New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-05-24
ORLEANS WEDNESDAY,
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We cOpy the following disnatrb from the

we copy the lolIOWlnS ulSpatcn from the
st. Louis Democrat:
MEMPHIS, May I7.-Last Friday night a
masked party, numbering about forty,
entered the town of POntotOc, Mississippi,
for the purpose of driving off Colonel Flour
noy, editor of a radical paper, who had
been warned to leave. On entering the
town they were met by a party of citizens
who asked their intentions, and were
answered by vOlley, which the citizens
returned. One of the maskers fell from his
horse and the others fed. On picking up
the wounded man he was found to be a
young man named billiard, residing near
there. lie persistently refused to disclose
the names of the others. and soon after
died. Next morning number of persons
were found to have left the country, while
several horses, with trappings which had
evidently belonged to the masked party
were found near PontotOc.
Later advices from Pontotoc, Mississippi,
say billiard, who was killed in the Ku- Klux
raid Friday night belonged to a gang who
attacked the federal camp there three years
since, and who have been since engaged in
starting every description of Outlawry.
Last week they whipped three young men,
formerly confederate soldiers, who were
engaged in teaching colOred schools. After
the attack on Friday night many who were
believed to belong to this gang fled.
New YORK, May 1.-THE following is
special to the Tribune from Columbia, South
Carolina, May l6: A party of one hundred
ku-Klux visited Newberry Courthouse Sun
day night for the purpose of killing the Re
publican county officers. They surrounded
the house of Simeon Young, a colored man,
chairman of the board of county com
missioners, threw turpentine balls into his
bedroom, and fired volley through the
window, shooting YOung's wife in the back,
and his child through the thigh. They then
forced open the door, and as they entered
Young fired upon the foremost, wOunding
him severely, and then jumped through the
window and ran, receiving two wounds, but
making his escape.
The Ku Klux went to the house of Justice
Long and David Hailsback, another county
commissioner but they secreted themselves
and escaped. The probate judge was
warned the night before, and left town. A
wounded ku-kiuX was taken off IN a buggy,
and left at house four miles from town.
where he was discovered yesterday by the
sheriff. arrested. and found to be a man
named Faulkner, well known in Newbury.
He is now in jail, but will probably he res
cued by his comrades tonight.
The Republicans in Columbia are deter
mined to make this a test case under the
Ku-Klux law passed by Congress, and will
endeavOr to have q United States warrant
issued for Faulkner, and the marshal, with
a squad of soldiers, sent to bring him here
for trial in the federal court. 1t is believed
that if this is done he will give evidence
duplicating other outlaws with whom he
has acted.
The following is special to the Herald:
The arrested Ku-klux appeared at Shelby
yesterday afternoon before Commissioner
Moore. Besides those arrested, eighteen
others whose names were included in the
warrant voluntarily surrendered them
selves. Biggerstaff, the complainant, and
all other witnesses declined to attend, pre-
tending that their lives would be endan-
gered. Biggerstaff further alleges that
while on his way to appear before the COM
missioners he was again outraged by the
ku-klux. His story is generally discred-
tied. 1t is thought that for political effect
Biggerstatf's own friends planned the at
tack, and that there is no apparent ground
for Biggerstatf7s fear for his life. The coun-
try is quiet, and, if necessary he could
easily have procured a guard. Commits
siOner Moore ordered the witnesses to be
arrested and brought to Shelby to-day.
The prisoners seem to be very anxious to
have the whole affair investigated.