Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-03-17

/ tne3 Tta3On ne aEFe6tSI 0SockaEu was gDC-
/ canse he had evidence that ono OF tue lAen
who hung Outlaw. . aged at Stockard's
| no nse ali MI BIT ia 10 night. e. ......s.
/ Cove or IL olden initiated me into tho
! Union League. -4sa4f s5,s r... ...
i Senator Giirner sub 4itIeds u question ::
i ,7as it ever necessary Ior him or itnY other
magistrate ID C65 the aid Of the Federal
| troops 10 make, arrest, execute search
Warrants, CIR servo crtHina4 process -...
4 t.Wnness-T think not. know not
Senator. Gilmer--COuld you, upon
/ proper application, Issue Il warrant tor
arrest of risoners and have 1t properly,
executed 2J bsa-t estate .-t 49,.
4 1Witness--Iheras was no trouble III ar
! re s5i Il q a y enc, but ne could never con-
Ygct any one. ltfa. ye.s ....
/ CidvaInor Holden initiated me into the
1 LeaousIbcf re he was Governor. de TO q
! G1e IL wa. IA political organization, an
! members wousdnOt support any out loyal
rnp far Office. Tie Governor prumlSeH
! 3lniaj and again TO send troops. but said
t4o Federal au.ho-itie3 did not have any
TO spare ut the time. Would send troops
4 as 6 ION Gs3 he could.
/ Potter II. Hardine, sworn "a behalf q
respondent, and -stiied
lives in Graham Is magistrate, has
been FOR & nrl,-her OF years. Early part
Of 1869. fcfqueht complaint4 made 70 him
/ ~ persons whom the Ku k5uX hal whip
cc4. He issued warrants in CAsweI HON S
case, bIIf each one - the parties proved
an GLilE u - issued warrants in every case
. fS1-. 4 part ? was sugg ested aG9inst whom
! r,ro.cst >'>"ald b4 issueI, b1t 70 10 avail
/ delra TIC kn-kjnX IN town the night
| Jut.I.F was hung --sGW thenl-they
pa ed Bis house gro suing, hcliomI1G and
| IL .EsG+ ii kind OF uois.s. sc feelings
pe seu he sae-s ~ + rim XIX came
j. - v>TY bstEec--'ha Oep;Cc'a s ~9d Con
-ly4t2S-H haI p1cjIIIG, against the
blacks. lha facl that 4 nsInLer were KILL
ct. aAG whipped, Is toe gtuuud upo0 which
J. Du r, My opinion that UAli feelings exists
towards the blacks. [ signed paper to
tine Governor, with uthct citizens, fox
/ Inch my lie has been Threatened, though
/ seyar heard anybody say 90. The Letter
continued trae statement Of affairs IN any
county / uun't recnllGcs that We asked
lar troops IL II. l ii! not write 1t, bat L
aiguel it. Ia the Holt czse that ] Lizard,
no one )u,a 0e identified. Ia tie Harvey
case L bound some over, but never heard
OF apE Jill being found. / had no. head
that Harvey said he was mistaken as TO the
nlon. j. d!, not bear hun state IN his
oFI4ouUp here that Ee vas mistake
II / did not hear his evidence. l. say
Democrats and Conservatives bad pref
d1o@a ag4Iu>o tLe Uaclls, hH5 [ don - cay
tha5 tin. perpe rated the UutTages-dl9--
gases men did H. know that whenever
any one "as whipped yon could always
near. some frsgoIons excuse for ia, said they
had either Htoien melting or said some
thing oiihLs Yo before ladies, burned barns,
or Euch tuIng4.
