New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-14

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mediate vicinity OF the riot. apparently taknr no
part in the riot They were mot molestcd
Signed A. TURNBULL
f, A. FELLowEs SWORN.
Resides in Nov Orleans cor7cr az DnIorl o7,l
Tiyoli CircIe rInrE NV ncnpnotion IN tba qntb
Of INV IsGG iftts 1ft 10 ,it, ','g J
mo m The corneT Of ToT,i opI Brrr5I,,I
streets when a procession nf nepropa viii
a ffa ami drum and a ao,r can9a M, Rur
@niv street. armed with pistGls Eniyns sInpg.
Shots and larpe etirls baIlnoing ond bnGf
ms nj white nerSors stanTin9t onieti1 on tho ai7e
walk. The narsons standing abont' left the street
free for them In mass The first disturbances /
noticed was n how twelve or thirteen years old
strike a negro in The rear of the nrncession with
bis font tbe nnrro srrurl, ran nm another nepro
strncl, the TttIe hnv with a stinI, The negro
strncil NV tha little yShite how was ahout ffteen
wears Of ace There was thet general melee N
which saw vonnr, Mr. Kelly Walten who was
standing quietly nv struck with n stick ran mn
and with Mr. Cr6y1n er7asted the npcro with GREAT
trouble, other negroes interfering to preyent his
arrest. There was a OistoI trad Inv a white man
the negroes then fell back and oIInyved tbe arrest
Drums beat and the negroes sbontad VAS mi
harmed at this time. Cr6von told the nagroes he
was a policeman the negroes said he 69d dome
nothing to be arrested This negro woe tnl.on ar
by the police, The procession then moved nm 70
Mechanics Institute "a short time after this /
was standing near the corner of Dryades and
Canal streets when noticed a shower OF missiles
bricks, etc. coming from the direction of the
| Institute, and Immediately several pistol shots
from the same ,dreeton. The crowd i7 Of white
persons tell back to Canal street, the negroes pur
suinS as LUZ as Sahal street. Inc Qoheemeh ana
otnel cl.lAeu9 lnen commenced hrlg lfou tA5
ooLLeI ~ Cae negroes, WIG thea ie!l oaeh anu
commenced disappearing IFOu tHs street. some
negroes were hlloa py inns Ilflhg' some rev
nlhuts <St IulS " 76san crown auydHCeo neaIes1
~ a oulteu ottttS Queer anu pollcSnlaH, 10 'ie
Netu"u5es lustilu,g, anu coIlne4geI I M ~
rests, One OF ule uvsI men was W. IT, Flsl, VINO
W DIS LdhGl &c ol ny OlttT DOuAlOSut pIOlGtttl
rom the crown anu IgAeh on ing
ctoMu wfTtt w st@Es @uu Igunu tNe uuoIs
u Su7 L! III Ml,Itn the GoiFenLloh saV, eloStu
Wueu goIillLhefe Washo lllhg gong on; lHete laa
peen some peIore' came ou9 ana Went 70 me euei
9l ponce! VINO was st@lalhS u 'front.' Inc C4ltel
9!atgS elh:er came 10 the CnleI OIL ponce anu ~
ylseu lIln 70 nave IAe ouiIdilE suItouhueG, "1NCH
g., was oruereu pE the chtet. tAen Went on 10 nave
my plS'ol, %llen hau purchased IN me mean
"HIe, lo4ueq' ana came BACK and saw tleh
pLii ~! ueaV negroes 9ul oil we puhHhs tael
igiC anu went 10 ny ol1ee' IN HahIIS %Fests
tile ponce geneFalIy USED no more violence thal
was necessary 1heFe were ~" exceptions Il
inns, pHhctpally among persons IL citizen clothes
l. alu NOT recognize any OF the cltzens, or any OF
.le poIce VINO IoEhed Ilesg exceptions. PreWou
w LLie ts'u[ oahce On oauai street. went 10 Llt
i tgsiI on business WIN tue iorari9n' Mr
MONIES WINE ulefe hearu 4 minister, Mr. HOT
toh geheYe II was advising me negroes VINO mac
asseln9t5 5 vueEe 10 60 nome some Of men
ssenieu u'5poSsu 10 lake us aoNIce otheEs Q!u no
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t Noghed) EDGAR A. FELLo|ES.
