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 649
... organization, to palm themselves off as Ku-Klux, and do their devilment in disguise, so that they may not be known. Question. Do you think that they have any body of men acting with them elsewhere through the State, or adjoining county ...
... organization, to palm themselves off as Ku-Klux, and do their devilment in disguise, so that they may not be known. Question. Do you think that they have any body of men acting with them elsewhere through the State, or adjoining county ...
Page 660
... organization. Question. Not at that time ? Answer. At that time, no, sir. By Mr. Buckley : Question. What was their disguise ? Answer. Well, sir, they had very tallhats that seemed to be made of some material, I could not tell what it ...
... organization. Question. Not at that time ? Answer. At that time, no, sir. By Mr. Buckley : Question. What was their disguise ? Answer. Well, sir, they had very tallhats that seemed to be made of some material, I could not tell what it ...
Page 661
... organization ? Answer. No, sir; I could not say that I have any knowledge of it myself. I have talked with parties that I thought were in the first organization — that squad that I told ^ou I met at the pic-nic ground — and I asked them ...
... organization ? Answer. No, sir; I could not say that I have any knowledge of it myself. I have talked with parties that I thought were in the first organization — that squad that I told ^ou I met at the pic-nic ground — and I asked them ...
Page 664
... organization disbanded about the time of the passage of this act ? Answer. Yes, sir; about two or three months before it — that is, the organization in our county. Now, whether it was connected with any other organization or not I do ...
... organization disbanded about the time of the passage of this act ? Answer. Yes, sir; about two or three months before it — that is, the organization in our county. Now, whether it was connected with any other organization or not I do ...
Page 665
... organization in the connection in which I spoke of, viz, as not having committed any violence, and the expression ... organization you were asked to join ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Do you know anything about the oath of secrecy or ...
... organization in the connection in which I spoke of, viz, as not having committed any violence, and the expression ... organization you were asked to join ? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. Do you know anything about the oath of secrecy or ...
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