The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-22
Mitchell. Mrs. Howe, Miss Sally Howe,
Capt, Mitchell DR. Darwin nr Uh;t,

Mitchell. Mrs. Howe, Miss Sally Howe,
Capt. Mitchell. DR.. Darwin, DR.. Whit. :
sides and. maybe, one or two more. I
sat up all night, aud so did DR.. Darwin,
Dr. Whitesides aud Capt. Mitchell. It
was on the 9th Of January. Mondsv
night. The way know the date il that
l know when Christmas was, and re-
collect how suon after it that mother was
so i'll. Charles Leach lived ut Madison
Smarrs. heard of his having been
whipped. Sammy Mitchell wrnt over to
the post office enrly on Tuel,1a 1ay morn.
ing, and when he came back suid that
Mrs. Smith had told him of Charles
Leach and Jerry Thompson having been
whipped the night before. Tho Ku
Klux visited Capt John Mitchell during
the Christmas. didn't. myself, hear
what they said, but I heard of their
threatening him.
Oross-examined- way I fix the
date is that know the day I left home,
and l know the day mother was so very
Ill. Christmas day was Sunday, and so
was New Years. won't to my mothers q
on Thursday, and the following Monday
sue was taken 30 i'll. remained there
some ten or twelve days, till mother got
better.
Miss Sally Howe was next put upon
the stand. and testified as follows: am
Q daughter of Mrs. Mary Howe. I live
IN quarter OF mile of Capt. Mitchell.
We are not related. Irecolcct of being
at his house when his mother was i'll. /
don't recollect the exact day. The wit
1 ness then went on and verified tho state
ments OF the others, as to the presence
OF the two defendants all night in the
sick chamber, and of tho caring of the
raid next morning.
Sammy Mitchell testified as follows:
l am son of Captain Mitchell. am
fourteen years of age. I recollect the
night that grandmother was SO sick. I
sat up till about IL o'clock. DR.. Oar.
win, DR.. Whitesides, Mrs. Howe, Miss
Sallle Howe and some others were there.
got up the next morning, about day-
night, and went to carry some letters to
the post office. While there, Mrs. Smith
told me that the Ku Klux had been there
the night before and whipped Jerry
Thompson and Butler Smarr. T came
back home, and told them all there
about it. 1 recollect the Ku Klux com.
ing to pas during Christmas They
came, they said, in search Of man who
had stolen horse. They asked pa if he
belonged to the Ku Klux. He said no.
They said: "D-n. you had better be. {"
CToo5- -o1amined-I an not C En E:uz.
never saw any except the seven that
came to fathers. They went up stairs
and all over the house. I never saw
father with any Ku Klux gowns, nor
knew him or brother Joe to be out Of
nights. I slept with brother Joo. He
left home about q month ago. 1 don't
know where he is.
Thomas Bolen was next called He
said--I was q member of the Ku KIux
A!an. vas with the party at Billy
Wilson's, the night that John Thomp.
son, dtaS Robertson, was searched for
at the gin-house. Neither DR.. White
sldos nor Captain Mitchell were there.
The party was composed of Sherod
Childers, Allen Crosby, Van Hemphil,
Hezekinh Porter, Evans Murphy and
ever being on any raids. TIE time of
our visit to Wilson's was about the Ist
OF March. l was listing up cotton
ground.
Cross ss-cxamincd-I joined what some
called Mitchells Klan, but Squire Hood
initiated me. I saw Captain Mitchell
on Barksley Hill, tho night of the pro-
posed raid on Bill Kell. Some of the
men were in disguise. I didn't see
Captain Mitchell take the disguises when
we broke up.
Tho grand jury found true bills in the
following cases:
The United States rs. George Turner,
Elijah Ross Sapaugh. Henry Sapaugb,
Robert Moss, Berter Moore, Walker
Moore, Claiborne Hopper, David Ran
seur. Joseph Leckie, Washington An
thony, DR.. Bell. Robert Bell, Knatt
Paris, Richard Paris, Miner Paris, John
Gatfrey, VIM. Gaffrey. Michel Guffrey,
| William Ross. Rufus Moss, Doe Wiley,
John Wiley, Wallace Wiley. Jnmes Ro-
binson. Walker Dawson. Reuben Go
forth. VIM. Worthy, Jas. Osborne, New
ton Osborne-c0nspiracy against Thos.
Roundtree.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
The court met ut II A. Nj.
Tho defence in the case of Thos. 3.
Whitesides and John w. Mitchell re-
sumed the examination of witnesses.
Major Guyton, colored, was put upon
tho stand. He stated that be was re-
sident of York County; lived in tho
neighborliood of Capt. John ". Mitch
ell, and knew him we'll; that he was we'll
liked by tho colored people, and bore
the character of kind and considerate
man towards them. He further testified
that there was general disturbance
throughout the County, and that incen-
diary fires were frequent, and that ho
himself had been importuned to engage
in q plot to burn large number of
houses. Further that he himself had
warned number of men who were af-
terwards punished by the Ku Kux that
they would endanger themselves by their
violent conduct aud language.
Tho defence closed here. and the pro-
secution introduced rebutting testimony,
as follows:
Butler Askew, coloret-l ave in York