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.

ALABAMA —SUB-COMMITTEE. 1749
homicides and the number of whippings inflicted by bodies of men after night in disguise.
Answer. \ithlin what tilme
Questoion. Withlin tth l;ast t,\vo years; I will not go farther back than that.
Ans:cer. I really cannot state; my attention has not been directed to that. There
1,hve be n severll. There was one negro killed there last spring, and a white man
killed the su ame tile.'They went out Ku-Kluxing, and tho negro, had informed of it,
and the iinegro killed tlhe white mlan, and they killed the negro, both the same nilgt.
Quistiol. You imay give the particulars of that.
Answer. Tlhat was lasst spring. Those are all the particulars. It is not klnowl-, only
the yountg man that wars killted was by the name of Samiuel.
Question. V Was e olce of the band or party that went to iDnlict tile 1)puis,11hmenlt (3o thie
negro?
Answicr. Well, sil1 do (l:ot know whether there was a band! cr not; it lasa never
been shown or (dvelop)ed yet, as to how many were in company with him, or whether
there wtere any otLhers in c1mpany. I have no doubt there were others. I think I have
understood so. 1 suppose there were. After the younl man was shot, and they carrield 3im off a short listance fromn the house, ny information is that lie was abandoned
and left' tlvere until Ilext day, a(tnd no information las yet been'aseertained as to who
accompanied himm.
Questio0n. Was lie (dcad next day when discovered?
A.nswcr. No, sir; lhe lived several days.
Queslion. Dii! le never imake any discovery?
Answver. No, sir; ie never madle any discovery.
Questiio. Died with his secret?
Atnswer. Yes, sir; it is said he never made an1y discovery.
Question. W1ho was the negro slain; was the raid made upon his ihouO c
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. lie 1illed this young' man in defense?
Answer. Ye, sir I. Tihey went up to his Ihouse, I suppose, to inflict punishment or
drive him oftl I It shot this young nmaiu, and he died of his wounds, and they killed
the negro.
Questionl. Hov l]ong after was the negro illed?
Answer. Tlih snie lnighlt-all at the sume time; all a part of tLe samno transaction.
The report is, that t5il s man was livin- I tlhink his namle was Washington; I forget his n'ame.
Question. The colo(,ed man.?
Answer. Yes, sir; tlat he had lived in adultery with a white woman; that he had
been notified that lie must abandon the white woman; that they went out to inflict the
punishmentl, an the diifficulty occurred in which the white man1 and the negro were
shot.
Q(icstion1. I t-av ary of' the mprty concernued in the killing of then negro ever been
indictel?
As8,,'cri. 1No, si8r; th evr. have been discovered. This young ma2n died without
disclosing.
Qu(tcion. Was hte young man respectably connected?
Ailswer. Yes, sir; as much so as y y g an ounma, I think, about town. I hIad no personal acquaintance with him, but ho was very respectably connected.
Qeestien. Did lhe live in the town of Tuscaloosa?
Ans8?cr. ies, sir; }his Inaml was Samuel, I think.
Qusttion. Samuel w hllat;?
Ansiwe. T'h at is hii; sul.ratit; I d (I not remi(riember lhil Chistiamn nriame.
OQuestion. XWa it si,;ppoe scd thlt the )arty vwas r;ganized in the to-wn that made the
attack mpln tle: negro e?
AnSem'Er. WC(,IS,;iI', I have nt infllrmation on tflla subject.
Question0.:,.t ill 1belonged in tl i towI
Aswer,, Yci sir; e was connected with one of tLe printoll, f illces thelrei; lie was a
printer.
Q.uc.l.am. 1.s 11iat t!'c only case of homicide?
Amnster. T Nt, sit'; there were, probably within twelve mnonths or lessi white man1 and
a negro killed in the lnorthern part of the county. [ believe a white man-I am not
sure, but I belixee both a white man and a negro were killed in one night by disguised
me11.
Questio;s. State the circumstances.
Answer. Tliat is all I can state about it-that a body of disguised 1men were seen in
the neighlborhood, and11 that these two persons were killed. IHow the black man came
to be killed I do iiot know.
Queation. Was it said that the white man killed was one of the assailants of the
black ian?
Answr^. Well, sir, I do not remember how thaat was. I think there have been some