New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-04-02

~ me praycrless voice Of man.
Massey.
H. Nasty Holds IN Examination Of the
Cjtjxons Of the Cornefs, That He
HAY Give the Werld Truths ~ -
- Alleged OutraScs Committed BY
= - Ka-Klux In the Vicinity Of the
CONFEDERATE RoARDs,>
witch 10 in the State Of Kentucky.
March II. 1871. }
= The Corners her been agitated recently
q the report which hez bin spred abroad
fhat = committee wux agoin to visit us for
~ purpose nv investi9atin the triflin mat
~ nv tho KILN nv . few niggers and North
.orn white men In this part nv Kentucky.
he Corners courts investigashen. She hex
sllus bin o. law sbidin ex Good be expectid
under tho circumstances under witch sherhez
bin placed, and hex no fears nv any fair in
curry, but for fear that what hez bin done
lnf1e 10 misunderstood, Of evidence shoOd
- taken BY prejOodist committee, me and
OoeIEin pOgram decided that shO0d make
myeeH Q court nv organization. report
u6xoisely tho statue nv affairs in this par
6kelar. Last Toosday I summoned the
1eodin citisAns nv the Corners aforo me in
t3e back room nv Bascom's and put en- thro
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Cnptein Hugh McPelter wuz the first man
eeesemined. / swore the witnesses on
obedlin-book, which we capchered from the
LIST riekor ekoolhouse which was burnt last
voar. leWuro EN- ON Q spellin-bOOk that the
oofh mite be more bindin. Men alluz hev .
rcycronce for that which they can't COM
prehend and for that nv wieh they are ig-
Herant and spellin- book alluz strikes the
averle Cross- Reader with awe: The cap
10 = ~. 49, s,,~kv~ ho6 hin commit.
~ B. Tho corners or visinity that he wuz
aVare nv. Last fall the niggers witch he'd
v0rkt On his farm, Pennibacker's, Deekin
pnnrnmss. Sutton'S md Issaker Gavitt's. all
aunsmer. refoozed to continy0o work 0ntil
3hov he'd bin paid suthin. They held 9
meetin to consider wat they shood do, and
heaxin nv that meetin he did organize
1orty nv citizens and did dispense EN- for
The public safety the disIersin thirteen
NV home the party did burn five cabins,
1erieh - understood wuz inhabited by mig
By the Cemmission-ivich wu1 me)-
Htafe how the accidental KILN took place.
Ansea-The boys had with 'em double
bSrrsled shot-guns, wich, BY singular co.
Incidence, happened to be loaded with ball
and buck-shot They pinted them guns in
The direckshun ov the ringers e1 they wnz
vux assembled, and they went OF. We wuz
surpfiaed to see the thirteen layin there
shortly after the volley, with the tops OF
their beads blowed of.
Question by the Commission 1.-The
burnin Of them five shanties wuz accidental,
WINS 1T
Anser-Not 20 much 90. It wuz did
partly in iocose sperit, and partly from q
oeptiment nv pity. The heads NV families
h>I1 Sv1 Inn of.
fsir st the meetin house. and ez there WIZ
nobody to take keer nv them houses but
Wiumin and children, it wuz considered
best that they be buned; and e. the vim
min and children wood hev hard time nv
L without houses, IL wus considered humane
! e nut om out of cold unfeelin world, and
they wus akkordingly knockt in the head e.
the torch was applied to their dwe!lins
Question by the Commission-Hev You
knoWd nv any violence been offered to any
other residents nv this vicinityR
Ansor-None but wat wuz deemed
nsssary to the safety nv the community. A
stone mxson BY the name Of Aibrite came
here nom In5iany, and, ez he took five
Northern papers, We kn0w'd he wuz .
oaxpet bNgeer which gloated over the mis-.
forchoons Nv the sunny South. We warned
him 70 leave, but he stubbornly refoosed
Whereupon soma nv the boys put ON masks
O0S ssAsA
hung him. He wuz long time kickin',
and his struggles was 20 amusin' that the
boys felt amply repaid for the trouble they
had bin to. The Same mite they busted in
Tie front nv Pollock's store, and wood hev
huae Pollock he'd hot that unreasonable man
aDpSared ct Q second story window with
= Joe Bigler, both NV EN- hevin revolvers in
ther hands.
Deekin Pogram wuz the next examined
Al>c< 1al
nerfikler disturbance in this visinity. II
I'M freo that Issaker Gavitt and some
others nv the young men he'd at times, and
81 8 iolly mood, put ON masks and mounted
their borses. ard, to protect theirselves he'd
faken such rifles and sh0t-guns, and revOl
vers. and knives, and axes, ez they he'd
handy, and made it lively fur the niggers uE
toarda Gsrrettstown, but nothing more that
5 Question by tho Commission-Hey you
bin aware nv any manifestation Nv = Gesiis
r. yoose violence toards nfggers OF Noftn
eminent :,
.An,er-Bless your sole, no. Last fall
three niggers did attempt to vote af0re Jot
Bieler got to the polls, and 0v course We
didn't stand that. 1t wuE IN insult u
southern blood wich we coodent end0or
and they wuz promptly knockt down.. One
Of en- hit back, and the three wux lmmo
iitly pounded over the head with fence
sfakes. / believe one Of em died on the
rot: another in perhaps half an hour, and
fother IN the afternoon; but it wuz agreed
fhat It wuxn't the poundin that killed
an. but the infamashun that sot in after
Ward. Amos Dibble, . Connecticut Yam
I -. offered his vote at the same election
: nd He wax also pounded with hickory
cIub. and he likewise died. 1t is possible
fhat others wood hev bin pounded similar
he'd not Joe Bigler and Pollock come uI
mat at that time.
Onestion by the Commission-To wa
dsyou ascribe the blame for these irregu
i 'xsser-There can't be no doubt 81 t.
$500 the blame ought to rest. Tho nigger
Tew 1T A insane idea into EN- that they or,
~ citisens by virt0O NV the nfteentl
4 - linent, otwithstanding the fact tina
49, 7inS1ic Nv the peece in Kentucky ha
SssissS e unoousto0shnel, and consekentl!
~o;S ~s5 ~ rs eject. They b'leeve the.
~ rifee = citisens, and they won't be man
~ - fS9v yooned to be. They insist o.
. S,sS:~ rciS r. lnkoI, which alluz irritate
~ ifi,srn mfnd. al they insist upon con
sissS SeiIv inan7 r. = ~ o4oEing their votes
- Sint ~ RI 1oaecsted for mint =
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