Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-08-03

| find him down In the bottom If he was Il
be found. he said he knowed almost thsl
killed him.
Mr.. Robertson recalled for redirect ez
/ animation. There were prOpoaitiOni
/ made to the effect that If / would abandon
this case as witness BOwden would with
draw his prosecution against me In thi
Bolivar suit. There were threats mad
| against me. There was also talk of bribery
to keep me away from here, and 1 heard
that there were witnesses who took the
bride and are out of the way. I hesrC
since l came here that Mr.. Bowden madt
the remark that he would get me before
left here yet.
Odd you tell Andy Bills on Sunday
thst you thought Garrett had been killed
A-No, sir; I didn't tell him that. ]
told him that / expected he knoWed some
thing about where be wa at, from what
heard in Salisbury, and from what ht
told me himself. 1
Q.-Who were bribed to keep swey from
here7
A-Mr. sneed is one of them. and Poney
Williams is another.
Qs-Whst side kept them away?
A.-The defendants. Brock was present
when my brother Bob brought the mes
sage to me from Garrett. He touched me
on the arm, and said he had a message
from Garrett. He told me Garrett wanted
to see me. ] told Mr.. Brock, and he said
he would 60 home with some medicine he
had, and come back and take supper with
me, and then go.
This concluded the case for the Govern
ment.
DEFENsE.
o. s. Black was the first witness called
for the defense. He said that Mr.. Robert
son called on him Sunday evening, after
Garrett was killed, and said he was afraid
to go home by Smsliey's, that he thought
Smslley was lying in wait for him; he
said nothing to me about $500.
Counsel for the defense-Well, we were
misinformed. That Will do; you can go.
Mr. Black left.
Mr.. Fowler was next called.
Counsel for the defense-State what con-
versation you heard Mr.. Robertson and
Mr.. Brock have in Bolivar about q plan
which they were making up so as to i'm
plicste the defendants in the Garrett
murder.
Yes, sir. The plan was that they were
to be at Old Berlin's o n thst Saturday night
so s to hear Whist was said
by four of the men, and to hear
them making up a plan to make away
with Garrett; they finally agreed that old
Berlin wouldn't do, so they changed the
place to another; Robertson proposed that
he WA a United States detective, and that
there could be something lat made out of
the business; I hsd a conversation with
Robertson yesterday; lie offered to lend
me some money on collateral security; l
afterward met him on the steps out here,
and he said 1 had no business here; he
wanted me to 90 out on the street and
fight it out; I met MI. Garrett about ten
days before he was arrested, st a rlacs
called Shoe Fly landing, down in Missis-
and he told me he was afraid of
Robertson; that he had threatened his
life; he said he was going to Salisbury
after his wife.
Gross. examined. L had the meeting at
with Brock and Robertson
in July, when these men (the defend
antsl hsd been taken away from these
prisoners. Brock and l were not always
on good terms; we were on good terms
then. The conversation took place in q
room of Parson Acton's, in Bolivar. Mr..
Robertson began the talk; he told ms he
was going to break down the Bowden
'amily. He said he was no going to let
ihem rest, and he said there were others
lround whom he was going to have ar
Q-Why7
A.-They were Ku-Klux he said.
Q.-Are they?
Al can not answer that question; 1
not know; / never saw a full grown
Odd you ever see a half grown one?
Al never saw one of them.
Q'-You say he was going to give you
tat Officer
Ayes, sir.
Q.-You don't know then what it was?
A. No sir, / didn't know what it was to
". In the conversation, ct Bolivar, the |
,srties that were to be arrested were Bow /
len, Red, Smalley, and Chapman. These !
o II men were to be detected as Ku-Klux, |
nd connected with the murder of Garrett.
conversation was in the night time. |
fer We had retired to the room to go to
l an hvingon the farm Of g gentleman
y the name OF Belloti, neal Salisbury.
lave 10 employment no sir, just living
i 8 house on that land. Robertson in
tied me to the room that night. [ have
n0Wn the character OF Robinson since
is youth.
els it good or bad?
Alt is bad.
GL-For What2
A-For murder and robbery.
G.-Woud you believe him on Doth?
A.-No six, 1 would not believe him on
Ath. l am q laboring man and l am now out
work; l couldn't get any up there just
DIV. Inever heard any say anything
of Robertson in my life; we went to
'hOol together; were plsyfellOWs as boys;
school boys we associated for sea-
IN; he was a bsd boy ever then.
LITTLE ALIBI.
Mr.. Davis, who lives near Raleigh,
TOre that Mr.. Red was on Saturday
with his wagon and can all
~; he was with him all day himself;
went to LeGrange with corn and
liOkens and SIGH, and got back at thick
lsk to his house, which is over three
lies from Salisbury. Red parted from
at his house at thick duskto go home
his house 8 mile away. The reputation of
I. Red was excellent Il suppose he drinks
dram; l neve saw him slight :" L never {
ard that he was a member of the ku- !
Khan. Only since this affair started :
} : heard the boys talking about it. He
Id himself that he wal taken up for }
Hing that nan and being q Ku. Klux.
rats all. I
Mr.. Clark, who lives round there said j
saw the same party, consisting of
ule, wagon, old Hamilton and his son !
ID Mr.. Red. There were some boys in /
9 wagon as well as the men. 1 stopped \
king with them for twenty or thirty /
1t was after dark, between
int and nine O'Clock. His character is !,
oil. =
William Hamilton, jr., testified that he ]
Is with Red all that Saturday. They \
II ted from home az twelve O'Clock with
Q wagon, went to Davis with the meal, ]
I it there and then proceeded to a
ark's, stopped there about
IrIy minutes and then proceeded home; n
stopped st my fathers half an hour,
} left there between 10 and IL O'Clock.
Q put some meal across the mules back
81 we Cngeared him. l led them to the d,
toward Reds habitatiOn. u
White said he vas st Reds house
the night of the 18th of June, Sstur- 4
My wits was there with me. 1 think q
Wis IL O'Clock when he came. He came
ing on q mule. He put his meal In a E
went to the lot and put up his mule. =,
len he anne back we talked there T
lille, until bis child began to become r
tfll. After that we all went to bed. R
lew many rooms in that house? l.
hare are two rooms in the house. i
Q of them is q bedroom. We all slept n,
same room. We are brothers-in law
marriage. R
son, j. g., was called in. I q
sixteen years old; my father was at
ne that night. He came home about
K and eat his supper; my brother-in- p,
and sister were there; he went to bed :,
IT supper; 1 sat up about half an hour r.
n ne went to bed; they call it two miles &c
81 half from Salisbury to where we
}; be went to bed that night at about y.
o'elock; be goes out at night. Z
One other w-itnessesses were called,
} spoke in the same wsy upon the abb.
he court adjourned until 9 O'Clock this
ming. q
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MYSTERIOUS DEATH. Re
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esterday Coroner Mofatt was called to :