The weekly standard., 1870-08-24
The Attempt to Assassinatc senator
ShOftner.

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| moo, ,,o hand of KrL,r, on ,ho;r wov IN
| LIN Nr shoener and had IN te,, them !,
| cIs.hood. ,,ot NJ shog,er v,s i, Crcens.
horo and Nrs shof,n.r ahou, 10 II, con.
Anal and ,,,r. ho ,.rs.d ,ho,o IN co mn
further ,h,, nigh, Mr. sboaner x,s mad,
| aw,re or his donger the newt dav l,f, the
countv. and finally fed the State to save
| bis life from this secret society of murdercrs.
| The Legislature was in session nt the time,
and Mr. shoflner had introduced in the
Senate the military bill, rendered necessary
to put down the secret, organized bands of
| murdcrers known to exist in some twenty.
six counties of the State. DR.. John A.
Moore was at the time "A member of the
House of Representatives.
The facts are before the people of the
State. A band of disguised, armed men
were on their way to kill n prominent mem-
Der of the State Senate, for political reasons
only, and to prevent, if possible, the passage
of bill to enable the Governor to enforce
the laws ofthc State.
BY Kukluxing the author of the bill, they
| had been informed they might intimidate
the Legislature and prevent its passage
| This was, doubtless, suggested by Josiah
| Turner, Jr., Editor of the Sentinel, and pro.
badly, Bragg and others were privy to it.
| The facts will come out hereafter. The
| Sentinel at the time wns abusino Mr. Sbog-
| '''' N"'".
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All MS me- aho stiii fesides' Inc hanging
oi outiHw' ana other on'rages by this band,
were all III the same locality. 1t will be
remembered that sixty disguised men hung
out'aw IN the village OF Graham, being seen
rs wen rs was possible 10 see them at night,
py many oi the cit'zens oi the village. Gra-
nam Is Instant hteeh miies from Hillsboro',
wnere i"rncr anu "iiiiam a. draham re-
sid'' 1anceyViile' where Senator stephens
was murdered Is IN the adjoining County,
ana distant from HillsDoro', only about 40
miles. Ihere have been not less than three
hundred most horrible outrages committed
around TINS same locality, within the last
ten months, Ivy bands OF disguised men,
proving the neighborhoods ut night, until,
as the Governor said in his letter to the
dcafh nnSn fbc ncoceaL,c cit;zcns and
many l.ove ,h,jr bouscs and s,oo, in ,bo
forests for safetv-
sobor word IN ovorv bo,es, and
solver minded man in tho State. Js II
possiblc for this disgu;sed band of os-
s,ssips IN which DR. Moore belonged tn
have existed for political purposes within
ten miles of the residence of Turner, and
have committed its outrages among the
people where Turner was born and brought
up, without his knowing of II? DIR. Moore |
was in the Senate, and in daily and intimate
communion with Turner, being his personal
and party friend. 1t Is true Dr. Moore was
and bloody purposes of the klan to fear |
making pubtic exposure Of IT. But could |
Turner he ignorant OF what was going on so |
near his home and among his home &c
quaintancest Yet he prostitutod his paper |
and his position as an Editor, by the most
unblushng denials-and has continued to
do so. Is Turner, then man OF truth Can |
his personal veracity be longer relied upon
AS To MS connection with murderers and
comphcity IN assassinations and other
crimes we leave that to he divulged by the
Courts IN due time
Could William A. Graham have been igno.
rant of the existence of this bloody Klan of
political assassins He made no effort to
initiate turner's misehood anu duPiiclty.
lie was too proud to debase himself In that
way. In speaking OF 1t, he characterized 1t
MS, "A species ot nHd justice sometimes heccs-
'dry 10 preserce proper s"0ord'Haf'o" N
soc'ety'
Mr.. Boyd, in his confession to being
member Of this Khan, says, he was in. |
formed that it was in the interest of the |
DS'hoN'"'N p"'l "h" W 7e'u'S "h''o
mans government" Thomas Bragg is
Chairman of 'hc Executive Democratic
State Committee. The Sentinel is his organ. |
DR.. Moore was the Democratic Representa-
tive In the Legislature from the county |
Bragg saw him, or may have seen him every
day while the Legislature was In session,
and while numbers of the Legislature were
excitedly charging the existence of the Klan,
as Democratic organization to intimidate
voters and carry the Summer elections, is
Bragg such = novice in politics, or so little
fit to I've Chairman OF the Executive Com
mittcc ms not To have inuuired somewhat