The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1871-09-27
FEDERAL COURT--KU KLUX TRI-
a AIS. FIJI

! Court met at the usual hour.
! AL least Eve hundred spectators were
present. and the Senate Chamber, being
small, was crowded to lis utmost capacity.
| At half past ten o'clock Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Phillips
PRAYED JUDGMENT.
according to notice, on the prisoners ut the
bar.
I The Court instructed the Marshal to re-
move the prisoners to an adjoining rdom
and bring them in singly, as
lcalled for.
The first prisoner called was Randolph
lSbotwell. He entered aud advanced iriD-
lly, betrayirg little or no emotion, and,
Y dropping his hat on the floor, sat down IN u
chair which had been placed near the cen
tire of the room. His face, however, was
very pale, aud bis eyes became restless.
! K deep silence pcryaied the Chamber,
and al eyes we're intensely directed 20
wards Shptwell.
Mr.. Fuller, as counsel for the defendant,
arose and addressed the Court in behalf OF
the prisoner, in very affecting terms. pray
ling for him as light punishment as the
mercy Of the Court could extend.
Judge Brooks then occupied nearly an
hour in remarks, which We have not time
or space for in this issue Of our paper. but
will publish fully in our next.
Judge Bond proceeded TO pass
TnE SENTENCE or THE COURT
, ON the conyicts. Requesting Sbotwell to
stand up. His IIonor asked him i be had
ANYTHING 10 say Why the Court should not
proceed TO pass judgment on him according
10 law. He answered. 'Ihsye not, only
that great deal Of the evidence sgainst
me Is ia.se-some Of il ridiculouslY false.
His Honor said, You. according TO the
I evidence before the Court. are the most
guilty man Of all this party Ycu pointed
out +, these ruflians, in the dead hour of
I the night. the way TO Justices house.
whence be was dragged from the side Of his
innocent wife, and 80 brutally treated.
. The mercy asked for you We feel for your
/. aged parent. The judgment Of the Court
Is that you be imprisoned Ut hard labor for
six wears. and that YOU be fined 1--WE thou-
sand dollars. DIR. Marshal, take the pris-
oner into custody
Marshal carrow then took the prisoner
by the arm aud led him to IN adjoining
room. The countenance Of Shotwell re-
maincd unchanged, only that his eyes scrc
uOwncast.
The remainder Of the prisoners were sen
; fenced rs follows, viz: Amos Owens. inn
!: prisonmcnt at hard labor for six years. and
2 ine of Eve thousand dollars: Adolphus
Z Dcpries.., imprisonment at hard labor fOr
t.c years and fine Of Eve hundred dollars ;
George Holland Imprisonment for two yesr'
At hard labor and ine Of Eve hundred dol
Hers; WIN. Mcintyre, Imprisonment for tive
!. wears at hard labor and fine Of Eve hundred
\ dollars: Vim. Teal imprisonment Tor three
wears nj hard labor and fine cf Eve hun.
4 dred dollars; David Collins. Imprisonment
. for four years and fine q Eve hundred dol.
liars; wm. Scrugs. imprisonment Cor three
years at hard lsbor and fine q hyc hundred
!. dollars; Spencer X. Moorc. Imprisonment
= for six months; ID. Il. Fortune imprisOn-
n,ent for six months.
The convicts are principally very pcoI
:. farmers. such a. inhabit the mountain cove
In the western part of the State.
ih Amos Owen Is about ffty years of ago
2 and has wife and eight children. lie i
known, iu the words u one Of tho witnes
ses. rs n wild, rafting sort u . man.
y When asked by the Court IL he had any
u thing 10 say IN his own behalf hc replied
I. well, I don't think that I ought 20 b
I. punished. lfjusticc had been dono M
here wouldn't be punished
Z Adolpbus Depriest and George lIollan,
" are yonng men. about twenty three ycan
:. Of age respectively. Holland has wife
VIM. Mcintyre Is about twcnty-tw'
y. years of age. When askcd what be had D
!, say, &C.. be answered. Well. don
think you ought 70 put on me TOO hard.
BE- William Teal Is tall. uiry loyking In
~ diyidual, aged about twenty-five. lie ha
N wife and two ebildrcn-was very shah
y y billy dressed.
= David Collins Il the most ssubsianiial
looking man Of the party--is aged sixty
y four. lie steadfastly gazcd alternately 4
p the Judges and st the floor. lie is heavil
built. and has bulky face. with yer,
narrow. low snd compressed forehead.
y William scrugs is small and rather bard
y \. featured--about forty seven years u age
Spencer X. Moore and ID B. Forum
are intelligent looking yonng mcn. The
,r plead guilty whom hrst srraigned.
g The prisoners received their sentence
with groat deal Of composure, IN som
y y, cases amounting almost 10 nonehalnnce.
I" They will be sent 10 the States PRISM /
{. New York. situated al Albany. Moon
and Fortune will be confined 10 commo
20 iail.