The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-06-12
IN THE REIGN OF
KIRK 'SCUTTHROATS
Democrats Jailed in
YanCeyviIIe.
HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
One Secured From Judge Brooks. How
Two Brave Men Served IL. Oui-
witted the Infamous Kirk and
Flung Open The Prison
Doors.


To the Editor The seenss 81 the
past week ia which tie people of
North Carolina wefe so vitality iutsr-
ested caits 20 uig mind "a slmliar oc@
enrrenee enacted during tie trouble
some times when Holden as Governs
or secured the services of an army IT
Fedefai cut-thr1ats headed ~ the
infamous kirk My FIRST knowledge
IT such creatures being III the state
was when thee marched oH Yaucng-
vile. and closed IN upon DeUo-
cratic convent ton theu being held in
TIE court house ana held as prison
hfe the best fneH ~ the county, such
aN Judge Kerr. br HeAh. Df Green
Doiph Moore, lawyer safa r. Hiu,
Sheriff Grifiu The court h0tise eHU-
stituted The prison. the court t00fn
being used for the purpose. while tlie
oHleefs rooms below were occupied
~ Kilk and his AgldiefE Haids were
made out IN thh c9uHty MUa Ffmuh
WILEY was arrested at his home eIlt
in the nela aua placed up9n bafe-
back mule and feet tied with the
pl8# line Under the mules belly. iu
fhfs condition be was brought 90
Yauehvvjle and plated iu prison. te-
Kethkf with William johnson Graves,
WIS 81" *fktt*tf q s#Ahf ~ w ettfa
brought 90 sua Imprisoned J@e
Turner, editor of the Sentinel Nha
made Il warm f5f eyil-aeefs through
the eolunius ~ hls taper. wac brought
- HaneeYvllIe from AthnauEe BA1l.
where ne lAH already spent several
nights. Effort after effort was male
fts f4fe state judges to secure "a writ
of habeas corpus. even Tire thhn
Radical Chief Justice % the State.
whose only reply was the judiciary
waR exhausted
General Matt. Ransom made spplf-
cation bef8ra Judge George W.
Bfeoks. q s. District Judge. residing
81 E1ixa beth Ci3g. nu9 made fefufH-
able before him az Raleigh The writ
Nak piaesd ia Colonel George Wii-
Hamsgn's s hands ~ be served I was
ora my way ~ Hiilsb9fn ffbfa Jan-
gllle with my sister NhU waN going
to enter the hooi 81 tie Misses
Nasn. I fHet Colguef Williamson if
Greensboro. Aud be insisted ara 0es
ruanae1 81 rne ~ return wilh him.
feIliu rae his mission 1 PLACED n1y
sister with Ur III Ca1iuna Their II
resident 81 that eity ard se took tfe
FIRST train 8nt f18at night fer Dauviile,
All kinds II fafnaTe wef@ aHuaf ln
Greensboro t. the effect that fAfe-
grams iu cipher had beeh key3f e.
RHffu station 81 be fofmafaed a, KRIS
af Taneegville advising him of Nfat
Mas Bafur affna@aud uAMs reached
Greensboro faAt kirk hAa DISPATCHED
Lieutenant EhfEeu with sHaa1 -
soldiers fu i1tefth1a CDftnel William
son either "a ssidsvllle ef Ruf8n. and
take lah writ fr0fu hifu4 Before tax
iug the train the Colonel aua 7 went
~ 08eU's UaxaMAFe Saofe ~ boz
s6fae implements 0f defense We
sath had 6 whitney make ~ pistol
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larry them then. We toos an sxg
fA8wh each went ~ the dagaf Carr
fS1bsgs was the AHE5heef afga g37 Tag-
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