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 646
... outrages committed upon Mr. Weir. Will you tell us what you know upon these subjects, without being specially interrogated ? Perhaps you will do it in a more satisfactory way than by separate questions. Ansiver. Well, sir, there have ...
... outrages committed upon Mr. Weir. Will you tell us what you know upon these subjects, without being specially interrogated ? Perhaps you will do it in a more satisfactory way than by separate questions. Ansiver. Well, sir, there have ...
Page 648
... outrage of lynching in the spring; and these men, in their last assault in disguise on Weir, repeatedly, during the ... outrages committed by disguised men — the white people ? Answer. Well, sir, there is a great feeling of indignation ...
... outrage of lynching in the spring; and these men, in their last assault in disguise on Weir, repeatedly, during the ... outrages committed by disguised men — the white people ? Answer. Well, sir, there is a great feeling of indignation ...
Page 649
... outrages committed where parties are not prosecuted j and I think it takes away the motive for vigorous prosecution by the solicitor. By Mr. Beck : Question. In other words, the men in the county do not feel as zealous when they " have ...
... outrages committed where parties are not prosecuted j and I think it takes away the motive for vigorous prosecution by the solicitor. By Mr. Beck : Question. In other words, the men in the county do not feel as zealous when they " have ...
Page 652
... outrage. There has been a preliminary examination upon the last outrage, as to one of the parties whom I charged myself. Mr. Weir never charged him, but I had taken it, and I had the suspicion that a party living in this" county, by the ...
... outrage. There has been a preliminary examination upon the last outrage, as to one of the parties whom I charged myself. Mr. Weir never charged him, but I had taken it, and I had the suspicion that a party living in this" county, by the ...
Page 653
... outrage occurred in March last ? Answer. I will not attempt to be accurate about the time, but I think it was in the spring, probably in March. By Mr. Beck : Question. Go on and complete your statement of the other outrage, and what ...
... outrage occurred in March last ? Answer. I will not attempt to be accurate about the time, but I think it was in the spring, probably in March. By Mr. Beck : Question. Go on and complete your statement of the other outrage, and what ...
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