The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-04

NA"A~ASNS SAAAAo SOSASt NV 6ON66.
DAY. January 8. 1872. the scourt met
at llA. H.. judges Bond and Bryan on
Col. n. W. Fioklina stated TO the
court that he hAasrsGsiiy Tor The oonside.
ration Of tho court Tho ansWer Of Col
F.W. McMsater, 70 the rule reddiripo
him oshov cause Why his name should
not be stricken from the roll Of sttorneys
OF the court, for contempt. The answer
was ordered to be filed. ;r,3 ct-rrrii, r
Mr.. Characteristic. Tor the District At.
torney, requested that sentanoS might
be passed upon Alexander Armstrong,
convicted at the April term Of the court.
1871. OF robbing the mails. The r,pri.
soner ves called to the bar Of the court,
and after few feeling remsrks by Judge
Bryan. touching his youth. h:S honest
parentage. and the great temptations to
which he had been subjected; was
sentenced'to five years imprisop msnt ia
the house OF correction ,in New York.
Wm. Jolly. OF Spartapburg. pleaded
guilty to the charge Of violating the Ku
Kiux ACT. He stated that he was
member of Horse Greek Klau. and had
been on one raid. josiah Massey was
chief Of tho klan. Robert ScrngRs ini-
tiated him, aud he joined from fear Of
being whipped. Lewis Jolly. Tom
Price and Memory Humphreys were
with him on the raid. e.
Alfred Blackwell was next called. and
also pleaded guilty. He stated that be
belonged to the Horse Greek Khan, and
had been on one raid against Reuben
Phillips. whom tho prisoner said, he and
bis crowd brushed little.
Judge BondwWhy did you whip him?
Witness-Well, he had whipped
another mans steer to death aud threw
him in the branch.
Judge Bond-How did you know he
did it?
Witness-Sam Sarratt saw him do it.
Phillips was colored man. I was
forced into the organization through
fear OF their whipping me-
VIM. F. Ramsay next came up and
pleaded guilty. He said: belonged to
the Horse Greek Khan. There were
some twenty or thirty men in the khan.
attended three meetings. There was
scarcely anything done. Judge Edw rds,
MIR. Oantreil, Mr. late, Stobali ScruRgs
and Mr. Peck were the executive com
mittee, who met and ordered what was
to be done. was OH sha raid aksi;.s:
Reuben Phillips; that wns the only ono
l joined from fear of being whipped if
I stayed out.
Thomas J. Price next came up and
pleaded guilty. He said: am twenty.
nine years old. and live in Spartanbure
County. I didn't belong to any khan.
Gilbert Sarratt sworo me in. l was on
two raids. It WAS no khan in particular
--lust picked up crowd. There was q
chief along-Robert Scruggs. The first
raid was on negro woman; the second
was on Charley Fernandez's family. We
then went on to Jack Sarratt's, and took
his wife and son and daughter, and gave
them a light whipping. I joined from
fear OF being whipped. or some other
harm being done me. understood that
Banks Lyle was chief of the County. I
don't know him.
Taylor Massey was next called and
pleaded guilty. He said he belonged to
Horse Greek K!an, and had been on two
raids. The first raid, nothing was eff
iected. The second was on James Gaff.
ney. he was black man, and thew
whipped him for stealing.
King Edwards next came up and
pleaded guilty. he said: I joined the
Khan In March last. I reckon I Joined
through ignorance. Alfred Harris init.
ated me. 1 was on the raid on John
Harris, colored man. We whipped
hlm-gave him about sixty licks. We
whipped Maj. Cash and Bynum Hum
phreys. We whipped the last because
of his whipping white boy.
Christenburg Tate was next called up
and pleaded guilty. He stated that he
was from Spartanburg. and had Joined
the klan In January, from fear He had
been on three or fonr raids. The fret
was on Richard Roberts, for selling
whiskey on the Sabbath Day, near u
church; then went in and whipped a boy
for not obeying his mother.
Jesse Tate next came up and pleaded
guilty. He said he had joined the order
ID January for self-proteotion; had never
been on any raids, but attended several
meetings. There was nothing much
done OF the meetings. Some new mem
bers we're initiated, and there were con-
sultntions about what should be done
whenever there was any wrong thing
done in the neighborhood. There WAS
one raid made in North Carolina. It
was ordered by the cyolops, Banks Lyle;
at leet, have heard him called that
here. The fact is, have heard more
about cyclops and such things since
have been here in Columbia than I ever
heard while was in the klan.
Judge Bond ordered that the last
named prisoner be released on bond of
SoUO, to appear at the next term of the
court.
Frederick Paris was next called up.
and plead guilty. He stuted that lie
lived in Spartanburg and joined the
klan on March %. 1871. Had been on
two raids; whipped Bynum Hum mphreys;
didn't talk to him anything about his
politics; the next wo whipped was John
Harris. then Mat. Soruggs. May Harris
and James Gaffney.
VIM. Robbins was next called and
plead guilty. He was poor. half.wit-
ted fellow, and could not articulate intel
ligibly. His interpreter stated for him
that he was poor man, who hired
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