The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-09

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III have found epe. 81. 1astr,ts reale live.
genuine ,Kut Klnx; aElease, ,tfi1 nsed TO. be
ofe. :;3i met him on 'ths'', Cars sS5stsfday
@fng a,o aaiif to9tdour yot! young
msp, .of .about twenty-five years Of age,
andi Mihh Ia newH mo istache and hofk
brown ayeh!'6 " ;-ii.s s,;ni;i .na1hliI,
,,I ,dIat&s;Y9dtse, q! 63.'a;ESy|hlglaI, oobi,s22aa5
tiSR,,.rya j, ,Aas stsn6E ne as aopesty haf hHff
sttEEtat that thS people down South,
atmRSt fftariablS introd ddced this isnbiieect1
in'SPYSkihg t9 strangers J tie, subject oI
the Kh Klux, was br (ught forward. I
v,tEnthfed' 10. sxpress Soma doubts, as TO-
thefe, i6ver havipa, been an, 'oreanized
baud Of .Kn K(ux,. My softeyed COM,
psnibh smiled b; fascinating Smile aud al
SAID te Mopght.I was mistaken. ..In
tagt; ,Saia be, ~. was .onoe 10 Ku Klux
myself" and the soft eyes shot o .nleamia
ortMo. that seemeA TO Indicate TINT he
Yoa!d a very nHoA hhppjoy being g ~ Kiu1
agalh. He went on to say! ut was, two.
years or ,a6 ego Th4n + lived in Mont
g'Irery, Alhbama, that ten of. ue, all
young mem orgahized Q Kn Klux Khan,
.Wa organized TO .trighten, tile negroes,
and to- have sohe fun. Doubtless you
saw IN the papers of that time long ac-
counts OF ouramysterious doipgs. We
hret's Thought of the Organization to
scare .1the' negroes from theu- LOYAL
Leaguesmeetingsli There &ad "a Young
Notwithstanding among our number who
had the skeleton OF man. We. fright.
ened noreanegroes with this skeleton
than IN tany, Other way. Taking it. out
on the.road ntbward where there twas q
large negro settlement; We would attach
a small strong cord to it, and put it:over
limb overhauging tho road. I'VE would
then ges securely baok, and whenever q
negro oame'alopg the skeleton would be-
gradually Let down in, front Of him. II
lHas too dark for him to see it he would
tael the cold. hard bones. and if lie could
eea As It meyer dailed to .frighten him half
TO death' and, in either case. the. negro
Ean :. as -hard-as.- -he oonld, yelling .Mur-
desE hoatsp aapd ..KHj KluxI:., And.
9lE, ~ aa?3!h Jau, The negro that wouldn't
Noller' when that skeleton touched him
wasn't in the he'ineighborhood of Mont
gomery." And tho soft eyes wore closed
in their owners keen relish Of the long
ago fright OF. the negroes. AA.,
''Bnt wasn't there danger in your pe-
cnliar way Of fun -making3"
-, 0Qf ,onnta 1, II, 1r, - o,:o,,.
bla- Il We were fired at several times, but
mono of uB were ever hit. The darkest
yon know. aru very euperstitious, and
Atipg 81, us SO. Jften, abdf never Ringing
down any gamo, they grew moro and
more terrified at tho tall white appari-
tons that would suddenly con frollt them
In tue dark woods,?Y You Zee, T am very
tall myssl4; well. two of us. with white
sksesSthrown'over.us, would. get OH the
s5@sYf ehe'road, and, getting one on the
enontdersl Of the other, sq,iat --as low
down. Rs possible. Then, as the negroes
ss&S getting os1a saJ s'qE ns rise ,ss ne ne
gE9es yay9!d ly 'gSeafy we were Ku Kiu1 fog
:l.e'Did You ever ehuet, back at tho ne.
ssYoes9" ,:;iE!iiif II 9:!iI ~. A 'i..t.,,,
"Oh, no. We never used the least
lt6f violence during the continuance
Of our organization. There was one
time when we were all pretty bndly
frightened. There was large. negro
p1eeting Of some kind being held in
front Of the. State Ho,,ae sone evening.
We got abons two pounds OF this stuff
they make blue lights, with 10 the thea.
tsas. and put # around the gateway to
the capitol. When the ms citing got
pretty we'll, under heedway, we touched
off, our little hell, and I tell you hell was
to pay then, snre enough. We had put
enough Of that stuff there to have lasted
Niblo's Garden forswslve months. Tho
hames-blue, devilish- looking flames
Pilot mp, about fifty feet, THE fire bells
were. .rnng. the whole police force or
dered ont. and the negroes we're nearly
frightened TO death They rushed out
into the street, and, as nearly every one
OF them was armed, they fred their pis-
tolls indisOriminately in every direction.
We kept the negroes thoroughly fright
ened around Montgomery for some time.
I remember, or another. OCCASION. we
had inserted, in the morning papers a
notice to:the effect that the X. K. K.
would meet at the den Of death at the
sound Of the earAqnake. That; evening
we got about thirty pounds Of powder,
and went out toward the cemetery,
vuh hnro har 4 -