The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-30

Ku Klux organizations Of 1870 and 1871, |
and be therefore deemed it totally m.
necessary to cross examine the witness.
| Kirkland l.. Gum was next sworn
and examined. He said nothing that
particularly affected the case on trial,
stating merely the nature aud purposes
Of an organization he joined in January
last. repeating the oath and giving the
signs as the others.
| Thomas L. Berry was next put up.
He said-I live in York County; have
lived there all my life. I joined Madi-
son Smarr's khan, in January last. The
killing and whipping the members OF
that party. Wesley Smith told me that
he and VIM. Smith, VIM. White and
Leander Spencer had shot Charley
Good. They met Charley Good about
800 yards below Wesley Smiths house,
on Wednesday night. Smith said they
asked Good which he would prefer-1OO
lashes, Q. tc be ehot. Good recognized
Smith. and said, know Mr.. Smith, that
you will not kill me. They took him off
apiece in the woods, tied him 10 tree
and shot him. assisted in throwing
the body into Broad River, two nights
after. heard Of Ed. Leach being killed
by John Mitohell's khan, and from Joe
Mitchell OF two negroes. Tom Scaife
and another, being shot at Turkey Greek
Bridge, in Chester County.
James F. Caldwell was next sworn.
He said: I live in York County;
was initiated into the Ku Klux Klan at
Yorkville. in January. last, by Mr.. AL
bertus Hope. was on raid in Janu-
ary or February last. We met in an old
field near Mrs. McAbie's house. We
went to Mr.. John Ferris, and shot into
the house. The next raid was on Mr..
Barrett; We took him out and talked to
him. The next was on Mr.. John Hark-
ness; we took him out and talked to him
J about his politics. He was understood
to be Radical. We nude him promise
to put card into the paper, renounoing
his allegiance to the Radical party. We
then visited Harvey Smiths. with the
same purpose. The next raid was with
Bobby Caldwell, Levi Hall and two
Garners, and some others that I didn't
know. We took out Prince McCants
and whipped him. think they we're
trying to get something out Of him
about the burnings in the neighborhood.
We then went on to Mr.. Murphy's.
They took Anderson Brown ont and
killed him-shot him. T didn't see
plainly, but I heard the shots. Ths
next raid was on Abner Hamwright; they
whipped him severely. He was white
man. and they whipped him, not be-
cause he was Radical, but to get the
militia guns. They broke down the
door, and dragged him out of bed, tied
him, took him up the road, and thrashed
him with hiokories. We next went to
Mr.. Lowry's place; took Horace Nicely, q
colored man, out and whipped him. I
don't know what he was whipped for,
unless it was because he was Radical
John ThomassOn, colored, wos next
called and sworn. He said: did live in
J York but was run away by the Ku Klux
last spring; they visited me four times.
} The first time they came they didn't hurt
me; there were six of them; they made
me swear not to vote the Radical ticket.
and said if did they would send me to
hell, where they came from. The second
time was about the same; the third night
three OF them came in and ordered me
to make light. When 7 stopped down
they kicked me from behind. They
broke up my clock. knocked out all the
window panes in the house, stole seven
dollars OF money out of my pants pocket
and knocked me down in the middle of
the floor. They ordered me to leave the
country by Saturday, which did. After
l left they went to my house again and
shot into it. They frightened my wife
very much, and think fastened her
death. I was living on place that nv
wife's Did mistress had left to her in her
will. The place is my wife's, aud I
worked it. have had to leave all my
property, and fled to North Carolina.
My wife died in July last, and think
the cause of it was the frights she re-
ceived by the Ku Klux visits.
Abram Broomfield, oolored, was next
sworn. He said: I live in York County;
have lived there since ten years of age.
[ am now sixty-four years Of age am
a Republican, and voted for Mr.. Wallace
Tue Ku Klux came to my house in
March, about 10 o'clock at night I had
been lying out about four weeks, but
had taken rheumatism and came in. I
heard them coming up, and I jumped
out the bnck door and hid in the fenoe
corner. They broke into the house,
searched for me, and then rode off to-
wards the stable. I had slipped down
the fence; and they passed in ten steps
ing about where they would go next,
aud recognized DR.. Avery's voice. II
hove known him all my life, and am fa-
miliar with hisvoice. Isaac, the Apostle,
was whipped the same night.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Wilson,
don't know exactly the day of the month.
1t was moonlight night, and on Fri
day. knew him by his voice. knew
the crowd came from Ebenezer; to be
certain. they did. They said they come
from hell and from North Carolina; but
who's in hell or North Carolina that
knows Abram? DR.. Avery did have
my two sous arrested and bound over to
keep the peace; but I didn't have any
hard feelings towards him. There is