New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-09

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member anu pIaao and he never hi,nseh actually used
ho9gn you %S or violence and was not present
hen 10 war used' 49, .,o ho,rs, do,,horaton ~
The Jury in this case "''o "
urnod verdict of Guilty
~ -.,,cr ,pIlITY OF pEFENDANIs'
ued was that OF Capt. John W.
A"' h'N' %. rbomas F. whitesides, n case OF gu
.. ,.,,.ost IN that Of Robert hayes 1"i.0"o'' in'
~. two defendants were men vi h'su e'"u ~.
No. la,o,ce I'm their county ''P'' 'o" w.
lug , nan of about 40 years OF age " P"n'', '"o
- ,o,ge family. ana man WI" noe as
-, foir reputation. lie p'''"e " -, -, Tho
o"rne ID" ,a,e class and is fair specimen OF 'uo
ZION OF lhc - tne 'u1-country" OF south 'aroHhi'
average pau ,,cd him TO DC the chief OF one OF inc
Inc eN'"'' ,,,ors IN York County, Khan winch n""
Ho>' W = IN several murders ana III I"luo f
peeh e"els o,ber outragcs DR. Thomas l. ""'' -
pings az" e. IN good standing ana pracu'o !" ~
nan in middle life, OF respeetaole Co"n'0
'ous'', soI, q man OF fair mental ana pl'io'o'
ana hii The indictment charged these TWO oeien''
tahno .,o FIRST count, with general cohSp"a'3 W P
anus Iced citizens from exercising the rgh' o Su'"eo,
venl W. and other unlawful means; the sccohu
W no~cod them with making raIu upon ONO
',os leach a colorcd man, ana WIN "n'II""S '
,r the oacnsc Of voting the lthhcai ucNeV ~ i'V'
DOM " -, hin, from voting the same ticket at fhue
tons The defendants were Represented " ~"
sol lone Messrs. Saubcry ana Johnson sat III 'o
ut rom and listened TO part OF the le''iuio"S' o
- trorn disgust or some other feeling they soon
,s ,o Court room and have not since apI"'''u }" '
- o,y NJ the cases The prosecution hrst proved
v,st,rce of An order known as the ku-hluA MAN.
IT q, evidence its oath. constitution ana ny
~ same which have heretofore appeared III th' oo""s
-, TIFF TRIBUNE The witnesses ior the "o'.
Io, IN most instances that they had been lhduceu
n tain the OrdcrRpOn the statement that u vas f'J
y,,,,,tior Tr mutual protection, but that upon
hot IL
oIv roliticol directed against the RcpuHican party
at ti,o. Milan Of action embraced the whippngpoSI
0d rr6r Of the leading Republicans, both "hl'e ana
bIact II was shown that This Organization was Ior'ou
In yo,l County ia the Summer OF 1868 but tat II '''r
won't into active operation until after The election " inc
/ an VI '''" co<srIRAcr MURDER RAPE
Tho testimony of Lawson b. DAVIS WAS 80 cHc"inslih
a., .,h, f,rs,,rd and startling as 70 he worthy or
.,,,,,or attention. Mr. Davis is an intelligent, we'll
,,to1 e,ruler ia York County. He was solicited To
,,i the Kan on the ground that It was simply mutual
protection society He initiated and at the first
meeting which he attended he w0s~appouicd the Scribe
stituffon byIavs and other papers Few days after
Bis initiation Charles Good prominent coored Repub
. ',u MI - ~ I ~, 'rpo 1crniers ~ tbe order
Charles Good was a Qutet, UonrnsVe, hard-Wofhng
black smith Some three weeks previous 10 Ms seam ne
had been taken from his house at night by The Kan ana
1rualy whipped About three days before his death he
stated in Mr. DayS5 presence that he believed he knew
some OF the who whipped bin. Mr.. Davis. being
that statement public, AS 1t misht result IN
his death. Three days later, as Charles Good was
iue, upOu dc highway by four men-J IVES
loy Smith, Wm. Smith, Vim. White, and Leander
dtluc from, thenighWay into "a tdcket, where they
tied him sapling. and deliberately shot hin, one OF
the uTdereEs finishing him by turning the burt OF ms
& lu and SINKING the hammer IN bis head Tls was on
night, and the body layundstuIb,d until
meet at the spot where the body OF Charles Good lay
her of the au with tis murder So 10 make All equally
interested IN Keeping Il secret The Khan met the body
about tlHeedartcrs Of mile to Broad River and there
sunk ~ t1t bottom Of the stream Plnckney Caldwell,
one OF tie party, jumping IN upon the BODY in ordef
securely with. stakes driven through the BODY MI.
Dr Of s Seek dSd on a SDoT%
WAS TSpected that he knew some OF his tormenors and
tho order was Issued from the Kan than his lie should
~ taken Among the most shocking GeYelop1sts OF
this was the testimony OF ne wlIe or SIn Snrsi
ted her nous; A re e y ne her Isband was the
8eT TO STne her ou UPON he public highway Where
ravshed her in succession and there AFTER
Hng her eyes and mouth with dirt and SAND eit her
,eusless The next night they returned, probably with
the intention of numbering her; nut, fortunately; she
was concealed vita her children In the woods ana me
concntcd itself With burning her house, Win al
Il contained, 10 ashes.
slcKENING ATEocITns
Schubert Bowen, another witness IN THIS case, tcsil
fed 10 The murder Of Thomas Roupdtree. December
last by the Kan Thomas Roundtrce was a mulltto,
au OF industry and most excellent character, but from
his position and character he much respected and
beloved by the cOOTed people of the vicinity He not
politician. but simply a Republican. The Khan went to
his house at midnight, and, surrounding it, commenced
firing from all sides. ROundtee escaped 10 the left Of
house. from whence he cmprd hs revolver upon his
-YOundDg one Of them, named Sapaugh,
severely 10 the arm. Finding bis means OF defense fail
he Jumped RON the window ana attempted to escape
Aen about 20 feet from his house he shot down by
doZeubls. He fell 20 the ground, probably mOrtally
gou0ded WherGnp0n one the party, brother OF
he wounded hrtu, pushed 10 him, md lifting his
ioad from TIE groJuo deliberately cut his throat from
ar 70 BOweRs also testified 10 another raid in
1iCh he VAS gagged 81 wic h. arer visiting tue houses
ouneded 20 the house Of Jane Boheer, white woman.
suspected OF cOucealing these oOprcd from
he KuBluX. They br0EeintO her house and found two
Ol0red men conceded under tue 1OOT. After taking
until they were nearly cd, they returned 10 the
house, dragged Jane BOheleT out into the yard pro
'ured hncse Of tor and lime snd stripping her naked,
poured II upon her person AID with paddle covered her
body With H. ana then ordered Der TO quit the country
within three days upon penalty OF death.
The defense IN this attempted to prove an al1
but tailed and upon the argument the counsel for Capt
NJ tchcN frankly admitted that the too
VIE ming 10 admit Of argument that ms client not
enOer o. the 0Tder. Hhe tlIy returned a verdict OF
TTovssA HVtw1thstanding, hOweN en-, all the Ouragcs
ties copl W S.se the only ofense Of which these par
TO prevent Sou %Ab ne simple Ofen%e Of conspiracy
Vese eoored oitizeus from voting an 6firnse
imprisopns Ihe utmost with no more than ten wears
iu my next letter shall I've ah,o .. 49, ,
20 VOhh OF this great cou.nir,rv ana
Plypa1! 20 INFORM you OF the sntences au
have already been convicted 'o"0eeo I 'hoso VINO