[Rarebooks] FS: 1867 Trial of Members of a Mob Who Murdered African-American Suspect
Charles Agvent
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[AFRICAN-AMERICANA] HAYWOOD, Ed. Graham. MILITARY COMMISSION.
PROCEEDINGS IN THE CASE OF THE UNITED STATES AGAINST DUNCAN G. McRAE,
WILLIAM J. TOLAR, DAVID WATKINS, SAMUEL PHILLIPS AND THOMAS POWERS, FOR
THE MURDER OF ARCHIBALD BEEBEE AT FAYETTEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, ON THE
11th DAY OF FEBRUARY , 1867, TOGETHER WITH THE ARGUMENT OF ED. GRAHAM
HAYWOOD, SPECIAL JUDGE ADVOCATE, IN REPLY TO THE SEVERAL ARGUMENTS OF
THE COUNSEL FOR THE DEFENCE. Raleigh, NC: Robert Avery, 1867. First
Edition. Octavo, publisher's black cloth; [iv], 398 pages. "It appears,
from Mr Haywood's argument, that one Archibald Beebee, a colored man,
accused of having attempted to commit the crime of rape upon one Elvira
Massey, was arrested, and carried to the town hall in Fayetteville,
N.C., to undergo a preliminary examination before the magistrates. He
was leaving the town hall in charge of the sheriff and his assistants,
when he was assaulted by a mob, and, notwithstanding a stout resistance
on the part of the of the officers of the law, was brutally murdered.
With regard to that part of Mr. Haywood's argument which treats of the
evidence against the prisoners, who were a part of the crowd, we need
not speak at length here. But the rest of his address, though open to
some criticism, on the grounds of diffuseness and unnecessary display of
rhetoric, is to be warmly commended, in so far as it is a stand against
that lawless spirit of violence which undertakes to punish accused
persons on mere suspicion of their guilt, and even when they are in the
hands of the officers of the law. Whether the persons tried for this
murder of Beebee were innocent or guilty, we, of course, do not know;
but we are glad that the trial afforded scope for such a manly advocacy
of the supremacy of law over the violence of a mob" (THE AMERICAN LAW
REVIEW 1867-1868. Volume II, 1868, pages 542-543). Contents toned. Light
wear to spine tips. Near Fine. (#018983) $350.00
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