, 1874-09-23

kuttuu up On tao spur or tho moment Before
an oatll mover to foyeat anything tlet n.ssc sscJ
that night, aud they woro to stick by one anoti,. %
| e., There wore si1ty-oight mon present. Thrso
q theao' who woro on poor hornes. RtraEglod bo.
hinl, and, being accosted by tho pollcs, boat q
hasty rctfent. Ihoy had on almoHt ovory Kind Of
gartnont, bomo their wives clothing, most Of
thom tue kn-Klux mns, and fow having no
mank mask at all. Whcn they got upon tho SQUARE
suy io5h'on INTO line an oyory other nnn dis
!oi5 tho rendezvous that any man WHO SHOULD
oGli anothor's nGmo tint night should bo
.w;lapnod. Davis took good cure tl,at he ,non-
''oEo hor no nant lie didn't want to DO whipped.
A,let every othor man hnd llRlnouuted, thoy
s Woht 70 tue jail aud demanded tho ,legroos from
tho 1atlor, With whom thoy Ind to talk rrht
8'nHst poforo they got tho keys. Tic jniior was
ssiN tla II no didn't giye up tho hoys thoy would ki
tho koyH they shook thom, yo}l was giyo,i, tho
ncErocs takon nut, and tlion followed nnothor
yell. They ticd twolvo Of tho negroes. two and
,to7 tWG m,t H. mrope CHAINED from oa nu loves
They woro taken out on tho Huntington rond'
Nick lvie waB tho only negro among tho,n thni
talikod any, md he wss told by one Of lie crawl.
WIN an oatli to shut his mouth, or lo. tho ds.
m tl.at ivio .'t ono time gnt down on his knooB. but
ho did not soo TINT. While crossing tho brilro
ono Of tho nogroes said Co." mud Al tho nogrnes
save tlso Attempted to spring oycr tho bfidgc.
~. ana tho greatest confusion followed. Tho shoot
Ing was iudscriminate. Every object Which
seemed to have tho appearance Of 1loEro was
shos Ut. About oyory other INN did tho phoot-
inG. Ono Of tho disguised mon who WIS ioykcd
on ING bridge by ono Of tho negroes, got n tic
3y 1no iiVe noErocs who didn't 80 woro shot down.
y MMnon ho let there wero ton Of them lying faco
aownwnrds on tue ground. rhoy wore loft for
s aeaa. Davis never did know what bccano Of tho
sl1 negroes TINT run away. no know be- oountoG
ton TINT were loft for dond, They fell whoro
thoy wero shot. Tho disguised mon shot four
or hVe negroes In tho head after living thoro.
aupposed t!'n' , to DO dead. Some ono saId that
n9yn dnuy naa no PETER % 60 round and shoot oyory
Mit1 pocSot-pistola. Throo Of tho negruoa woro
lFlng there gronaing, an1 that is why tAoy Blot
them. II thoy Ind mnoo no noiAo thoy would I
~ agaln haye been shot. Quo Of tho mon Baid,
grooming. The boys were alt In a mighty big |
Auiry, mud loft tho place mighty fnst xftor |
getting short distance away, they all separated, |
,,,5 3asis Bald that when ho jonod tho band thoy
of tho negroes. uo supposed they woro sin,nly
gong to tako them out and make them tell vlas
They know, md TINT d whipping would bo tho "a.
SUI sut should they refuse to toll a1l thoy did knows
p"s .a+ "en nc gay ton got tho ropo 1t waB tllon
thom or shoot thorn. 7
:, Davis eaid that almost every man in tho crowd
thought lo had killed noEro, Tnoy lid not
Keep It r great dtai OF n secret. lie WIS told
tnas otllers lad sgnilcd thelr Willingness to
anrn a s!nto's evidence. md Ind ho not done 50
some Of tAom would. He thought ho had bot..
Eor' or had Us we'll, do it and escape runiyhmcnt
y = h',y ona elae. Ho lad boon up boforo the
4rahd Z Jury shroo tmcg. 1Io told nil about it
n. 70 last time. Io had beon tnuntod bv ls
!rlont!s, who told him they did not Think ho
Would DO what ho hnl dono. Ho was about tn
20 to Arkansas tho night boforo 10 ooncluIod to
urn M Stato's evidence; 11o gnvo his brotner tic
20. n,Eo' n'la toid him to Co. lie sd c,ms to
lorc. A1 W. NJ