Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-10-28
FOUND GUILTY.
A Jury Of Gsorulans Make Short
Work Of the Ku-Kluxsrs
at Atlanta.
Eight of the Pop and 60" Club
GstLong Term BiIlsts for
tho Psnltsntlary.
A Summary Of tho E,iienes--Ths
PIucky Conduct sfcssassI
for the Dsfeass.

county hu hluX CO. Uo-0ay oikot yrl1oo'
ers were found guilty on every indistmsnt
and VII y sanssncsl @ Aoodhy. Judes
Mccoy in his charge was very severe IN his
condemnation Of the 90 called kuKluI
crimes. He SAIL: 1T 10 strange that men
should so forgel their manhood sud % for.
get their God and the laws Of their country
as TO permit themselves To do such things
on the poor helpless negro. ltis diserAcs
10 humanity and TO society and nothing
has tended so much TO bring this
Seuthern Ceussry lass DiagrsSA
Nothing has tended so much to pat the
balance OF the United States agsinst US -
this kind of outrage. They s'e mean; they
sre disgrscsiul; they are horrible; they are
things which people ont Of this county
cannot comprehend or understssd."
The story Of the outrages committed BY
those found guilty, was fully eorrobprsted
by the evidence produced during the trial.
II seems evident that the outraees grew
out OF hostility toward Emory Speer dur
ing the late Congressional race. The Var
hroush family and associates were organ.
ned Democrats. The eolored people voted
INDEPENDENT. When the latter despite
the sppeals OF the former, continued 10
vote for Speer, the first thought wGs 10
Wr~sS S~vgesaee
on ire ofendin. coIored men. A party
Was organized Under the name Of Pop and
60 Clubs" The name WAS full of sIsnih-
cane. one OF the asssuliing party lost
his esp bearing ghese words. Thus the
Ciew.
ON the trial weak attempt was made 70
show hat IL was baseball club, though
a. -, Ng.l
dashed sruund thpot lh the country on
lark nights, calling out unsuspeotinG
cnlorra people amt heating them % un-
mercilully that the Athens Banner, edited
by
An Ardeae D~nscrat.
declsrcd the negroes had to carry their
axes TO bed. 80 ~ tc nee them II awakened
by the whips OF the Pop and to Dub"
IesCIihiDg the fatal night of the 2bth OF
July, when the grand round OF the county
~ss made, VIM. Anderson testified that he
lived q mAe and half from the home OF
Berry Sanders, and u few hundred yards
from whrse other negroes resided. On the
night OF the 25th Of July Warren Rhstoe
csme TO bis house in great excitement aud
said that he had bean
whipped by = PNvty Of Hss.
A minute later he hssri q racket 81
lnrdy, Oh, Lordy'
Witness gave an interesting account OF
tracking the marsuder- There were siH pr
G ght in the PARTY, and on visiting the 10
Cslity OF the negro quarters be had se"n
where they had their horses tied In the
bushes. IL had rGined two days before and
the tracks we're plAinly discern able Ia the
srfi earth. After committing ouuages On
'hs negroes the party took the hiSnway
short distance and then
Tssaed Ioso = PfantssIos
on which lived the old negro, Berry Sini-
eIs, whom they woke up and gave on. hun
dr.d and lifty lsshes. Further along on
the rosd the n,Hrauding psrty came out
again and went in the direction where Jas
per Sabrough lived. 10 WAS an easy mat
ter to rsOs the course Of the marauders 70
the forks OF the rosd where they separated.
He also desc n bed the bnttaring dJ~n OF
doors. the screaming and pistol firing near
his houss showing that II must have besn
4 NGhs 81 Tesros.,
for the oolored cilizeps.
The prosecution OF thu case was pushes
with great esrnes,nsss, IL giving DsrIiot
Attorney Spser an Opportunity OF rethng
even With his old sdvssASies General
GsrtrelI. conducting tho brfrnss. hal
con tin anl wrangle with Judge Mccoy. who
ibresk ed half doTsn tinss 10 put the
General out OF cour, and iripOss upon bio
4 severe ii0s. On one Of these ooca-isns
General Gsr,rsll fired up, aud exclaimed.
with yeh nsuCe:
Ism 81 10 Jaii. Pin OF ss.Hiss.
Will continue 70 do my duty 70 ny
tents" The Jndge then allowed HIN W
,rOUr.d, and sd pn more.
The ~pyit iion OF the Eu Klnx ersatsd
trementOus sensation. Tho ring lsadsrs
~ mon Of oonsidSrsbls property ard
prmhfr- Of . large family In Banks
Ouniy named Yarbscsugh. Pour OF the
smtIy. Jasper, Jsinss, Dtmus and hssi.
Sere tried and Old convicted. Lovslsoe
Irrreinnn, y. ". ilrstn, Bold 'Rnory and
Sc sTSy lsbderrssD, ssrs the othsrs. JAspss
Ysrbofousb wss he leader Of the, gsss:
rh' chn,g" o. Jud ~ Mccoy vas iso Liberal
FOR the defense th ~ sn argoittal un CO
sid,Hd csrtain. When the vsrdica e
reed oonvcting the entire rang ssversi
bIoks down ard .obbed audrbiy. Tss
prisonsrs were h'ndcuH.d and tstsn u
isH. Tbsi. oo Issel will use every sh1rt u
''sure y new trial. The penslty IL fror
me N sr yer y This 10 the hrst c1nSio
lion OF k.nk iax In Georgia