The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-07-20

been in the armory but was not mem
ber of the company. He had gone into
the street from the rear of the Sibley
building, and was at once fired Oh and
fell dead instantly, pierced by five or six
bullets.
Afterwards the whites began their
search for the members of the company.
They succeeded in getting about twenty
five colored men as prisoners, some OF
whom were never members of the COM
pany. AS fast as they were captured,
they were taken to place near the South
Carolina Railroad, where a large party
of armed men stood guard over them.
None of those thus captured had arms
in their hands. :,
Subsequently, and at about 2 o'clock
a. m. six men took A. T. Attaway out of
the "ring." He and his mother begged
for his life, but in vain. He was then
told to turn round and was shot to death
by the crowd.
David Phillips was next taken out and
was similarly killed.
Pompey Curry was next called out.
He recognized among the by-standers
Henry Getzen and Dr.. Pierce Butler,
and called on them to keep the other
men from killing him. He ran, and was
shot at as he ran, one bullet striking him
in the right leg, below the knee.
Afterwards Albert Myniart, Moses
Parks and Hampton Stevens were killed.
Stevens did not belong to the company.
Nelder John Parker, who has been COM
monty referred to in the newspaper re-
ports as John Thomas, YVES corporal in the
company.
When he was arrested and taken to the
spot where the other prisoners were, he
recognized among the party two gentle.
men of Augusta, named Twiggs and
Chefee. He appealed to them for pro-
lection. They said he should not be hurt.
He states that Gen. NJ. G. Butler asked
if he was one of the id rascals. The
reply was in the affirmative. He was
then shot in the back. Messrs. Twiggs
and Chafee then said if he was shot again
they would shoot the ones who did it.
They took him off and had him taken to
Augusta. He was shot before Attaway
was killed. He may recover from his
wounds.
One Butler Edwards was taken as a
prisoner. He says he was taken before
General Butler, who, at the time, was in
the street near the Sibley building. This
was about II o'clock.
Threats were made to shoot him. Gen
eral Butler directed that he be taken to
the others. He recognized among the
crowd one Captain Carwile and - Dun
bar, of Augusta; said he had a long talk
with the former. He was among the
prisoners who were let loose and told to
run; as they ran they were fired at and
he was shot in the head. He was not q
member of the company.
Willis Davis, one of the members of the
company, was taken to the place where
were the other prisoners. The men stated
that John Swaringen, of Edgeield coun-
ty, had charge of the prisoners: He
states that he saw General Butler before
the men were killed who asked him what
he was doing, and told him he would have
enough of it before he got through.
He was shot in the arm near the elbow,
when he was about twenty PAGES distant
from the crowd. The ball is still in his
arm and ne suffers much pain. He also
states that some of the young men from
Georgia demonstrated against shooting
the prisoners, but in vain.
Besides the killing and wounding OF
the men herein named. the party broke
open several stores and houses, and, in
some instances, robbed the inmates
They took from Mr.. Charles Roll, the
postmaster, and very respectable white
citizen, gun which he had in his store,
and his private property. From an old
colored man, named Jacob Samuels, in
his employ, they took watch and set fire
to his house. They broke open the house
of Trial Justice Rivers, and did much
damage as we'll as robbed him of his
clothing. They obtained kerosene oil
and attempted to set fire to house, but
were prevented by Col. A. P. Butler from
doing so. The ropes of the public wells
were cut and some fences were torn
down.
So far as I can learn, the primary OBJ;
ject of the whites was to take away from
the militia their arms.
The man Parker, who was wounded
states that on Friday, the 9TH instant, he
had long talk with one Harrison Butler
(white, on Broad street, Augusta. But.
ler told him that'if Rivers did not give
orders for the militia to give up their
arms they would take them any way on
the next day.
On Saturday, rumors were abroad in
Hamburg that there were armed parties
coming in to take the guns, but little
credit was attached to them.
One of the white citizens of Hamburg
heard conversation between David Phil
lips and Gen. Butler in the afternoon
Phillips talked very "big," as the gentle
man said, and Gen. Butler told him thai
they wanted those guns and were bound
to haye them.
In the afternoon Col. A. P. Butler went
to the various stores in town and told the
proprietors that they must not sell any
liquor to his men. In spite of this, how
ever, some of the men compelled one o.
the storekeepers to furnish them liquor
From the same person they obtained
kerosene oil to use in setting fire to g
house.
The whites were armed with guns and
small arms of various kinds, and many
of them had axes and hatchets.
1t is proper to state that the intendent
of Hamburg, Mr.. Gardner, was informed
by Gen. Butler, in an interview with him
that the arms of the company must be
given up.
Trial Justice Rivers is now holding ar
inquest and taking the testimony of wit
nesses. Until their verdict is rendered
it will be impossible to tell who were en-.
gagged in the attack on the militia anc
the subseqent killing and wounding o1
the colored men.
1t may be possible that careful judi.
cial investigation may show some slight
errors in some of the minor details stated
in this report. But, making due allow
ance for such errors, the facts show the
demand on the militia to give up theil
arms was made by persons without Lawful