Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-10-06


i9e Northern Radical papers a,e..u,
,1snlng picture representing the KnItLilC-
uanglng' or about 10 hang John Com,Ll'H
wnen ne is rescued by Depat7 Mar'Il,
hester, who Is also O United Stat.e Inn
I'VE accom- panylng this picture ,gao
Wnlcn profe:sed to stale ho,, .p Hu
VaIlanS Hester succeeded in rosnr; ne
Campbell. The Raleigh Sen,ipai , af
urday IN the following Comments ~ cat
article shows clearly how Ku.kInr :, - Inc
is manufactured. The Sentinel o. ,--"iuer
There is no truth in the pic,rro
statements accompanying it, W Tue
I'VE have itfrom Mr. Alphopzo H.
OIL Watson's photograph galley. j. . .f5:'
CITY, that Hester. Marion keith MS
>; Wallace, Of Holden's 'meii.b "Au a.; 4
Chlck Boots negro, julius Archer Win
Iour otner negroes appeared It b;s o." ..t
'ery' ana the photograph of the o.s eai'
was taken and sent to Washington 6'oup
millions OF pictures have been cooiai ana ana
IL. when the picture is before W., HUm
nan on the left is GoodwyD, alias Hue tne
T S nan 70 on the extreme right is +. s. Wi
ACE, OF Holden,S militia. The records a. u.
squire Wesley Whitaker's cont , 80. OF
= rds from our Office show tLY5 THlty
vas lately arrested on the cbarca - 4't IA
,eny. Next to Hester in the ,.:. ~ -af-
Charley Moore, negro, who is No . -. " Is
B, Ed.--(Chick, who Is in Gt,i.a :, - 40.
ing OUT the persons in the pictnra nut
le forgot his other name3 No. .cS'!!,s
Boots, Niger; No. julius Atcher ' r;a
ger; NO: e, Tom Manley, Niger: Me-
Major Twltty. niger; No. 8. II. : W,
ace, white; No. Q, Marion Keith, vi,.a
and not John Campbell with the r"a
around his neck. -'F'
1.-The facts are these : In August I..+
Hester, calling himself 'Good%ip5 an
passing OIL as tobacco peddler. went -
Moore county with wagon, acc0.nnan;aa
by negro and white man or two 1a
camped In the nejghborhood of SaIIy cil ~
more's (Ku-kluxed for keeping q iaTir
house, Hester sought out tie yornn
men of the neighborhood and tcl3 thaI65
he was Ku-ktux. That he had titl11
chicken Stephens, &c. He carried d.
guises with h.m. and allied on the yonn,
men to name the Republicans the, wants
Ru-kluxed, and ho woa!d Ku-kinx tGra
No one answeYed 10 hIs call. A ron IF oIl
Mr.. Bryan pA9si:g Testers cam wss
stopped by Hsster WHO proposed to sgan
pistols. Young Bryan charged him s. f.
boot There vas no trade, and The hoy
vent home. Hester then engaged = hoy
IN the nel8hborLOod 10 go to tho house #
Mr.. Bryan aad tell his son be would ciye
Dim So to boot bstwecu the pistols. Attn
getting permission from lis mother to
leave home, the boy went TO Hester,
camp, where he was arrested, guarded by
negroes, and brought TO this city with five
other prisoners. AZ the depot in this CITY.
Hester, the deputy marshal, dressed w
soma negroes Ia Ku-Klux attire. and
marched the prisoners III front Ct TIE nc-
groes to the marshais Office.
awe saw them march Up street. Hester
the deputy marshal ia front. wish u pistol
and COW hide ct his side, then the prison
ers, jesse Bryan, IL. n. Bryan, ID. NIcIver
Wm. Wicker, John Gae'3n and Calvin
Bryan, and then a crowd OF negroes. ,lres.
sed rs KuKluX, following behind the
prisoners. The negroes Of tic city fioeked
around to enjoy the sight and hum:ii@ricn
If tho While mrn, griuninS, jecfiag ANA
cnrsiug t4ou. The hepn5iioIn Gia}"r OF
the city, who was sicl, and did not know
OF this Gi?SraCciGl exhibition Ia the street
dntil 1t was all over, taid he would have
had the parties arrested if he had known
ii. a Republican Magistrate YVES called
on for warrant To arrest Hester an his
gang, bat refused TO grant il.
ave repubIish tho letter of Mr. \. Il.
Bryan, published in the ,5cntiocl at about
the time of bis sons arrest.
"Thero Is no truth IL The picture. It'll.
the picture Of thee white men and seven
negroes. There is 30 trUth in the story
the picture. Hester never
prevented Ku k!uX from hanging John
Campbell. john Campbell is nan Of
ow, base character living at Shallow Well
Meeting House, in Moore county. His
Jwn account Of bling Ku kluxed, given
before Mr.. Vest, IL United States Commits
sioner, 10 this Il was visited by Ka-klnl
and warned. They came again, ana struck
NE two or three licks, ana sad they dill
it for whipping my wife and selling mean
whiskey contrary to law This vas done
Twelve or eighteen months Bgo.
owe hope il IS not 50, bat wc Learn iii@t
Governor Cald we'll and Mr.. Phillips, with
other leading Republicans, knew Of this
ibelous picture being taken and seat IL
Washington, and they gave it, as they d,a
Kinks outrageF, their silent approval.
This false picture and false story accom-
oanyipg it will do no harm III North Caro-
ina where it can be corrected. The cor
ection will never reach tho North, wLo-s
political food is just such storics."