Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-05-09

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country: many indignantaremnrka b
msasAs few,short, comm eptsbyat TIA pres
and thsrss.an. end r.ot the patters I'll
E:Y,ctAa q seenfpgg9 91eups; /; stthaaaGt3 taigi
of ammsptheran efresheri sensatipus, an
tsthesMprh mqpsssgay ylgeus sssi> tisz.rsi;
k:sSdchfR the sway iiofsJths sw6fld nSnsR
thas always bss ,'aas IT. Ni Nii.eYe
Ec91tinIs t6iabes BET = bit BE smnsscet
tess tbat aos fsA ter st6ase " asufers On
Emerifed ills,s and we, sahaH not spasse ther
EhurtieHy yGbF,a ,acarslesss 81 theSeM whic
khas befahea thahiag'is R.sGs - :es'ss Sss;
,Wehs7sfeaF WITH 7tf il i1dir4at tiaia che ds
Fails d, tic the rash killing lEH a16 Miinlr IAfTiII
He Eas-a poor man !. S6e. vas OBSCURE :
unknown perhaps, out Of sightso6 tn
Gnoke ef 1nscWncahan Slardshis hnsime
dynend45s nattera1ofsBnafl tohsea aene
to4he @ibliesH.He~n1ay -fa9e sbeef IN
CRIMINAL yis charged 70 - e. TIE fndist
smnsaT1t agaihist Him MAJ, hate been & true fS II
may shassSyi@ated 4besa Enforcement Act
and actually committed the horrid 4
crime Of intImidatlpg some colored voter
but fof al this Eswm Be va &shafiafi Beng, ar
American eitisen,e anawas eaeitled etG bs
treatedpaszsuch and enot .be>dealt' Matlra
an outlaw, end shet down hke,a,dog. i,.~.
Various aeesuptsaet the shooting <hays
appeared in the columns. of the snewspa;
pera-. At first the ysrsions, Of the afaH
differed widely. apfI II .in many points were
tetailv fafssss but NOW thg tfna st6iy st6GiSy d
the unfortunate FaffaT has been iada a5e:
fofeshe pubiicfne the evideneeo of 'tths W.T.
nesses who testifedszassth thee G6rofesss lid.
mest .ghssnhstantial facts appeart5tbe
these Il Deputy MarahalsD Il Duncan sshaRine
bench warrants for ,Minor4 Psrris Mniop
Harris and Others went up into the Bread
River country e execute e; tbs warrants, y:.Ili!,
He was acc6h1panied by a. detachments ol
Federal Cavaify, WHO Who, as IS Stated tiy Ma
lot Merrill isdespatck to- ffes War De:
partment; were ~ acting asa sposse tosthe
United. States Mafsha19 l-tatss esSa's-
When the e4force reached thesneighbor-
hood of the G Chefokee.Iron Works. Squad
of .soldiers7were stationed at O. point sen
the river, where q certain beat,was4yingi
and ordered by lieutenant Benner. who
commanded the detachment ."not to al
low any one to tdke Tie boat a.eay and
to arrest oay person that came there (;
and MOTTO allow them togo away and ii
aaie e offp56rsf of56s n #i5 ii1g @as S
IN immediate command of the squad, tes-
titled that he received from, Lieutenant
Benner. While the squad were guarding
lhe river bank women (Nfinor Paris and
Marion Halris) came up, intending tocross'
the river in The boat, or to. visit PARIS
out IN the river, it does not ap-l
pear clearly which. They were. ordered
Iy Grider to halt. Harris did halt, but
Parrls refused to halt. and going to the
GOAT, got in and rowed off into the river
After he hadgot some distance from shore.
he detachment, having called to him re re-.
,eatedly to halt and come back, fired q
'olley at him, one ball infieting death
wound through the hips A short time
tter the shooting, Marshal Duncan and
!leut. ;Benner, who We are told were asleep
y at the house If Mr.. Latham a.few hun.
red yards distant, at the time Of the fir
ne, arrived at the scene of the occurrence.
nd the wounded man was brought On on
Ind, where he died, after suffering: in.
,nsely for eight hours. e .; .a'i, '' =
These are the plain unvamished facts:
low, it appears from this state of the.
Use, which We takestos be the true one,
lat the Deputy. Marshal, 10 whom the
snch, warrant was directed, and the only
lie in the party who, had a legal right tv
'prehend the accused, was not only ob-j
Mt at the. time of the attempted arrest,
u soas actually asleepf ,,.
No warrant, was served upon Paris.
o authority was shown which he was
und to obey The Marshal, who held
0 warrant for his arrest, was in bed '
leep, several hundred, yards from thei !
.ne. Had Paris refused to su1render,l
the Marshal; the lawfully constituted =
icer Of the Federal Government, upon :
exhibiting his warrant, and the Mar
Il had ordered the soldiers to fire upon I
D. and he had been killed, the act, per-
os, would have been justifable. But, : ]
military were acting only O posse to
'sU,.S. Marshal land, operating in. thut =
acity, they'could be- used by the Mar !
] only in case of forcible resistance 10 + !
Marshal :. and withoutihis immediate il
sence, they had no AUTHORITY to de-
nd the surrender Oh the accused Sure,
it would bea monstrous thing if citi-
3, it matters not if they are accused in
eral Courts, must yield to any United
tes soldier who chooses to demand /
r surrender, or be. shot to death h The /!
est criminal in the land, is entitled to I
same legal rights which the most viz I
Is citizen may claim. The law pre-: F
es him innocent until he is proven to / !
'uilty; and throws'a shield about fimP
lhe is properly oondemnedrby ailegaf.ta
Ia The fact that he is chargedSwlthds ds !;
violation Of an ACT, Of Congress does icF4
place him beyond the pale OF the law l.pre
pom this cursory. view Of the case it II
ars to- us very clearly that the kill 4
If PARIS was not only unwarranted, j.
, most reckless and ine1cusable tak-aEs
# human Life. The majesty of thstd
law ought to be 'vindicated, and the Fl h:
Of investigating the affair will del |
upon the grand jury of the next tcN
held IN Spartanbprg county. The "
nable parties oughtto Represented. the
e full extent Of the Law. Blood has 40 q 3
shed wrohgfully "a man has been .ena 81 :,
by the military without proper au- N
ty let it be settled now once for all a ii
her the lives of our citizens are; at the etel
of the Federal soldiery. ~ fort
3 poor man whose life was thus reck-. "A
taken, leavesa depe,ident@wife and =
elpless tittle children to mourn his +
They have our sympathy, and, we :
ne, that OF. all who feel for the vic ?
II Grants cruel military despotism.
append below, Corporal Orders
testimony taken before the Coro- =
ury, April l9: ~. .s,..t,.a IS. ~
milton Gider (Lance Corporal) be- l..
worn, says: That, he belongs to
p L,",7th U. s.. Cavalry. that on a.
morning, the 18th Of April, / was t'IA.
= Lieut.. Bennsrs not to; allow any -
take the. boat away, and to arrest M,
ersons that came there ]; not to al. -
en- to go away. and if they insisted
ng tofre on them; two menscame Z - u
ley had blankets on their shoulders, =
rod them to halt; one man did halt, i wash
e other swore that he would not
ne man ran; part of the. detach- Ap
0llowed him ind ordered him t0- -