GEORGE CLARK SWORN.
reside in the city of New Orleans l am al
adiuster of averages I am fifty wears Of ace
was horn in New Orleans and have resided B9r,
ever since On the 90th If TrIv 1895 ahont 10
o'clock NJ went to the front Of fhe Tnsttpte on
Dryades street: found commotion. and somt
firing going on. there was crowd ON Canal street
there were some policemen and a few citizens II
front of the Institute and in tba Ints arorni II
| saw some shots fred from The building and shot
fred in return at the building, some nerroe,
were occasionally iumninp ont 6F fine yvindoTgs n
the building. atfemptinfr ia escane. thew wer,
generally fred Fon nv citizens or struc, with
clubs, bricks and stones. endeay0red Il
protect these negroes from these assault
as much as | could, and succeeded in saving
some Of them; Ihe policemen were also arrest
ing WMte ana placks as they came out az tins
puliclng, ana were protecting them from tle as
saults u tne crowd uuhOt witness an instance
! OF tne ponce using any unnecessary violence.
llu not recognize any OF inc crowd Of men ant
gopys Hno were making slese assaults 81" MT
ohaw, a MEMBER OF the convention, when nj
= cahe GUY VI Lie pu,!ulug ne was arrested ahS
protecIed py the ponce. MT. H. Z. Daunoy CAM
7 70 the WINDOW ana CANNED my protection;
talleQ tne ponce, VINO LOOK MN on ana projected
M! from vne eIo"a. | saw q huIhDen OF oIne
WIte persons taken OUT Oh the Dnli0lhg by ID
: pouGe ana projected and taken on by them.
I ieiI peloFe Inc rloI was quite over saw, alter
! ie1E, on Common street, near Carondelet Aiehat
lam ~ CHHl &c VI INC poHGS -alhouS Inetn vi
!, chlet OIL ponce; large crowd were around mn
ana tle ponce mad great diinculty TO protect MI
= from thell N protecting MN t1ey hau 10 hhoe
y GOWN TWO or three persons, dlu 9og TecoghiZ
{ tlese persons; some N Iie crowd l knew o
! slsnt, put hot py name. me the sh9oung wa
goinS On tt tue institute, petole qua alterWaIus
! saW 6Eeat many negroes near tlie pace Oh c0L
! ulcy, stauulng apouv III Tue yroW9 Oh "Hle Beople
: anu saw none Oh mem nolested. heafa, alte
tle occurrences q llls ootn, great many EXPIRE
: sIous Oh oplhon among c!Izehs WIN REGARD 10 Ia
matJer tle universal OPINION was one OF symPo
lLy LOT inc negroes, ahQ regret mar they nag
suIef Tor inc WAlte leaders. Ihere was no nos
LlLlHs expressed agailst we negroes as u Glass;
h am member OIL the CITY council.
u u tsigned) GEORGE CLARK,
a ADOLPHE DCPRE, sR,, SWORN.
8 Resides in New Orleans. was born in Me-
/ Orleans in 1907, and have resided continually j
1t New Orleans since lS3j. am register Of tn
i State land Office, by appointment Of Gov. Wells
& On the Both OF july 1856, about II o'clock,
little after was at my office, at the corner of b
d rome and Common streets, my attention was al
Z, tracted by drum; also heard one or two shot
. fired about that time, Going on the yerandah
/. saw some negroes running. noticed one partict
larly, with stick in bis hand, running down Con
q mon street towards BarOnne. He was pursued b
II a crowd, and was shot and fell. did not It
e cognize any Of the pursuing crowd. | also say
J. Mr.. Daunoy, policeman on each side of him
g and two or three behind him, pursued by larg
a crowd with cries and threats The police did every
d thing in their power to protect him, which the
e succeeded in doing. l also saw Mr., Alfred Shar
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