The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-05-17
From the Columbia Union.]

The Ku.Klux, to the number Of about one
hundred, made one of their characteristic wis.,
its to Newberry Courthouse, Sunday morning,
between / and o'clock, and succeeded In
shooting one county officer, Wounding him in
two places, and, it is thought, fatally wound
Ing his wifi. she being shot through the back.
and also wounding her child of three years of
age through both hips.
The facts, as related to US by Mr.. Simeon
Young, colored, the wounded man, who is
chairman of the board Of county commission
ers. and whom we visited last evening upon
his arrival in this city, are as lolloWs: Young,
saws VI live in the Town of Newberry, and on
Sunday morning last, between and o'clock,
INV wife woke me up, saying there was Ku-
Kiux outside. l Immediately jumped out Of
bed and took my rife. They broke in window
of the bedroom and threw tnrpentine ball
into the room, which / smothered with q
blanket. They then went to the front door OF
the house, burst that in, anu lhreW several OF
the turpentine balls into The room, which
made It light, and then burst open the bed
room door and fred through the partition some
ten or twelve shots, wounding my wife
through the back, and my child through both
hips. as they lay in bed. Alter pushing the
door shut several times, let it come open and
fired upon the nearest man, wounded him Sc
verely. then jumped through the window,
and Us was running through the crowd, and
in the thigh"
This is the statement OF Young, as made to
our reporter last evening, and 1t is corrobora-
led by other parties, both white and colored,
who were witnesses to some parts OF the sub
seuuent proceedings. The squad that came TO
Youngs house numbered about thirty, being
nearly one-rhird of the party, the remainder OF
the band remaining in the road, except when
one sqnad was sent to visit the house Of Trial
Justice Long, who secreted himself and es-
caped them. On Sunday night they also visited
the residence OF David Railstock, another Of
the county commissioners; but he had intima-
,ion oil their coming, and took TO The woods,
and thus eluded them.
The Ku-KluX wounded 0y Young, at his
house, turns out to be man named Watt
Faulkner, who was formerly gambler IN this
CITY. he is very seriously wounded, and 1t is
reported amputaton of one leg will be neces-
sary. After he had been shot, his companions
pressed :uto service a horse, carriage and
driver from the stable, and carried him about
four miles from town. The matter was so
atrocious, however, that the sheriff proceeded
to the locality and arrested Faulkner on Sun.
day and lodged him in Jail, where he was yes
terday. The Impression prevails, however,
that his release Will be attempted by his COM
rades.
There was another shooting scrape also in
Newberry yesterday, growing out OF the reitls-
al by colored man to exchange silver money
for greenbacks. Upon his refusal, young
man, living about four miles from town, fired
four shots at the 3olored man. None TOOK
effect.
Information was received yesterday of the
killing by the Kr-Klux OF a man near Gists
Station, on the Spartanburg and Union Rail.
road. on Saturday night, and also OF the brutal
whipping Of young girf at the same time and
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