The New York herald., 1871-03-16
KU KLUX KLAN.
Appalling Record of Murder
and Crime.
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Four Murders, Thirty Whippings and Sixteen
Other Horrible Ouirages.
Summary Of the Outrages Proven in the
Court Of Impeachment.
Origin and Present Aspect Of the
Chester Troubles.


IN the annals OF a civilized community. Even the
most extre democrats acknowledge that the state
OF affairs in Alamance county, as developed by the
testinony, Is horrifyng end appalling beyond con.
Cepton. One TACT Is however, noticeable that Will
operate against Governor Holden-that all the long
list Of crimes now developed were perpetrated u
considerable length OF time prior to the date OF his
lrst proclamation declaring Alamance county in
A STATE OF RESURRECTION;
and not single outrage occurred between that date,
March 0, 1870, and the 20th OF June OF the same
year, when he brought Kirk and his troops into that
comfy. The courts were open, the civil authorities
In the lull exercise OF their functions and the
munity in the most peaceful state it had been
the close OF the war, when Kirk and his lawless
rabble IRON East Tennessee were precipared upon
them. This looks bai for his Exceency, and gives
color to the charge that the whole insurrectIonary
programme, Kirk war. and the arrest tOrtures and
imprisonment OF the citizens of Caswell were all a
part OF conspiracy to throw the State into actual
insurrecton, by which the President would be
called upon to declare martial law, and thus defeat
the August elections when the conservatives gained
such signal triumph About ninety Of the Gov
ernOr's witnesses have been examined so far, and
FOUR MURDERS
by the Ku Kuxes OF Alamance have been proven
Besides these there four others. the testimony
they did moi occur within the limits Of the counties
alleged TO have been IN state OF insurrectlOn
Those proven are:-Wyat Outlaw (cOlOred) hung by
the neck the night OF the 26th Of February, 1870 by
q band Of disguised mounted men, numbering about
IOriy, In front Of the Court House at Graham, the
seat Of Alamance county; William Puryear half
witted negro. was drowned night in March,
1S70 large stone being tied to his feet the charge
agalnst him being that he said he witnessed the
hanging OF Outlaw and knew the men VINO were
present; Thomas J. Morrow and his brother.naw,
both coored taken some time in the fall of1ss9
from their homes and families, and h anged by the
neck for alleged barn burning
THE wHIPPINds
and mutilatiOns are numerous and now foot up the
number OF thirty. Jack PetillO, negro. was badly
whipped IN December, 1885, and disabled for two
weeks. during which time he was under the con-
slant treatment OF a physician. His house was
saoess ana Srm a0wn n ana grave
against all coiOred republicans. IvlsOn Warren
tnegrol was whipped about the same time, though
not SO badly: but his SKIN was cut ana bleeding
William +. Simpson (white was whipped until the
blood ran down from ms back, for allowing negro
to i've on his land ana for cursing party. Donald
son Worth (colored) was taken rom his house on
the last Saturday IN January, $780, tied 10 tree and
severely whipped; samuel Garrison negro was
forcply taken from his house, was caught and
struck several blows on the head while trying to
was asa aea ana en badly whipped Mo-
in the a OF 1863: William was whipped in October,
1860, receiving as many as seventy-hve. eighty
his shirt and drawers for alleged stealing
OF hogs, 1863; Caswel Holt tcolored) whipped De-
was shot al December, 1869; Leonard Ripley white,
was whip. ed IN Caswell county Tor living with free
cSastlsed in SAME county: George Rpiy lcolored,
was whipped some two years ago ana died soon al
March, 1870, for asserting mis- equality with the
whites; John Durman whlte) had his halr cut OF
and was whipped Tor Keeping another woman, hav,
ing wife already; James Cole twhlteJ was whipped
January, 1870, for alleged nsoence to white people,
Henry Holt lcolored) and wife were whipped in the
TALL OF 1862 Green Lantford twhIte). seventy-one
years old, was, with his wife, dragged from bed and
whipped IN his nakedness; James Corss twhte) and
vile were whipped until both were all bloody {:
their night clothes; John Guy (whltc) whipped
twice, January, 1870; Porter Mebane tcooredl was
marrying white woman: George d. Boon white
whipped severely, March, 1869; Andrew Trolltnger
!colored) whipped IN his own yard 2sh October.
1869, lor voting his wife was whipped the same for
interfering with DR.. Cob!e's practice; Jacob Murray
tcOored> whipped and his child Killed by Of the
Damon ioik colored, whipped about same time
Green Freeman, John Lynch. John Bason, Mlllie
Brien. John slddle and Sandy cellars complete the
whipped and scourged victims, each or whose tale
would furnish column Of horror. Besides these
there were sixteen others shot, beaten, mutlated and
OTHERWISE MALTREATED,
whose names are as follows:-Henly Holt (colored)
siot at three umes me nignt outlaw was hung; Gll
outlaw and family, shot at and driven from their
home, having to spend the night IN the woods;
Andrew Murray (whital off from his home by
threats of death; John Shattero's house was shot
At repeatedly; Jemima Philips cooredl beaten
and stamped when OUTLAW was hung; Joseph
McAdarns (white) found coffin at his door with
threatening placard on IT; James c. Relnstaff
threatened with death If he did not leave the county;
visited the second time and again threatened;
Senator Shonner threatened with death and his
murder attempted; george d. Boon, postmaster,
scrlptions; John Areas house was visited
and he was threatened to have his
Mary Gafins, q lewd white woman had her house
pulled down to the bottom log Alfonso had withe
put round his neck, arG he made 10 pray These
are neary all the ouirages yet proven. Tne follow
Ing continuation OF the testimony OF some Of The
the noa yea m me
witnesses, who was magistrate In Alamance
county testified to the unsettled and alarming state
OF affairs in that county during the latter part of
1865 and 1863; lie was lntlmidated in the discharge
OF his official duties by the mysterious operations OF
the Ku Klux he appealed to the Governor
cans, and the Governor sent force OF
militia, under command Of one Captain Boster;
these were afterwards relieved by United States
troops; witness was appointed brgadier general
OF militia 1Or the purpose Ol forming one OF tho
MILITARY COURTS MARTIAL
which was ordered by the Governor to try the cit-
gems arrested by kirk at ianceyvllle; witness issued
rest under the authority of his commission as a
brigadier general, bat when Bergin came to the
ceased them witness was initiated into The
Union League by Governor Holden before his election
Is Governor; wyatt outlaw, the negro who
was hung at Graham, was present at
the meeting when he. was initiated; John
ness he had once ridden twelve miles to save his
Lille, and for that reason he demanded that witness
would do his best or him when he needed IL; en-
this account witness, IN his capacity AS brlgadier
issued him papers exemp,ing him from arrest but
Bergin arrested Stockard Notwithstanding.
AN OFFICIAL K. X.
The Sheriff or Alamance county, Albert Murray,
testified that he had been q member OF the White
brotherhood but that he dissolved mis- connection
with 1t after The passage OF law prohibiting per-
sons 8, ing In disguise.
J. A. j. Patterson, a witness for the Governor.
testified that he was chief Of an organization In
Aamance county known as the Constitutional Union
Gnards-a separate though similar organization to
the White Brotherhood. he initiated I'VE camps or
Klans, anu was First South Commander; some three
weeks before last August the commanders had u
meeting and declined to disband the organlzation
witness received letter that
SHoFFNER WAS TO BE HUNG
on certain night; there Was nothing IN the paper