Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-01-12

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anlout of threats or fearo of punishment will
justify a man In unproyoked violence to an-
other, unless tho danger threatened to tho
wrang door by Imminent or actually prosent
at tho time Of his wrong doing, and even thon
the danger must be of present groat bodily
harm, and of death ITSELF before some ofSthe
criminal conduct confessed would be justified
III docs not excuse you for participating in
this conspiracy, aud raidiug upon inoffensivo
}colorcd people, dragging them from their
beds, bcatingsome and hanging othcrs, that
you had notice if you did not join, tho klans
would visit you.
You arc bound to run tho risk or seek
means of protection, rather than do violence
to your neighbor. The law and your follow.
citizens look to you to mako this threat of
violence difficult of execution, by manly re.
sistanco or an enforcement Of the law. You
had no right, when you could escape, to make
the prico Of your security the violation Of
your neighbor's.
You and your confoderates must mako up
your minds other to resist the Ku Klux con.
spiracy OF, tho laws Of the United States.
They cannot both exist together; and it only
moods little manlness and courage, on the
part of you ignorant dupes of designing men,
to give supremacy to the law. Bo assured,
1t will not be taken as an excuse in your oase,
or in any other to hcar7t said, II slew. this
man, because thief ordered it, and was
afraid" and "tbrushed' aud raped these 9th.
,ers because I dreaded to be whipped if did
not."' 56 ,.asys NJ. @ F.s u
,g Mr.. Corbin called John Harris, ono Of the
coored mon whipped, who gave description
of his boing whipped in a severe manner by
tho Ku. Klux. ry4
Muuroc Scruggs, was called up and asked
what he had to say in extonuation of his of
fence. lie stated that he had been or but
ono raid, and had been, too, forced into the
order Judge Bryan stated to him, that on
account of his youth, tho court was inclined
to deal as loniently with him as possible; and
after oharaoterizing tho outragos committed
as unmanly and unbecoming true son of
South Carolina, and calculated to bring to
shame hor fair namo, sentenced him to pay
fine of $40 and be imprisoned for six months
Alexander Bridges was next called, and
sentenced to pay $50 fue aud be imprisoned
q year.
John Burnett, young man was sentenced
to Imprisonment for six months.
same tcrm Of imprisonment. n.u
Stephen d. Splaun was next called. He
said he supposed that he belonged to the order,
had brought him what he (Pricc) said was
the platform, of tue hlan. That lie (Splaun)
read it and thought there was po harm in it.
Price told him that the idea was to form
kind of vigilance committee, us had been
instituted in various places, and that an or.
ganization for that purpose was formed, and
he put over it rs commander. That after
wards, he attended meeting of the Grand
Klun, became pursuadod of tho luwlcssncss of
their acts and disbanded his klan. h
The court sentenced him to pay fine Of
$50 and be Imprisoned two years.
Marion Gardner was sentenced to impris.
onmept for throc months.
Chesterfield Scruggs was sentenced to six
months Imprisonment
Henry Sarratt, who ttatcd that he had
been whipped by the Lan before he joined,
and had never been on any raid, was scntcn-
ced to one months Imprisonment.
Andrew Kird was sentenced to three
months imprisonment.
Martin Hummctt was scntcn ,ed to six
months imprisonment.
Lewis Henderson was sentenced to three
mouths imprisonment.
Wm: Self who stated that he had been on
three raids; whipped three ncgrocs-two wo.
mon and one man-on tho first raid; there
was nothing said about politics. On the Sc
cond raid, man named Roberts was ordered
to stop selling whiskey near a church, on
church days; and tho third was TO take q
colorcd man back to his wife, whom lie had
left. |
lie was sentenced to three months inpri
sonmcnt. .
Charles Tate, who stated that he had been
ON five raids, was sentenced to eighteen
months imprisonment.
Juuius B. Tindall who stated that he had
been on ono raid, when IN, ID woman
had been made to thrash one another for iii
cit cohabtation, and on another raid, to dis
perse crowd of negroes frolicking on wid
ow ludy's place, contrary to her wishes, was
sentenced to one years imprisonment
Melvin G. Blackwell, who stated that ht
had been on one raid against Ben Phillips
was sentenced to three months Imprisonment
John j. Moore, who confessed to having
been on five raids, was sentenced to imprison
mont for eighteen months.
John Cantrel was sentenced to three
mouths imprisonment.
Mr.. Corbn stated that he had another
batch Of prisoners who desired to enter Flea
of guilty.
Jonas Vassoy was the FIRST called. lie saic
that he had been chief of Horse Creek Kan
and had been on two raids.
Mr.. Corbn said for him that ho had been
the only chief who had voluntarily surrender