Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-07-29

only parties thereto. He has unQuestion-
ably placed the Governor III the wrong
upon the record; but lie has unquestion-
ably, also, sacrificed the poor men who are
now languishing In prison. Had authori-
ty been given to summon the power of
the county to take these prisoners from
the hands of Kirk, Gov. HCldcn would
not have dared to resist.
With m opportunity to gain for himself
an Immortality of fame, Chief Justice
Pearson has preferred SO to act as to damn
himself to everlasting infamy. Instead of
transmitting his name to the end of time
with that of the great MANSFIELD freighted
with the blessings of each succeeding gen
Grafton, he has preferred to share with
JEFFRIEs their curses and excavations.
Sampson County Ku-KIux.
In II resent article in the Raleigh &and-
ara, recounting number Of alleged out
RACES, says
And colored man, who was on the streets of
Raleigh yesterday. was recently most inhuman-
ly scOurged i'll the county OF Sampson for his
political OpjnlOn%."
Now for the facts. This negro is known
in Sampson as William Scott, and has the
appearance of being half Indian. He
said in different conversations that he came
from Duplin. Northampton and Wake. He
was a total stranger in Sampson. On Mon
day morning he remarked to negro that
it would not be long before there would
not be q chicken left to crow III Sampson,
as no intended to have Kirk and his men
there. That night Scott was whipped, as
described in the following affidavit, by ne
groes who did not know him, for no Of
fence. but as they swear, in accordance with
the orders of secret League. These par
ties were all Radicals.
Scott left Immediately. without making
having passed through Clinton,
the county seat, or the day Brig. Gen.
Dockery spoke, on his way to the railroad.
A colorod man, Samuel Crumpler, after
wards told some gentlemen that lie thought
it was his duty to tell them of the plot to
get Kinks men into the county, by repre-
sentiDg that Scott had been Ku-Klnxed,
when in fact it had all boon made up by
the negroes themselves. A States warrant
was Immediately issued against the parties
to tho affidavit and three others. The
latter, however, escaped and hGvo not
since been heard from. It may be we'll
to state, as indicative of the good feeling
between the races in Sampson, and the re-
spect shown TO the law, that these parties
were arrested by one white man and sew
eral negroes, and guarded aud taken to
jail by the latter.
When brought before the Magistrate
the parties made aflidayjts TO the facts
therein contained, and by the time they
get the Governor to send 'Kirk's men,
to Sampson, We suppose the other three
will be captured and be lodged in Jail,
ready to he taken to Yanccyville fer mill
tary trial.
This is q trne and simple statement of
the Summaries Sampson Ku-Klnx horror,
and shows the real foundation of much of
the evidence upon which Governor Holden
orders his military to imprison the lead
ing citizens of The State. Can it he true
that Kirk has q number of trained East
Tennessee emieearos to mako work for
him ?
The affidavit is as follows
ETATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
SAMPSON COUNTY.
Il copy Of The EU1de2ce before j. E. Harden, j.
p, in Clinton.
Wash Howard being sworn, testifies That
Virgil Orumpler, c0lorcd. IS the highest officer of
Il society or secret organization, and known
amongst General. He, Virgil Crumpler,
swore euch persons as he wanted as membors.-
The oath Is this or as nearly this rs l can re.
M tflb1 o. md
member tells anything, he is to be killed." Viz
gil Crumpler swOre the members to do any and
everything lie should OrGer them to do through
Thomas Sutior, the Captain. TO kill man or
men, to burn houses or anything that he, Virgil
Crumpler, shOuld order. The members to this
secret organization is, Virgil Crumpler General;
Thomas Butler, Captain Wash Howard, Smith
Herring, Marsh Howart. Lewis Howard, Lou
Owens. Charley CruInpler, Wrin Herring, chad.
Newman, Jim Cooper. Green Underwood, Gabe
Royal, ali cOlored. I have been member of this
secret organization about three weeks. Virgil
Crumpler administered the oath to me, holding
up my right hard. The meetings of this organi-
cation were held at Virgil Crumpler's house on
Matthew Fsison's land, in Sampson county, State
of Eorth Carolina Meetings were held some two
18th of July. 1870, I, Wash Howard, with Tkad.
Newman, jim Cooper, Marsh Howard and
heHas Of Ton all vo Te9t to the
county OF Sampson, and State OF North Carolina,
and took therefrom a colored man who called
himself Scott a. Litcher. and carried him about
quarter of a mile from Tony Whites house,
where March Howard whipped him, the said
Scott striking him some eight or ten ticks
with little whip. Lewis Howard. coIorod, was
present with q shot gun; his face concealed
and hidden with covering OF cloth. After
Scott was whipped gun was frad off, pre-
tended to be fired at s&id Scott. Think that
Lewis Howard fired the gun. Do not know
what Scott was whipped for; thought it
was orders from Virgil Orumpler, the General.
Several of the members Of this society go armed,
with shot guns and pistols.
Sworn and subscribed to before me, j. e. Bar
den, Justice of the Peace for Sampson county,
at my office in Clinton, this the 25th day OF
July, 1870.
his
WASH - HOWARD.
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