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.

1442 CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Question. Is that a copy, or the original?
Answer. This is the original itself, sir. In accordance with our laws here we called
a physician to examine the body; I had him summoned.
Question. Read it.
[The witness read as follows:
" At an inquisition held upon the body of Robin Westbrook on the 19th day of July,
1871:
" Dr. D. R. McGowan, being sworn, deposes and says that the deceased came to his
death by a gun-shot or pistol wounds, witness not certain which; two wounds, either
of which would have proven fatal; the largest wound in the clavicle region of the
chest, near the necl and above the collar-bone; the smaller wound in the scapular
region of the body, entering from the back.
"D. R. McGOWAN, M. D.
"Betsey Westbrook, being sworn, deposes and says that seven men came to the house
of Robin Westbrook last night; that they shot through the window several times;
then called to Robin Westbrook to open the door, and he refused; they then got rails
and knocked the door down. Robin had passed out of the main building into a shedroom, closed the door, and fastened it. The men then entered the main room, and entered the shed-room; there were six men in the house. They then pressed Robin back
in the corner and shot him. They had guns with them, and fired three shots. Before
entering the shed-room they kindled a light with a basket in the fire-place. She states
that she did not know any of them; that they were white men; a boy about ten or
twelve years old, about four feet high, appeared to have a net over his face. One of
the men dropped his hat on the floor and came back for it. This occurred between 10
and 11 o'clock.
her
"BETSEY + WESTBROOK.
mark.
"Attest: J. W. SMITH, JR.' Tilla Reese, being sworn, deposes and says: When the deceased was shot he was not
in the room; that he stepped to the door, and a man out-door told him to stand back,
if he did not he would shoot him. Afterwards a low, chunky man, with a netted cap,
led him to the door, when he jumped out and run, and the man lshot at him twice.
his
TILLA + REESE.
mark.
"Attest: J. W. SMITH. JI.
Here is the appearance bond of Dr. McGowan:
"Marengo County Court.
"THE STATE
vs. No. 23.
"APPEARANCE BOND OF DR. D. R. McGOWAN.
" THE STATE OF ALABAMA, Marengo County:
" We, D. R. McGowan, and A. J. White and W. W. Gilmore, his sureties, acknowledge
ourselves indebted to the State of Alabama in the sum of one hundred dollars, to be
void if I, D. R. McGowan, appear the next term of the circuit court of said county, and
from term to term thereafter until discharged, and answer before the grand jury of
said county.
"Witness our hands and seals, this 19th day of July, 1871.
"D. R. McGOWAN,
"A. J. WHITE,
"W. W. GILMORE.
"Approved: S. B. JACKSON,
"Justice of the Peace."]
Question. Were those statements made on oath?
Answer. Yes, sir; I swore them; this is the report of the jury:
"' STATE OF ALABAMA, Marengo County:
"An inquisition taken at J. L. Nored's, in Jefferson, in said county, on the 19th day
of July, 1871, before me, Samuel B. Jackson, a justice of the peace in and for said
-ounty, upon the view of the body of Robin Westbrook, there lying dead, and upon
the oath of John W. Smith, jr., Ed. Williams, Levi Smith, Calvin C. Dyer, N. W.
Bradley, and Paul Anderson, good and lawful men, householders of said county, who
being charged and sworn to inquire for the State of Alabama when, where, and how the