Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-02-15


JUDGE WALLACE AND THE ABBEVILLE
LYNCIIING.-In his charge to the Grand
Jury at Abbeville, Judge Wallace spoke
of the recent lynching of Dave Roberts,
the would be assassin of DIR. Klugh, but ap-
parently in vain, as the jury took no action.
He said:
"Lynching is an act of violence outside
the limits of the law. We live under a
government of law. For centuries there
has been going on struggle to eliminate
the human will from governmental func-
tions. The government is not good gov
ernment where human will is not elimina-
ted. In free governments the human will
must not be controlled by passion and preju-
dice. In free governments we administer
Judgment unintiuenced and uncontrolled by
passion. This human will is not elimina-
ted when the crowd undertakes to enforce
the law. This is the only time l have ever
charged grand jury upon the subject of
lyhching-the Judge is not prosecuting
officer. sit here to try a case upon the
facts as presented in the regular way. 1t
law, and every good citizens must uphold
and enforce it. Your personal and proper
ty rights are in danger when the laws are
Improperly executed. No crowd of men
should undertake to execute laws, when
swayed by passion and prejudice. Upon
all uncertain statements Of facts the vigOr
of the law must be maintained or our rights
are in danger. You must support, uphold
and lend VigOr to the law, if you would
have "freedom and liberty under we'll regu-
lated law" You are the grand inquest Of
the county. You are not detectives. You
are not to ferret out crime. But when there
is fragrant and open defiance of law, then
it comes within the purview and scope of
your duty to bring the perpetrators to trial.
In regard to this lynching take such steps
as you think proper. If you find out the
parties present them in your presentment
to the Court with the witnesses to prove
the facts"
A AWEsTERN NEP1soDE.-Reliable inforlna-
ton has been received at Tucson, Arizona,
of two fights with the Apaches, on the south
side of Papigochic River, at the foot of the
hills of the Sierra Madre Mountains, Chi
huahua. The fights were between the
Apaches and citizen soldiers of the town OF
TemOsachi and the surrounding district.
Last fall Governor Louis Terrazas author
lied the people of that section to organize a
company of citizen soldiers to pursue, fight,
capture kill and scalp marauding Apaches.
On January % company surprised camp
of Apaches. The fight was Shorthand quick,
and twelve Indian scalps were taken. Thir-
ty-three Indians, including men, women and
children, were captured, and fifty horses
with saddles and brides, and thirty-eight
pack horses, loaded with provisions and
euuipments, were captured. Itappeared to
the citizen soldiers, from the large quanti-
ty of provisions, arms and ammunition cap
tured, that large band of warriors belong
ing to the captured party was temporarily
absent, and consequently hurried march
was begun to reach Temasachi in safety with
the prisoners and supplies. The citizens
were overtaken by a superior number of
Apache warriors who attacked accompany
savagely. The citizens fought desperately
and finally succeeded in holding all the pris-
oners, but lost six of their own men and had
a few wounded. The citizens took four
scalps, and the Indians recovered 10 of the
3S loaded horses. The company arrived at
Temasachi, 3l5miles west, on the right bank
of the Papegochic River, with 16 scalps, 2S
old and young prisoners, number OF war
horses and 2Sanilnals lsloaded with provisions
and arms.