The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1876-08-16
Two Dollars a Year.

! saLu lueN killed nun because ne carrie
; the militia to. Edwards, and they mean
; to kill him for that The time the gun
were sent there he was Captain, unde
Governor Ames, and they said the
killed him tor that-for obeying Gov
AmeS.
After the bodies were brought to m,
house, Professor Hillman and Martin al
: staid until one o'clock, and then at on
o'clock the train came from Nicksbur.
with the "Murdocs." THey al marcie,
up TO my house. and toeif ia to lc5ere ht
t,ro dead bodies laid aud tieg cursed them
those dead bodies there, ant h,ey danced
and three open DE o.elode0H, ana sung al
their songs, and challenged the dead bod,
to get up and meet than, and hcg carried on
there IKE parcel Of Cid Indians oU,1
those dead bodies, these Ijcksblrq "lLu
docs" just one or two colored folk.
were setting up in the room, and they
carried ON all that in my presence,
danced, and sung, and done anything
that they could. Some said they even
struck them, but | heard them curse.
and challenge them to get up and fight.
The NIcksburg Murdocs dole that that
night. Then they said they could not
stay any longer.
Then the day after that Judge Cabin
mis- asked me was there are anything he
could do, and told him, | said, Judge.
/ you have already done too much tor me. "
4 | told him he had murdered NV hus-
band, and | didn't want any of his
! friendship. Those were the words | told
him next day, and he swore he did not
know me that time; but | saw Judge
Cabinnis with this crowd that killed my
husband. l saw him right in the midst.
and then he made his excuse. He said
he did everything he could for Charles.
and that he was crazy. Well, they
could not tell anything he had done.
They said Aaron Page was shot du-
ring the fuss.
In the league that was held here in
that town, that day my husband was bu-
ried, they all said that he did not shoot
him. They said that Aaron Page was
shot accidentally; that my husband did
not Kill him, All started up from pick
ing a fuss with his nephew.
As for any other cause | never knew;
but only they intended to kill him he.
cause for carrying the militia to Ed
wards for obeying Governor Ames
and that was all they had against him.
AT the same time, when they had the
Moss Hill riot, the day of the dinner in
September, when they came over that
day they telegraphed for the Nicksburg
'Murdocs" to come out, and they came
out at dark, and when they did come,
about fifty came out to my house that
night and they were breaking the locks
open on doors and trunks; whenever they
would find il closed they would break
the locks. And they taken from the
house what guns they could find and
plundered and robbed the house. The
Captain Of the Nicksburg "Murdocs,"
his name is Tnuey.
q. What day was that? A. The
day of the Moss Hill riot in September.
q. When; the Clinton riot? A. The
4th day of September. They came out,
and Tinney staid there, and at day
break they commenced 10 go, and he,
among others, told me TO tell my hus-
band that the Clinton people sent for
him to kill him, and he named them
who they were to kill-all the leaders
especially, and he says, "Tall him when
| saw hlm"-he was gone that night he
he fled to Jackson that evening with all
the rest-''we are going to kill him if
it is two years, or one year, or
six; no difference; we are going
to kill him anyhow. We have or
ders to kill him, and we are going to do
it, because he belongs to this Repubi-
can party, and sticks up for these ne
groes." Says he, eve are going to
have the South back in our own charge,
and no man that sticks by the Republ-
can party, and any man that sticks by
the Republican party, and is a leader,
he has got to die" He told me that
and that the Southern people are going
to have the South back to ourselves, and
no damned Northern people and no Re
publican party; and if your husband
don't join Us he has got to die. Tell
him / said So" | told him what he
said. | did not know Tinney at the
time and when | saw my husband en-
ter told him, and he knew him from
what | said, and he saw him afterward
and told him what / said. He Just said
that he said it for devilment. They
carried on there until the next morning,
one crowd after another. | had two
wounded men. | brought them of the
Moss Hill battle field, and these men
treated me very cruelty, and threatened
to kill themi but they did not happen to
Kill them.
Next morning, before sun up, they
went to a house where there was an old
black man, feeble old man, named
Bob Beasley, and they shot him all to
pieces. And they went TO Mr.. Willis
and took out man, named Gamilel
Brown, and shot him all to pieces. 1t
was early in the morning; and they goes
out to Sam Jackson's, President of the
Club, and they shoot him all to pieces.
He hadn't even time to puton his clothes.
And they went out to Alfred Hastings;
Alfred saw them coming and this was
before sun up.
q. This morning, after the Clinton
riot? \. On the morning Of the 9th, and
they shot Alfred Hastings all to pieces,
another man named Ben Jackson, aud
then they goes out and shoots one or two
further up on the Madison road. !
don't know exactly; the name Of one
was Lewis Russell. lie was shot, and
Moses Hill. They were around that
morning killing people before breakfast.
| saw young man from Vicksburg that
| knew, and asked him what it all
meant.
@. Who was her A. DR.. Harlesty's
son and asked him what did it mean {:
their killing black people that day! He
says, "You all had big dinner yester-
day, and paraded around with your
drums and flags. That 1cas in,pudeace e
the ,ol,ite people. You hare no right to DO
it. You haze got to lears these damned
negroes; kaUe them and come on to our
side. You haze got to joil the Democratic
party. We are going to kill all the ne
groes. The negro men shall not live. >
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