New-York tribune., 1871-11-04
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AN INTERVIEW = wfrH 1rroRxxY GENERAL
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f Sefors S' IoSdsy TSe Hsufspan. Govetnss. Ssssss
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lain s nOderats Repubican, and accounted ono q the
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Grants course In declaring martial law.
IL azh sorry Il lad % Be done he replied sbus there
S p 20 eTSs s sy hd assumed
portions In spartanDurg and Yorf Counties espesia
crime s'' tssTes sSss our ssa.s government = con
iessed failure this pAEtieaar but q 4 CO. orespised
sss s sss : $is III n w =;
arms taken away Tie aatAsrities we're under Tie ne
than regrets to see martha, lsw q force.
but 1t seemed to be, the only remedy: no
"se 70 g. %asS sy nO
there much in our present Gove.ansnt . en-
Wholesale wlippngs and murder The OUTRAGED upon
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speedily taken TO suppress this carnival OF crime Mar
@ y had s' eSFsd ana "a yf yS m sepGrs oi sa
viii DO gooh and rf the country Of the KuKiux There
VIII be many fnstBnces Of individual hardship, which
are to 9e Gepored' but IN tie main the result wiz DO
were taken from the jail here, they for
several days and brought before the uted States Com
saners once to watch the novel preceding The prs-
Oners were brought under guard There were sdI OF
them, hye whits aud negro. 1t viii be remembered
that In February last II negroes taken from the
jail In Union and murdered negro who In Jail at
the te but who, from explained escaped
DEATH has, since thc declaration OF martial law, caused
understood that in the proeiained counties, under
the workings Of marnsl Inv, man, black or
to be thrown in jail by merely making an aflavit that
they have been Ku. kiuxing: To this end the negro
sDoken Of made afndav several citizens OF Union,
some Of them nen Of high standing were IN tue sang
that murdered the negroes last consequently,
was the time fixed for their examination Ii nothing
appears against them they released but implicated
further proceedings in the Federal Court.
Here are the prisoners" said the guard at the door
OF the Commissioner once , IN S1e eJPsor' .iPc
They were conducted in and took seats by their coun
se None Of them, not even the neRlO-wuo for eOlno
unaccountabc reason, has been arrested as
s1s cayhared SH man and
bears resemblance 10 the popular IDEA OF A.
qx than would S9sGPSGs Sd fE nneTee T wo thai he
was never before arrested In his lie Another Is an u
war old boy his son another Is also goodacea yOass
Union County He Is ars poWefI we r. hatts aS ss. S % Gus
days before Lees surrender He ,,, eerang doef
not look much like q Ku-Klux Win the ald II oS
two eTutcheS he could haf , walk iat from me s
be roaming over the country horseback enEagsd m
the active exercise of swinging niggers to limbs ps
poserOus AS for the negro prisoner. 1t Is not Known
what proof will appear against him. He seems 20 pe In
different TO the whole thing ana says ne .E h Nv
been arrested under new kind VI law that g00d many
people, older, WISER and whittier than he, DON'T kno"
Obtained written pass from the Deputy Marshal 70
with M them to S and & inside 81 ta the tSrS ~ an
eyes some expressing ana OenssS H se 81
Ku-Klux, taken while ont on raid.
"I knowed they'd get Took said one "Ougnt W 10
put in the ail-hOuse for forty years." said another
And do believe there's the very feler that whipped
daddy" put In third. a.,
hundred unh dun uncompimenta remarks He received
consideration whatever At the hands OF LIS
trymcn They all wished that something would nappsI
70 him and their most mercfu desire that ne should
| be- hung The idea that @ negro should DC k@hm1
| was to them particularly terrifying. -, -, -
Mr.. steen turned out to be gentleman whose a.
| euantance Ihad formed while up In the Ku-KhZ dts
izatOn or in any way connected with the murder Of the
aS many e Sess arrested = % asked
Seven" he replied, and we're looking for another
ts Gaeh SoH es every ISa
Says % Topna or st oa
are leaving; business Is all broken up, and NO nan
many to be arrested but had no thought would be
until the Marshal into the stableiOt where was
me on ia The worst hate about it is lying in this
Jail away from my family and business"
By this time had reached tue jail, and the prisoners
were conducted up stairs TO their quarters All OI the
including the negro are put IN room or ecu together'
ing plenty bankets TO sleep under, though their bed
fhe syfnpathzng OF the citizens Of Columbia and their
the floor and being allowed to walk about In the hall dur
fitpds at hOme keeps them pentitully supplied with
all tue market Affords il addition to their regular
prison diet. Light bread cake pies apples ham, eggs
ana half hundred little delicaees, furnished them
10y the ladies OF the city, In addition to OTHER things
somebody sends them jug Of lager Leer every day.
i've better than did at home" saId one Of them to
me- =" bot still would rather be there"
In the cells the lower floor are some bona ride Ku
Kmx. There Of them and It Is the gang that has
county for the past two years They IN. gave up
arms and SURRENDERED even before one Of them was
SaiI is fenced IN" at each end by heavy iron crate
As we approached this crate. they all swermed out o.
their cells and 20 IT, There are 10 Of them, and oil
but three have made full confession The remaining
three num- doubtless thinking that whatever may
crime SO they are sulen and silent The rest however
are quite talkatiye, ana give IN their experience
AS they swsrmed Out TO the crate thought never
are ali young below medium size, and of the lowest
grade Of poor whites" They have neither character
sted 10 prejudCe ono against them, and had they not
confessed 70 being KukIuS their appearance ara and &C
Of the lowest class Of Southern poor whtes You nay
pick up gang OF negroes at random, and you Tn have
letter looking set OF men toan tnese spArtan9urS A
stafe that l6 OF the 10 neither read nor write.
The latest report from 6Rsrtanburg Is that ninety et
zens are in JAIL and among that number are no doubt
many OF the head to whom the deyie here re
fer Ninety citizens taken Om their beds aud thrown
into Jail without warrant process OF law may have an
ug look but 1t ID absolutely necessary 70 e1ectuay
restore peace end quiet to spartAnburg IN many 10
this cannot be avoAed. The war should Do made mort
sharp and decsiye the innocent turned loose ana th
been found impoten to check the evil and the military
law had to be resorted to- That Is ehecuVe me 0aVs
NJ the Ku-Klux are numbered In South Csrulina-
vi - d,sr,osed a there IN one thing more %