Year: 1875

THE GOVERNORS coURsE-MoRE ABOUT THE
SECRET MEETNGs-''KILL AND DIVIDE
CAPTURED NEGRO OFFICERS STATEMENT
GRANT TO BE KING AND ALL TO PAY TITHEs-
NEGRO PROTEST AGAINST THE RISING.


SANDERsvnLE Ga, August 20, 1875.
The editorial remarks Of the HERALD in commenda-
ton Of the of Governor smith, Of this State, in
regard TO the phenomenal negro movement in
this part of Georgia do justice to an excellent public
officer Whatever the real truth of the affair It can
only lbe ascertaned upon the approaching trials The
preliminary evidence CONFESSIONS &C. OF the negroes
arrested and the revelations Of the captured letters
papers, &c. however well calculated 10 beget
violence the usual short shrft and ready
tree leading in turn to arson and assassination by
the blacks would In all human probability have
occurred If a 1rm and steady hand had not
been at the helm Of public affairs The Governor has
been soldier and thus doubtless learned TO keep his
head in times OF excitement and for his successful
managementof a difficult work is receiving many plan
dts the press The of the evidence
send you further batch may be from the follow
Ing transcripts of the preliminary examnation-namey,
In johnson county


ELEcTISG MILITARY GENERAL


Jasper Hicks, sworn-Had the secret meeting for the





when We joined that organization promised TO obey
AL orders that any OF the officers would give; this
meeting the oath was viii you be at the beck and call
Of the officers at any season. either day or nighS An
Swer, l will there orders given for thirty i've
delegates to meet Sandersvie for the purpose
Of election Of military general; there other
orders given for the purpose OF killing the white
for the lands did not have the orders in time
for be done the orders receive the orders





that the letter that contained the order lost;
all them that belonged the band TO receive the
order; the orders lost Buckeye; Edmund
Smell 10 bring the orders they told that they
got their orders the Governor myself Bob Hicks
Early Hicks decided to out of it. not to have
anything more TO do with it; we could not find the
man that had names; talking to Willis
Pullen; he said that scared; that he did not
aim to come OUT he said could not come out with
out signing liebilL


Cross-examined-Edmund Smell delivered the orders
from Jake Clark for all to Buckeye Creek;
there about thirty hvo forty there; there
nothing done that day but Joined and sworn in;
orders to keep everything secret; heard
Willis Pullen say anything about the orders to kill the
white people.


KILL OUT THE WHITE


Phil Pullen sworn-''You join this band and be then
At every beck and cal;r the purpose was TO kill
the white and take the lands; have had
orders; Willis Pulen said they had lost letter up
yonder on the camp ground; Willis Pullen said what
was in that letter TO k out the white


THE WHITES TO GIVE UP THE LANDS


Bob Tucker sworn-Al that know belongs TO the
secret organization; the object Of the meeting
make up military company TO drill; TO pro-
lect another as brothers, it not general un-
dersandng the land was to be divided; Cordy Harris
SAID the lands government lands, and /: the white
folks would not give up the lands willingly we would
whip them into it; he was one Of the head men.


BAND.


Nero Miller sworn-I belong to Jerry Walters CON-
pany; paid half dollar to get into it; the company is
styled the band; joined the company at Jake
Moormans; they told that by joining would get
captain of road working, and that when white man
ordered to work the road for me not
to notice the white man at all but 10 90
10 my captain; and they also told me that each
member of the company would get $50 acres of
land, and that If should get into fight with white
man to let us fight IL out, but If another white
should interfere for go and get another member
OF the company to take my part told that must
gather and sell my crop and let white man sell
1t for me- they told that would get the $50 Of
land by sticking to the company heard that II the
white men refused to give up the land to that We
would be reinforced by from Burke and South





furnish with guns they said before the white
people would fight they would give up the land to u.s.
but II they refused we would kill them as we came to
them Cordy Harris would be elected judge try white
men; when Joined the company took oath to obey
all the orders from the captain and go day night,
when called upon to do and TO do anything that
was called upon to do.


MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN


Phil Pullen sworn lin another casep-I know nothing
requiring execute the whites except the letter
and all obey all Of the officers Of
every kind whether they good bad against
laws or in favor Of them Willis Pulen said white man
bad found letter the ground which required
us TO kill the whites including men, women and chill
dren, aud take the land Jake Clark, Of the band
Cross examined-None Of them knew that they would
be required to Kill the whites and take the land the
time they Joined.


MORE ABOUT THE KILLING


Bill Hicks statement not under oath-Litte Austin
told me u did not 20 into this band would suffer tor
II; when ! went into the band told Austin | would
come out, and would be damned II did not thought
would come out because | saw there things In II
that did not know when joined; there great
deal said among the black people that the lands would
be taken from the whites and the whites killed


DRILLING MARCHING.


Nera Millen sworn lin another casel-l know that
prisoners belong to the meeting because have heard
their names called ON the list; the oath
is to keep all the things pertaining to the
meeting secret and 60 at any beckon and call
Of the captain day or night the object Of the
meeting 10 drill and march and some day IL would
benefit they further said If We did stick up but
backed out we would have 70 abide the laws OF the
United states; further, that 10 take the
lands whether the whites were willing not; II was
The general understanding afier We Joined that the
lands we're 70 be divided; found this out about
month after joined only few OF US knew this


TO TAKE THE RICH WHITE MESs


Phh Puhen sworn On another caseJ-The oath
was:-Wl you JOIN this band and keep II secret and
be there at every beck call any hour or season at
mighty matter not when, at the beck and call Of the
bead meny We received some orders in a letter Kill
All the whites Tor the lands and them that did not have
guns was to take pitchiOrks, spades and hoes,
axes, grubbng hoes and bnckbats received such
Instructions from Edmund Smell, we were 70 start
At Balls Ferry and XIII all IN the edge Of Washington