Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-09-03
ILLINOIS KUKLUX.
Confessions of Two of the Gang-A
State OF Facts DisgracefuI to
the WinnebagOeS and
Other LOyaIistS
of Illinois.
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune.I
CENTRALIA, ILLINOIS, August 3d.
United States Commissioner Curlee, Of
IamaIOs, assisted by Commissioner
Stokes, of Centralia, held preliminary
examination to-day Of Green NJ. Can
tril and William s. BTylie, two of the
kuklux engaged in the fight in Mad
dOx's lane on the sixteenth. james
Lawrence, another member Of the band,
waived examination and was held over
in two thousand dollars. The first wit
ness was w. w. Jacobs, who was i'm
plicated in the outrage, and who
turned states evidence. He testi-
fed that the leaders of the band
were Aaron Neal and Calvin Moore. He
was swoyn in on the twenty-second of
July at the house of Hiram Summers.
He gave the names of niue men pre-
sent on the occasion. There were four
hundred members of the band in
Franklin and one thousand in William
son county. He was sworn in by n cal,
who made him take an oath that he
would not reveal any of the secret
signs or passwords of the organization,
which was known as the Golden Ring,
and would go wherever called on by
grsnd-master, and whenever, to first
warn, then whip, and then hang all
offenders, the penalty Of his treachery
being his throat being cut from ear TO
ear, and his tongue being torn out by
the roots. He testified to Cantril and
Brylie having been sworn in on the
night of the sixteenth instant, and to
these being present disguised On the
night when the battle in Maddox's
lane took place. Jacobs testified to a
number Of other facts of an unimportant
and cumulative character. John Duck
worth, also one OF the band, was intro
duced as State witness, and testified
substantially as Jacobs. On the part Of
the defense an effort was made that
Cantrll had been an intimate personal
fciend Of Mr.. Maddox, and had no reason
to join in an unfriendly midnight visit to
him, and that there was nothing un-
friendly in the relations Of Maddox and
Brylie, and that both OF the accused had
always been respectable and quiet citi.
Zens. Arguments were heard and then
United States Commissioner Curlee
took the matter under consideration,
and after three hours decided to hold
Cantrell in $500 bonds, and Brylie in |
$1,000. The sum is considered low, and |
regret and Indignation are expressed
that Neal, the leader, should have been |
released on a $4,000 bond. Yesterday |
DEPUTY United States Marshals Mulkey
and Moore went over to SneakOut and |
arrested five men charged with being
members of the kukluX Their names
are Akin Plasters, E1ocb Summers, Eli |
Summers, Calvin Summers, Joshua
Neal and Joseph Huffnine. To-day the
first three were Tele Ised on the order Of
Sheriff Mason and Captain Hogan, who
thought sufficient evidence could not be
brought against them to insure cOnvic-
ton, although members Of the "klan."
The other three were brought here to-
night, end will be examined by the
United Ssates commissioner tomorrow.
A Defaulting Texas Judge Arrested
CHICAGO, September John w.
formerly judge Of the court
of Harris county, Texas, was arrested in
this city this morning by S. 8. Ashe,
sheriff Of Harris county, upon warrant
issued by Governor Beveridge upon the
requisitiOn OF the governor of Texas.
The requisltiOn charges M'Donsld with
the crime Of forgery, but Sheriff Ashe
says there are several indictments out
against him for embeZzlement OF public
funds while in office. M'DOnald fed
from Houston in 1873, and went to vari-
Gus places, among others to Denver,
where he came nesr being caught;
thence, it would seem, he came to this
city, and engage in business 1t is un-
derstOOd that his wife was keeping up
business on the west side, under the
name Of Mrs. DR.. Cleveland. M'Donsld
is maa Of p1eposs eesiDg appearance,
and an old citizen Of the south, where
ne is well known.