Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-02-17

ed, or gun fred at one of his mon that |
he would have the last one of us
killed. Made all of Us get out |
and walk, except Henderson Scott. |
Officers and men then got into the |
conveyance and rode. Nextday we arrived |
at Yanceyville. and were put into room |
In the Court House. Bergen said to us on |
the trip that some Of us would never see |
home again. After we were put in the |
room at the Court House, Bergen came in |
and said that that was the room we would |
| have to stay in il was the room that |
Senator st svens was killed in. l was kept |
| at Yanceyville something owe. two weeks. |
Was confined in the Court House. The
Court House was guarded by soldiers IN
and around it. The manner of Kirk and
Bergen was rather insulting-called US
damned rebel Ku-Klux-a term rather
coarse for gentlemen. When In the Court
| House at Yanceyville, Kirk came up and,
in presence of all the prisoners, cursed
Weeden violently-called him ID rebel
Ku-Klux-and cursed about promis-
cuousIy. While we were at the Shops one
of the guard called attention to one of
our men who was sleeping, remark1ng
that he could pick the rebel Ku-Klux off
very nicely ; and that If he had his way
he would not take one of them prisoners,
! but kill them all. Maj. Yates did not
curse any; told me he was a Baptist
preacher.
The troops were very disorderly-no
discipline whatever-the privates would
curse the officers and tho officers the men.
/ No subordination to authority at all. l
did not think they had any intelligence,
exceedingly illiterate and ignorant. Many
of the command were boys, looked to be
about sixteen or seventeen. At the Court
House in Caswell they did not behave like
men raised in my country. Most of the
men I talked with said they lived in Ten
nessee. When I returned from Yancey-
Vile to the Shops, Bergen carried me to
+ Graham. While going he told me that he
had orders to again arrest Henderson Scott.
The next day Henderson Scott came on by
my house with blanket and knapsack.
+ About two hours afterward he came back
, to my house and told me that he had no
money and wanted fifty dollars. Said he
. wanted it to send to Col. Bergen-that he
(B. had told him If he would pay hlm (B.)
that amount Of money he would not arrest
him any more. got the money, put it
in an envelope, directed it to Col. Bergen,
= and handed it to him. LIE handed it to
. Il. S. Hunter. Hunter went off in the di-
rection of the Shops with it.
{ L have been raised among the people OF
/ Alamance-have large acquaintance with
: them. Have some acquaintance with the
black people. The feeling between the
blacks and whites is very friendly. Never
l knew of any resistance to legal authority.
Courts regularly held, and business gen
orally carried on.
Cross erani,ted by Mr. Smith,;
, The following additional facts we're
elieited:
never knew that Bergen was arrested
; by order of Gov. Holden. Kirk said
/ Henderson Scott relieved by order of
the Governor. Don't know that Governor
Holden ordered his release after his arrest
, second time. 1 and Mr.. T. M. Holt were
in the Governors office the week after we
were released by Judge Brooks.
saw Outlaw while hanging. | heard
no disturbance in town that night at ALL
I heard of Puryear being drowned. live
about 200 yards from where Outlaw was
hung. I know of no secret organization
in the county. Never saw any one dis
guised going about at any time. l saw
some horse tracks about where Outlaw was
hung the next morning. I knew nothing
of Shoffner. his leaving, or the cause of
his leaving.
James G. Moore. sworn on behalf OF the
managers and testified
Questioned by Mr.. Merrimon.
live at the Company Shops, in Ala
nance county. Am a merchant. Was
there at the time COrllss was whipped
= Was present at the trial of the parties
Il
to Mr.. Faucet, a magistrate, for war
rant, which was granted, and the parties
were tried by him (F). Faucet is Re
, publican. After O thorough examination
and full testimony, Mr.. Faucet discharged
the parties, there not being sufficient evil
E dence to bind them over.
was foreman of the grand jury at the
spring term of the Superior Court for 1870
AS the grand jury represented every por
ton of the county requested each one &c
call up every offence that had taken place il
G his respective section. We acted upor
every case that was presented. The jury
had three colored men on it. No one al
d legged that there were any murders, or thai
a any other outrages had been committed
d No one alleged that there were any wit
d nesses who could be summoned and ex
,. amined in the Outlaw and Puryear cases
Is The negro, Ruffin, who was on the jury
,. was from Graham. He was requested
IL among the others, to report any outrageE
n that had occurred in his section. No in
is stance occurred when the jury failed to find
is a true bill on evidence ct all 1ustlhable
II If the jury erred. it was in making present
{. ments on rather weak evidence.
EEL The troops were camped on the jour-
T. Square, near the Court House. The mer
r behaved very badly. On Sunday morning
"a was in town; saw them in the yard take
I'd off their shirts and wash their necks anC
N shoulders. Would run about IN that con co,
er dition, about the yard and around tht
I'd tents, in full view of the ladies at the no
is tel or passing the streets. A colored maj
A. and soldier came to my store after mysel
i'd and son, and carried US to camp. Colone
q. Bergen came down and asked me what
Or was doing there-asked if I belonged Il
IN the Ku Klux organization. I asked hin
is by what authority was arrested. He sai'
of that he got a dispatch that morning order
We ing my arrest. The negro was in uniform
IN Did not know of my own knowledge tina
rd he cursed my wife.
81 Good feeling generally prevails betwee
"a the races. No instance of resistance t
~ lawful authority. Both magistrates In m
VI township are Republicans. 1 have neve
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