The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-07-28
The KU Khux xOoMM1rTEH.-IheY Y York,
vile Enquirer, Of the 9th, Eays:

Ano& SUI ouvEaHo aNoMultstoos SUA.
sisting Of Messrs. Scott. Stevenson and
tday last. aoeomp snied by A. S1.Wallace,:
NJ. @. from This DISTRICT. As. much ei-
fort had previously been made to pre-
pore suitablo cases sor them, the COM.
mittee were ready to go vigorously TO
work early on Monday morning; and the
early part Of the day was occupied In
the examination OF several young mon
of this town. In the afternoon, Hon.
w. D. Simpson and Col. B. w. BALL, Of
Laursns,. after having obsyed summons
to meet the committee ut vnrious points,
obtained an examination. and left carly
on Tuesday morning for home. The
second day was opened by continuing
the examination of persons from this
town and the surrounding country. Tho
street reposs are to the effect TINT the
persistence of the majority of the oom-
mittee-aided by the military and other
Influences equally potent-had been re-.
warded by the discovery of witness
who had made out capital case for the
next Republican campaign document.
This witness. it is reported. stated in
substance to the committee that he knew
number OF persons who had been en-
gagged in the Ku Klnx outrnges; aud
gave the names of eighteen gentlemen
from This neutrality-suspicious. of high re-
spectability. These eightean had per-
formed wonderful amount Of deviltry;
had most Of them been present at the
murder of the negro, Anderson Brown,
which occurred last winter, four miles
from this place: and many Of them were
also the murderers Of tho militia captain,
Jim Rainey, occurring shortly afterward,
in the Bethesda neighborhood, ten miles
below here. They had also raidod on
Roses hotel, the Probate Office, aud
done other crimes equally heinous The
witness also admitted, on cross exnm.
inntion, that he had stolen q horse,
quantity Of bacon and tobacco from his
employer, and waa generally u bad man. ,
His name is William K. Ovens, and he
has been employed for come time in the
coach factory of Messrs. Kerr & Roach.
The statements Of this witness were so
pa]pably false in every particular rs to
cause little concern to those whose names
he has used in his story; but at the same
time, it is sufficiently credible, perhaps.
for oil the purposes for which the tcsti
mony is wanted at Washington
''It is announced that the committee
will CLOSE their work here, to. day,
tember. when many Of the uuexamined
witnesses will be called to Washington,
and their testimony taken in time to
finish up the investigation before the
meeting Of Congress. Thus fur, no
arrests of suspected persons have been
made at this place"
The same paper gives the following:
son Saturday night last. tho colorel
brass band Of this town assembled be-
fore Rawlinson's Hotel, to aerenade the
Republican members of the Congress
sional Ku Klux Committee, who had
arrived here that afternoon. An i'm
mense crowd Of persons filed the side
walk above and below the hotel, collect
ed partly by the music Of the band, and
partly, perhaps, to create dsmonstra-
| ton in honor Of the members Of the
committee. The marshals Of the town,
under M ordinance Of the council, oc-
oupied themselves in nn effort to keep
| the sido- walks clear of the crowd, so ns
not to obstruct the usual passage of per-
sons engaged on other business. To-
ward the oloso OF tho demonstration,
VIM. II. Snyder-onc of the marsi,als-
while discharging this duty. met one
Tom. Johnson, colored, who refused to
give wny to tho command of the officer
Of the law Snyder then attempted to
arrest him; but Tom. refusing to &C.
knowledge. tho supremacy Of tho law,
jerked loose several times aud attempted
tc force his way at the head of the
crowd, whether or no. Upon third
attempt to arrest him, he jerlled Sny.
der's baton from his hand and Knocked
him down. Snyder then drew pistol
and fired FIVE shots ut the beligerent
darkey. wounding him in the fuce,
shoulder. hand. arm and back each
shot taking effect, bnt not inficting
dangerous wounds. The balls have been
extracted, md Tom. is in fair way to
recover. After Il special investigation Of
the facts before the town council, Mr..
Snyder was exonerated of all blnmo ia
the matter, the shooting having occur
red in the discharge OF his duty as an
officer Of the town."
The Chester Reporter says:
eve are informed by persons from
Yorkville that, On last Saturday evening.
at the table of the Kings Mountain
Hotel, in that town, Major James Berry,
incensed Mt finding himself in close
proximity to A. s.. Wallace. seized a