Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-05-12

ing "he would DO 80 with the greatest
pleasure. He was much % iged to him
Mayne) for giving him the chance 70
get IF the position IS he q tired 81
their murders and ~5pfan5es. As 60 leaV-
ing the State, however, he poi1t-biank
refused to do Il, and said he would stay
there and go with Mayne to his funeral
first"
80 he r~enSlned, and since the Occur
renee M&yne his made repeated efforts
20 get possession of the order, cut Cooke
has refused it, and still holds it. Cooke
is at present doing business in partner
ship with Capt. Rice in MEri5a, mer-
chsndising. Hs says he intends using
the order along with other Information
that he has, at some future time.
LORE TORTURE.
After CFump's Feiesse by the civil
authorities, be went to the Sheriff and
told him where there were thres pistols
belonging to him, ia the jail, and asked
for them. They were procured and re-
turned to him. This caused a good deal
OF inquiry among the crew, Mayne,
Haynes and others, SIS to how CrGmp goU
the pistols in jsil. AS seon ss Sheriff
Harden was removed, Msyne eom
mencsd a course OF Inquiries, but could
h0d cut nothing. A few days ago
Haynes negro Wge had q quarrel with a
negro named Weeds, who hsa been 0
Sergeant in the militia and 3 guard over
Crump the most OF the time. To get re-
venge she swore that she had seen him
hsndths pistols ioEO the jail TO Crump
Ga this hint they acted. A day or two
before Harden cams back with the in
junction, Msyns, Haynes q Whiting
seiz I'd Sargent Woods and threw him
into jail. Thsy left him there the hrsl
night without telling him the charges
against him. Tns 2ext night, however,
the trio took him oN and told him what
he was accused OF He denied It, and
they prepared 10 put his to the torture.
They first hung him awhile-taking
him down before life was extinct and
questioning him. He still denied ali
knowledge Of the charges. They then
bueked and gagged him for ome time 10
the most cruel manner. lie still pro
tested that he vas innoeent himself EHd
did not know who wss the guilty person.
As q last resort, Whiting cooked y re-
~volFsr, put il 70 his head, and
told him ne hsd bat 3 minute TO live, i'll
he did not confess. Woods wss scared,
bat even the siuost certainty OF instant
death did not elicit . confession, q the
bsffisd ~scoundrsls, after abusing him and
cursing him, turned him loose, Threat
eni1g If be ever told what WAS done to
him by them, to kill him.
Woods Is q negro, very much liked by
the white people Of CrittenCen, and who
did a good deal toward aiievialing the
wTetched condition Of the prisoners in
the Marion jan. This'face having trans
piFed, Wayne, Haynes and Whiting fthe
most Internal seOundrsl OF all have per
secuted hinA in ths manner last reci6ed
He is ready ID prove these ehsTgee, and
much more.
CRUMP.
Graf. Crump, the young nas1 who was
so cruelty msitressed nv them, and
whose trial anu tIIualphABt vi~adlestion
we have already given, - gentleman Of
education and refinement, OF good family
z i~rrepTosChS0.e reputation. lbs sim
pie word is worth 2oTs than the Bible
oaths Of sill tbs scslaWag5 and carpet
bsggers in Arkansas, or anywhere else,
for mat matter. He is tn cccjoos Of tnsir /
especiRi nate a persecution. He is now /
Ia the city, snd ess been here almost ever
since As gss released. Notwithstanding q
this fact is known, and be can prove ID, /
Haynes Sod Mayue s7e continually Z
spreading the report, seeding il 10 Little I
bocS and elsewhere, that he, Cab Hair
Ian, Clarence Collier and Gilsers Do veil l
are 10 the s%amps numbering negroes. !
Z. fsW nights ago a negro came into a
end reported that Crump and q
had MGrtefed 4 usgeo al or near
Kingston. On 81 idAy evening CrRmp I
n company With Collier went to Mound I
City snd thsre heard this report. Fear /
ng some trouble RON it, they immedi- q
'tely took 8 skiR and came down to the
'ity. Il was we'll they dii, for shortly 8
Ifter they left, {
MAYNE DISGUISED asa NEGRO, .
It the head OF q band Of twenty armed D
came into Mound City hUntiag .
them, swearing veEgeanos agsins. :
hem, especially CrCnp, and saying they !,
lad sn order for their arrest on charge OF !,
laving committed this murder. It now =
Urns out that there was no murder COM A
0ittsd, nor was any order issued for their :,
,rress. Msyne now denies that be had q
anything 70 do With the sfsir, but if can /,
- proven, a. can every charge made in
expose. understand that Msyne d
0 trying - trhmp up something On n
)r. Guerrant who WGs So devoted to the -
nterea. OF the prisoners, He has, how =
veT, thus far not succeeded. .,
THEIR MOVEMENTS. D
Mayne, Turner and Whiting left for &C
Rock G day or two ago. They q
5udly swear that somebody will suffer
Vhen they come back. They also say 1,
hat the Injunction lstely granted Sheriff y
Harden by the Supreme Court s lsll be II
ct aside. d
Haynes was IN the city yesterday. He !
1ss dressed up ia 8 new sujt OF clothes Is
7hich be either beat some tailor cut of, e
r pad for with stolen money. It is re- ie
oFted sc2ong his negro friends that he
anne v to make arrangements to be -
AS he has one negro vile ie
o~, we suppose the other viii be Of the l,
color. u
There IL a nice little plot among the .,
Leagusrs Of CTittenden to murder q
Il the young men who lefs there during "
reign Of terror, il they return. Fore 20
'arned is fofesrmed, and he young men ,
iii be very great fools if they go back dIi
n~prepared for the emergency. 81