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.

1986 CONDITION OF AFFAIRS IN THE SOUTHERN STATES.
Queston. You refer to the disturbance at Eutaw?
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. Leaving that out of the question, and also the murder of Boyd, have you
heard of any other disturbance in Greene County by Ku-Klux?
Answer. I do not remember any.
Question. Have you heard of the riding of disguised men at night in the county of
Greene?
Answver. No, sir.
Question. You are joined on the west by Pickens County?
Answer. Yes, sir.
Question. Have you heard of Ku-Klux outrages in that county?
Answer. No, sir; I don't know anything about that.
Question. Have you never heard of any Ku-Klux outrages in Pickens?
Answrer. I do not remember any.
Question. Never heard of the riding at night by disguised men through the county?
Ansrwer. No. sir; I do not remember any Ku-Kluxing in Pickens that I ever heard of.
I was going to tell you of a case in Bibb County, which is on the east of me.
Question. Very well.
Answer. There was a case occurred there-a party shot and wounded-which I understood was at night.
Question. By disguised men?
Ansswer. I do not think much that it was. The parties all knew each other. They
are all now in court on both sides. I do not think there was any disguise, because
every party was identified. They were shootin botin h ways.
Question. Fayette County joins Tuscaloosa, I believe, on the northwest?
Atswer. Yes, sir.
Question. Have you heard of any Ku-Klux outrages in that county?
Answer. I have heard about Fayetteville there. I recollect when the court was in
session, somne time ago, it was said the Ku-Klux rode through the town. That was
published in our papers. I only know what is published in the papers from those
points.
Question. Did you never hear of any murders and whipping by disguised men in
those counties?
Answecr. I heard of some murders there. A man named Trawick was shot up there
by some one from the wayside, as he traveled along the road. I knew Trawick personally. And an old gentleman, like the Wilson case I mentioned, said to be quite a
wealthy man, having a treasure about his house-this house was assailed, and he was
killed for robbery. I forget his name. I do not remember any other cases that
occurred in Fayette County.
Question Have you heard of no cases of whipping in Fayette?
Answer. No, sir; I never heard of any.
Question. How is it with Walker County on the north of you? You are joined, I
believe, on the north by Walker County?
Answer. There was a killing there. A gentleman rode between two; one young man
rode to another's house in the neighborhood of the county seat, and shot him in open
daylight-killed him.
Question. I speak particularly of outrages at night; have you heard of any cases
of that kind?
Answer. No, sir.
Q-estion. How is it with Jefferson, east of you?
Answeer. I never heard of any in Jefferson, sir.
Question. Or in Shelby?
Answer. I don't remember of any in Shelby that I have heard of.
Question. You have made no memorandum nor loaded your memory with these
crimes when committed, and you may have forgotten many cases that have occurred?
Answer. Yes, sir; if I had time I might recall a case or two that have occurred; but
I have gone over all, I think. If I had time I might enlarge this list.
Question. Did you know before coming here upon what points you were to be examined?
Answer. No, sir; I did not know that I would ever come here until I got to Meridian.
I did not know where this colmmlittee was meeting. I was going to Mobile. A gentleman told mne there he had handed my name to the committee, and at the Ragsdale I
attempted to find out about it. I met General Blair and told him I was on the way to
Mobile, and my name had been handed in, and if I were to qome before the committee
at all I wanted to go from the Mo!)ile road to Aberdeen, and did not want to go home
and be sumlmroned before the committee. I went on to Aberdeen and brought my niece
down. I had gone after her, and came down and landed her with her relations, and
came heLie this morning.
Question. Did you understand you were to be called specially to contradict Judge
Peck?