New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-14
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SO protected noticed Mr., Judd, Mr.. Z. F. Dau
nov and Mr. Fish q member of the convention. /
About halfpaSt II o'clock, and before the meet
ing OF the convention, and before any disturbance
had taken place. everything being perfectly quiet,
heard short thick Sc man, with a heavy long
reddish beFd. addressing a crowd of negroes
| in the vestibule, near the door of the
office, in French. / pointed him out att
the time to Mr.. SneIhen, the private secretary to
the governor He said to them: Messeurs, ie
compile sur vous pour garden Ia paiX, ne common
ce1 pas lee premiers, aissez les commencer ct
tuez tous sans misercorde, surtout cherchez les
enfants de garce de figures rebees." e. Gentle.
men, depend on you to keep peace. Do not
commence frst-let them begin; and kill without
pity. Above ALL seek for the sons of - of
| rebel taCes.'O
"Tuez sans piti& n'Gparguez fautre personue."
| {" Kill without pity; spare no one.D
| He and the negroes then went up stairs he still
/ speaking, and they saying we will do it."
| | also heard negro before the disturbance be-
gan, saying to persons in the street; II any son
! of a - has anything to say against Dostle, let
| him come forward" l was, at the time this last
| language was used, standing at the window with
| Mr.. F. Trinchard, Mr.. Alfred Shaw, member OF
the convention, and Mr.. Hire, also member of
the convention. Shaw and Hire said bully"
Afterwards, the reporters of the New York her
| aid and Cincinnati Commercial came into the Office;
| either Hire or Shaw repeated what the negro had
said and the reporters clapped their hands and
! said, " bully for the negro, approvingly. During
the time was in the office, and while the disturb
anee was going on, Messrs Snethen, Jules lie
| Blanc, P Sauy6, Judge Howell, Daunoy, Trinch-
ard, Welsh, Alfred shaw, Hire, 7. NJ. Wells and
others, were III the ottice also Mr. Noble reporter
| of the Times.
Tie governor, j. NJ Wells left the building
about half hour before the first firing took
P''''' Signed o. Po1NcEL1N.
Dr.. A. j. sEMMEs SWORN.
Resides in New Orleans. am a physician, On
the 30th of July, 1866 about II or O'Clock, pass
ing towards the Medical College along Dryades
street, passed through not very large crowd of
white persons near the corner Of Canal and Dry
AIDES streets. | came TO a very large crowd OF ne
groes 0bstuCtHg nearly the entire street, in front
Of the Mechanics Institute, most Of them armed
with bludgeons or large sticks. | noticed Others
wearing belts around their waists buckedn front,
resembling pistol belts. In attempting to pass
through this crowd and finding livery dense on the
side opposite to the Institute, crossed over to the
side OF the street on which the Institute stands
t At the moment crossed everything was perfectly
quiet, when, suddenly, heard shot and yolleJ
Of brck-bats or stones. Whence the shot or vol
4 ley of stones. | do not know | then took refuge
! in the Mechanics Institute building. l went up
stairs, entered the convention hall, where l re-
NAMED very few minutes The lobby outside OF
the railing was filed with negroes and few white
persons, There were a good many white
persons on the inside of the railing.
noticed evidences Of many persons inside
and outside of the railing being armed. The con.
ventiOn had taken recess, as was informed.
went to window, and looking out saw at least
half dozen negroes advancing towards Cana
street and firing revOvers rapidly in that direction
Up tothis time had not seen single policeman
Immediately after the above firing saw one pc
lceman come from the direction of Canal street
and go up to a group of negroes diagonally OPP
posite the Institute and make arrest of a negro
without firing or using any violence. Ashe took of
the prisoner, | saw one or two negroes advance
and fire on him. with what effect could not ascer
tain; the firing then became apparently genera
If.
. doing so | met q large crowd of armed negroes
coming up the steps. | succeeded in getting or
the floor above the convention, where everything
/ was quiet.
