BOLD CONSPIRACY

Purdy and Others indicted ForConspiracy to Murder.

One of the Parties Makes aConfession.

Crosthwait, Taylor and EwingThe intended Victims.

For several days the Grand Jury hasbeen working on the celebrated case knownas the First Colored Baptist Church trouble. Another chapter of a rather sensa-tional nature was added to the case yester-day by the presentation of an indictmentcharging several Purdyites with conspir-acy to murder leaders of the anti-Purdyfaction.

The fact of the finding of the indictmentwas kept quiet until the arrest of the par-ties, which was accomplished late yester-day afternoon. The indictment chargesthat ''Clem McNairy, colored, J. E. Purdy,colored, Ben Parker. colored, Felix Pas-kett, colored, W. S. Peck, colored, and Cor-nelius Gowdy, colored, with force of arms.unlawfully, feloniously, wilfully, deliber-ately, premeditatedly and maliciously didamong themselves conspire, combine ; con-federate and agree together to make an as-sault upon the bodies of Dr. S. W. Crosth-wait, Taylor G. Ewing and Tom L. Joneswith certain pistols and with the un-lawful and felonious intent, then and there,them, the said Crosthwait, Ewing andJones, to kill and upon them to commit thecrime and felony of murder in the firstdegree."

Capiases were issued and late yesterdayafternoon Deputy Sheriff Shel Price arrest-ed McNairy, Peck and Parker. Purdyheard of the indictment and came up andsurrendered. All the parties gave bond fortheir appearance. It was on Sam Neeley'sevidence that this indictment was found.Neeley is an employe of the MethodistPublishing House. He was a formerPurdyite but for sufficient reasons with-drew from the ranks of that fac-tion some weeks ago. He after-ward intimated to the anties that hewas in possession of certain damaging testi-mony, and later he told the story to Capt.Clack. Upon the advice of Capt. Clack andother of his white friends he agreed to gobefore the Grand Jury and tell all he knew,and yesterday he was summoned to appearbefore that body. He stated before theGrand jury that one night, after an espe-cially stormy session of the church, Purdycalled a council of his close friends andstated to them that this thing had gone farenough, and that certain of the leaders onthe other side, naming Crosthwait, Ewingand Jones, must be killed. He then, ac-cording to Neeley's' statement, unfolded aplan by which this could be. accomplished,without getting the perpetrators intotrouble.

It was then stated that at the next meet-ing Crosthwait, Jones and Ewing wouldbe on hand with aprotest against certainactions of the church session. Purdy said,according to the witness, that these threemen would sit together and that he wantedNeeley, Peck and Gowdy to take seats di-rectly behind the three offensive members.McNairy and Paskett were to bestationednearer the front and Parker was to standwatch at the door. All were to comearmed, and should the three offensive mem-bers attempt to read. their protest or arisefrom their seats then; at a signal, theywere to be shot from behind, and shouldthey turn on their assailants, the men infront were to do the shooting. If they es-caped and got to the door, then Parker wasto shoot them down as they came out.

Neeley says that the programme, so faras the arming and going to church was con-cerned, was carried out, but the three in-tended victims did not leave their seats,and no disturbance whatever occurred.Neeley claims that Purdy was very angryat the failure of the plot and upbraided themen because they did not raise a row so asto get an opportunity to do the shooting.

After this, Neeley alleges, Purdy sentfor him one night and he went to the elder'shouse, where he Met the other conspirators,and here Purdy and Paskett tried to per-suade the others to go to the houses ofTaylor Ewing and Crosthwait, call themto their doors and shoot them down; thento escape, if possible, but if arrested toswear that they were talking when someunknown person fired the shots.

Neeley says he and one or two of theothers declined to do this and that Purdyand Paskett were very much put out bythe refusal. He says they tried to persuadehim that it was a duty he owed the church.Neeley charges that it was agreed, shouldan officer attempt to take the keys of thechurch from Purdy, that he would shoothim before giving them up.

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