The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-06-06

Holland came to MS senses they took Hmm and Mrs:
Bggerstan away to where .ey mao sad 90 crwied away
TO the back OF hut. hoping 10 escape pul man
entered and stumbled over MN. Eosan a r MOI;
he saw that couple OF unarmed M huA stoou
between hun and the rev VINO naa guns, anu . ne
life There was a general cry among the band and
one OF them fired at the speeding runaway. We've
done IL, nown sand s0me but luckily Goyan was
unhurL and got safely away into the woods.
Tne three defenceless people who were still In
their power now had 10 endure
ALL THE AGONY
OF living in momentary expectation OF being slain
Like Agag, "they tasted the bitterness OF DEATH
For few minutes the desperadoes wayered in their
purpose. some cried out, .Hang them; we've come
here TO do II; why don't we do itS' but others.
wiser, who counselled moderation prevailed. They
parleyed with their victims until they Induced them
TO swear that tney would not 90 to Shelby TO give
evidence and that they would never say anything
about the proceedings OF the night. They then
prolessed to be very friendly and after while shook
hands () and LEFT.
That was the testimony put in and the counsel for
the defence, ioreseeing that the case must go TO
trial. waived the right TO examine their witnesses at
TINS preliminary examination.
A FIGHT ENsUED
between the counsel as to where the defendants
pressed to have the case GO 10 Raleigh, TO be dis
posed OF at the court which meets in a couple OF
thirty or forty witnesses necessary for the defence
could never be assembled thcre-a distance OF $50
miles-and that such course would be practically
''judical murdern The Commissioner adopted
the same vcw and the case Will be tried at Marion
next August. 1t il very unfortunate, both for the
defendants ana the public. that so important case
should wait so long but the delay cannot well be
helped Il Is one OF the necessary evils Of thinly
settled country.
1t is right now to warn everybody that this out
rage Is not political crime, In spite OF the strenu
Gus eXertlons made on the part OF Judge Logan and
his friends TO make II wear that garb. IL Is nOtori
Gus through the district that this Blggersta leud
has sprung from
OTHER THAN POLITICAL
differences BiggerstaG Is stated by all who live
within a few miles OF him to be an Illicit distler
Even his friends do not deny it, and his enemies say
further that the local radical officials have winKed
at his violation OF the law, IN consideration OF his
political support. About year ago this "stilling
business caused the present feud AT that time
man named McGahy, who was almost partner OF
ggerstas. Killed Depriest, friend OF some Of the
defendants in the first whipping case. Bad blood
mas existed ever since, and SO far as Old Bggerslan
himself Is concerned he Is probably little to be
pitied whatever befals him.
THIS OUTRAGE,
however ought to be treated apart from any per-
soma or political considerations. In country like
this part OF the South, sparsey settled. very poor
painfully recovering by sadly slow degrees from the
rum and decentralization OF terrible war; and EN-
barrassed with singularly bad local bureaucracy,
reasonable man would not expect TO find the same
happier North. i have been astonished, however ta.
TO near how generally and with what evident sin
centy these outbreaks are denounced by all men Of
character and properly both here and elsewhere
Perhaps. at first, some OF them connived at what
are called "Ku Klux'' demonstrations, especially as
the "union Leaguers,r or .Red Strings,n menaced
the security of every white mans home. They then
possibly hoped that such a society as the "Ku
Nux,' or "White Brotherhood" or whatever
may be Its real name, would act simply
as vigilance committees acted IN the West
and IN California, as sautary substitutes for the
machinery Of regular legal tribunals But they see
now plainly that society unauthorized by law
soon degenerates into a mere cloak for the evil
deeds OF eyil men, and II the authorities instead OF
denouncing the organization as n srebel con-
spiracy,n would stamp 1t out by making few Sc
we're examples among these might rlders," they
would have The sympathy OF every good and true
man in the country.
after the trial Commissioner Wilson was
SoUNDLY RATED
by his radical fellow officials. They say that his
weakness mas thrown II out of their power 10 carry
Their projected crusade against the Ku KuX further
All tue remaining two hundred ku KluX criminals
would now, If arresled and ned for the sake OF con.
sstency. have 10 be seat TO Marion. and at Marion
carpenter ana the rest say 10 is hopeless to expect
10 get Jury 10 convict man for offence or this
character. The presence OF United States troops
VIII ensure safety III the future, and they aban-
don the nope OF getting justice for the past.