, 1874-08-29

tlo,r surrender wna made tint night.
Next morning (Alon1ay) =
was hold III tho College building for Tho purpose
Of aBccrtatnl,ig what wat tho tt,1o pnhllo nonti-
nont Of tho pooplo upon tllo subject Of the no.
Fro oatnsc and ilo probability of n riot among
thom. Justice Arch Jortinn WHO In N1nyor OF
Milnn. presided oyor the naoting, which, Hoing
called to order, aJoptnd rcsolntions topiecating
1Awlcssnoss. and also roao'vetl ttat in lilo h1p-
,rosHiol Of tho narne tito eltzons should bo reg
iitated by tho ciy' law and it's authorities Aftor
tho adjournment Of tic mnoting, which ,sas
largely nttenued, tho nt,ovo nntnod negroes .oro
arsalguud before Justices Jordan, Fly, md Hunt
upon tho charges nhoro m1hto,lnd, Jl1Htlca Par
lor declining to ait. ~ lie had aaady formed All
uplnlon.
TIE NEaN0Es ADMITTED THEIR GUILT,
and that they intended tn navo n general riot.
Quo OF tho prisoners. Jarrett Burrow, turned
tho ca1ao, origin, PURPOSES, and expectations OF
AH eSto,lH,rc organization nmOrg tllp nogrooB Of
tiif,aDn County. Tho statement of this negro,
oB woll as thatof Noson nfct,hce, wns iiatoncd
WIN were crowded IL tho building, anxious to
licar tho evidence Of tho witnesses. Tic follow
lug II tho subytal1co or
NELsos MONIES EYfpEscE:
It wns ralnOrclt for n0mo tin1o thnt rreNilont
Grant would back tlo negroes IL wEatoyor co,,rao
tiley took against tue whito Mon. Actiug upon
ll1ia belief, to coloreh people l,ad determined to
oxtirpato tho wAjtos 30 Ms to own tho "lGuffB,
IU5EElElltht HtIlt Atiu EAElNNL9
thoir own land. III othor words, thoy wnntea
tp nsaho II negrots' country, to DO Which it was
necessary to kill ut least tho majority Of wl,tto
pcopio. They lad not ngtool upon my time for
tile outbreak lld assassination, thor object
| being to effect thorough Organization. rhias
meaBnro Tor the murder of the whites WAS agreed
] to by nit tho nuErocs In tho county oxcopt one
J Burseli Dutlor, Of Gibson. Because oc h!s Or
vlotln,. Thoy intended to hlll him TINT nig;1t
for ;ho waa too inttn,nto with tho whito
people. and would toll Alr. Moore what
thcy haa oil foot. They intonaod to give his
/ wlfo slight thrash,ng inore!y-cach OF the
thirty negroes who had fired at Morgan aud War
rau being authorized to intllct thirty lashos.
There wera about thirty negroes In tile crowd
that 1ircd at Morgan and Warron, SATURDAY..
They had boon to = meeting, aud t,e attempted
ggaaiuso. az no tisno Ind heen fixed, but onty rs
an experiment, to soo If they could kill wLito
na,l with i1np,luity. Whom tlioy commenced Oh
tho white pouplc, Joe Halo and bis brothel-in-
Inv would first 70 k,lloa. aud then they would
co,nmenco on piekettsyiiio (Gibson). During
tic pioceeainga, tle difficulty ut tho barbecue
WAS alluttcd to, and NcGhne Hnid:
"Joo Hale il bad ono."
1lalo-"' Nelson, what matcs yon tliinlt inc tho
dckenn?"
Mc0hce--" Jos case you acted SO curious. Er
Mr.. Pa!mer hadn't cut ssp, rearoa and Acld yo",
you would have killed Col. Webb no SOONER tha'l
yon Ind got to hia,."
EVIDENCE or JARRETT uunrELL.
This negro corroboratoa tho statonent Of Mr-
Glloe, wl.o!n, ha Rays, infora4ed him that they
wero ilgst to kill Hale. pavgish j. u. Moore, aud
M; Wopas 3 o,' 9le WAY ge!1tns too a snart
! buck him ho would clean them at. Aftor
lust Saturday night tho negroes worn to
meet three times 4 week until tAoy had becone
vol drled a.,a th9ro,ugly ,f orsaGixed. nat il
| fow others Saturday ulght. Ho VAS IN tho crowd
that litt tho shooting. but had nothing to fo with
| i. us he Ind loaned bis gun to Gus Conner.
Thoy met shat nisl,t at tho ,a'!road cut, about
roadozyons WAS III q thieket near aloore's house.
| They elected WinB!oy Shields Captain, will, tho
| understanding TINT Josh Webb was to DO n'ado
| uonoral,ssmo Of tho expedition. Everybody
parteipatc In tic proceedings as alI.. This WIS
$40 800 yards from tho p!nco were tho n"groes
| yaylail Morgan and Warren. They expecIea to
nleot d company from Humboldt. under Charge
Of John Hogan, ,who, borrower. failed to come 70
| WAS to shoot into thu Ku-Kux, who, thoy under
stood. woyo rsiding tho country to pefsecuto tho
negroes. MoGhoo went 10 his house the 1911. Of
| this n,dntl md triol to inucn him to join tho
! bind for shooting ku-liIux mud killing white
people :llo refused to join them llIu reply to
! h1cthce's urgent appent boing.: ''fou cen du
NJ you car III DO as piaasu."
/ COMMITTED 10 JAIL.
After hearing tue oyldeNce The negroes were
bound over by Ito Just:ccs, aud. tn default Of
/ required bail, plaCed undor charEo of Marshal
| DUNCAN, EOnstaDles ". W.. .Seutcr aul Spence
Eldriago. with guard Of forty OF fifty mon, to
10 escorted to thu Trenton jail, 10 Mltos Instant.
Tho neHtuea wero kindly carssa for nnd III no
manner ualtroascd wl1ilo ut t1ibsou, and had u
fair trial. Tho otilcsrs aud quad dopattod ut
twonty minutes passt l O'Clock for Trenton, the
prisoners bolnG heavily chaiuoa. Dueing tho
day near 400 citizoua from tue country had flock
cd to tho tom, hut their MD fortunately Nas not
required, III tic uogroes lnado no dcmonstta-
tion.
Ihe route't to Trenton was pursued without III.
tarluptlon until the guard mud prIaoners bad
roachea to within Il milo or So Of that town. II
WA already dark, when n body OF
pfsnu1sEp nonssMEN, WITH DnawS uEyo,;yERs.
enddonly catno out into tile road. aud. l'a!t,ng
tlls escort, demanded tho surrender Of tho prib.
oners Constable DUNCAN told Tho unknown
party that ha was an officer Of tho law, and that
u lie had charge Of the prisoners, hs would moi
surrender them to auy QUO except tue
1ailer. TAc masltcd mon again demanded the
releaso Of the prisoners, Upon tho seyelest pen
lltiGH. But the officer could not be 1ntnl
dated and finally, inlced, pursued lis vaY, tlle
disguised horscaon disappearing into tal
wnuds quielily aI,d nlyHtorious1y RI they hat
osnerged..7 Upon roaong Trenton the negroes
we're tatoly lodged iu tue old jul, al sufficient
guard placoh there to prevent their reAcue. Ttla