The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-12-21
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said. run; and run oil 1 could.
Jerry Oiowney-I nave been living in
Yorkville since March; before that I
lived sbous four miles ont, on Judge
Beatty's splace. The Ku Klux came to
my housS on the 25th of January, about
l O'Clock at night. I was sleep sound.
presently L hear . monstrous fuss; dey
bin all hab stick; dey beat in my house
Gil at onoe.bamI bami bam-i.da, bam-i-
aal BAN! BAN. I say, good God, old
oman, wut in de name o. God is dat?
She soy, dun no. Directly dey all
commences sing one sopg;. dera wasn't
much words in wut dey sing; dey des all
sung, "Hey, mani you home tonight?
Hey. mani you home tonight? Hey.
man! you home to-night?" I jumped
and got under de bed. Say I, old 'oman.
dats dem Ku Kiux, shore nuff; God hab
mussy. dey done cum at last. Dey jerk
of plank. The moon shine bright
through de crack. One say, "Yonder's
de dam old rascsl-shoot him! shoot
him" Irun open dc door, aud here
come de old debble hesaIf, vid ne long
horn on: Dey Ak me for my gun;qI git
it and dey take it. Dey. bsaS me wild
ober. beg. prsy-ohl maHster, pleased
Dey beat me I'LL I most dead; and dere
was one dam nigger in de crowd, too. T
wish he had he head cut of, dam rascal.
After dey git trew. he cum up and cay,
Nov, ole man. bshabe yereelf. and, de
ku Ktux won't trouble you any more. {"
Den dey all go off in line, hoppin, to
Unole Isom house. and sayin, "Whool
whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo;
and my ole oman cum and pull me in
de house. I hear 'em at Unole Isom
house after dat. Dey shoot off ali my
and Uncle Isom boys cartridges.
Harriet Simmons. colored-I am the
wife of Sam Simmons. He is q Radical.
and voted at the last election. The Ku
Klnx came to my house three times.
The first time my old man was at home.
they hallooed, and he went out. Two of
them came in and searched. but didn't
find what they was looking for. They
took my old man off and hit him Ave
licks, and told him they wanted him to
line dat Dimoorat ticket" The se
cond time they came. the crowd Was big
ger. told them my old man was not
ut home. They searched about the
house long time. They spit in my
face, and threw mud in my eyes; and
when 1 was blind. they stole ali my pies
! and two pieces of meat that had.
Then they took me out in the big road.
and Chess. McOollum, Tom McCullum
and big Jim Harper '.ragished" me, and
talked all sorts of nasty talk. After
that, 1 lay out in the woodbury. old
man aud me and the children. We lay
out in all the lightning, and thunder,
and cold. awaylp on the creek. One
morning. wheDI came to unlock my
door, found my house all ashes.
Shooll,red Cohen was the next witness,
who said: I live in Cleveland County.
North Carolina. Two years agoI lived
| In York County. I joined the Kn Klux
in 1869. in North Carolina, about De-
| cember. Frank Ellis initiated me-: there
were twelve or fifteen in the kiau. The
understanding was. that we were to ad.
vance the interests Of the conservative
and put down the Radical party. I
have been on some raids. The first was
on the I'd OF December, a year ago.
against Tom. Roundtree, colored Radi.
cal. He WAS killed. Ned Turner came
over aud gave me notice to meet on
Thursday night. at Morse's Creek. in
York l met there Robert Morse, Reu-
ben Goforth, Asbury Muilinax. Wallace
Wiley and others; good crowd gathered; {;
Gabriel Humphreys and George Turner
came up; this was about 10 o'clock ut
nlght; we met In the woods off the road.
George Turner took command and led
us on to quarter OF mile of Round.
trees house. We then dismounted. left
four or five to guard the horses, and
pushed on to the house. As we jumped
the fence, around the house, I threw off
some rails. so that Roundtree might
hear and escape; but he didn't. They
commenced firing into the house; fred
some rs shots. till Turner ordered them
to stop. They surrounded the house.
Jasper Spencer and others lifted big
rock. and threw it against the door and
broke it. They went in and couldn't
ind Roundtree. Somebody hallooed
| out. HE is in tho ioftl" They com
menced firing there. Ross SaDer rau
In to the door, and as he stopped.
Roundtree shot him in the head and
wrist, and jumped out the window to
run, and they commenced firing on him.
| ran round the house and saw him fall:
but he wasn't dead yet. Some OF the
party then went up and asked him for
his militia guns, and held him down.
Whilo this was going on, Henry Saper
went mp and looked at his brother
Elijah Ross Saper. who had been shot.
and when he saw his blood trickling
down, he turned, drew a long knife, and
walked up deliberately to Ronudtree
and cnt his throat, from ear to ear.
They then won't in the house. found
three guns and pistol. About this
time, we heard shooting down ia the
field. Some one was hnllooing: Rally.
boysl rallyl Here are the Ku Klu1i
George Turner hallooed back: Yes. here
We are; and ready for you. tool But
directly. the men at the horses cent
word to he off quick; and We hastened
on, mounted aud rode off, Twas on au.
other raid. when John Wright was
Whipped / went with fha NinSua;.