Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-10-28


able 10 obtain my first ohi,lal report thtongh
special officers stnt from Columbia hnll The > h
Of October. Even then "a" rrpDlt wa very i'm.
perfect on account OF tn it't thht me c1'oitd
people who were the witnesses ana ohJects oil lhe
violence were absent from Their homes through
fear, and when accessible were III many instances
unwilling to give theit testimony uh,ii TURNER
protection could he guaranteed TO then' An
elaborate investigation mas no" peeh msue, anu
the following sta'euehi = lhauc up itoIl Tue VIII
ten testimony OF more than one hundred sworn
witnesses who nave been c'ttiuiN examined. IL
viii he seen that all the discrepancies between the
present statement "uu 'ui' 'na'' III my ie',et o'
ttt. TO Inc 'halfihan Oh uic u'ulo 'iauc o'ate
iNtcutl'e ,oWWl Ict slhllN ANU ita'uiVs Vi uccl-
tI holroi 10 Tue an
III we county pl Amen ana w az J"iuihE o'l-
tt' OF h"geheId ana bAih%eu inc "h'te uGho-
crs'' began u, ear a. ~ 'uS 'en's "
INFORM me colored rernhHcans thst the democrats
had resolved to carry the coming eIecuon' auu tu1t
the coioreo ftpuplcahS "oulu nave 70 No'e VIZ"
mem IN August anu tne e~I par VI SeP' IN
het these threats TOOK more uehn''S Io'i NC
c"'ored iePnoncihs were 'olu l'' anu WI M II
lh'y ga ho' Note lhe oeh"c' "Ic t'oAet tney
woud oe kulea' oCarceiy a coioreu .h'u eau NJ"
De louhd TO Wnoih these thf9at' were hot pe,soh-
any mace. lhey were oi"eleu 10 i:,
tRelI p9'ic%l me'li3es snu M'lI 'o,u 'na' li'.
OF All th'it Ieaucl ntu nc'n "lAuc o"'' "," 'u''
lhese Leaders would be hh,Hu' onNetto4n, n'use ,
nlluRe, tnaNls STORE hatIoohs C.luiI", an"
.h'oh n.iu2e are p'uts Ia s''e n1 w.
ION IN this section Is u a'Se Co'"'e' ,l"'"''"i''
constituting perhaps Tue stIoHeN itl' ''0'l ~
u"h III A'Neh county ,c, .ra.....
b'''hS te "eeN pre- '"l"S ''I '',D ~ " - VI.
per "oid was sem 10 zoe c"o'eI iePuplt.hns' ~
Tue in'm't'S Oh me WING rue GUS 5i"' NC re-
Pu'''0" 'i'', az C" yN ~ it -; nv :,
.nnc,iHn ,,,rt,;ry n thrir custom assembled ON
E.;j,,, Mo ii,b instead Of ~, SatnrIav At Mat
| lock', Chu,ch Tie rcpuhlictn club met on the
ian accordino .o thcir custom INT owing 10 the
threats ref. rrcd to only y persons were present
On the ION throuoh0ut the dav the rifle clubs
,rcre Assembling al Natlock's Church five or six
cI,hs h,in,, nt,sent numhcrino nat less TN An 3 %
mon n mai of the mon being from Augusta. Ga.
A It,ia bor,re snn.et of the lGth tl,e.e climbs
c,rncd az n, ilt,rv COMMANDS and marched unon
| a run down 10 Ciavi.'s Store where th,, rcplhli-
c,n cl,b ,yas snnoo.od IN he a..amh' ed Thcv
! conn1 onlv ahout 10 republjcsns pre.ent The
,iie c}uh leaders demanded to see the leader of
Ito r,nuhiican club Columhus Rouutrcc the
Cba;rn,an or The renuhlican Climb being
| nhscnt Sanuel Darhv acted as smoke man.
~, ch;of ,,,i,esu.n of tbe r;da rlnh. then tnhI
tbn cninrcd ,'ernaers of the ,rnnbIican cIub that
they mn.t moi meet aoain chat they would a II be
liIed or if they di1" Seeiny one colo,cd nan
IN Shot ,,,n ,Lev toll il rom him but nd;ng
Il worthless thev retained MS animation and
gavc hack the pnn The colored men were the n
| inf,,mod maj sbrre b.d cot In b. a fght between
| the whites and the hncks - and the rifle clubs
then demanded that the colored men present
| sboulI sten ont in line and "fyht il outi This
! wa naturally declined FINALLY W ith VI H.
mos and Threats Of vpnpea, ce the rifle clubs
rrar.hoJ al declaring tbev were going to KIN
I,Ioster Uolland snd simon Cuker Two colonel
members Of the Ieoislatltel that nivht Dining
tho niuht Of The lGlh seye al colo,ed men were
| killed in this sectio,
| - =, 49,, A., n
vi tue inoi mug VI 'ue - M y, ". ny ~ 'u'9 "P
peaiIu IN ialee nuup.'s AZ i."uI. noal
WIN on ehe euse VI spnP ,ne ~ ~
~ nF 49,, aIr ,tt ba5 'lst,n,n
,ne hutucIs vi .i'e ll.tlous ns"'' nay sa'"' -
sunday the rifle Cubs formed across a ticll in
front OF Rouse's Bridge, threw out picAets, aid
assumed the position Of hostile army. Before
moving forward they sent . messenger to the
leading colored men, who had nov concealed
themselves as much rs posi- IL i'll the swamp.
This messenger called for the leading color Ell men
and asked II they would compromise The eel
ored men replied that they Lad 10 quarrel aud
did not know what compromise meant. The rep
reseu,arivc of the rifle clubs then sand
that rle clubs had warrant for the ar
rest of Alexander Pore and they wanted
him. The coored men answered that Pope was
not wiki them, but II the lille clubs had warIant
for any one they could come and search for him.
The representative OF the rifle clubs then pro-
posed conference OF five men from each side.
such a conference took place, and 1t was agreed
that both parties should dispense and 90 to their
homes. The white men who attended this con-
ference, on their way back to the lines of the lte
clubs, CHANGED To meet these colored men retiring
stated. They instantly fired upon them and killed
Henry Campbell and wouLded Abram Ogerstreet
in the head and Nelson Bu,h in the thigh. This
demonstration convinced the colored people that
the conference was mere trick and that the par
pose of the rifle clubs was to kill them in detail
after drawing them out OF the swamp as well as
TO learn their numbers and whether they were
armed. During the conference the colored men
had freely stated that they had only few shot.
guns and not round OF fixed ammunition of any
kind.
COLD ptooDFD ptrcuFRy At FrIrNTox
mi. -
uiiA6 q, 'ne i''n laise Pait Vi the rue clup'
~ ~, ~ IN ,,U i'o"9e htaa0 ,o"alu H'on
and during the day shot and killed a considerable
nuuiber Of colored men, probably as many II
AT one cabin they found six colorcd men who had
crawled out OF the swamp to get something to eat
he rifle cubs surprised them, Killed two of them
IN the yard. two more while running toward the
swamp. and wounded the remaining two.
Early on the morning of the 18Th the rifle
clubs appeared IN great iOrCe on the Port Roya
Railroad, having been rcenlOrced by white mer
from Augusta. They moved up and down the
railroad, killing all cooiod men whom they
CHANGED to find. Among them was an old man Vi