The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-02-01
Experience Of New York
ROughs in South Carroll
ma.

Tho following documents, re.
tontly published in tho Now York
Sun and Charleston Nc,vS, have
oxcited such general intcrst. that
VIC publish them entire. Tho
Ne'cs says:
Wo print. in another colums IN
ARTICLE from the Now York Sun, Of
Monday, purporting to be tho vol
untary statement Of Mr.. Samuel
Hoggctt, Of No. 1913 Madison
street, Now York, which statement
Is said to DO substantiatcd by SOW
eral a(fidavits made by members
ofthc party to which Mr.. Hoggctt
belonged. 1t is alleged by Mr.
1loggctt uhat an agent Of Gov.
Scott went to Now York some
three months since and engaged
twenty-five men to como to South
Carolina to serve rs deputy State
tonstablcs. Tho chief Of this party
was Col. James Il. Kerrigan. They
went to Columbia and wcro duly
commissioned and armed with
Winchester rifles. They found
that Gov. Scott and his intimate
friends thought themselves in
constant danger Of assassination
by the bullets Of tho Kn Klux, and
they were informed that their par
ticuIar duty was to defend them and
kill their enemies. Some ofthc lead
ors ofthc Ku kIux wcrc pointed out
TO them. They were promised that
# these leaders were killed tho
killers should receive $4,000 for
zach man killed, and be protected
by tho State authorities. These
deputy constable were subsequent
~ sent out to tho Union gold
mines, fifty miles or thcrcabouts
from tho city Of Columbia, to pro
tcct negro miners. On this cxpc-
Hition, MIR. llogyctt says they
wcro accompanied by fifteen Uni
iod States regulars under Lieut..
Paul. They remained thcro ten
days, and were thrice attacked at
night, but do not appear to have
killed sny ono. Finally, after
having been in the State loss than
a month without out having ac-
"omp'ished anything. that were
paid at tho rate Of 50 day, and
ordered to leave. With this order
they complied and many of them
are now in New York city"
This extraordinary story does
not take us by surprise. About
two weeks ago We received what
purportcl to be Il statement made
by Col. James II. Kcrrigan Of
New York city in which charges
arc made similar to those con-
tanned in the letter Of Mr.. Hog
gett. The statement received bv
W is dated from New York, and
reads as follows:
"In November laat, Col. G.. G..
Baker, formerly q United States
army officer, and Mcssrs. Puffcr
and Runllc, camo TO this city TO
procure, ostcnsibly Tor tho pur-
pose of defending the Union gold
mines, (formcly the Black mines,)
in. Union County, S. c., some
fifty men. They were acquainted
with Capt. Washburnc, of the
Ninth Precinct. Captain Wash.
burno introduced Baker to Colonel
James f. Kcrrigan, who agreed
to find the men in few days. It
was finally decided that twenty
Ave would bo sufficient, and this
numbor Of laboring mon, mcchan-
los and others woro ongagod and
sont to Columbia, SC Among
tho number were Colonel Kcrri-
gan and Captain Lindsay, both
well known in this city as ardent
Fenians.
"Aftor arriving at Columbia,
each man was armed with Spencer
rifles, rovolvcrs, commission
from Hubbard, chief Of police, as
policeman, and ono from tho Gov.
ernor: as constablcs. Colonel Ker.
rigan, 1t is stated. was commissioned
rs q captain Of tho South Carolina
militia. These commissions wcro
all datod November II, 1870. Af-
tor thoir arrival at Columbia in
the latter part Of tho month, Col
onol Kcrrigan and Captain Lind
say wcro informed by Governor
Scott that if fvo mon woro 1c-
moved from Union County, it.