Before left the convention hall, several white
7 persons, standing near me, and observing the ne
j groes firing on the policemen and those assisting
Z the police, made several remarks Indicative o.
their joy at seeing the negroes getting an appar
, ent advantage over the few policemen and per
sons assisting them at the time-such as, "Dit
| you see thatW !" See how theyrun them ~ Doe
! he not stand his ground ~ etc.
l From the third story witnessed fighting in thu
!. streets between the blacks and policemen AMI
others assisting them, some stray shots striking tn
4 windows Iconcluded to go out on the roof, whicl
: l did. While | was passing through the loft,
came across large gentleman with silver
headed cane he gave me his name as King Cut
lers he lay down in a dark corner Of the loft
YsEere left him, when | went out on the ROOF
n V1Afe on the roof heard firing apparently froI
n the windows of the second story. A short tim
I afterwards i neafq the ponce arTeStlng Cutler
= which they did without attempting to do him an
n injury. For a few minutes after, the polio
/ took charge of me, they APPARENT
e took me for member of th
h convention; they made no attempt to ill-use me
d simply arresting me without any violence what
e ever; aud after being recognized, | was imme
e distely released. While coming down from tn
l. building, and while in the street afterwards
t. saw the police making arrests, and in no instauc
!. saw them use any unnecessary violence in maxim
k their arrests.
e t5igned) A. ]. sEMyEs, N. D.
I: A. TURNBuLL SWORN.
7 Resides in New Orleans at IVA Camp street.
= am employed by the State engineer. On the 30t
E of July, 1866, was in the Mechanics Institut
building, in the engineers office, on the thr
floor, about haif.past o'clock 4. n, until about
Z O'Clock P. N. About halEpast 10 O'Clock A. NJ,
t. went down to the lower floor. / noticed at tina
It time in the hall of the convention, and the vest
y bnle below, good many colored persons, anon
Il them some women. The first thing that attracte
a my attention was hearing band of music, an
e looking out of the end window in the third story
IT saw procession OF coored persons coming u
q Burgundy street, with drums and fife and flag
IN fifty; the band had crossed Canal street and wa
lie entering Dryades street; when the processio
o. was at this point, white boy came to make som
1 remark to some person in the procession. where
procession, and struck with stcks there was
Re melee then, and the boy appeared to be rescue
lie by white persons. a rev minutes after this tn
IN band assembled at the crossing of Dryades an
l- Canal Streets and beat the roll, upon which tn
q procession formed and marched up in front of til
d Mechanics Institute. Order seemed to preVa
4 for quarter of an hour, or twenty minutes. M
h. attention was again attracted by negro maxim
w a speech on the banquette in front of tn
i Institute. . All that heard distinct
e was his telling them to go homt
n Some of the negroes then fell back int
a. the shade on the opposite side of the stree
,e Almost Immediately after this, white boy az
Is peared near the crowd of negroes, Che looked
.e me Ike the same boy who had been struckgo
Canal street,) and said something which did nc
hear, upon which he was attacked by the negrOe
with clubs and sticks. The police came up frol
the direction of Canal street, and taking til
lie white boy by the collar, were leading him off an
Y had crossed the alley running from Dryades
2 Baronne, parallel with Canal street, going toward
IS Canal street, when they were fred upon by se7
3 eral negroes having bright, silyer-mounted re
it VolFeTs, others throwing bricks at them. Their
p was a pile of bricks near the hall. The polio
continued TO fall back with the crowd in the diret
h EtioR of Canal street. Ithen witnessed the polc
) form line across Dryades. and advance toward
Il the negroes, returning their fire, There was
z. this Time cooperating with the police a gentle
d man dressed in United States uniform. There wa
d then heavy firing on both SIDES The police drov
# the negroes back to the front of the halt Ihear
: Lfring in the direction Of Common Street AboU
S this time the main body of the negroes engage
e in the fight rushed into the building of the Inst
, tute. FROM this time saw little Of the fighting
s heard yOleys fired from the street and from til