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

them so clean that there would be nothing
in their mouths to tell. The white mer
talked big about getting up fight; hi
was ready: They had guns and ammuni
ton, and knew how to use them. il
would take, a whole State to clean then
out Let the whites come on; we art
ready. This harangue so excited the
women that they cried out, "Start it now
start it now! we want to hang in some
white mans coIlar!" During this excite
ment Doc Adams walked out on the por.
tico Of the Office and said, SD - n Riv.
ers and his court; while l have conapa'
ny no one, d--n negro or white man
shall rule me-" The whites present paid
no attention to what he said. On the
following Saturday, the 9Th, he went to
Hamburg and found Gen. M. G. Butler
as counsel for Robert j. Butler, and also
Henry Getsen and Harrison Butler
Henry Sparnick was also present, repre-.
senting the negroes. On the opening Of
the court none of the negroes or Sparnick
appeared, and of the seven white men
present only two were armed. The ne.
groes' then sent word to Gen. Butler to
meet them at specified place to have a
conference. Gen. Butler went, but the
negroes did not come.
THE AFFIDAVIT OF A. P. BUTLER
states that on the 9th of July he was
nresent at a meeting of the Democratic
Club of Schult2's township, of which he
is president, held lat Summerhill, about
two miles from Hamburg. After the
meeting, hearing of the trial to be held
there, in which his skihsmau was party,
he went to Hamburg, driving private
carriage, and not at the head of band
of armed men, and arrived after the last
conference had been held between Gen.
Butler and Rivers. Shortly after he ar
rived firing commenced and a general
riot ensued, no one in particular leading.
The disturbance lasted about one hour
and a half that during the disturbance
the deponent; with Gen. Butler, did all
they could to restrain the mob from yio-
lence of all kind. About IL O'Clock,
midnight, he left Hamburg with many
friends and went home. The defendant
also positively swears that he did not
fire gun or pistol that night, or order
the! killing. of a single man.
DR.. Hugh A. Shaw in his affidavit cor
roborates Rev. Mr.. Mealing in every par
ticular. r.la "a, !,~a.;isu.'-i!. ii
THE AFFIDAVIT of CHARLES HARDEN,
the colored assistant marshal of the town
of Hamburg, went to prove that in con-
ference between Gen. Butler, Prince Riv-
ers and Others on the 9Th of July, Rivers
said, when questioned, that the company
was not a regular militia company, and
their arms had been taken, without bis
Knowledge. Gen. Butler held that under
those circumstances the arms should be
given up, and that he would guarantee
that they would be delivered to the Gov
ernor.A Rivers promised to try and get
the company to give UP their arms. De
ponent then went with Rivers to the
aarmory.. Rivers told the company that
Gen. Butler said that he must give up
the arms, saying at the same time that he
couldn't tell them what!tO do. The ne
groes swore they, wouldn't give up the
arms, and Attaway said he would die
with his in his hand. The deponent saw
a cannon in the armory and recognized
also about forty of the company present.
Samuel Spencer, who accompanied the
deponent and Rivers to the armory, ad-
vised the company not to give up their
arms. '''.i
. Prince Rivers in his affidavit corrobo.
rates the foregoing relative to the fact
that ~. -.
!. h.. ,... DOC. ADAMS. COMPANY: t.
was not regular, organized militia com:
pany. So far as he knew the company had
no drills before. the 4th of July, 1876.
On the 9th of July, complaint was made
to him as trial justice by Robeyt ]. But
Ter, that his son had been stopped on the
night of the Sd of July by David Phillips
and others with militia guns in their
hands and his life threatened, withort
provocation. He complained that on
the 4th ofJuly, .Doc.j Adams and Others
bearing arms, obstructed the public high
way in the streets of Hamburg, for some
time preventing Thomas Butler and
Henry Getzen from: passing, the said
negroes being very abusive and threat
ening. = TO ,,pic,U aG isg.- anna
L. On. the 9Th day of July the. trial came
of, and the ldeponent corroborates MIR.
Nealing's statement relative to the con-
duct of Doc. Adams in the examination
Of ;Getzen, and the consequent arrest OF
Adams for contempt, and further corrob!
Grated the statements made relative to
the. non-appearance of thelnegYoes at the
trial recalled upon thel7th of July, and
their failure,to meet Gen. Butler in con-
ference to effect an ;amicable settlement
He did not see the firing begin and knew
nothing of the circumstances. The
above afidavits show the overtures OF
peace from the whites and the determin-
ed opposition on the part of the negroes
to effect an amicable adjustment Of the
matter. ,.j.V iiia, - .Gaiiaii'K 't'r.;
w. ANOTHER FEATURE EoF THE CASE.
1.-The affidavit Of d. S. Henderson de.
veloped another feature Of the case
The deponent had a. conversation with s.
J. Lee pending the trial and before the
fight, in which Lee said that Henry
sparnick had said q good thing, politi.
cally, could be made out of the matter
and said he would go down and represent
the negroes, and at the request subse.
duently held Henry Sparnliick did repre-
sent the State. 30 - ~
q John Lee, colored, brother of Samuel
j. Lee, living near Hamburg, states in
his affidavit, that in June last he was re.
quested by Doc. Adams to join his. com
panny, and that Doc. Adams said to him
that the company was organized to kill
the whites. He'refused to join. He also
affirmed that on the 5th of July he saw
Louis Schiller take the train for Colum'
.bia, and on the next morning he saw
Schiller return to Hamburg with a large
tin can. A number of Doc. Adams
company were waiting at the depot, three
of the number took the can, and took il
to John Williams house. Judge Blunt
one of the three who took the can, upon