The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-10-26

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THE FULL LIST OF THE MEN WHO
WERE REALLY KILLED OR ACTUALLY
WOUNDED.
From, the New York Herald. q, ..-.
ELLENToN, AIKEN COUNTY, S. c.,
-, =. October 6, 1876
Your correspondent, pursuant to in
structions, has given patient hearing to
every man in Aiken County who desired
to talk about the late conflict in this
county; has tediously evolved fact or
comment from, those who did not want to
talk, and has visited every battle field Of
this guerilla war, from the defle where
the first recontre took place, past Rouse's
Bridge, and the Double Bridge, the Cow
don Swamp, Silverton, where the brace
of black villains committed the first
crime; Crown Mills, the point where the
railroad track was torn up, and finds
himself this morning at Ellenton, the
uttermost point of the conflict.
WAR THAT WAS wAGED IN THE DARK.
I have been especially careful TO sift
the truth out of the cloud of rumors that
are flying about, and to note nothing as
trustworthy that was not supported by
the affidavit of respectable citizen. O; L
doubt if there has ever been q serious
conflict at a point so accessible to the
authorities concerning which so little has
been reliably published. There lis a
mystery, about the. whole matter that only
the most persistent examination has
cleared away. The estimates as to the
killed and wounded have varied all the
way from ten to 300. prominent Dem
ocratic journalist remarked-to me quietly
that he Ss afraid as many as, 200 ne.
groes had been killed. 80,
A negro, who was in the skirmishes
himself, did not think over three negroes
were. killed, Two United States Mar:
shals and the, District Attorney 3. have
been engaged a week taking testimony,
and, when saw them last, with double
ream of affidavits, could not approximate
even so simple matter as:the number OF
the slain. They hope to- be through in
six or eight days, when they ,Win report
officially. The trouble about the matter
isthat the fighting lasted for three days );
that the bloodiest work was done at
night; that. the recontres all took place
in: or near .impeBetrable. swamps that
they covered an area of thirty miles, and
that matters have not settled yet. Add
to these difficulties the factnthat both
races are still very much excited, and
you, will see how hard it. has been to get
the truth. What I shall write is the
truth. tits backed by afidavits, by con-
current cireumstances, =" ci'a
.54dAND 1T CANNOT BE GAfNsAID.
When the official report;is made it
must.conform essentially to what is writ
ten below The story is q strange one,
and its suggestions are; valuable. just
now.
On the 10th ofSeptember the houseiSf
Mr.. sAlonzo Harley atiSilvertonJ y was
entered byitwo negroes with burglarioqs
intent. Mrs. Harley was sick in bed.
Her son, a little fellow of tender years,
was her only companion, her husband
being absent. Dhe negroes boldly enter:
ed her, room and commenced to rob-, at
which she protested, The negroes then
attacked her and Beat her severely, strik-
ing her twice or three times over the
upper part of the body with aclub. The
child then attempted to flee the house
and was caught BY the negroes and se-.
yerely punished, he receiving blow
across the back of the neck which may
disable him for life! Mrs. Harley in the
meantime had seized herahusband' gun,
which abe drew down upon, the plunder-l
ers and frightened them of, although the
gun was not loaded: a''t' 80 - - -
Shortly afterwardher husband arrived,
and, collecting crowd, started in pursuit
bfthe villains. A negro, Peter Williams,
was captured under suspicion and brought
back to the house. Mrs. Harley at once
and fully identified him as one Of the
burglars. Pending. her testimony the
negro made sudden burst for. the door,
reached it and fed precipitately. Sever
nj Of bis tcaptors rushed to the doors and
windows and fred upon him. He fell
and was brought back to the house 'ii'!
SEVERELY, AND IT WAS THOUGHT NOR
49,; usn TALLY WOUNDED. .aa,i..
he then confessed to having committed
the robbery and been privy to the assault
of Mrs. Harley, which, however, he
claimed was committed by one Frederick
Pope, colored!ii He. was then properly
taken care. of by. his eaptors anda his
wounds dressed. Right here ! shall take AXE
issue with the published accounts. Viii
lianis did not die, as hos been reported,
bht Ills now conyalescent. Steps were
then taken by the friends of Harley and
his wife to capture Pope. the accomplice,
if not the principal, for the crime for
which Williams had suffered. The
proper afhidavits we're made, and Charles
Griffin, a colored Justice OF. the Peace,
issued a warrant for the arrest Of Pope.
In the meantime news had been received,
n very general and exciting rumor pre-
vailing to this effect, that large number
of armed colored men had assembled and
were assembling for, the purpose of
avenging the murder of Peter Williams,
who was then believed to be dead. Viii.
liams was extremely popular with the
negroes, and they protested at that time
1.-THE contrary having been indubitably
proven since and confessed on all sides,
that he was innocent of the crime i'm
puted to him, and that he had been
killed by the whites through pure wan
topness. .-,,,
There are nj, elected constables in
South Carolina, and the justices appoint
a:constable for the serving of each war
rant that they issue. Feeling that there
would be trouble in making the arrest Of
Pope, Griffin appointed Mr.. Angus P.
Brown, a citizen of known courage but
of prudent good sense, to carry out his
writ of arrest, y. .,sa-,sr o''' -.
AND RIGHT HERE THE WAR CLOUD
SHOWED ITSELF. no.,
Mr.. Brown quietly proceeded to sur
round himself with a small but deter.
mined posse By Saturday night he had
collected fourteen men, having intended
to take only ten. He then waited for