The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-12-20
United States CoU-t--TriaIs.

NENN and other witnesses Is too vOiuiuI-
nous for Us to 90 anything u:ore than to
give in lc" words, the S,b>tanc" Of what
they said. The paper purl'orting to be
L constitution a"i bylaws "f the klar,
rs s"orn to by t;unil, conl:,iHch n",i.iug
cIim:nal. Guam sail tia; hc bad been
OF various raids, AID hal attended scv-
cral meetings Of thu Khan, hp;h in this
State and IN Gcoryia. Knew Hohc'l
Hayes MitchclS, the prisoner a. thr i,:r,
but d:,! not know whether ne w::S y n.;n.
her Of llc n!dn or not. kncw }. ".
Avery, but did not whether he waS Il
member Of the Khan or npl. Had nc:cr
been promised any :n"ll"y for mahlnS
disclosures, but had actually received
300 dollars in Washington city iro'r
Gol. Akerman'S clerk. ia'i no idca viy
the monc" Was I;"ld to han; suppo-c'i
1t MAS to pay bis EXPENSES to Ca!tvrs-
willie, Ga. Didn't 90 to WaS;.i;.g gton to
sec Col. AHc'man, rr make Disclosures,
bat just wriL To- sec tic city. The
truth i, Ga"n IS " precious rascal, and
makes fr.>c rep IT.
Tic next witne>S, Charles ". Foster,
stated that lie WAS Il member CG the
kian, Jrincl in Drccr4bcr last. lia'.
been o.: varIou> raids, and WAS present
at the whipping Of >cycra! negroes. SAID
that several houses AID EarnS had iccm
burnt.
O>! onn" iiun,!larpc trSli!r! iha, l."
was rurt.hcr Il the ku h:r.; tic gen
cral import "i t;'c rrgan!zat!"" VAS "p-
position to the Isn'iical p%rtv, protection
Of one an",i:cr, a;,i Of wiriowSa',d female
friends. 1t vas rr;norcd that The ,.ig-
gers intend"d to rise. j ,inci the ku
hlux that in ra>c there was danger hr
might be ready.
ANDY Tins (colorcd) hired near York,
saw the body Of jim N.lianS, captain
of Tie militia Company, al CT; he was
hunS--did no! know w:lo hung hin.
Rosa Williams, tic widow Of jim
Wiliiars, testified that ni;.c OF ten uen,
disguised, came to the house and asked
Williams for gus. He gave them twu,
and sail lhr c"rnpany Ea'i the halairc
They then took Williams out, bnt some
staged bchi;d and searched he house.
She saw Williams 40 more alive Size
sax bin ncst day hanging to pine
tree, dead.
GaI>dcn Steele fc"I".,'D the SAM
night, MnnIay night, March Tth,) Wa,
called out of bed by party Of disguised
men, vino knocked him ahnu, ami puk",l
Il pistol in his face, but diI not iiin.c
him seriously. No. s bowed very low
to him, ana ilnukv,l at him with lis horns
DID not go 20 sec the bndy Of jim VIII
llamS, but heard next day that he was
dead
The prosecution in the case Of the
United States against Robert Hayes
Mitchell, for conspiracy, closed Hcdnc>-
day, 18th.
The testimony Of the witnesses exam,
incl i:!at day WAS of the same general
character, tending 10 Show disturbed
state Of society. proving the fact Of "a.
lioSS raids, of several acts Of violcnrc,
and the death. by hanging, Of jim Vii.
lIams, but nothing proving the existence
OF any conspiracy ID prevent the free cx
erciSe Of the suffrage, and nothing prov
ing that the prisoner vas present at the
hanging Of Williams. The fact of his
death is proven, and that is al.
Wednesday aGterro II the dc 'cncc en-
tered upon the examination Of witnesses.
Several were examined. Mrs. ltaincy,
Wednesday, and Thursday JOHN a. Mo
roso, Esq, Judge Carpenter and cthct>
All speak Of trc very disturbed state %!
society the very great uncasinr>S felt
nv many persons; and some testify that
jim Williams said he VAS going to g,t
ammunition from York, and Kill from
the cradle up. lie told me this" said
William Lindsay, "thc F;ilay before II,
was killed." Several other witnesses
to having heard Williams 't:.kc the same
or similar ,Hreats THEY testified al>'.
To the fact that there Were several acts
Of inccndiar!Sm before there were any
"rai!S, rs they arc c&li'l ~ ,hc Kn
klrx. They prove also l!,as the Object Of
the organization, as far Ms they k;row "f
any orsanizatio was not p"iit;cal, nor
anything to do with the election, but WAS
entirely for self pro;ccrio /, and to pre-
vent Jim Williams anl "thcrs from car
rving into execution his threat to sweep
the country lrom he cradle up.
The defence closed on Friday, and the
prosecution Introduced testimony in re-
ply, but no'!iiug new was ciirit2i. When