Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1871-09-27
OPPRESSION IN THE SOUTH.
THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE
RADICAL KU-KLUX Law.
The Ku-Klux Trial at Raj
eigh, N.C.---WhO Some of
the Accused Are--Their
Arrest, Etc.

ku-KluX trials now proceeding in
that city, before tho United States
District Court, presided over by
Judges Bond and Brooks. OF the
jury the Sentinel says:
"The jurors summoned to the
Federal Court have been heard,
on the train, uttering denuncia.
.tions against the fessons they
have been summoned to try.
A jury in which there was on
ly II sprinkling Of Democrats
has been discharged, and a jury
Of Radicals substituted. We
have, up the present writing,
learned the politics of twelve
jurors, and there is not a Con-
servative or Democrat among
them"
OF the prisoners the Sentinclsay6?
"a hundred men are brought
three hundred miles for trial,
when the same court sits at
Marion, within five miles of the
homes ofmany Of the defend
ants, and within thirty miles
of four-ffths of them. One
prisoner was brought three
hundred miles at the last court,
charged with an assault and
battery upon the Biggerstotfs.
Two thousand dollars bail was
required ; he rendered bail and
the court refused it. After
being confined during the dog
days in a filthy jail, fifteen in a
cell eight by ten, one of the
prosecutors declares that he is
the wrong mans"
The same paper goes on to give
the following specifications among
the arrests,
Wiley S. Walker ESD, a
well-known citizen Of Polk
county, was forced from his
door at q moments warning,
leaving his wife confined in
bed, carried fifteen miles to
Rutherford Jail, where he suf
fered much for food and water
and only escaped by giving
bail in $1,000 to appear at
Raleigh this month. "Unclc
Wiley" is about seventy years
Of age, and has scarcely phys
ical strength enough to sit on
a horse, and yet is charged
with midnight faiding, whip
ping negroes, etc.
Captain Crowell Camp, q
gentleman Of wealth and stand
ing, is charged by an idle ne
gro with having "Ku.Kluxed'
him.. and although the Captain
proves an alibi by seven wit
nesses, he is bound in $4,000 tc
appear at Raleigh.
Rev. j, Il. Campbell, a Bap
tist minister in regular stand
ing, now lies in Raleigh jail
, Mr.. G. was arrested at church
three several times by three
different deputy marShaIs, each
Of whom hoped to earn his fee
| for making the arrest. There
is no doubt Of his innocence.
Rev. Berry Rollins, we'll
known all over Western North
Carolina, was arrested, bound
: over to a later date, and put to
great trouble, expense and in.
dignity before his final release
: Jonathan WEtesides, a gray.
haired confederate, who left a
leg at Petersburg, now lies in
Raleigh Jail, charged with Ku.
KluXing, etc. When the deaf
and dumb and blind are taken
in the act of midnight raiding,
Mr.. Whittside and his crutch
ought to be indicted, but sure.
ly not until then.
N. Thorne, Esq, an aged
and much esteemed gentleman,
was arrested for interposing tc
save the life of his son, but this
case has been published hereto
fore.
Fred. A. Shotwell was ar
rested and has been held foI
,, nearly three months on bare
suspicion, it being next to
certainty that he knew nothing
!. of the so'called Ku-Klux or
{ ganization previous to his in
carceration.
These are said to be nero speci