The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-05-09
The Ku.KIux Game.


is being :iicrcely lasbed by the drivers who
hound on the Ku-Klrx hunters, our sister
State is undergoing "rcign of terror" fully
as bad, if not worse, than we are, said reign
being confined to that portion of her which is
infested by the Iowrcy Gang.
Below. We publish the account given by
the Wilmington Journal of the 4th inst, of
the murder of Col. F. NJ. Wishart. We re-
commend TO tie attention of the Government
of the United States, that it do send to the
old North State few of the Merrills, Cor
bins, Earles, Bonds and Gums, now operat-
ing in this S.Gtc, to hunt down the Lowreys
and Kill them as they did poor Minot Paris
the fisherman few days ago. The Earlcs
to acthc speaking, the Bonds to Go the sem
tcncing, the Gums TO 10 tkc swearing, the
Corbins to do the rude work towards his
brother lawcrs and the Merrills to telegraph
lies to his bosses in Washington.
Those incaruate fiends, the gang of Robe
son county outlaws, have added to their
atrocious list ofcrmes one yet more atroclous,
,cowsrdly and fenish--the murder Of Col. +.
NJ. f'ishart, of Shoe Heel, Robson county,
on Thursday last. Though the victim Of
violent treachcry, led; perhaps, too far by his
courageous spirit, he ytt died brave man
in the effort to benefit his fellow-mcn.
Tie facts s:uttending the murder of Col.
Wishart. as far as We have been enabled to
gather them are these: 1t seems that one
day last week the outlaws Stephen Lowrcy
and Andrew Strong, boarded the freight
train on the W., G. & r. r. r. near Shoe
IN Col. Wishart being on board at the
J. They persisted in approaching him un-
| til he finally consented to L conference with
them. The conversation was long and ap-
rarcntly important, the outlaws finally taking
their departure. Andrew Strong WAS heard
to remark on leaving. 'when We send for
YOU, YOU conr.." Jn Shoe he2l, subsequent
! to this interview, Coloi:tl Wishart divulged
the f,ct thai tfc subject of the conference
Was proposition on the part of the outlaws
to surrender themselves to him: on condition
that he would intercede to procure their par
don, and that they would then depart the
country. -,
Thinking that perhaps he could after all
benefit the cot.ty ny causing the outlaws to
leave in some manner, he seemed detcrnin-
ed to hold another interview with them,
upon receipt of notice ofthe time and place,
as had been previously Determined. Word
was received, and the appointment fixed for
last Tuesday; but Col. Wishart's business
engagements were such az to compel its
postponement until Thursday. At the ap-
pointed time this fearless man, alone (and
unarmcd, we hcar) took his way to the PLACE
of meeting, spot on he public road about
three quarters of a mile from place called
Lebanon Church, between Shoe Heel and
Red Banks, and dstan some four or five
miles from each of those points. But alas
he never returned alive. lie was either
cowardly murdered from ambush, or basely
shot down while in the conference 10 which
he Fad been betrayed. Between II and l
o clock Of that day two or three Negroes
working in the woods near the scene of the
murder, heard four distinct reports of fire.
arms. About o'clock the same afternoon
Nr. William Sellers, while riding by this
point, found the body of Col. Wishart lying
in the road, a1fd completely riddled with
buckshot. lie was shot through the side
and shoulder, and ako IN the head, one OF
two shot passing entirely through the brain
, His death must have been instantaneous
f The fact was reported, and party of grief
stricken friends and neighbors secured th'
body and conveyed it to his home in Sho'
Heel.
COL Nishart was one of the most intrepl'
and courageous Of those who undertook meas
ures to rid the county Of the outlaws. Ill
5 efforts in hunting them we're persistant an
vigorous. lie extcrcd himself most ardent
:, ly to either capture or kill them for month
o and months, and was regarded by them a
their most dreaded foe. lie vas at the tim
J of his death engaged in merchandising
# Shoe Heel, and leayes wife and three youn
II children. 1t will be rccollected, when tn
! State authorities commenced war on tn
Lowreys. Col. Wishart was appointed to tn
command of one of the regiments the
u authorized to be raised =,
d The place of this murder was near tn
4 scene Of tie killing of youg Davis by the ou
e laws some months since. Stephen Lower
" and Andrew Strong are supposed to hay
m together accomplished the deed, Tom hoV
lie rev y having been elsewhere at the time. :,
ID The Blood of this brave man un'tes wit
ID that already soplentifully spilled by the 10, %,
d rcy gang in calling for vengeance upon u u
- murderers. And while una7enged, tn
10 blood, so fouly shed, remains a blot up'
IS, the administration of the powers that be, al
Is damning evidence against the boasted pr
a tectinn nf the citizen