The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-11-24

ing they passed within 40 yards of
the soldiers and did not know it, as
they were hid in thick piece of pines,
in gully on the place of General Wal
lace.
w. H. Long was postmaster, depot
agent, ETC., at JoneSville and that
morning had asked j. G. Long to at
tend to the depot for him and Brew
ton and Long fixed up everything. ].
e. Long, his wife and Newton boarded
up at w. II. Longs and this morning
j.. G. Long had a presentiment not to
go to the house to wash before par.
taking of their breakfast and he said
to Brewton, "Let us wash at the
store" which they did Upon looking
back at the house they saw it was
surrounded by the Yankee soldiers.
lhe ground was frozen and they broke
and ran away. Brewton sprained his
ankle and fell and Lieut.. Custer
caught him. Long ran across the rail-
road into a four-acre piece of pines
and thence into an original forest of
several hundred acres, the property
of Lem Hames, the father of l. ].
flames. He staid all day, came back
nome. that night and the next day
went to the train below his fathers
home. Sergeant Williams was on the
train and Mr.. Long patted his Win
chester just to tantaiize him as the
train passed, as he knew Williams had
come back just as a spy
They carried Brewton to Charles
ton, kept him in prison sometime and
let him out on bond. He ESCAPED and
went West and they Omitted States
government) never pushed the bond.
| a short while after this J. G.. Long.
Sr., Calhoun Long, J. NJ. Bunch, D. C.
Glst, w. +. Thomson, J. II. Rodgers,
}. Bank Lyles and James Moore, the
last two from Limestone, and numer-
Gus others went West.
Several men from Union count,
were sent to Albany prison. standing
their trial in Charleston, viz, Whit
lock, five years, Hosea Mathis, Alfred
Demaster, who died in prison with
pneumonia, Marion Fowler and several
others. A Rev. Mr.. Ezell confessed
as to who the K. X. KS were and
was released, after serving few
months in Albany penitentiary.
| President Grant issued proclama-
tlon that those who were in prison
and away from home and who would
promise to make good citizens he
would pardon and they could return
home.
After returning home Mr. Long
learned how President Grant came to
issue such proclamaton A. S. Wal
lace, member of congress from this
district and a Republican, as he pass
ed Longs home at Jonnsvillc on his
way to attend Republican meeting
at Gist's station. four miles above
Jonesville, asked for drink of water.
Mr.. Long recognized him and they
had been friends before the war. Wal
lace invited Mr.. Long to attend the
Republican meeting, but Mr.. Long
thanked him and told him he could
not go. Upon leaving Wallace told
Mr. Long if there was anything ne
could do for him he'd do it with
pleasure. Mr.. Long said, "Wallace
have two boys gone away and cannot
return and several friends and I'd like
for you to see President Cant and get
it so nv boys and friends can come
home. If you will see President Grant
to get these X. X. and those in prison
so they can return I will vote for you
in November. I will vote for the devil
in hell if you will do it and do it right
away and get my two boys home"
Wallace returned home, went to Wash
ington and got President Grant TO
issue the proclamation and in six
weeks the garrison was recalled and
removed from the State.
Most of the X. KS returned. but
the Grand Cyclops never returned and
died about two years ago at Paris,
Texas. They got home in time to don
the red shirts and vote for Hampton
When John Whitlock was freed af-
ter two years in Albany prison he
stopped in Washington to pay his re-
spects to the Republican congressman.
A. S. Wallace, and after soundly
abusing him made him pay his way to
| Union.
Out of 16 dens of the X. X. KS in
Union county there are only two liv-
ing chiefs, j. G.. Long, ST., and Or.
Charles Sims of Cowpens.
There were numerous trials in I'm
ion county court house and John Long.
father of j. G.. Long, ST., was very
active in securing evidences to prove
alibis or establishing albis; and it is
sad, for each and every defendant
that on one occasion after drilling his
witness to prove that he was with
man charged with crime; that if the
crime was committed in Jonesville this
witness would testify that he and the
defendant were in Goshen Hill at the
hour the crime was committed, and if
the crime was in Bogansville the de-
fendant and witness would be on
Broad river at the stated hour. The