The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-09
white ana the negro; but they do not exactly par

white ana the negro; but they do not exactly par
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SUCH CROSS.
q. Do you rec0llecL whether any white men OF the
county have mad any difficulties with Lowery and
his gang IN regard TO some Of the women or tne
taat; did hear thlssat Lowerys mother was ar
rested about the time her husband and son were
shot do not think tnat heard that she was really
punished In any way; but she was under arrest and
perhaps they frightened her; do not remember 10
have hea that she was ever punlshed; do re-
member that at the time her husband and son were
executed she was under arrest; recollect hearing
Q. Is there anv white blood in that Lowery
| famIy9 A. really do not know; l think
that the father was Indian; think the fam
| or our state; the mother was named CumbO, and
5nink - ~ Rey shas there may nave been some some
that certainly but think 1t Is likely
z. Was not Henry Berry Lowery
INDUCED TO UNDERTAKE. RETALIATION
because or the Outrages committed during war
times upon the members Of his family; Is not that
orw wa sns @ a. ian
Q. want to get at the fact. A. state the facts;
| you know about what really did occur.
z. You have right to state what Is the general
understanding IN the community, or what you be-
iieve TO be the truth. A. His father aud brother
were killed by the home guards about the close OF
Q. Do you recollect whether any houses were
burned A. do not think there were any houses
burned; his father and brother were killed by q
company oil home guards; ne Is said to have killed
James r. Barnes ana James b. Harris during the
O. That was private feudY A. Well, 90 not
know; James B. Harris was home guard officer TO
take the crowd to the forlIicalions and there was
private feud about some woman, but do not
nnasrso"d Won 10 saw hat awerv ana
Barnes were alter The same wonan2 A. Barnes got
alleged mad been stolen from MIN; and 1t was said
tnat II was Tor that reason that ne was waylad by
Lowery.
@. When these federal prisoners were with them
you say they were III the nabit OF going out and
robbing wealthy people In the nsignDorhooda A.
Q. Did they ROB them Of ANYTHING but provisionss
Q. OF what elses A. Oi money. jewelry and cloth.
Ing.
A. think that generally there was no resistance TO
them; there was resistance at DR.. McNair'S, and
there was firing by both parties ana some OF the
gang were wounded; there was u United States SOL
der wounded.
o. Who lives in Scufletown besides them? A,
The LOwery family Is Indian; then there are Lock
laers, Oxendtnes, Hunts, Joneses and GraybOys;
do not recolect how many other negro names there
there dozen different families there; some
OF the Lowery and Oxendine families are related by
marriage, but Lowery Is Indian; the balance Of
them are not understood to be Indian they are
mulattO mean colored people.
q. DO any white persons live in ScufIletown9 A.
Yes, sir; but not many now; they are
ABOUT ALL SCARED OFF. ABOUT ALL RUN OUT.
Q. You spoke OF Reuben King having been killed
by this Lowery rang, ana you said that several
g We're all those persons men who had taken an
was about tue first one that Henry Berry
Lowery killed; the next one. was james b.
the first that were Killed after Inc Close Of tae
war was Reuben King; he was man
and they went to his house and robbed him; he
resisted their efforts TO rob hlm and they killed MIN.
between King and those mens
A. do not think there was any consideration in
money however he nad been Sherr for some con.
siderable time. and at one time he mad this Henry
Berry Lowery arrested, and ne put him IN confne-
n
county having destroyed before that time; do
not know whether there was any animoslty on &C.
O. Was he the man who went with the Freed
mems Bureau man to get Lowery TO give himself up
@. Was Mr. King with the gang that killed the
fatner and brother OF Lowery? A. No, sir; ne had
be appropriate for me 10 say that there is reward
for Henry Berry Lowery and his gang; l think
$1,000 reward has 0een offered for four or I'VE Of
Q. For each of them9 A. Yes, sir, a reward of
fered by the Governor; that mas induced company
OF young men OF about equal numbers TO ambush
themselves IN tnat cuietown district Tor the pur-
o. How long has that been going ons A. think
1t mas been gong on 1or Iour or 1--WE months a
yomng man 81 the name o. Ss was o. ha5
they were murdered; they were in buggy together;
TO be protected the OF side; ne jumped out OF the
buggy and was snOt In two or three places, but
escaped; McCallum one OF some seven eight
men who had made up their minds to
THIS GANG, FOR THE REWARD
perhaps l suppose; and also for the consl-
Iteration tnat It was their duty to do so; In
addition to that one OF the hcLeans had long
range gun tnat 1t was understood the LOwreyS
wanted; they have given notice TO all those SIX or
eight men that they must leave the country, or
Q. DO the colored people there justify IT. A.
think not as a class do not think they do; 1t Is
try, OF about seven or eight miles square, neither O
white man nor colorea man must oppose Henry
Berry Lowery at all, or ne WILL be shot down.
O. Shot down DV LOWery gangY A. Yes.
sir; think that while really they do not ike to up
mold his conduct there are q great many people
there, white as well as colOred, WAC are AFRAID to
o. Do you not know that the Governor OF the
State has gone person to that cOuntys A. He had
not gone there when left home.
q. Has he not gone there snce9 A. have not
any account OF 1t Ii he has; 1t may be sO there
Is terrible state OF AFFAIRS down there; but he had
not gone down there when lett home.
q. Inc only trouble you nave is that seven or
eight men, VINO have been Outlawed, have gos into
an inaccessible swamp, IN which It IS dangerous Ior
men to pursue them, ana wnere II Is almost I'm prac-
tcable to pursue tnemY A. Well that does not
state 1t exactly.
THE GREAT DIFFICULTY.
Q. How Is it, Them A. 1t Is Just this way:-These
have all forfeited their lyes they are entirely
reckless; II you get squad OF men from the coun-
try, who have been impressed into that KIND OF SER
vice, when Henry Berry Lowery and his crowd shoot
down two or three OF them you cannot get the rest
@. TO go into the swamp, A. Yes. sir.
nat s sWamp dense 4 yo ana now snat
mile IN width and ABOUT eight miles long. In that
swamp there "A number OF Islands. Then there
all through that country perhaps, tracts Of nifty,
seventv-fve or q hundred acres OF what we call
'bays,n Just swamp growth OF bay trees. Some
times there Is little estuary that goes into creek
and drains that spot, some Kind or little branch, or
'slashn we call 1t. Those 'bavs" are numerous;
sometimes they do not cover more than one two
acres, sometimes they cover seventy-hve or q hun
dred acres; but they all about In that country
there. Now, Lumber River runs through about the
centre of the county. WHAT we call the Black swamp
has It's source In the western part OF the county,
thn1 khaHst hot a "a Aaln rim
ing, and 1t extends parallel with Lumber River for
about eight or ten miles, at no point more than two
or three miles IRON the river Then there are "baysn
and branches That come In between the river and
this swamp. DO not know that l can describe 1t
so as to give you an exact understanding OF 1t.
q. The growth Is thick jungle? A. In the
swamp 1t Isl but out on the Islands all over the
swamps 1t Is tine land.
o. But when you get into the swamp you cannot
see q man any considerable distances A. No; you
cannot see man far.
o. Tne difncuIty Is to get these six or eight des
perate men out Of that swamp A. Well,