The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-08
THE GEORGIA INsUREEcrtoN.
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CONFESSIONS OF LEADING coLoRE
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zoFF4e4k1 vIs5T OF GovTsMfrH.
Gov. Smith, accompanied by Col c
s. Williams, of his staff, and q ynlHntee
aid, left Atlanta on Friday night 70
= this city On their arrival at TennIll
stthey we're met BY the Mayor and Alder
amen of SandersviIle, the acting Solicits
General, Col G, S. GuYton, Maj. Mar
Newman, Mr. P Happ, Deputy Sherii
I Harrison, Col. III Smith and others
: and were conducted to carriages in wait
ling to take them to this place. The Wash
.ington Dragons were drawn up in LIN,
to receive the Governor, and escorted tht
I carriage to the outskirts of the town
fwhere the Washington Rifles, headed b
! the Sandersyille brass band, joined the
l.processiOu and conducted the Governor
to the residence OF Col. John w. Gil
mer, Mayor. The street. and public
square were thronged with people from
kevery direction, who had come IN; 70 see
/ the prisoners. and to hear the Governor' 5
] views on the situation. \ committee at
once waited on His Excellency andAasked
| that he would address the citizens from
! the steps of the Court house, which he
consented to do. Escorted by the militia
ry the procession re-tormed and proceeded
| to the place designated, where, on being
introduced by the Mayor, Gov. Smith
delivered most appropriate and eloquent
address upon the peculiar circumstances
by which. they were surrounded. You
have already had the points of that speech
telegraphed to you. 1t was wise, temperate
and timely. In it he explained away the
fears of the negroes, and edlogized the for
bearence of the whites. s'You have acted
in this matter" he said, :. like true Geer-
gians. Such a spectacle of forbearanee. as
this, under such terrible provocation to
violence, the world has never before Wit
messed" Crow Smith gave the negroes
who listened to him great deal of advice.
! lie dissected the characters of those men
who had led them in false ideas, and
showed the negroes that if they would
do their duty as citizens they would be
protected in their homes and lives.
After making his speech Gov. Smith
visited the prisoners and listened to sto-
ries from them. Corday Harris told
hong, incoherent story, designed to prove
his innocence, but the statements are
nearly all proven to be untrueaby the tes-
timopy of other prisoners, who declare
that Harris was the third officer Of the
League. ] might write pages, but l
could not tell more about the organiza-
ton than is told by the following afida-
EXAMINATION OF JAMES WRIGHT. Il.
s4a BLAcKBEARs MILLS, =
Laurens Co., Ga, August 10, 1875. {
Questionable you know of a secret
military organization in this neighbour
hood and, if so, state all you know about
it
AnsWer-Yes, there is a seeert mill
tsry organization ia this neighborhood,
and Harrison Tucker commands it, and is
called Captain Tucker, but | know very
little of this company. About four months
ago | joined Captain Jerry Walters
company, of Johnson county, butt never
attended drill [ remained a member
of this company about three weeks, and
then directed that my name be taken off
the rolls. Inever paid the initiation Fee
but took an oath to abide by the laws of
the company. About three weeks ago,
in conversation with Isaac Wright, he
told me that if they, the white people;
did not mind, the negroes will have this
land. He did not state how nor where
they proposed to get the land, but from
the tenor of the whole conversation, T
think he meant that whenever they got
strong enough they would take the land
and take it by force. if necessary
During my membership of Captain
Walters company they refused to tell me
the secrets of-the company, because, they
said, would not attend the meetings
besides some of the company, under
stand, thought / would tell, | can't state
positively, But think, from all I have
heard, that General" Rivers, &c ener-
al" Merris and Oerday Harris are at the
bottom of this whole thing, and they mean
mischief. 4-.t..z
Question-Have you any objection to
stating more fully the nature of the oath
you took in joining the company?
Answer have not The oath was
about in these words.:-1s' will come into
this meeting aud abide by the laws,
whatsoever. Whatever hour or minute
am called on will 90. That Will not
tell the Secrets Of the company and, if
/ do, the punish ment will be hard | was
told that if I.vielatetl this oath would be
tried BY Grants. law, and tine punishment.
would be death. - .a.
Question -Who swore YOU into this
company.
!. .Answer-Niei Houston swore me in and
Austin Mason put my name down.
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..4... JAMES% WRIGHT.
mark.
Georgia, Laurcns County. Personally
appeared before me. d. j. Mooremau, Il
justice Of the peace in and for tire Eighty
sixth district, G.. NJ. Of said county,
james Wright. who, being sworn, of
his own free will and accord, deposeth
and saith that the above statement is
true, TO the best of bis knowledge and be-
lief. --.-l chs s-- r t~
4Aa+ s.4s JAAIESA WRIGHT.'
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>: Sworn to and subscribed before me, this
18th day Of August, 1875.-D.J. MOORE
MAN, j. p So -i y
Wltnesses--C. D. GHyton, II. a. keia'
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CONFESSION OF JOHN eHILEs.
Georgia. Johnson County. Confession.
of j ohm Chiles (colored, ia the. case of
the State Of Georgia vs. Jerry Walters
and others, members of Zion Hope Com
pany, and Har4isea Tucker and Others;
members of the Buckeye Company.
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