Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-08-28
NORTH CAROLINA.
Kinks Brutal and RufianIy Treatment {,
Lueian H. Murray. al {

1hS ID OlAO VI bGNCIdl BILL
davis made by Kinks prisoners in
regard to their treatment: Is
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, I
DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA. !
Lucian III. Murray, being duly
sworn, depOseth and sayeth, that he is
a citizen of the United States and oi
the State of North Carolina, residing
in the town of Graham, in the county
Of Alamance, in said State; that he
belongs to N military organization
and is in no manner subject to mill
tary law, but that his occupation is
that of a clerk and salesman IN a retail
store in said town, of Bason q Son;
that he is a native of and has all his
life resided in the said county of Ala
nance, and is now of the age of TWEEN
ty-seven years; that on the 9th OF
July last, being informed that a guard
of soldiers from the camp of G.. w.
Kirk, at Company Shops, had been to
his place of business to arrest this
affiant, while he was absent there
from, he went to the said camp and
reported himself to one b. w. Burger,
Who claimed to be Lieutenant Colonel
un Ter said Kirk, in the command of a
regiment which they called estate
troops" that said Burgen immediate
ly ordered this afiant to be put under
guard and detained in said camp as a
prisoner. This affiant was placed in a
tent with two other persons also Dris-
Oners: and in the night succeeding,
about one O'Clock am, the said Bur-
gen came to the tent with a candle
and addressed this affiant who was
awake, asking, sis that you, Murray p"
to which affiant replied, "Yes.", Said
Burgen then retired to his own tent
and shortly afterward came back
without a light and touched this afi-
ant upon his feet, and in a low tone
of voice ordered him to "get up,o the
other two prisoners being apparently
asleep. This affiant replied, every
well; can / get my shoes?" The said
Burger answered, "No, you will not
need them long" He then took this
affiant to his own tent, where there
were three of his men armed with piss
tolls; the SAID Burger then said to.
this affiant that she must tell him all
about the hanging of Wyatt Outlaw.n
This affiant replied that he knew
nothing about 1t, and that he did not
know that Outlaw had been hanged
till after sunrise the morning after it
wss done. The said Burgen replied,
sit is a damned lie; / know that you
do" and proceeded to say that there
was an affidavit filed in his office
against this affiant, stating that he,
this affiant, had seen Outlaw hanged
by one Adolphus Moore. This affiant
replied it was false; that he knew
nothing about it. The said Burger
put a rope around the neck of this af-
fiant and said, "Patten and Rogers
[alluding to two Others of his prison.
ers) knew nothing about it till they
were hung uD, and they could then
tell all about 1t, and you must do the
same" He then took this afiant to a
tree, about fifty yards from his tent,
with the three armed men aforesaid,
threw the end of the rope, still on this
atlantis neck, over a branch of the
tree, and having already tied this afr
ants arms in the manner usual with
criminals about to be executed, he, the
said Burgendrew the rope, and swung
this affiant ups by the neck. After
suspending him for a short time he
was let down; the said Burger asked
him If he would confess then; this
affiant replied that he had nothing to
confess. The said Burger and his
men aforesaid then presented their
pistols at this atlantis breast and
threatene d to blow his heart out if he
did not confess. This affiant
still refusing to make the
admission demanded, the said
Burger seized the rope and again
hoist: 1 this atfiant from the ground,
more roughly than before, and sus-
pending him longer; upon being let
down this affiant was unable to speak
for some tile. The said Burger then
said, aNow confess that you saw
Moore.D Afiant replied he could not
do it. Said Bergen replied, "You
must acknowledged or die,'' and said
to one OF his men, Sergeant, hang
him up to that tree and let him hang
till eight o'clock in the morning; then
cut him down and bury him under |
the tree" After other conversation
and threats Of killing this affantl
the said Burger said to this affiant:
al will now give you until tomorrow
andTif you don't confess then
! xviii kill you dead Affiant re-
piled, 81 will never confess, for / have
nothing to confess.p This afiant was
then taken back to his tent, aforesaid,
after being charged to say nothing
about what had occurred, and threat
ened with death ii he divulged it.
He was not tortured again, but has
been held by the said Kirk as a pris-
Ger until brought to Salisbury before
his honor Judge Brooks, on yester-
LUCIAN H. MURRAY.
Sworn and subscribed before me, this
10th of August, 1879,
u - WILLIAM LARKINS,
Clerk United States District Court,
District Cape Fear. sAt