Report of the Joint select committee appointed to inquire into the condition of affairs in the late insurrectionary states, so far as regards the execution of laws, and the safety of the lives and property of the citizens of the United States and Testimony taken.

1256 CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
body of Tabby Simpsou, freedman, by Walter H. Eichleberger, who has fled from
justice. The murderer is about 25 or 28 years of age, round face, prominent eyes,
dark hair, about five feet seven or eight inches in height, and weighs about 140 or 145
pounds. A reward of $2,500 will be paid for his apprehension and lodgment in any
jail of this State, with proofs to convict.
A freedman named Johnson Gloscoe was deliberately shot down and murdered in
the town of Newberry, on the 25th of September last, by a number of persons
unknown. The assassins fled from justice, and in order that they may be brought to
punishment, I hereby offer a reward of $2,500 for their apprehension or the apprehension of either of them, to be delivered in any jail of this State, with proofs to
convict.
Hon. James Martin, a representative in the general assembly from the county of
Abbeville, was shot down in cold blood and murdered on the public highway, about
four miles from the town of Abbeville, on the 5th of October, by a gang of ruffians
who followed hini far the purpose. I hereby offer a reward of $5,000 for the apprehension of the murderers or the apprehension of either of them, to be delivered in any
jail of this State, with proof to convict.
Hon. B. F. Randolph, a senator in the general assembly, from Orangeburgh, was
assassinated at the railroad depot, at Hodges's Station, on the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad, on the afternoon of the 16th instant, in the presence of a crowd of spectators
and passengers, and the murderers were permitted to mount their horses and leisurely
escape. $5,000 will be paid for their apprehension, or either of them, upon their
delivery in any jail of this State, with proofs to convict.
A proportionate reward will be paid for information that will lead t6 the arrest of
any of the murderers; and any one person who has participated therein will be
exempted from punishment and be liberally rewarded by giving such information as
may lead to the arrest and conviction of his accomplices.
In testimony whereof, I have lereunto set my hand and caused the great seal of the
State to be affixed, at Columbia, this 20th day of October, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, and in the ninety-third year of the independence of the United States of America.
[SEAL.] ROBERT K. SCOTT,
Governor State of South Carolina.
F. L. CARDOZO, Secretary of State.
APPENDIX NO. 7.
[From Mis. Dec., Ho. of Reps., 41st Cong., 1st sess.; Hoge vi. Reed, contested election.]
WILLIAM K. TOLBERT, of lawful age, being duly sworn, says:
Question. What is your name and where do you reside, and your occupation.Answer. I live at Greenwood, Abbeville County, South Carolina; farming.
Q. How long have you lived in Abbeville County I-A. All my life.
Q. Were you in Abbeville County during the months of July, August, September,
October, and November, 1868?-A. I was.
Q. How old are you?-A. Twenty-nine years old.
Q. Did you belong to either of the political parties during the last campaign?A. I did, sir.
Q. To which one?-A. A democrat.
Q. How was the democratic party organized in Abbeville County?-A. Into clubs;
democratic clubs.
Q. Did you belong to one of those clubs?-A. Yes; to Greenwood club.
Q. Where did your club hold its meetings?-A. At the depot; met once a week.
Q. Were your meetings public?-A. Public to democrats, but not to radicals. No
radicals allowed to come in.
Q. Did you take an oath as a member of those clubs?-A. Not when I joined.
Q. Was there any secret organization connected with those clubs?-A. Yes, sir;
committees were appointed which met in secret, and they appointed men to patrol in
each different neighborhood.
Q. For what purpose were these men detailed to patrol?-A. To find out where the
negroes where holding Union Leagues.
Q. They were instructed, you say, to patrol these neighborhoods; what other instructions had they, if any?-A. To break them up; kill the leaders; fire into them
and kill the leader if they could.
Q. Were those the instructions given in all the clubs?-A. Can't say throughout the
county, but believe they were.
Q. Were those instructions given and enforced at any time, and put in execution,
against any of the Union Leagues in Abbeville?-A. They patroled for them, but
could not find where any were held.