The New York herald., 1871-03-19
CONVICTION 0F TWO NEGROES FOR MUIR.
DIR IN SOUTH CAaOLfgs.
They are Sentenced 10 Death.

Henry Cannon AMI Taylor Palmer, beth c0lorei,
have gust been convicted in tic Court OF General
| sessi, rs for Union county, South Carolina Of the
/ murder Of George Mattson Stevens, on December
| 81, at eight z. NJ.
| HISTORY OF THE CASE.
| little before dark, The last day or the Iast
| year, George Mattison stevens, a drayman, with
Benjamin Robinson az driver tbotn whitesl, lett
Union Court House To 80 alter BARREL of wnskey
Gong TO point I've niles from town, BY the Means
vile road, they took q road their re-
turn leading out into tee Spartanburg road.
After getsing into the Spartanhurg road about eight
p. NJ, they had preceded but slort distance
when they were matted by body OF South Carolina
militia (ai negroes variously estimated a. from
iwany TO forty strcng, drawn up in Inc, under the
temporary command OF one Sylyanus Wright. 1t
was bright moonlight. ghey were all armed with
the Winchester ana other Improved guns, bayonets
ana cartridges furnished by the Gov ernor OF the
state, ana purchased with money from The public
treasury. Having halted, whisHey was demanied
of them. Stevens gave them biz mask, with
about TWO Guls in it, They drank that and
demanded more. stevens sad, "If yoa want more
youil baye TO pay for IT, aud bade Robinson drive
on. After getting about dlty yards on syvanus
Wright SAID by -, Xiii thpm.n Twenty or thirty
saots were hred al the wagon. Robinson jumped
out and ran into tic pines on the right. Stevens said
"Coniouud H. were stopped and jumped out and
ran III . negro capln on the iei not lar from the
road. T&ylor, PalAer HeQr1 Cannon, Isaiah Noland
aad Andy Thomson pursued The negro
woman slut the door ana refused let
the pursEecs come y. The Iour stepped
back snd nXed bayonets, ana said tneg would 20 in
hends entered. aud pulled stevens ont stevens be-
gan talking hey SAID, 40 talking.r stevens SAID
''BOys I'm all Iight-aOn't hurt me-, Whereunon
! Andy Thomson struck nun III the mouth with his
take tie whissey.'i stevens appeaied 10 Jim Hardy
RI. "a II
others. Charner Herndon Tom Byers ana Others were
al the house They took Stevens low I'd hi . wa an
and lTalah Noland Henry Cannon and Taylor Palmer
toDk stevens down into the woods stevens said
What are you gong todor' Ncland replied. I've
are gong 70 give you 500 lashcs and then turn you
| loose" soon alter hey were heard running.
sYtvapus said BOYS they are running; he'll get
cose.p Thea one or two shots were heard and The
running ceased; and moment later three more
/ snUts. NOlaud, Palmer aud cannon came back 60
ag 5 oea @ e sfFangs g u.s. ng y neS Ser mem ana said
CD, we Killed hlm,r EacA one claimed TO have
Killed hun Henry Cannon SAID, cater he ien
| thought ne was not dead 50 | stove a
bullet through ni- head.n Henry Cannon said
"Nrlght. yoa Couldn't nave picked three better men
to shoot hln.n Holand said he wanted some whis-
Sey; Cannon went OF and por Jug, which he
and tnen eft tac haired Win the pnng out ana went
OH towards Union Court House. Passing the house
Of two white gentlemen, nile from the scene Of
the MURDER Noand proposed to take one Of them
out aud kili INN VII NJ said, Enough Tor to-
nlghtN HOland Cannon, Palmer ana one other
then went 10 q lroic and danced ull midnight
were, ole Jonu scott, white man, was halted at
same place By same party He gave MS name, when
he was tod 20 pass on, some one fenGrKing, "OA,
tbaits Mr.. Scott" scott was q radical There was
some complaint about ammuni10n being scarce,
NHereupon one OF them sald, "Mooiy VIII be here
dlIecIy with plens.h M0biy IS aueglo member or
the Legislature. None Of the Witnesses could, or
would, te Why this party was there. Some say 10
gudrd Mobiy but Moniy ved four miles or on an.
other road. some say ~ guard one ". n. NJ. VIII
hains, bat NaIns was very qulctiY spending the
night at Union Court House ana knew nothing OF
the matter.
An aabl was attempted for defence, since the
negIoe testhed that the three VINO Killed stevens
were ut 4 irolic from dusk to midnight, TWO miles
OIL But PalMers sister test led that the three lett
at al Six ald returned about niue l.. NJ, and another
thai he got TO The iroc about nine O'Clock, and
.se tnrec came ~ afterwards with their guns.
The Juty was composed OF six wines ana SIX
blacks. After being out about ten minutes thcy
Dfuu- nj III their vcldIcL.-"Wc mud henry Cannon
and Taylor Palmer guilty" ISAIAH Noland mas not
yet been ar ested. Tom Byers Sylyanus Wright
ANDY Thomson, Charner HerndOn ana others have
been executed br the XII XIX
ihe Judge in MS sentence traced the murder
BACK 10 what he termed The fatal mistake OF the
radical government ol SCUM Carolina IN organitin
mo ~ i.ia companies and aiming with guns and
taf,tia&es the ignorant negro, and The negro
asne
Tue convicts were sentenced to be hung on the
third Friday IN Aprl next