Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-04-26
THE KU.KLUX TRIALS.

$4,000
Miles NTcCulloch, Of York county, plead
guilty of conspiring against Henry Brown
and Brptu5 Good.
Counsel was assigned by the Court to
Wesley Smith, Leandcr Speuser and VIM.
Smith, who pleaded not guilty to charges
of conspiracy and murder.
The case of VIM. LOwcry, of Y Ork coun-
ty, charged with conspiracy against Dick
Wilson, was then taken up. The de1en-
dant pleaded not guilty, and Colonel S. p.
Hamilton and Major Heart appeared as his |
counsel. Objection was raised to the pro-
ceeding of the District Attorney, in order |
ing juror to stand aside after two jurors !
had been selected, and was argued by both
sides.
Judge Bond directed that the names of .
the nineteen jurors Of tie first panel who
attended the court should be put into the ,
box, aud that the first twelve names of the /
extra panel OF thirty summoned by the ,
Marshal be put in to make up thirty-one, |
and thirty-siX names were called before the /
requisite twelve jurors were obtained. !
The following are the names Of the 4!
jurors as the jury was finally formed:
Gilbert Iillsbury, white, foreman; John {. |
g. Levy, white James I. Green, white !; !
Thomas W. Berry, White: James Dobbin,
white; Charles A. Darling, white: James
Moultrie, coiorcd; Lee Brewer, colored;
John S. Edwards, cOloTed ; Alfred Birch,
7 colored; BraXton Brown, colored, and
Matthew Wilson, colored.
The Indictment contains four counts
| charging the defendant, first, with con-
| spring in April, 1871, against citizens to
prevent their voting III October, 1872
| second, cOnspiring i'll april, 1871, against
! citizens because OF their voting in October,
1870: third, conspring i'll April, 1871,
! against Dick Wilson, "a cOlored citizen of
/ \ ork county, to prevent him from voting
| in October, 1872 and, fourth, COnspiring
against Dick Wilson because he had voted
in October, 1870, for y. :. Wallace as
member Of Congrcss-all in violation Of
the Enforce ment Act Of May,slSlo.
After the testimony Oh the part Of the
prosecution and argument by counsel on
both sides OF the case, Judge Bond charged
the jury as follows
He said that the law Of conspiracy was
simple. \ conspiracy was an agreement
to do lawful thing by unlawful means, or
TO DO an unlawful thing by lawful means.
Il a person goes into an organizatlo ion
having for its object tie Intimidation GI
voters he becomes thereby guilty OF con-
spiraCy for that purpose. here were three
ways of finding out The objects Of q con-
spiracy. One was by tie agreement itself;
! or 1t could be asccItaincu 10y the state
ments made by its members Of its objects :;
or it could be shown LIZ showing what the
organization did in pursuance OF its object.
They must find not only that a conspiracy
existed, but that It hld the object charged
; in the indictment. This need not be its
sole purpose, but it must be ore Of its
, objects. Then they must find that the de
PENDANT was a member of this conspiracy -,
and in that case, they must find verdict
Of guilty. II they did not find these facts
TO exist, they were bound to return a YER
dict OF acQu"al.
$ The jury res red al SD L. Al, and after
an absence / IIrty-iive minutes, returned
l with verdict ofguilty on the first, second
t and third counts CT Tie indictment, and
= not guilty as to the fourth. The defend
G ant was then remanded for sentence
! SIip-ShOG Farmers.
= \ farmer writing TO the Southern ClAi-
vatof for April makes the following pointed
remarks
, I do not profess to be clear OF sin, yet /
: | must throw a f3W stones, if l do break
. somebody's glass. Did you ever see q
"slip-shod" farmer? I have: they are il
this country, and I have seen them il
, places where / have Travelled. \ farmer
that does not clean out lis fence only once
= III four or five We IS, and lets the Griars
keep pushing him back until he cannot get
: his horse nearer TO the fence than one rod
II is ''sIip-shod." The farmer that does clean
= out his fence on one SIDE, and throws
. everything in the corners on the other is 6
'. 'slip-shod." The farmer whose fence by
d the rotting of a rail, or stock pushing off OF
/ wind blowing oil some, gets a low place il
: it, and somebody's mules gets into his ryC
: OF barley lots, is a little ''s!p-shod"-s
stitch in time saves nine. The farmer who
e throws, or suffers his hands to thr0" al
t. the chunks, trash and lo~s near the fence
800 4 7,
IL farmer Who does not have q gate OF
st bars IN lis field, but pulls down the ga.
y every time lie passes, having ten or fifteen
d panels of fence N an uneasy position by
such conduct is ''alip-shod,' and should bt
e reprimanded by the editors Of the Southern
q CuitirdtOr, or somebody else. The tdrme
e who leaves a pile Of logs in his field Il
! plow and hoe around, thereby losing the
- time and land, also breaking down Ii,
y corn and bruisiug his cotton, and genera
ting patch Of biiars, is ''slip-silOd." /
you cannot burn them short, split and hau
. them to your WoOl-pile at the house. If
- gully starts in your field, and you know
e that after awhile one must be there. take
u your pillow and run as straight as you can
u ESQ as to give sufficient fall thereby pre-
q venting short turns and angles, which vii
'e be the case if left 10 itself. Any farmC
e that will roll or suffer To be rolled, throw O.
a struction into 4 gully Of such character, j:
re s'slip-shod,' and deserves to have laTg'
D crooked gullieS in lis field. Will, per
IS perhaps, in an after article, @iye you othc
Of evidences Of ''slip-shod' farming" Lc0Es.
ID
S. Origin Of . Harrington - street. Ea:
At cfGh.
Is We are under obi. atoms to Col. Waite
e L. Steele, one Of tie most accomplished
X gentlemen Of our State, for the Golozin!
:, letter
- ROCKINGHAM, April j. 1872.
DedP ISi3' In the local column OF tn
= Sentinel of tire 10th inst, noticed an arti
- Gle on the names Of the several streets G
- the city of Raleigh, in which you Teque5
Il any ofy your readers who may have any III
g formation Of the gentleman after whom
y" "Harrington" " is named, to communicate
For this reason l send you the following:
Henry William Harrington was 4 nalir
of the county Of HIddlc6cN, England, an,
-. emi9rated, when quite & young man, T.
- the American Colonies. lie first settled il
South Carolina, but, about lie com
mencement Of hOStilitieS with the mothc
% country, removed to this State and settIel
~ in the county of Arson. His residence
J." after the division OF Arson county in 1873
10 being on the east side of the Peedee river
was in Richmond county. He held a com
Ae mission as brigadier general in the Cont
&c mental army, and was regarded rs a finn
"a and devoted friend of colonial indepen
IN dence. Having received an excellent edIl
st cation in England, lie was man Of un
to Ilsual irtelIi0pnca aud bOnor-uoS ono n