The age-herald., 1899-05-27
HOW WHITE CAMPERS
 WHIPPED GRAHAM They At First Threatened to
 Lynch Him. HE PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE Was Brought on By Remark He Made on the Killing of Road Over seer Dickinson May
 Succeed pr. Eager.
HE PLEADED FOR HIS LIFE

Selma, May 26.-(Special) )-Beasely Gra- ham, who on the night of May was whipped by a crowd of White Cappers near Hamburg, in Perry county, for, as it was alleged, having said, referring to the kill ing of Road Overseer Mullen, that "one d-n rascal had been killed and if you d not look out another would be killed" was in Selma today for the first time since the
 occurrence.
 He had been to Lowndes county getting well from the wounds inflicted, and return ed to his home near Hamburg Sunday. He
 had with him in Selma a Winchester, which he habtually carries with him now.
 His statement of the affair follows:
 "On the Wednesday of the last week in April 1 was warned to appear for duty on
 the road with an ax. I had buchled around
 me my pistol, as had been my habit for the past three years when away from home
 The road overseer had been picking at me for some time, and asked me if l was look
 ing for Jesse James. I told him no. He
 went away, and when he came back he ask
 ed me if was looking for a bear. I again told him no. He then told me to get down in the ditch with some negroes. l told him l couldn't work with a shovel or a hoe, as my knee was sore, and asked him if he couldn't give me some bridges to fix, as had been ordered to bring an ax anyway.
 He gave me some bridging to do. I was coming from down the road going to work the next morning when l met some of the boys and asked if they had heard about q white man and two colored men getting
 killed. This was all I said in reference
 to the Mullens killing.
 "Wednesday night between 12 and 1
 o'clock the captain of the crowd who
 whipped me came to my door and asked
 me to show him the way to Uncle Joel
 Babcocks; that he had heard he was sick
 and wanted to go and see him. came to the door, suspecting nothing wrong, when, SIX men caught hold of me. I struggled
 with them for some minutes, and seeing
 they were not going to be able to over
 power me, the captain of the gang put his
 Winchester to my head and said he would
 blow the whole top of 1t off if I didn't stop
 l know who the captain was; I recognized
 his voice, and can swear to his Identity
 They then carried me about a half mile north of my house into the woods and were
 going to hang me- I plead with them to
 give me a thousand lashes, but not to kill
 me- One of the crowd begged for my life
 also, and they then carried me on about a quarter of a mile, when I was stripped and bucked like a hog. I could hear them cut ting the switches from the trees, and then they laid on about seventy-fve lashes. Some one called out to stop awhile and let the blood circulate, so I could feel the burning of the stripes. In a little while | they turned me over and laid on about the same number on the other side. They then sat me up straight and hit me five times up and down my back.
 'I was then carried to my house and told to get my clothes and leave Perry county The blndfold was jerked from my eyes as I was showed in the door and the par ty hastily ran away before I could sec him.
 "I put on my shoes and some of my
 clothes and started toward Selma I went by John Young's house and told him of the
 occurrence, and he advised me not to stop there, as they might return and kill me. He said he would give me quilt and could go down in the woods and remain un- til morning, when he would send for the quilt. I told him I wouldn't put him to so much trouble and went on.
 "From Selma I went to Lowndes county and have staid there until last Sunday,
 when I returned home. was unmercifully beaten for no cause in the world" Dickinson May Succeed Eager Since the election of Dr. Eager to the presidency of the Industrial School for Girls, of Montevallo, there has been some talk induged in to the effect that Dr. A. J. Dickinson, the beloved pastor or the | First Baptist church of this city, would be | called to the charge now held by pr. Eager.
 This morning pr. Dickinson stated that all he had heard about his going to Mont gomery had come from Selma.
 Not little embarrassing, isn't it?" said the doctor; but don't think there is any probability of my leaving Selma at this time."
 Dr. Dickinson was asked his opinion as to whether Dr. Eager would accept the
 presidency of the Industrial school or not.
 "Well," he said, "I think he will give his
 answer today. He has been awaiting the
 return of his wife from New York. My
 belief is that he will accept. l know that
 such was his intention.
 "All this fuss about the turning down
 of Reynolds and the selection of Dr. Eager
 has it's primary origin in the matter of the
 land grant Certain syndicates are likely