The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-08-24

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THE TRUTH ABOUT HAMBURG.
Ample Truth of the iLawlessness of the
Black soldiery.
Special Correspondence Of the Nt,cs and Courier.
@ AIKEN, S. ,C!, August 10. =
In accordance with agreement of the
counsel in the Hamburg case, Judge John
J. Maher held court here this morning at
chambers for the purpose of receiving
the surrender of the white citizens charged
by the coroner's jury with the murder Of
| the negroes in the disturbance at Ham
burg on July 9Th; last, and to hear their,
applications for bail. The accused be.
long to the best classes of society, and
the charge, as made, touches the reputa-
ton of the people of this section as law
abiding citizens. Heretofore, they have
been subjected to harsh stricturesthrough7
out the country, based sr necessttate rel,
upon one-sided testimony, aud burden
of unfavorable criticism has fallen upon,
them which, for the first time to-day, it
has been permitted them to meet and
rebut To-day they have been able to
speak out, through the solemnity of
court of, justice, and present by counter
! afidavits, their side of the matter; which
must commend itself to all impartial
minds: An array of evidence; gathered
after elaborate efforts, by the different
counsel, from the best and most trust
worthy sources, was presented In behalf
of the applicants for bail, which COM
pletely y,rebuts the charges that the white
men commenced the trouble, and that
Gen. Butler and his friends accused dwith
him, countepanced in any way the SUBJ
seguent killing, al i.:i' hunfar
The accused have always shown read
mess and desire to have the earliest and
most searching inquiry into the charges
preferred against themy and are anxious
to obtain through the courts of law and
justice, which they hope will be imperyi-
Gus to political influence or partisan i'm
pressions, that perfect vindication which
can be satisfactorily obtained through no
other medium. 1t is to be hoped that'the
showing made to-day by these gentlemen
will have the effect of satisfying every
one, that, on their side, there was no po-
litical motive and horace hostility urging
to the collision, but that the whole affair
was a we'll laid and elaborated plan of
the negroes and their Radical leaders,
who stirred them to force a fight upon
the whites, and that the killing of the
prisoners, which formed the disgraceful'
termination to the difficulty, was not,
participated in by the, accused or the
better classes of citizens whom they rep
resent, but is earnestly regretted and de-
pleored by them all. ."'a
,o! CALLING THE ROLL 'i8
To say that the town was on tiptoe of
of expectation concerning the events of,
the day, would be but family to express
the sentiment of the very large crowd Of
people who had come from miles around!
to witness the proceedings. The accused
voluntarily surrendered themselves to the,
sheriff, and by appointment met that Of
|. ficerr at Graniteville early in the morning
The line was formed, and the mounted
caYalcade moved slowly toward Aiken.
Gen. Butler arrived in buggy about 12r
o'clock, and little later the cavalcade
came winding up to the Lyceum where
the court was held. The, appearance of.
the men was very. imposing, and al,
though all appeared in good spirits the
best order was maintained, the only de-.
monstration being a spontaneous shout
from the assembled crowd as the men
rode up. The men were then marched
nm to the hall. where the sheriff proceed
| ca to the call roll The following an
swered to their names Gen. M. G. But
ler,, Robert J. Butler, Henry Getsen, Rev.
John Mealing, VIM. Briggs, John Butler,
Harrison Butler, Luther Reese, Dunbar
Lamar, Prince Butler, Crayton Mathe-
ney, Cornelius Benson, Aaron Tyler,
Thomas Oliver, John Crawford, Robert
Gardner, J. Vandiver, Chas. Koennegon,
Walker Matheney, Frank Taylor, col
ored,, Isiah Marshall, colored, George
'Vandiver, Robert Chafee, Kinloch Cha
fee, Arthur Johnson, Dr.. Hugh, a. Shaw,
George Busch, John, ,Busch, Ierby Ham
mond, James Hammond, James Smith,
John Smith, David Glover, Robert Nor
gan, John Lamar, Samuel Page, George
Bunch, Luther, Ransom, Frank Kramer,
John Oliver, Benz. Vandiver, Pleasant
Chinall, Charles Glover, Thomas Settler,
James Merriweather, James McKie, .Tol
Glover, James Lamar, VIM. Glover, John
Raper, Gus Glover, Thomas w Carwile,
james Clarke, Garland Snead.,t Six of
THE Carolina prisoners were absent on
account of sickness, and the names of
thirty-nine Georgians were called who
were not present, no requisition to the
Governor Of Georgia having, been, made.
The counsel for the petitioners were:
Gen. M. W. Gary, Maj. W. T. Gary, D.
I S. Henderson, George w. Y. Craft, O.rC.
| Jordan, and Messrs. NJ. L. Bonham, L.
F. Youmans, ]. G. Sheppard and james
Afdrich, of counsel. It. 80, ~,
Attorney General William Stone ap-
peared for the State. ..,,,,.-. ...,s,,;
The reading of the verdict of the cor
oner's jury having been waived, Mr. ID.
S. Henderson made general statement
of the charges preferred by the coroners
jury. he said the charges were simply
that Moses Parks came to his death at
Hamburg, in Aiken County, on the night
of the 9th of July last at the hands OF
Robert J. Butler. That james Cook
came to his death at the hands of Henry
Getsen, Thomas Butler and Harrison
Butler. A. T. Attaway, David Phillips,
Hampton Stevens and Albert Mignard,
at the hands of Thomas Oliver, John
Oliver and John Lamar and Others, un-
known to the jury, and that the remain
ing men were accused generally as being
present as accessories before the fact.
These were the only charges made, and
| to meet and rebut those charges he. ihvi-
ted the attention of large number of
.afidavits which had been prepared. The
| immense amount of matter which was
produced would render it matter of i'm
possibility to do more than give the h. spe-
cifc points upon which the afidavits
bore, and the facts found by them.
THE TRUE STORY.