The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-09-08

4 sson. y hs. in turn, a.Avas ia conluuauda q
y GordAy Harris, who. in turn. was cam
manded BY Joseph Morris, Of Bqrk
9 county, Who was appointed and command
? ed BY p. r. Rivers Of South Carolina
! al urlzersan was first eaptain 'efsthe EiSh
j ty-elghth> district, and he. as4spoiSte'
Baldwin, ElukeTs.s. Ga lsst,.FTidny. a
Saturday we received orders from E,Eanci
= III drkers6n and C0ofday Harris that al
= our cOhfp and all The blnek 'nlsii -tSer,
to meet at No. H. GentFsl- X iirossf, - Il
Itransactsour. business ( this he explAineS
to pc the carrying out of tbs, inspTTectioI
plans and We were then to commence 4
4 kill 'Sah the white men and ugly white
Ewomeng and take the pretty W aite ,woret
orsourselvess Them sve were TO, tax
axes, hoes and. brickbats. and. take the
guns and ammunition of the whites as we
/ killed them If the white men did not sub
NIT and give up 1--WE were als5- 80 get
all the money xse eosIdp from sthe dead
whites and divide. This movement was
ITO commence ON Friday. August2Q 1879.
9Th orders came from Francis Murker-
son who got ffiem from C'Gfday Harris,
who gOt them from Major Joseph Norris
told my .companyS and sAIarkerson- tol,t
Captain HarrisQp. fuckers company.
4 Both companies said they would DO rs we
said, and Would 90 With the movement.
! Our orders from Morris, through MUIR
kerson, were TO go from Sandrrsviile m
WrlghtsYille, and lhem to- Dublin, and
then to Trwinton, in Wilkinson County.
BlIe four counties Of Washington. John
son, eLaatens, and Wilkinson. . 80 '''''
,t.-ev .-sus.s Hi s.roeess So s-,'
,..s.,,4.,si JAKE. X ,MOOREMAN.
a %t,...,a mark. aga :. 90.
Inlpresence of William Henry Wylly
IS O. jordan, Reuben Mayo, August IL
1875 ~-fioa +@'it a~-<~H s''''' "ei' '''''
CONFESSION or BEN. 'bAwfs. =
i Georgia, WqJa.g,ito,ia County, = The
cenfession Of Ben. Davis, third lieutenant
Of Jerry Walters company, says :a=E am
third lieutenant Of derry Walkers COM
PanY /. Jacob told me that he WAS to or
ganize the company-his company-and
go down the road and start to killing out
the whites; he~tlidh't say what day we
were to start = he said he would XIII out
the whitessihe didn't say whathe was going
to do with the children he said he would
kill someof the women. Mark this in con-
nection with Mooreman's statement. He
didntsay anything about the money. 1t
was to take place on Friday, theS20th day
of August, 1879. i didn't know what
they were going to fight with. Captain
Jerry told me we were to fight with FIST
one thing and then another. He said we
would leave a fewtof the women. heard
about No IL (TenRille few days ago.
Dan, sign was so, He makes sign. with.
the right hand across his breast We
had a secret oath, which was binding on
US, and any one who was to break the
secret we was to turn him over to the Uni
ted States. and Grant would punish him.
]. was persuaded into this company by the
head men. CordaY Harris and '..GeperaT'
Rivers was to command us on The day
they come to SaHdersvifle. "' General ~
Morris WAS to com mand as 'HoUi the day
when we. commenced the killing He
didn't say how far we was to 60, only
Jake said we was to get up anything to
use Jake Mooremanii is First lieutenant
Of Captain J eFry Walters company, Bob
Hightower is Second Lieutenant. These
officers were appointed, not elected. They
were appointed by Jerry Walters and Jake
Moofeman.
e~s ~ .-.4 t.e e~..- His
49, ~:p .. e. $500. BEN n DAVIS.
Confessed and sworn to in the presence
of A. A. Barns, August IS, 1873.
TESTIMONY of ELIZA. YOUNG.
Testimony of Eliza Young, colored,
touching the Instruction movement
now on. foot in Washington county - :
Eliza Young, being duly sworn deposes
and says Il hear that the colored folks,
both women and children and men, are.
going, to rise with pitchforks, hoes, ETC.,
and kill every white man, woman and
child. Tom Derasaw told me that my
brother and Virgil Walker was in the
fuss. i heard Uncle John Hasty talking
aboutit in Tennile, about month or six
weeks ago he said there would be better
times In the county in about six weeks +;
/ inferred from what he said that the
present troubles were what he had refer
-ence TO; heard the men from Jefferson
telling the coiored folks in town the day of
the big meeting in town that if the colored
folks would lean their heads together they
could Succeed | have heard the colored
folks say Oftentimes that they did not like
the white folks that there would be an /
ether war seeHs and IF there were they I
would take their hoes, pitchforks, etc,
to kill 4he whites with. | have heard so
many talking about this matter that.
cannot remember ali they were saying
abeut it.
Her
5ss ELIZA 4 YOUNG.
mark =,
The, above testimony sworn to and
subscribed before me this DIST DAY of
August, 1873. j. b. JeYSbIss j. II.
1f.ssS= IL
- d'Saict<a-.a County.
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