The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-11


ban and expecting betrayal and a death
dealing volley out of the night at any
momentl 1t could not have beer worse
had we been on the frontier ard sur
rounded by hostile Indians. Nor were
these feelings confined to that little group
out there in the forest. 1t was shared in
kind by. every household for miles around
us. One of our party said: "There is
not one man in ten in this neighborhood,
be he guilty or innocent, who will sleep
in his house to-nightp "And you say
true," echoed every voice but mine, with
in his hearing. /, too, learned lis truth
in part before many hours had passed.
THE RAID AFTER GARY.
I reminded Redmond of my Grand,
and his promise to tell me of his "raid"
after Gary. "It was not my dcillg," he
said. T did not lead the party, and at
first refused to 60 with them. They said
they had gone with me when I needed
them, and now I refused to he'll, them
when they needed me. So ! went. Gary
had broken up still and behaved badly,
'and the man the still belonged to collec-
ted the crowd and went to thrash him.
Isaid to them, He has done nothing to
be killed for-this thing of killing aman
| won't do; but 1 will go with you, if you
wish me, to get satisfaction for cutting
UP the STILL They said they did not in
tend to kill him, but only to 'lut the
withe on him. Il. e., whip him.] This
was distinctly understood before we start
ed. We did not chase any revenue Off
Gers, but went directly to Gary's house at
Liberty. !. We started one Monday after
noon about 1 o'clock and came back
through Pickens Court House by 10
o'clock next morning. There would not
have been anything said about this raid
but for what was done at Hendricks
house. He was brother of 'Varl,' and
the boys hearing that the overcoat and
shawl which they had stolen from me
were in the house, determined TO take
them away.
J.. VISITING HENDRICKS.
They found an oyercoat, which several
said was mine, but I did not think so,
and would not take it. They tried to
persuade me to do SO, but I told them /
would not wear another mans coat as
long as could buy one for myself, The
shawl was not there, and one of tn, party
vas about to seize a saddle blanket in
place of it, but i stopped hirn, and made
him leave it where he found it. told
them that the officers had not stole q any
thing of the kind from me, and would
have nothing but what knew wal mine.
II kept them from taking away several
other things, and took nothing at ill my
self. The court met a few days after this,
and q bench warrant was issued Tor me
for stealing the two overcoats !"
t. JUDGE SlACKEY's PART.
/. I have been informed by an off Ger of
the Court of Pickens County that when
the charge was preferred in court gainst
Redmond of having led this raid and of
having taken the overcoats, the grand
Jury examined the witnesses and, finding
no proof against him in either matter,
returned to the court room and handed
in a verdict of "No billw Judge ldack-
ey at once sent them back with other
witnesses, and again they returned with
the same verdict. He sent them back
the third time with the remark, 81 sup
pose, gentlemen, you have not had
enough Witnesses" and. seeing that he
was determined to have it, they returned
at last with an Indictment" Tho pro-
ecedings in q grand jury room are, of
course, secret, (3) but it is said in Pickens
County that the evidence upon which
this one based its final verdict was two
fold, to wit: First, that two overcoats
were taken by party of men from Hen
drick's house; second, that Redmond
was seen at Pickens Court House nett day
with the same party! On this alleged
evidence "the Court issued its bench
warrant, ordering Redmond to be brought
into its precincts dead or alive. A posse
was accordingly sent after him, they
found him at work in his field, and or
dered, him to halt and surrender. Not
knowing who they were or what they
wanted, Redmond refused to obey, and
they fired upon him and continued firing
until he obtained shelter in the woods.
Possibly being just men they did net try
to hit him-we may hope not, al any
rate.
| THE PICKENs JAIL DELIVERY
had taken place on the Saturday, tho 9Th,
preceding the Intellectual raid after Gary,
which took place Monday, the 11th, and
of course Redmond, who did not lead the
Gary raid, led the jail-breakers also.
Of course he did no such thing, In
point of fact, he was across the line in
North Carolina when the Jail was br,ken,
and knew nothing Of it until he was in
formed of the occurrence. There are
plenty of witnesses to prove that he was
in North Carolina at the time, and, if
| this ia not enough, Sheriff Mauldn is
ready to testify that he was not III the
party who rescued the prisoners from his
keeping. But the timorous revenue Off
GERS declared that Redmond antI his
gang of forty or fifty men" had Chased
them across.the country for two dsyI and
until they found safety within the walls
of Easley Station; some one had eyi-
dently stolen their sacred overcoats from
the (sometimes) inyiolable sanctuary of
a private dwelling; Judge Mackey and
all the mighty revenue department we're
excited for the fate of the country, and
an example must be made of somebody
Who so suitable for the sacrifice as Red
mond-the official revenue scapegoat-
the raging ram presently to be caught in
the thicket! less
THE BATCH OF WARRANTS.
I understand that at the same time the
aforesaid bench warrant was issued for
Redmond, four others were issued fol
certain revenue officers who were also
charged with sundry crimes and nisde.
meanors. That one against Redmond, as
we have seen, was very nearly puS into
fatal execution, and still hangs over his
head !; the others, 1 am Informed, were
recalled before the court adjourned
| Why were they issued, and why and
when recalled? Lds not know.
ANOTHER TORY.
| And while am of my subject, le. mt