The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-11

must not hurt him. The scrgeant's
reply was. will dn 50. The dcceas-
rd said. | have hurt one. if the 9TH
crS attempt to imp"<e on me, will
hurt as many aS can.' In going to-.
examine the train. / met Mr. Bowers
and asked him tie cause Of disturb
aHrr. he said the deceased and ne
"r" hal had Il Scuiflc. In' coming
back from train. | saw several ne
-" soldiers take hold Of Mr.. Bow
rrS. rXcIaiming. "lIcre'S the damned
Rebel VIII" cut him. kill him. kill
him. | walked back to the car and
saw Mr.. Bowers on the cotton plat
form protesting to the men that if
they killed him. Bowers, they would
Kill IN innncent man. went immcdi-
atriy ln il captain Of trained troops
near by and asked him To come and
intcrccdr for Mr.. BuwcrS. lie paid
- altrn,inII to me whatever. | went
back and f"nnl they lad released Mr..
Bowers only temporarily until they
could find the deceased. who admit
ted that he had cut the negro soldier.
TIN" deceased stated To them that he
had dome the deed AMI with the knife
h" had in his p"ckcl. He was made
I" produce the knife. The sergeant
in charge said there was no blood on
the knife and deceased said. "thiS is
The knife did the deed with." The
r"l"rcd snllicrs wanted TO kill him
outright. The sergeant prevented it
and said he would take him To supc-
ri"r officer. The Snllirrs said unless
he was killed they would put Il bullet
'hI"n.h sergeant. They tied his hands
and t""k him t" camp. The man tried
last night by these soldiers is the man
over whose body we are holding in
uucst--hcrc where. | understand. the
headquarters of the Col. of colorcd
troops.
Jas. b. Brown.
Sworn and subscribed before me,
SilaS .JnhnSinnr. Inlcndant.
Acting Coroner
Solomon P. Kinard, sworn, testifies.
liv" in the place about two hundred
TI"'> tfr m where the body lies. About
II half h"nr before day. | wn~ aroused
II rIv r">il","r hy thrr" II ..r" ST.
|i"r> via" asked m" for Il mn,turk and
.,h"v"l. Tll"v t"id IN" they vnnlrl IT,
''"r ,rE"l. Vh" haI rut t." throat
"i VI" "f their r"lnrH,lr, WhiI. he wnS
Ir"p and wh"m they were "ninw to
''""l. One "f them stated that he
supposed his conrad" was dead.
About daylight came through nv or
rhard towards the camp here. and
heard the Gun fire. ] mct one Of the
r"'r" ir'"p~ which tr"k in be Il scn-
'lnrl. II" told N" the troops were
very much cxcit"d and that | had
better not "u amun" them. | thought
there was nul Y on" gu. bui the
wounds Of the body show there were,
""r". fired t""rllrr. After Il short
lArS" of time. about half minutc.
! heard another shot. | then an
"ru@rhrh m"ir"". hMi wa~ a"aiu cau-
'"lr'i by th" negro. whom | took to
II" n sentinel. ! was lhrn about Gftv
NarhS from the party. they were bury
in" The body. ami some Ten IF Them
llmn"d ON the grave aMl STAMPED th,.
body. One of them. q negro soldier
while stampin" the body said. "Now,
inmn YOU. lie there. | wish every
damn rebel was in your fix The
rr"imrnt was lust moving off. | heard
voice say. "Grntlrmrn and soldiers.
! n>Srm" the responsibility Of this
net. \ negro soldier told me that
II was the r"lnnrl'S voice. upon m.
nskin" him who made use Of that OK
"r"SSi"n. One If the nr..rnrs who was
Stampin" and dancing over the grave.
threatened that before Ten o'clock to-
day the town of Nrwbcrrv should be
IN ashes If the regiment STAYED here.
$. p. Kinard.
Sworn t" and subscribed before me.
SilaS J"hnstonc. Intrndant.
Actin" Coroner.
Willis R. Phillips, sworn, testifes.
Lives about one hundred and thirty
wards from where lrrraSrd was shot.
heard I'll" "i,n. saw the fla ~ Just at
'avI'"ht. did not know that they were
SI""ting man. heard however.
~" n""r" soldiers say. "nnw we have
killed the damn Rch.' I WAS about
'ii'N yards off. drew nearer and