Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-08


1pon his return his intimacy with Miss |
Bowlsby. he was young man of good |
appearance, tall and we'll pr portioned, |
and Dire ssed With scrupuious neatness. la |
the mill where he worked no one knew of |
his acquaintance with Alice Bowlsby, and |
with the sad news of the suicide came the |
first intimation to Mr.. Conklin, ST., of his
sons intimacy with the murdered young
woman.
CONFESSION OF RosENZwEIG's SERVANT.
The woman, Jane johnson, servant at
the house Of Rosenzweig, told the follow
ing story to Warden Brennan, in cell at
the Eighteenth Precinct Police station last
evening, after viewing the clothing found
in the trunk, and hearing O description of
the body it had contained ION last We'd
nesday afternoon young lady, like the
one you have described. entered DIR. Ros-
enzweig's house at No. 6S7 Second avenue,
by the parlor door. After entering the
door, she was Immediately taken up stairs
by the doctor, and taken into his private
room. The doctor came into the house,
on the ruu, at tue basement door, about
two minutes before the young lady me
into the parlor door He walked to the
kitchen door and looked in at me- some
thing very unusual for him to do. To tue
very best Of my opinion he closed the
kitchen door after looking at me-
When lie left opened the door easy and
looked after him. [ listened. and ran up
to the parlCr floor, when l saw the young
girl going up to the second floor. / took
no more notice of that affair on that day !;
but listened to rec if could hear her
going out, which failed in doing. The
same afternoon 1 asked Rosie, the doctor
daughter, who that lady was that went up
stairs. Rosie replied that she was pa
tent who wanted to see her father, I again
asked Rosie, on the following day, if that
lady was In the house yet. She answered,
ooh, no her friends took her away
last night I said, GLOW could she
go in all that rain, when you told
me she was SO very sick o. Rosie said,
''They had nice carriage and wrapped
her up so she could not take cold"
thought all that story was true until the
excitement took place. After the lady
came to the house Rosie went Immediate
~ up stairs and remained there for some
time then she returned to the kitchen.
To the evening Mrs. Rosenzweig called TO
me from up stairs to make cup of tea,
ana TO have Rosie to bring it up to her l
thought this very queer, IS 1 always took
Mrs. Rosenzweig's meals to her. On Sat-
urday morning Mrs. RoseDzweig came to
me aud said that she wished me
to hurry up with the kitchen work,
s. that l could take the chill
dren ont riding [ got through with
the work alb cut II O'Clock and left the
house with Rosie and the two children.
1t was q great pleasure to me to go out in
tie air, it was 50 rarely that Mrs. Rosenz-
weig allowed ne to leave the house. Ire
NAMED away about one hour and q half.
This is all L remember of thu circum-
stances connected with the girl being in
the house. l recognized the comforter
(quilt), striped on one side, with large fig
ures, which was found in the trunk, as one
that was used upon Mr.. Rosenzweig's bed.
The chemlse found in the trunk never
saw before; it probably belonged to the
young lady. [ recognize the diaper found
in the trnDk as one belonging to Mrs.
Rosenzweig's baby. I never saw the
trunk before"
Radical Outrages In North Carolina.
| A letter from Rocky Mount to the New
York Sun gives some idea of the kind Of
Outrages daily perpetva!ed in North Caro-.
| lima. Ine writer says:
To show up the Ku-Klux bill in its true
colors as a powerful political engine to be
welded by the President for private pur-
poses, let us See what class of citizens are
coerced in exercising their righ's OF citi.
zenship. That sword is said TO be dan.
/ geroCs enc which GUS both W ,ys. A large
majority of the negroes i'll North CAROLYN
are cOngregated III the eastern counties
where the soil is more fertile, cotton il
grown, and wages are higher. The whites
prepOnderate IN the western counties, ye
| United States troops always sent tC
| AlamaGce and other Western counties, &C
keep straight men who have always beer
accustomed to the ballot, while in the cas-
the negro nephytes need no protection.
Does 1T not occur to the most superficial
thinker that ignorant, poor, thriftles
blacks, re Gently enfrau chised, would neeC
more protection 1T the ballot box tn an the
whites ? Tnen why are the troops dis
posed as they are ? The conclusion is in
evltable. The negroes are swayed by thu
| OfficeholdeIS, who In turn bend the preg
nant hinges of the knee" to General Grant
that thrift may follow fawning.' If in-
| timidatOn at the ballot box prevails any
! where in North Carolina, and the protect
ing presence Of soldiers is required, ther
eastern or negro Carolina is the place
for if negro should dare vote the Conser
vative ticket in the negro country, he
would do SO at the peril of his life. Many
instances Of scourging are known. Two
| only will be mentioned. as they found pub
llcity through the courts, and the trials
were held in the presence of the writer.
One occurred near Stantonsburg, in
Wilson county. A negro with large
| family, whom his Individual exertions were
INADEQUATE to support, and who was gen
erously assisted b, his employer. had the
temerity, Notwithstanding the threats
made against him by his culored brethren
instigated by the white office-seekers, to
vote with his employer, Mr.. Barnes. The
next night he was visited by twenty-five
stalwart blacks, grotesquely painted, and
! bearing each bundle of rods.
After terrifying the victims family, cur
sing, abusing and threatening to kill
them. they stripped him of his shirt and
drawers, and then dragged him to the
woods. Here they tied him, and then
proceeded to administer the most unmer-
ciful castigation on his bare back.
The duty of fogging was too onerous
for one man. 50 one would whip him until
he was tired, and then fresh man would
take the place of the exhausted one, and
so on uLtil all had played proportionate
part. More dead than alive this almost
lnanimate mass of human gore fually
gasped promise that he would henceforth
vote with them, and then these renomina-
ting agents desisted.
Near.Battleboro', in Edgecombe county.