New-York tribune., 1871-11-24


less.
The prisoners arr without exception dressed In home
span different cooy and ali belong either to tn" class
Of small far1ne or % hat known "owdown people,
or - mean whites" Nearly all middle aged men.
ard many gray yhc ,dcd. a. soon ns up the
stairs and began 10 talk with Of the prisoners o. hers
cr"wurd aronn ana formed compact circle four or livo
deep. Tn second rank rJs. their faces over the sho
derS of The fret and the ranks stood on up oio
over the hca Is Of toS in trout. 1t hy no means
handsome crowd. The t!iat made IN encompass
ing wall on all sides un,horn. nnh"npt and I'M
wished Int their faces not rule. vicious and
| WAS disposed t. believe that most Of them became
HI klnN without criminal motives. when the circle be-
came compact possible. asked if they all
kukmNl 81 amt no KIKlux," said IL tlin-v aS, old
man of co; "nc,cr lnowd nothing about item no
how" e joined the Order" said "a s'awart. bushy-
whi,kcrri man. "but never did no devil
mCnt-nryer Thought 1t right" :" They made
me join" Said another, had for 10 do 1t, or take "a
uoggng." " ] jas; wish ] could 20 home for two
three ii and get IN my corn. II they'd LIT ne I'll
come bach sure" another said. A feeble old COM
plancd, It's mighty Lard for rheumatic old Ike
me 10 ic on the hard cor thce cold Nights with nothing
hut a blanket undcr me-" After few minutes tax
made my way ont of the crowd to look at the dining
room. vhic!, dis2ustingy filthy and at the Of
small rooms where most of the slept In these, fres
Burning the h,arths and rolls of blankets were
room, seated on 1c looi, playing cards. were two
with faces so flehtuly brutal and vicious that turned
away with shnilcr. Ap!caSant-faeed man. who had
walked about with Inc, said, That's the worst II H..
meaning that association with such fellows was the
worst part of the punishment of imprisonment.
Leaving the guarjhousc walked down to the ,a. q
square blncNtonr buildn approached through flower
garden. The jailrr and IDS two pretty r"Sy-chcrked
daughters received ne in small nearly half OF
Wus ocrlU hy n lurpe
rrqVc~t, of an attack of 20 kuklux upon
the Jail last Sncr for the purpose OF iestuihr awnitc
sentenced lac hanged for the murder Of negro
and told how hc had driven them Of stan ing at win
dow with revolver in his left hand Che had lost his
r;ht in The war; and .ing thom he would shoot the
first man that entered the building. We up n
row nt "i stone steps, and pdNSldG throis! heavy
OAK door, cam" in'"a ilr" room Win three win lows
h.,, had pane HII II half of glass in each. ard were
heavily barred oitsiie te .a>nc- The iikluy rris"n-
In tic cells that open d from ,hc there straw
| ticks ou tls Moor and ah ahnn'i'ncc of spreads AMI
BLANKETS The men cooked much more clcany and com
for:ah" tLln h'sr in the guard mousse. few nrcrocs.
s"n'"nrcd for pity nm.s 'ningicd with he kn.kmN
i",@ci wnh a thoS'd. crafty lacking man who was
called "G"Lc'h, AMI WIN a ho"iish fellow IL bnr
| .un"'e Of rdiiinG
tn c,i!tr.l n,lo to the Conm-1iorcr show few
y" of d II rene hwr"n TIE orgallz!tion If tine
Kan here ami ~ York Comfy In York the local organ
i%'.i"'N Mcr' ID k1n., whlr IN smIiannnTf my
nam" of ~" "cnliy near VIII IA they met. E,cn Drn
"a Il u
ricc OF Conncl. rnc M'nlrc AMI Turk were like Tie
Lrntil'I 81 lnH"rI ,",i'n'. I"c G"i"n",t'e was
eide upon alilcati'ns for membership, ordered radS
and lu..i>Au,. ts. ana attended r. thc general nn>nrss
cf t.r Den. r.,r1 were - Drns ia the coiiiy and
IS IN" lowest nnm'cr % mcm,r, tht could colr,,
luie Den, ana some Deus had over lN, mruh"rN. 100
l,a low t>na t lor the strength o. the order IN ihe
! county. Edcn ben sat two d,lrsac, to The Gran
| Kim, sort Of go ,;r . Of IT," Ori,r w.ch met
once month in pnc wood near Limestone
springs. TAc meetings wcr held in tn. DAYTIME, sen-
trc, l in- posted Ia gard ag,n,! nil uSon. The 'rand
j III NIB of It
and the prin iral OF b"l hoard ns.>"h"Ol at Tie
suiocs. AT the of the Gland Kan the dcl
@'c> reported ;hc 0pt rollo OF the dict DclS dining
the preceding meath AID tIc business of t'hcAi month
| was discussed and voted ur"'. Punishment
lhts drcrcrd against nrn"crs IOr dr'cri!ng from one
d. 10 dnu,Ae ter ii oh'!"cc "i "r'ic 81 admin st'r-
irc the oath e The kli To who had MOI
LIy voted iHto D"u. Al cf tncsc meetings IJlcs.
Who had just returned from Columbia. slli tnrc were
l"nrS t" nave been "bSotc n thr Order in M ,oAiy.
dn thcie l. evi,cn tat the kans in aGOi.hg
| coultcs recognized ns authority.
| Tlr constitution o. the t.tl". III this comfy has not
been toud. The prisoners say there existed such u
document. and that the objects of tn, order stated by
il, were justice and humanity opposition to the social
AID political equality Of Inc negroes ana the Of
widows and orphans" Tmre is no evidence thai any
regard ever paid TO the first or last of the tre
objects stated The maine Of the organization is said to
have been rhc Kuk!ux Khan. or Ihvisibc Empire Of
America The D;is we've organic under disi" Iisi'-
ton from the Grand kian Inc qualification for mem.
crshp wns usually nothing more than the expression Of
hostility to negro t0ni,y ana TIE Radical party ti"ngh
~ Ouo Dtu the Committee ducccd that nome but good.
! iiDu,, laW-dh,dns mcd Should BE- sworn III.
Thc invcsti. Of the Commits have pretty
Thoroughly exposed the Order in tc country districts,
hut lac has not yet succeeded in ting evidence to show
who the Incnbrrs OF the llsc ID II which Is known
Ia nav" existed III tHis village. A IN York Count, .thc K
kinx hran ol"r lp1s hcIr il Of"h'r $50 The III out
rage Wa> the nyll u fore the c.c,: and from that
iI.nc iih Jdue the hu>inc,, of whipping Ecpub!ir.us
Nc"t on s''adil,. Perhaps haf aN inaIy ~hi;c- AS
t"u-I"s> luNc l-dIS Committee duiIh% ii II
Ecr, III jay, w"rrant, the ccf that nrary 50 Oui.
r"ecs have pccl. n.ni,ri ia S.,.rla"rIrs Coun,y.