New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-11-29
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A NEGRO GIVEN ONE HUNDRED ASD FIFTY tAsIiEs
FOR ATTEMPTING TO YOrE-THE MURDERS Al
FILENToN THE HOUSE or NEGRO WOMAN
SUMMONED TO TESTIFY BY THE UNITED STATES
COURT BURNED.
To the EditOr Of The Tribune.
SIR: | had hoped to be spared from writing ac-
counts Of any more outrages but the time has come
when silence has ceased to be virtue aud the
fear of man may be n snare whereby we may be
again entangled with yoke of bondage
have talked with man who left his home on the
morning of election day, Now Z, thinking TO vote at
a certain poll and then go on to his work. When he
reached the place he was told he could not vote
there. The voters present being nearly all white
men he thought IL best to leave quietly, and 20 10
pol where there were United States troops lie was
followed by three men, and when short distance
on his way was seized by them and tins following
dialogue took place, with many more oaths than
shall give:
what shall we do with the d niggeri Let
us kill KIM"
ayes, by -, let us kill him. said another.
One of the white men looscncd his hold and
stepped away TO use the words OF the negro:
thought they would kill me sure, and say, If your
going to kill me let ne make prayer
"No, you - you ought to have done that
before"
II
you let me write few lines to my wife; she thinks
I'm gone on to my work, and if / be dead want her
to know it,"
"No! II you had been home attending to her and
mindng your business you would not got this to-
day. We are gong to stop niggers ruling white
folks. 1t is our country and we going to
have it,"
They then said: ave will give him 80 lashes
piece" They cut sticks from the roadside, and
told the negro to take off his coat and shirt. He
lay down on his face, and the command came, q" Get
on your knees, lean over, tighten up your skin so
can cut it," At the first LASH the negro says 4" /
jumped up, when one SAID, do You want me to kick
YOU in the mouthi If you do that again I'll kick
every tooth out of your head" The men took turns,
and the one whipping gave his pistol to one Of the
others. Then two of the white men held their pis-
tolls at the mans head and said If you call for aid
we will blow out your brains, and if you ever tell
this you will be a dead niger. We know you now.'
He saws the punishment was more than any hundred
lashes and when they left him he was just able to
crawl in his bloody clothes to his home, unable to
get to the other poll. This action gained the Demo
Gratis one vote Two weeks ago it was done, and to-
day tho mans back Is n mass of healing wounds.
one of the white men II could give namel is out on
bail from charge of having participated in other
outrages
In another case, where a colored man, who was
born free, asked why they wanted to kill 80 many
men, he was told: 1--WE have been waiting on God
Almighty nearly II years to change the Niger
mind and he hasn't done it, so we going to
change them from Republicans to Democrats" In
nv other letter l wrote of woman whose nephew
was shot in her cabin, and who fell dead on her
floor. pierced by five pistol bullets. She saw the
nistols fired The waddng set fire to his clothing,
and he was burning after he dead She says, 1t
was done so quick he didn't say anything but o
Iordl O Lord with every fire." This and several
other outrages were committed after the trouble at
Rouse's Bridge, after tho United States troops had
been there. peace had been declared, and the SOL
diers had left The white then rode round yell
ing; go to burying, go to burying, we've got
three more blackbrds." This aunt and her daugh-
Ter lived together and worked in the house for white
folks The woman was sent for to give evidence
about her nephew. The white man of the place
told her "If you are going to Aiken, you had bet