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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1872. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... Question. Perhaps they have taken their hint from the Ku-Klux. Answer..Yes; they have gotten it in that way possibly; at any rate these men who are not Ku-Klux occasionally commit robberies in disguise. Question. You mean they are not Ku-Klux in the true sense of the term? Answer. Not in the original sense of the term. Question. They are what might be called bogus Ku-Klux? Answer. Well, I would call them scamps running round and committing depredations. I may illustrate the point in this way: Alter the war men in Federal uniform committed a great many robberies. They had purchased the clothing of soldiers; it was a sort of shelter to them in which to commit crime. In the same way men who commit robberies may desire them to appear to have been committed by Ku-Klux. Question. But in addition to the robberies you have heard of, (which you attribute to bogus Ku-Klux, as they might be termed,) you have heard occasionally, at least, of men being killed by them? Answer. Yes, sir. Question. And you have heard of a great many cases of men being taken from theii houses at night and scourged by them? Answer. I have heard of several, I have named a number. One was the case of Mr. Cate, in Jackson county. Old Mr. Marker, a soldier of the war of 1812, I think, was whipped. Two negro men--Ned Larkin and his brother--were killed. But the men killed in these cases were democrats, black and white; and they were killed too, as I am advised, by republicans. Of the homicides which have occurred under my observation in the State of Alabama, I am satisfied that in a large proportion of cases the victims have been democrats. Question. You mean immediately upon the close of the war? Answer; No, I mean within the last two or three years. I have not heard of any homicides in my neighborho...
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