The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1872-08-17
Hubbard on q Raid.

cavalry from this post had gone out
on raid and had not returned up to
the hour of our going to press. The
command came back to town on We'd
nesday without any prisoners. It
seems that Deputy United States
Marshal Hubbard had been QUO in
the Turkey Creek neighbo.hood for
week or ten days previous, concealed
among the negroes, and thought that
he had spotted the haunts of certain
men lu that section whom the authori-
tics are very anxious to get hold of.
he sent word on Tuesday for the
cavalry to come to his assistance and
that he could make the arrests that
night, The cavalry were, therefore,
out as auxiliary force to the Depu,
ty Marshal, and not as an indepcnl.
ent command.
From respectable and reliable gem
tleman we get information of the
most wanton and unprovoked outrages
committed by Hubbard and his gang
OF negro assistants while pretending
to act in the discharge of his duty.
The premises of Mr.. Il. B. Robins
were among the first searched. His
children are all daughters-two OF,
whom are narricd-one to William
Carter, the other to Ferris. Both of
| these men arc avoiding arrests, and
their families are living near the
residence of Mr.. Robins, ard undcr
his protection. Mr.. Robins informs
, us that his premises had been search
cd eleven tunes before by the military
authorities, aud that he had always
been treated with respect and with,
tNait any unnecessary indigaitS till
Hubbard made his appearance that
he (Hubbard) seemed to gloat over
the opportunity to insult women, ter
rify children and expend some of his
malice against the respectable white
people of the State. The door of
Mrs. Ferris house was violently burst
open and the lock broke by him,
when she was in few feet of the
door, Offering him the key and asking
that the door be not broken down.
"hen this piece of unnecessary bru-
tality was accomplished and she ap-
pealed to him for redress, the only
rep y she received was an insult.
The bed clothes were stripped from
sick child lying ina trundle bed, and
the bed rolled violently about the
room under the pretonsc of searching
in and under the bed for concealed
ku kluX. These acts are fair sam-
pies of the way this heroic marshal
carries OF the war against women and
Isehildrcn.
! Another place visited was the
Iplentation of William Carter, which
issrentcd'by two young men, Calvin
Chalk and George Carter. Both Of
these men were absent from home on
the night Of the raid. Their house
was broken into and searched and
when they returned home in the
| morning they found that seven quilts,
four countcrpanes, thYee pairs of pan.
saloons and three vests had been
stolen and carried off.
As q supporting force the expedi.
lti1n Hubbard had along Columbus
Crawford, Giles Good and Bill Pal
| fner, three of the most notoriously in
tfataous and lawless negroes in tho
oountyiaf After they were relieved
from duty on Wednesday, morning,
and while they were returning home,
they took occasion to call ut che house
of Mrs. Press Estes, whom they in
suited and threatened with loaded
guns. From here tbcy passed to the
residence of Mr.. r. b. Robins, and
that gentleman being away FROM home,
they attempted to go into his yard.
When ordered by his daughter not to
do SO, they insulted her and levelled
ltheir guns at her.
y Eve thought it were worth while
we would council the people to ad.
dress remonstrance to Marshall
Wallace against allowing the perpo,
tration of such wanton outrages By
his. deputies and subs. The Law js
harsh enough at best, without adJine
to it's execution the practice of fss ID a
brutal indigpitic Ipon women aud:
l.chiidtop.. All ", can do, however,
is to remember that we are subju~