Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-04-19
WHITE CAPS CONVICTED.
Eleven Pound Guilty of Riotin=-A Churc.
Deacon Among Them.

The Carroll county, Ga, white caps have
been knocked OF: by the courts. Eleven have
been convicted of riot. while four will probably
be convicted of outrage on the females of the
iAmiies which were attacked. On Saturday
pr. Daniel Rogers. captain Of the white caps.
vas convicted, and Dick Byrd was put on trial.
Inc state wove web around Byrd who is a
Young man. and he. as well as number OF
those indicted by the grand jury, were proven
guilty. Lum Britt swore positively to Byrd
and others. Wiley Dukes. Frederick Dukes and
Willie Chambers. who were jointly indicted for
he riot. we're put on the stand and gave the
whole thing away.
The evidence was overwhelming that the
lawyers for the defense had all the prisoners
brought in court and submitted the case to the
jury without argument.
The jury retired and in ten minutes brought
in verdict Of guilty in the case of Jesse Brooks
sr-. WHO Is tifty-two years Old and deacon in
the Baptist ChIrch; Jesse Brooks. jr.,
Willis C. Brooks, Bob Ayres, John J.
Pollard. Thomas Roach, John Plemmons.
Richard Byrd. Green Simkins and John
Dukes. The bills against Wiley Dukes,
Frederick and William Chambers were nole
pressed. The last three were boys. who turned
states evidence. Sentence will probably be
passed some time this week.
There are ten more true bills against the
men. On tie night Of March 90 an outrage
was committed on Mrs. $. }. Bowen and Sam
Bowen. Lum Britt. W. ). B-itt, who is eighty
years old. Frank Eason and three of his chill
GTen. Mrs. Mary z. White and two Of her
children were whipped by a crowd OF men.
some Of whom were masked and others had
backing their faces. Pistols were held Ill
their faces and they were told if they moved or
spoke they would be killed.
Some os tine victims were carried to the
woods and their arms drawn around trees and
were then whipped until they could not walk.
The whipping grew out of lawsuit between
j. ii. l.. Benford and Mrs. Mary E. White.
IL seems that J. ii. l.. Benfor1 loaned John
White SlOO. and he gave deed to fifty acres
OF land as security. When the money became
due Old man White had removed to HARRISON
connty. but his wife still lived on the land and
she refused to give It up. Armed with what
was thought to be legal papers Henry Benford,
Price Benford. Dailiff and others threw Mrs
White out, and an attempt was made to burn
the house Henry Benford is indicted for
this crime.
the result, till at length Mrs. White was thrown
ou5 of possession of the house and Henry Ben
ford. MIR. J. II. L. Benfo-d's son. moved intoit
Mrs. White sued out writ OF possession for
the land and it was this case that was 10 have
been tried at New Mexico district the day'atter
the whipping. While the whipping WAS go.Ds
on orders were given to all that il they ay-
peared at TIE coart they wou.d be killed Mrs.
White r,sde to promise that she would
leave tie state nj once sLe would have been
killed on the spot The white caps OF the New
Mexico district burned Sam Bowen's house
Saturday night. Bowen one of the parties
whipped on March % and is an important wit
ness in the on trial in Carroll supe-
rior court. Everything Bowen owned in the
world was bgrued.