Wilmington journal., 1876-09-01

out-thats night. Kirk was applied to |
by sfbe cftIzens TO permit the prisoners |
to go to the hotel. That WAS re used, |
Then he was asked to let Us occup.' i
The church, and that was alEo refused.
Monday WAS still an unpleasant day.
It was muddy and wet, but about dark
on Monday night orders were given to
Inarch to Graham court house. We
got there after dark. We went that
night Ill the court house, and a compa-
ny OF Kinks regiment encamped III
there with us. We stayed there TIL
Thursday. In the meantime on Tues
day think it was, about twelve CT
one O'Clock, Captain Franklin with
squad of men came up to Wyile. and
marched us off to Ill. Wylie and my,
ssif were pnt into a dungeon that had
been occupied by crazy man Tor sew
eral months.
@. Do you know that fact? A. No,
sir, l do not. / did not see HIM IN
there, but it was warm in the room
and he had just got ont. AS l got in
could feel that he had been there, and
could smell that ne had been thyre
g State what you did see or smeh If
anything? A. l was informed that he
was in there. and I inferred as much.
We were put into this dungeon.
O. Who? A. WyEe aud myself.
Weeden and Gray were put into II diff
ferent cage or dungeon. L heard them,
although L didn't see it, ironing Weed
en-. L heard the clanking OF the chains.
@. What was said? A. l could not
hear distinctly what was said. could
only hear the riveting of the chains,
but could not hear what was SAID.
They were not in a position where L
could hear plainly. [ wrote. note to
Mr.. scott, merchant, asking him to
send me couple of chairs, table and
pitcher and towels.
L had divers conversations with tie
officer not only to have the note
tax n to him, but told him where to
go. When the articles did not come
the next day had a further converse
ton and asked the officer why the
pitcher and chairs we're not brought.
He said it was against orders and
would not let them come. remained
there in this cell until Wednesday. In
the meantime we had got box of
matches from a sergeant or corporal,
and we bought some candles, but these
ma ches and candles we got through
the sergeant the officer came and took
away; but I happened to have few
matches left which I found to be OF
service in burning pine brush In the
dungeon by way of purifying the air.
O. Was that a loathsome place or
otherwise 2 A. Exceedingly SO. They
gave us but two articles of furniture,
| two blue buckets, ,;one filled with stale
| water. / wanted these buckets taken
out and offered to buy two new ones.
| but they said these would do. They
would not give Wylie and myself any
water in place of that stale water that
was in one of them, and there was not
even a tin cup, and we had to drink
| fro / the bucket, and there was moth
| ing in the room but those two blue
buckets. On Wednesday morning the
soldiers came in and ordered me to get
ready to move to my new quarters, and
they carried me- out and put me in an
| iron cage ten steps from the one 1 was
occupying, and kept me there with a
negro who had been sentenced to be
hung the next day.
@. Do you know that =? A. Yes. sir.
! q. We're you present when the ludg-
ment was pronounced? A. L was not
present.
o. DO you know it except by hear,
say? A. I heard the negro state SO
myself.
@. He put you into cell witha a con.
demned negro? A. Yes, sir, and
there remained until the next day,
Thursday. They would not give me g
chair nor a stool to sit on, and they
fastened the windows. There was one
sash to tyt i With e.ls giass; and the on. officer
every time he passed, and he did sc
repeatedly. I appealed to him to keeI
it open as the negro was reading his
Bible. and told him he ought not tc
be refused the privilege of reading the
Bible when he was about to be hung.
His reply was that he would soon be
using a blasphemous oath-ln place
not to be mentioned, and then closed
the window again.
O. What was the condition of that
cell A. 1t was loathsome and lousy.
| q. How were you accommodated
with food while imprisoned in that
jail? A. My friends sent me every
thing that was good; it was conveyed
in general in plate but it was thrown
into pile to me SO that it was not as
nice as it would have been. My friends
furnished me everything 1 wanted il
the way of something to eat.
| Q. How long did you remain there
A. remained there until two or three
o'clock on Thursday, the 18th, when
we we're carried before Judge Brooks
at Salisbury. .
@. What was done with you there
wassany charge preferred against you
A. I have forgotten whether Kirk
charged me with attempting to sub.
vert the government, but I believe MIR.
Boyden stated that it was due to me
to say when I was discharged, that
there was not particle of evidence
against me.
Q. State whether at any time you
MADE any speech or wrote any articles
for your paper in the interest of any
organization known as 'sthe KukluS
Klan," ''The White Brotherhood" OF
any other secret organization A.
never did, on the contrary I always
denounced them both, the League and
the Kuklux Klan, in my speeches and
in my paper.
The Raleigh Christian AdUocate
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