The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-22

him in the Jail % Yorkviile. heard
h,n say, there, that he was mistaken IL
the man-reterrin1 to Mr.. Whitesidee.
BE said that he (Dr. Whikesideo) was moi
on the raid against Charles Leach. Press
ley Holmes. Jerry Thompson, and the
others whipped the same night; and that
he (Fostes) had made a mistake in civ.
ing his name to Col. Merrill aud would
correct it. Mack Arohey, John Mile,
and Robert Higgins were present and
heard him say SO. heard DR.. White.
sides call out to him as lie was leaving
the jail and tell him to fix that thing.
He said he was going to Col. Merrill to
do 1t. Foster was in Jail about week.
Questioned by Mr.. Melton-I heard OF
the raid on Leach, Charley Good, and
the others, the day after it occurred. l
was living Mt my fathers; twelve miles
from Yorkville. three miles from Wylies
store and about seven miles from where
OhssleJ Leach lived. saw John W.
Mitchell the night that Leach, &C., were
whipped, at my fathers; he came for my
brother, DR.. Thos. Whitesides, to 20 to
see his mother; be got there some time
after dark. My brother was not at
heme, and he went on up to DR.. OAR
wins, where my brother was. Some
time afterwards cav him, DR.. Darwin
and my brother pass on down the road.
le was nine miles from there to Capt.
Mitchell's house: The next day I heard
OF the. raid on Charles Leach and others.
Oross.examined-I am brother of
Dr. Whitesides. was never q member
of the Ku Kux Klan. Capt. John
Mitchell said that his mother was ill the
m mo fnr t,r1 IL q
or 8 O'Clock when they passed baok with
DR.. Darwin. I didn't see them again
that night. don't know if my brother
was the regular family physician OF
Capt. Mitchell, but he attepded fre.
quently. was prisoner at Yorkville
when heard the conversation of Charles
w. Foster, in which he said that he had
been mistaken in giving the name of
Dr. Whitesides to Col. Merrill as one OF
the party on the Charles Leach raid.
John Miller-I know Charles W. Eos
ter. heard him say, in the iaiI at
Yorkville, that he had been mistaken in
duplicating DIR. Whitesides, and heard
him reply to DR.. Whitesides, as he was
going out Of Jail, that he would correct it..
Cross-e1amined am not a member
OF the Ku Klux Klan. I never told Col.
Merrill 80. I said that had been at o
meeting. The Ku Klux had been raid
ing round the country, and had been
.";c5 az ny house to see nc. 7 hear;!
they were suspicious of me, about nv
getting colored man the place of cap.
tain Of the road. A cousin of mine told
me had better attend q meeting. at
tended twice at Sharon Church.. was
never sworn in, nor on raid. I did
not go from the church to Mr.. s. G..
Browns. was not Oh the raid when
they made Charley Russell dance. The
way came to go to the second meeting
was, that was advised to do it by NV
cousin, Pole Miller, in order to keep out
OF danger from the Ku Klux. Thought
L could Just go to the meeting, but
wouldn't be obliged to go on any raids.
Robert Riggins-I know Charles w.
Foster. and saw him in Jail at Yorkville
l heard him say, talking to w. @. White
sides and me. that he was mistaken in
duplicating DR.. Whitesides in the Char
ley Good and Leach raid.
Gross. oss.examined-Thew witness declined
to answer whether he was member OF
the klan, or captain, or was on the Jim
Williams raid.
DR.. Robert r. Darwin-I live in York
County, am praoticing physician; DR..
Whitesides is also. I remember the
night that Charley Good, Charley Leach.
Jerry Thompson, &c., were whipped. I
saw DR.. Whitesides that night at my
house. Capt. John Mitchell came for
him and myself, to go to see old Mrs.
Mitchell. We left my house about s
O'Clock at night, and got to Capt Mitch
ellis about 10. AIrs. Mitchell was yery
i'll; she was having attacks OF epileptic
fits, caused, I think, from chronic in
fammation of the bowels. DR.. Smarr
was the regular physician Of Mr.. Mitch
ell; but when DR.. Smarr was away or
couldn't attend. myself or DR.. White
sides was called in. DR.. Whitesides and
myself stayed all night and until break
fast next morning. We sat up all night.
very nearly; laid down about o'clock
10 the morning. The patient was in
large room, and there were q good many
sitting up. There were Mrs. Howe and
her daughter Sally, Mrs. Whisonant.
Capt. Mitchell, DR.. Whitesides, myself,
and one or two more. John Mitohell's
is about eight miles from my house.
Mrs. Mitchell was very i'll. Capt. John
Mitchell sat up all night, and so did DR..
Whitesides. Our attention WAS freauent.
~ called for by the patient during the
night. heard of the Ku Kluxing tho
next morning. after breakfast. James
Mitchell, a younger son of Capt. Mitch
ell, had been to the post Office, and heard
OF the whipping Of Jerry Thompson,
PRESLEY Holmes and Charley Leach.
Cross-examlned- was never a mem
ber of the Ku Klux Klan, nor did 1 ever
so confess to Col. Merrill. was cesu.
ally at meeting once. I don't know
that You could call it a Ku Klu1 meet
ing. It was neighborhood meeting.
called to consult means of defence
against the incendiary fres that had be-
come frequent. I know that the even.
ing was called to visit Mrs. Mitchell
was the 9th OF January, because kept