Dr. Geo. 4 Foust. avorn on behalf 81
the respondent:
l live ii Atamance. AIN coroner 81 tie
e0a4iE. He'll Inqus SITS over bod Is Of
Outlaw sud Puryear-bept ~ record I'll
pnUoosdin&a which cent to the court. !
could NOT set q PARTICLE OF evidence sutii-
Client 80 blat any Que ovar. [ summoned
oveI7b .dY y 40 Wa9 augg, at q by any one
and examined them. Feelings between
rac 20 g.a-, - lar ~ / ;Dow, except p few
IL digi s+id D48es.
Ai5er5 murray sworn ana testified, that
ne HYe7 "a Ainuance, Is Sheriff OF the
counvy. Elected ia September, 1868, by
tine County Commissioners. l. was IA mem
Der Of -ine White brotherhood. was inItia-
ted abonL the Summer of 1865. Did not
femain i0Ug. 4 tended several meetings,
bat nothisg done eEcepr initiate members.
Att, ; LYe lirH: meeting / Wa called culef.
j. npttvFatG nti there we're. ten camps IN my
ICu.l?.N. ,,.j J.: re tim ~, 10y 81 thirty
nae nocrs il inl camp. | asw some d.
gui ed ueu COLT by Tag hn.se called me
!uD. / Qltl IL keow any o. them. They
L :.
tHHi=ourU'. Also asked i0E fometuIus to
ari:k k. and / caY5 lt 81 tdtm Another
time sume passed; came / my dnor and
wake G1r rn, I."y h-nrl nc ii |, VAS
s;Aeru, .aa il Il WAS pressing tie
EouUI - ca cgleetti & taE-s. / III
thotn wa not. / did nos arre-j
Their: becau4C i"eEu "cfo 100 many Cor one
Iaan, aUG / cid me- kuo@, al tnat time
that any law required me to arrest Ruck
persons. / an not aware Of M OWE
knowledge, CT any crimes being 2 rpetfn
tad by II, nouy, any farther than seelnF
some after they had been punished.
know TO ono who committed them. / wa:
: at home tIle Il ,ht Outiuw was hung, Wa
! III town the = .tJIrluv he vas hung at night
Did not see any one particularly in tOwr
> who were members OF the In k!ux.
Withdrew fion tho order during the winte
OF '68 30, about christmas believe.
Z never lind any difficulty IN executing
prccepf, never called all OF military TO as
Is.st Ele Ia performing duty. / had no act
ave connection with the Whltc Brother
hood. after l was sheriff. ] may have at
{ dcnded one1meeting of the order aftt L wa
- sheriff. / never heard Of any object b In
, t.o Violate any lGw of the State or Natio Il
! II I'll l have heard any such thing neve
Q would ] have joined IT, At the laet meet
. ing attended l told them that I hal bear
= ICIEIEc7 on Ei1IlIlOLG Tllt3 against .EC OF
| der, ana I shoUld hayo nothing more t
} DO with il.
i j.AI.1IGII, March 10, 1871.
= $. Eu.ias, "a witness OIL behalf OF tn
f re- 20. deaf. sworn and les if, d.
:. ! beioIG. Il t. tne Constitutional Uniol
= fGQ@rl, joiLed il September 1860. Wa
b tipiti~to " Capt. Wat, from E8Ypt
d tCh4ttum coauty. The oath aud obIiga
Il III, q Was simply repd t. me--dia not rea
- y TAX IA cath. lilo obligation was t
It Eeeo H,cse,s Il the order, t. ala and pa
9 II Il 20, membgIs, less1 by sorce, IL uecei
/ tstry, any efforts t. take from Us our cor
L l4itutlo4al rights. i did not require l
n 20 rails the enforcement Of the reconstruc
1t tiCn llcasares. In case a brother n1cmbt
o so lUtoa difficulty, wa were to help then
* NJ regulations requiring q disguise
Q thousl We adopted ouo--a black gOwr
d cap fpI face with horns. 1 was not an az
1t tive member, though L attended sever
Re mee4ugs aDd initiated members. Fir. .
le \. J. Patterson came to see me once, an
70 sold ma Lo had received an order frot
Soma think Uip