The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-09-07
AFTERNOON SESSION.

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ing, Jno. T. Trollinger on same charge,
but fled the county.
Court met at o'clock.
John w. Long examined. On the night
the school house was burnt John T. Troll
linger told him there being no one else in
that neighborhood to be trusted lie must
come and help do the burning. The school
house was situated near Dr. Moore's, and
taught by Northern man named Meter.
He went to Trollinger's bar room and staid
there until the train came, when Trollinger
said it was time for us to do our work.
Gray got jar of kerosene and a large
syringe, and we went to the school house.
Gray sguirted the oil on the building. He
begged Gray not to fire it, but the second
match set the building on fire We then
ran back to Trollinger's shop, put out the
lights and waited until the cry of fire was
raised: then went back and helped pull the
fence down. Trollinger said, "now boys,
you have done this work; you must not
tell of it," ssl
By Mr.. MERRIMoN.-The order came from
Trullinger to do the work, and do not know
that it was decree of the camp, if there
was any whipping to be done it came from
another camp; but if any of the officers told
the privates to do anything it was bound TO
be done; do not know sshy the School
House was burnt, but heard it was because
it was used as a negro school; he helped do
the burning because he was ordered by
Trollinger after Col. Kirk came told Mr..
Albright, Clerk Of the Superior Court, and
made my statement; he thinks Tom Tate
was made Chief alter he was bluffed out,
did not think he was bound to obey orders
from the new officers; he knew it was
wrong, but was bound to obey the. officers
he did not want to join after hearing the
oath they would invite the person who
wanted to JOIN to go out coon hunting or
to party. and after getting once into the
camp the person was bound to take the
oath; lie did not think 1t right to whip
persons, and he never helped whip but one;
he did not feel disposed to go to a Judge
or even the Governor, because he was
afraid of the K. K, one feature of the
oath was to commit perjury, his under
standing of the oath was that if mem
| Der failed to obey his oath he would
be put to death; he heard that Andrew
| johnson was head centre in. the United
States; young man told him last Sunday
on the street that there was IA good many
in Wake county; jeff Younger lives on the
north bank of Haw river, and he did not
| tell him that he burnt the school house and
YVES bound to put it On somebody and that
| he was going to put it on Mr.. Gray; he is
friendly with Mr.. Gray; he never made a
| pair of boots for me but what he paid for.
Peter Hughes examined. He knows
nothing about the burning, only what Long
told him or months after the burning
He met Gray on the railroad sometime in
December, and Gray told him the burning
was done by order OF the camp. He was
never initiated into any camp, but Long
gave him the signs is the way he gained
| admittance He worked with Macon APP
ples camp in Guilford.
| By Mr.. MERRMoN.-He lives about three
miles from the Shops, and is about 80 years
| old, and farmer. He has known long t0r
| years. For the last few weeks the people
thought hard of him.
| By SETTLE, J.-He heard that the order
in Guilford was 1900 to 1900 strong; in
Rockingham two thirds or three -fourths of
| the white voters were Kuklux Mr.. Thomp
son and Mr.. Randolph. of Rockingham told
him they were members. In Alamance he
heard that majority of the white voters
were KukluX.
| By Mr.. BATTLE--He is no initiated Ku-
klux; does not think they have been in ac-
tive working order since the Presidents
election he lives miles from Long and
does not know when Long lett the Kuklux !;
he moved to Alamance from Guilford about
months ago. 'aIH pll .-.t
The Chief Justice here put stop to the
examination of the witness by MIR. R. II.
Battle. M s......-f
| State VS.. VIM. Andrews for whipping
Nathan Trollinger, % !.
| Jno. W.. Long examined He did not see
Trollinger whipped. Several told him they
had hand in the whipping, and that they
were disguised, and that they took him
about 300 yards from his house, made him
take off his shirt, and whipped him with
hckorys. He thinks it was some time in
February, 1869. -----
By SETTLE,J. They did not tell him they
tied Trollinger to tree. l
By Mr.. PARKER. Two of them were at
Trollingers bar room, and three at Sellar's
mill, when they told me of the whipping
and that they whipped him to make him
tell where Daniel Crutchfeld was. They
want, d to whip Crutchfeld about fuss he
had with VIM. Andrews at the Shops.
State VS.. VIM. Andrews and Others for
whipping Sandy Sellars
Sandy Sellars examined. About the first
of last year, about midnight, they broke in
to his house, took him out and carried him
about 100 yards from the house, took of
his shirt, tied him to tree, and struck him
two licks apiece, and asked him if he would
ever insult another white lady. They put 3
rope round his neck and swung him nearly
clear OF the ground. They kept him in thu
woods abnut an hour.
By BEARsoN, c. J.-It was pretty bat
whipping; he had to grease his back tt
keep his shirt from sticking; they told hin
if he followed they would kill him.
By Mr.. BoYDEN-This was in Alamance
about miles from the Shops. .a. l.9.
w. Tong examined: Myself, Murph..
Andrews, Ruffin Andrews, Geo. Stockard
the thee Foblemans and others did tht
whipping.
By Mr.. BoYDEN.-He understood tn
whipping was ordered because Sellars hat
insulted Miss Margaret Hardin; Toer strucl
him three licks, one with leather strap a
he was running off; only one man talked t.
Selars, and that was Toler. liA
By SETTLE, J.-After the whipping
stick with rough bark was rubbed over hi
back.
| Sellars recalled and examined He di,
. not talk to the lady as he was charged Sh
r lives about two hundred yards from hin
t He never had any fuss with her about he