The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-10-12

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slight whipping for some trivia! oftense.
| afterwards went down and iound them
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Uncle George ; tent The crowd took
the negro to the tent and came back
without the pistol. He told Col. Till
man that they wouldn't let him look in
the right tent. They kept on whipping
all three Of the negroes in turn. After
some lime the crowd threw a rope
around the neck Of the cross-eyed
negro. and attempted to hang him.
Upon being questioned said that Col.
Tillman had nothing to do with that
part of it. He was then in his tent,
225 yards away. After further cross
examination Col. Tillman asked Lieut..
GRAY if he had ever been under arrest
investigated. Was satisfied that Col.
Tillman had reference to Arthur Fair
since coming to Columbia Lieut.. Gray
replied that he had, under telegram
from the provost marshal al Jackson
Vile. Col. Tillman asked him point
blank if he knew on what grounds, if
not for drunkenness Lieut.. Gray said
that no specific charges had been
made, but he had proof that he had
been druggcd. Col. Tillman asked if
Gray had been drugged since.
Arthur Fair said that he lives in
Winnsboro. Went to Jacksonville with
the Second regiment and came back
with the First. Tuesday afternoon
Col. Tillman accused him Of knowing
something of the stolen pistol and said
that he would beat him until he
(!Arthur) would never see ''sun-up any
more if he didn't tell where it was:
They put him down across the barrel
and after Col. Tillman got off his feet
Scrst. McFadden. of Co. D: stood on
them.
Cross questioned, he said he was 13
years old. Left the Second regiment
because they had too many servants in
the regiment. Joined the First regi
mcnt at jacksonville Was whipped by
Capt. Hardin, of Co. D, for giving
bread to men in another company. He
then attached himself to Co. B. Has
been on changing four times in Ches
ter county for stealing chickens. Ad-
mitted that the pistol was stolen from
Col. Tillman's tent, but didn't steal it
himself. When Jim said a boy on the
other side of the hill stole the pistol
he went back to the kitchen and they
came and got him. Begged Col. Till
man to let him loose and he would give
him quarter. daughter in court
room.) Then got down across the bar
rel and they began to whip him.
Hadn't any desire to prosecute Col.
Ti!!man. Came to town with some
officers, waited for them at the street
car gangway. Paid his own way. Ac-
companied by officers, went to Col.
Alston's house and showed him where
be had been whipped. He then showed
the court the effects Of his punishment.
". NJ. Dunlap, first lieutenant Co. 6,
testified that he was sitting in his
tent when it was tod him that Col.
Tillman was giving some negroes the
devil" Walked over to where the
whipping was going on. At the time
they had just brought up Arthur Fair
whom they began to whip. Col. Till
man telling him that he would never
seen sunrise unless he told where that
pistol was. He presently promised to
tell where it was and they went with
him to get it. When they came back
without pistol, they whipped him
again. They then commenced on cross
eyed negro and he Dunlap left.
This ended the taking or evidence
for the prosecution. Mr.. Abney stated
that he had number Of witnesses
whom he could produce showing dis
crepancies in the evidence brought for
ward by prosecution. 1t was not legal
to permit the defense in preliminary
hearing to produce witness. but he
thought such technicalities might be
waived, as this was merely case Of
humanity. Upon this being denied
him. he said that he would let the case
rest with a statement from Col. Till
man.
Col. Tillman stated in the outset that
he was willing to make his statement
under oath. He had hoped that it
would not be necessary for him to
make statement. But as this prose-
cution seems to have been brought up
more in order to give newspaper no.
toriety to the prosecutors. who could
gain notoriety in no other way: he was
forced to make statement, as they
refused to waive technicalities and let
him refute evidence with evidence. 1t
was untrue that he had ordered this
particular negro whipped But he had
ordered the whipping of this negro
stopped. And now he had been pa
raded up here today as hippodrome.
to prosecute himself. Two Of his own
serveants he had ordered whipped, and
these two had told him today that they
deserved their whipping,
This is a long story and will be
continued in our next. He had stood
persecution long enough. He had tried
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to conduct himself as a gentleman in
this war. He had tried to treat every
officers with utmost respect. and not
being men enough they were now try
ing to strike him over this poor negro's
shoulders. All of these officers at the
first muster-in had been his friends,
and he had hoped that as they were so
soon to be mustered out. all little diff
ferences of the past would be forgot
ten. But he would neither court their
friendship nor fear their frown.
There was only one great crime
with which they could charge him
being responsible for having the rcsi-
ment mustered out. Threats OF court
martial had been made until he was
s;cL and tired of it. When the courts