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 653
... looked around and saw they were close to his house — five of them ; that they came up, and two of them drew their 'pistols, and presented them toward him, and they took hold one at each arm, and hurried him off in the direction of the ...
... looked around and saw they were close to his house — five of them ; that they came up, and two of them drew their 'pistols, and presented them toward him, and they took hold one at each arm, and hurried him off in the direction of the ...
Page 665
... looked pretty new. They did not look like they had been used, as far as I could tell. I only saw the parties on horseback. They were certainly not like any I had ever seen before. They were, I think, mostly red. Question. They were not ...
... looked pretty new. They did not look like they had been used, as far as I could tell. I only saw the parties on horseback. They were certainly not like any I had ever seen before. They were, I think, mostly red. Question. They were not ...
Page 668
... looked like there were square stars tacked about on it ; they appeared to be crossed upon it. The paper was painted red, stuff like pasteboard. 1?he other had on a hat, and a white handkerchief tied over it, and something white that ...
... looked like there were square stars tacked about on it ; they appeared to be crossed upon it. The paper was painted red, stuff like pasteboard. 1?he other had on a hat, and a white handkerchief tied over it, and something white that ...
Page 675
... looked at them, and as I looked out two of them had him and had his head drawn back in this way (illustrating) and two others were beating him in the face with a pistol. They had no disguises on. They finally took him off a quarter of a ...
... looked at them, and as I looked out two of them had him and had his head drawn back in this way (illustrating) and two others were beating him in the face with a pistol. They had no disguises on. They finally took him off a quarter of a ...
Page 676
... looked at the boy he says, " I don't think I can do him any good." Says I, "Are you going off without trying to do him any good, doctor ?" He says, "Have you got any tallow ?" I told him I had. He says, " Have you any castile soap ?" I ...
... looked at the boy he says, " I don't think I can do him any good." Says I, "Are you going off without trying to do him any good, doctor ?" He says, "Have you got any tallow ?" I told him I had. He says, " Have you any castile soap ?" I ...
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