came into Mound
City hunting for them. swearing
vengeance against them, espe-
cially Crump, and saying they
had an order for their arrest on
charge of having committed this
murder. Itnow turns out that there
was no murder committed, nor was
any order issued for their arrest.
Mayne denies that be had any
thing to do with the affair, but it
uan be proven, as can every charge
made in this expose. We under
stand that Mayne is now trying
TO trump up something on DR..
Guerrant who was so devoted to
the interest of the prisoners. He
has, however, thus far not sue
ceeded.
THEIR MOVEMENTS.
Mayne, Turner and Whiting left
for Little Rock a day or two ago.
They loudly swear that somebody
will suffer when they come back.
They also say that the injunction
lately granted Sheriff Harden by
the Supreme Court shall be set.
aside.
Haynes was in the city yester-
day. He was dressed up in new
suit of clothes which he either
beat some tailor out OF, or paid
for with stolen money. 1t is re-
ported among his negro friends
that he came over to make ar
rangements to be married AS he
has one negro wife now, we.sup-
pose the other will be Of the same
color.
There is a nice little plot among
the Loyal Lcaguers of Crittenden
to murder all the young men who
left during the reign of terror, if
they return. Forewarned IS fore
armed, and the young men will be
very great fools if they go back
unprepared for the emergency.
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