Report of the Joint Select Committee to Inquire Into the Condition of Affairs in the Late Insurrectionary States, So Far as Regards the Execution of the Laws, and Safety of the Lives and Property of the Citizens of the United States and Testimony Taken: Testimony taken by the committee (June 2-Nov. 11, 1871) AlabamaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1872 - Reconstruction |
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Page 687
... sir," says I. He says, " God damn you," and he says, " Shoot him," and the first* shot he fired, he shot me right here, [side of the head,] and turned me clean around, and the blood run out of my eyes. I turned ALABAMA — SUB-COMMITTEE. 687.
... sir," says I. He says, " God damn you," and he says, " Shoot him," and the first* shot he fired, he shot me right here, [side of the head,] and turned me clean around, and the blood run out of my eyes. I turned ALABAMA — SUB-COMMITTEE. 687.
Page 688
... fired on you ? Answer. I know one of the men, sir ; and that is a man by the name of Cox, who used to keep a saddler-shop in this town. He was the first man that hailed me at the court-house gate. He was a captain — we called him ...
... fired on you ? Answer. I know one of the men, sir ; and that is a man by the name of Cox, who used to keep a saddler-shop in this town. He was the first man that hailed me at the court-house gate. He was a captain — we called him ...
Page 690
... firing ? Answer. No, sir ; not those with the masks on. Question. The men that did not have the masks on did the firing ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Had they taken off their masks ? Answer. Yes, sir ; that is it. They had got off their ...
... firing ? Answer. No, sir ; not those with the masks on. Question. The men that did not have the masks on did the firing ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Had they taken off their masks ? Answer. Yes, sir ; that is it. They had got off their ...
Page 694
... firing in the court-house yard, and about the streets, were men who had no disguises on ? Answer. Those that fired on me had none on. Question. Did anybody that you saw fire have a disguise on ? Answer. "No, sir. Question. Then, why did ...
... firing in the court-house yard, and about the streets, were men who had no disguises on ? Answer. Those that fired on me had none on. Question. Did anybody that you saw fire have a disguise on ? Answer. "No, sir. Question. Then, why did ...
Page 716
... fired at some twenty or twenty- five times, they running and firing He was outrunning them, and was about to get out of the gate, but three or four of them headed him at the gate and they captured him there and struck him two or three ...
... fired at some twenty or twenty- five times, they running and firing He was outrunning them, and was about to get out of the gate, but three or four of them headed him at the gate and they captured him there and struck him two or three ...
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