The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-09-19
AN OUTRAGEOUS TYRANNY.
THE KU-KLUX TRIAL At RALEIGH,
NORTH CAROLINA.

THE KU-KLUX TRIAL At RALEIGH,
NORTH CAROLINA.
| Who Some of the Accused Are-Their Ar
| rest, Treatment, SC.
The Raleigh IN. c. Sentinel gives some par
tlculars of the Ku.KluX trials now proceeding
in that city, before the 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 de-
| nuncations against the persons they have been
summoned to try. A jury in which there was
only sprinkling of Democrats has been dis
charged, and a jury of Radicals substituted.
We have, up to the present writing. learned
the politics of twelve Jurors, and there Is not
Conservative or Democrat among them.
OF the prisoners the Sentinel says:
A hundred men are brought three hundred
miles for trial, when the same court sits at
Marion, within i've miles of the homes OF many
of the defendants, and within thirty miles of
| four.hl(hs of them. One prisoner was brought
| three hundred miles at the last court, charged
| with an assault and battery upon the Bigger
stats. Two thousand dollars ball was requlr-
ed: he rendered ball and the court refused it.
After being confined during dog-days IN a
the prosecutors declares that ne Is the wrong
man.
The same paper goes on to give the following
specifications among the arrests:
Wiley S. Walker, ESQ a we'll known citizen
of Polk County, was forced from his door at
moments warning, leaving his wife confined
to bed, carried fifteen miles to Rutherford jail,
where he suffered much for wood aud water,
and only escaped by giving bail In $4,000 10 ap-
pear at Raleigh this month. "Uncle Wiley Is
abolt seventy years OF age, and has scarcely
physical strength to sit on morse. yet Is
charged with midnight raiding, whipping ne.
groes, &c.
Captain Crowell Camp, a gentleman of
wealth and standing, ls charged by an idle ne,
gro with having "Ku-Kluxed" him, and
although the captain proves an alibi oy seven
| witnesses, he Is bound Ia $4,000 to appear at
Raleigh.
Rev. J. T. Campbell, Baptist minister In
regular standing, now lies In Raleigh Jail. Dir.
| C. was arrested at church three several times
| by three different deputy marshals, 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 o later date. and put to great trouble,
|
lease.
Jonathan Whitesides, gray-haired confede.
| rate, who left leg at Petersburg, now lies IN
Raleigh Jail, charged with ku-kluxng,. DC.
When the deaf and dumb ard blind are taking
In the act OF midnight raiding, Mr.. Whitesides
and his crulch ought to be indicted, but sure
| ly not until then.
". Thorne, ESQ, an aged and much es-
teemed gentleman, was arrested for interpos-
| Ing 10 save the life Of his son, but this case
has been published heretofore.
Fred. 4. Shotwe was arrested and has
been held for nearly three months on bare
suspicion, II being next to certainty that ne
| knew nothing Of the so-caled ku-klux orSan-
izalion previous TO his Incarceration.
There are said to be more specimen cases in
| list which embraces scores of victims. An
incident of the method Of handling prisoners
is given as follows:
Oae bright, beautiful Sabbath morning eau.
gust 2O) Andrew Scoggtn, deputy marshal.
made his appearance at Rutherford jail, ana
| notified seven prisoners to be ready 10 move In
ten minutes. Now, most OF these persons
were many miles from home, and had been
| deuded by the belief that they would not be
removed for weeks, and consequently were
without extra clothing, money, &C., necessary
| to be comfortable at distance from tneir
friends. But there could be no delay. Ten
| T.. y.
Padgett and John Cooley were taken forth
and handcuffed together, three to chain; al.
| terwards Messrs. R. A. Shotwell, F. A. Shot
we'll and VIM. G. Egerton we're treated In like
manner. The last named gentleman suffered
| from the iron cutting his flesh for several
! hours, until the shackles were enlarged. at the
suggestion ofa humane gentleman, member
of the Radical party. The prisoners were
then brought down, thrust into covered waS.
ons, surrounded by guard of twenty or thirty
| ''deputies" armed with cavalry carblnes, when
| finally the cavalcade moved off with Coborn
| l.. Harris, ]. B. Carpenter and others OF like
notoriety in front, and many negroes en- rear.
| Inspiring spectacle Tor free country and q
civilized community To appreciate 1t You
must understand that these prisoners were
gentlemen of respectability. and were charged,
| not with high crimes, such as murder and
arson, but with assault and battery and forci-
| BILE trespass. That they have never been tried
or proved guilty, that they had never showed
| o disposition 10 be unruly or 10 escape; and
| finally. that If they had been desperate out
laws. there were enough armed guards in al
| tendance to have put escape out oil the qnes-
ton. Why, then, were these men handcuted?
The treatment to which the helpless prison.
ers were subjected on their route to Raleigh
under guard Is illustrated by an Incident oc.
| curing At Charlotte
As the party were passing from the Lincoln
| to the North Carolina Railroad depot at Char
lotte, they were grossly insn!ed by large
crowd of negroes that had assembled at the
| former depot. All kinds oil jeers, taunts and
insulting epi,hets were showered upon them
by the negroes, who seemed bent upon having
a row. The white men, anxious to avoid
difficulty, forebore taking any notice CT them.
and not until one of the negroes knocked
down the son OF Mr. Mark Hawkins, one Of
the government Witnesses. was any demon
stration of defence made. Mr. Hawkins, see
ing the i'll usage of his son, rushed 10 the car
for his pistol In order to protect him. Several
shots were now fired. The police arriving on
| the spot, and aided by q sergeant OF The Uni
| ted States service, who happened TO be pres
eni the disturbance was quelled.
THE TROUBLES IN NEW YORK.