Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-03-24

killed that Henry Berry said he be d--n'ti
if he didn't take old Taylor off. heard
Henry Berry say that he and Boss and Ste
phen killed him
ALL the crowd were a: the killing Of San-
der--Bt my Berry. Boss, Stephen. George,
mJb sell. Tenn Lowry. Andrew Strong and
Zach MCLAUGHLIN.
/ Tom Lowry found where there was a
brandy still hid in the swamp. and Insisted
that we should GO and capture 1t. We
went there on Sunday. While We were
there two or three men came mp TT differ
ent times and separately as they would
come in we would make them rrisoners.-
After a while the three McNeill's came in
altogether. AID We made the N prisoners
We kept them all night. and ext (Mondayl
morning early after dav. Sanders came
down there. aud got him. We turned
loose the Whole crowd except Sanders.-
Henry Berry toid t em to go and to keep
their mouths shut. lie told McNtill that
he had caught him i'll three lies !; he would
| let him go this time but he had better be-
have himself.
We carried Sanders off to our camp, and
kept him uutil the following "Wednesday
evening We were talking and disputing
all this time what we had better do with
him. I told them several times they had
better let him go, but Henry Berry and
Stephen swore that he should be killed
Henry Berry and Stephen stuck to it all
the time. Sanders didn't have much to
say. We would have one standing guard
over him at night. He said several times
if we would let him go, he wouid go clean
off and never bother us any more. He
seemed very stubborn and proud while We
had him at the camp. He got knife one
time and cut vein in his wrist SO be could
bleed to death, but it didn't bleed great
DEAL tn en- be took arsenic, Geo. Applewhite
had some in his pocket and gave it to him
he put it in his mouth and swallowed it.
It didn't seem to do mucb-he didn't CON-
plain of pain-said one time he felt 1t
burning in his stomach. On Wednesday
evening they took him ont from the camp
and carried him off some distance, and
then all stopped. Stephen Lowry told
him that he might have an hour to pras.
He prayed a good while. | felt sorry for
him, aud told the III they had better let the
man go. Henry Berry and Steph swore
he shouldn't. turned round little and
stepped off, for I saw that they were going
to kill him. Just then, Steph shot one
barrel of his 6un into him and he fell dead.
Tom Lowry was off two or three hundred
yards when Stephen killed him-Tom sorte
Jagged beb ind.
| Sanders first came into the settlement as
school teacher and a friend of the color
ed people. L never knew Henry Berry to
be with him but once. Henry Berry never
went about his school house. They killed
him because he had come and tried to pass
off for friend, and then betrayed them
l told where Sanders was buried. (The
body has been found from this descr1p-
| ton.
| We never had any friends in particular
among the colored people of Scuffletown.
We have always known what was going on.
We would Eud ont that in plenty of ways.
Henry Berly's wife would hear and tell
him, and SO would Geo. Applewhite's. l
never went about my fathers since I've
been lyiug out. | knew he was opposed to
the gang. and l was afraid OF him. L mot
my mother once on the road and talked with
ber-have seen her since l have been here,
ana want to see her again before i die.
L have heard Lowrny @~y tl.~I oil his ia he
| were against him, except ION, and tnat
his brother Sinclair Lowrey would hetray
him if he had q chance. James Oxendlne
has never bad anything to do with any of
US. L have mover heard OF any of the
crowd being about his place. Henry Berry
is down on him-he is particular mad with
him, because they say that he caused the
soldiers to be brought up there. | heard
Henry berry abuse Mr.. Sinclair-none of
them have much use for bin. | don't like
the man myself He is the man that got
me into this scrape. If he had given me
justice, he would not have sent mo 20 tue
| Wilmingtcn Jail on Il charge that | va 1rt
gailty of. and l would not have had 10
take TO tie wood, ami 50 w.tb Henry
Berry.
There has been nobody in Lumberon
| sending any word to US that ever netIo
of-While they were trying TaylO' TO- the
murder Of Make SandersoD, Ant otfohS
was the witness against TarOr he was
| then going back wards aud forwards from
us to Lumberton. Every time he left
ILumberton he came - us. he said they
tried to kill him when they killed Make
Sandersou. Make SAnderson never had
anything 80 do with us-l never heard OF
his beirg connected in any way with the
robbeIles.
Tsaw the dead body of Ben Bethea.-
Kenry Berry, Boss and myself were going
along the road and met Andrew Strong
Andre W said there was dead niger down |
in the branch. We went down there and
found Ben Bethea's body. We knocked |!
about therefore or two white men passed |
the road, and We stopped them and sh owed |
it to them. I never heard Of Ben Bethea's
having had anything to do with us or any
of the Henry Berry crowd. Henry Berry !
and one of his brothers, Lowry, who ls
now dead killed Brant Harris.
Nine Cheers for the Granite stated!
MAJ. ]. A. EnQelAEqrd. Editor Journal:
The earthquake in New Hampshire re-
Gently is in oil respects similar to the one
that happened in that State-the "Granite
State"-in 1929, when it passed from a
longtime control by the, then, "National |
party to the democratic
or jackson party" which !
soon after became the great Democratic
party of the country.
The "Granite State" remained under
Democratic control Gen. Pierce was
elected to the Presidency, when split in
the party in consequence Of quarrel be-
tween Hon. Edmund Burke and General
Pierce threw the State into the opposition,
where it has ever since until now remain,
ed.
Parties there change slowly. but surely,
and predict fer New Hampshire long