Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1869-03-26

u witness residing at Hodges Depot
County of Abbcville and State of
South Carolina, examined before Will.
liam ELL Judge of Probate, in tho
contested election of Hon. J. p. Reed
as membe" of Congress from the
Third Congressional District, at Alb
beville Court House, 25th March
1869.
Answer to First Interrogotory:
l am a citizen of the County of
Abbcvillc-votcd ut the election for
Congress held on the third of Novom-
Der last, and at tho Cokcsbury pre-
cinct.
Answer to Sccocd Intcrrogatory:
/ was not manager at the said
election.
Answer to Third Interrogatory:
I do not know that tho managers
wcro regularly sworn or not. The
election was quiet and seemed to be
conducted according to law. Mana
gers seemed anXions to do their duty
a detachment Of soldiers and q
peace officer were present, and had no
occasion to interfere at all.
Answer to Fourth Intcrrogatory :
The managers did not to my knowl-
edge receive the votes Of any persons
not regularly registered. No non
residents were allowed to vote. Wit
moss saw one nonresident from the
county of Laurens offer to vote, but
upon his stating that he lived in Lau-
rens County, and had registered
there, tho managers he thinks refused
to receive his vote. This was the
only nonresident witness saw offer to
vote.
Answer to Fifth Intorrogatory;
The managers did not, refuse
to receive any legal votes reg
ularly registered. Witness saw
many persons both white aud black
vote. He saw some vote the
Democratic ticket and other vote the
Republican ticket, and he saw no vote
refused from any white or black, ex-
cept the single NONRESIDENT before
referred to. Witness positively knows
that every legal white or black who
wished to vote had the opportunity
to do so. -
Answer to Sixth Interrogasory:
Witness says the election was con
Quoted precisely and quietly.-There
was no show Of force to deter any
person from voting. A more quiet
election was never hold in America.
Answsr to Seventh Interrogatory:
No person was refused the right to
vote, who was BY law entitled toyote.
Answer to Eighth 1nterrogatory !:
The managers did not as far as wit
ness knows refuse the vote Of any
person except tho nonresident before
referred to-. .;'..' y ''-t '"' - 9, u,
Answer to Ninth. Intorrogatory:
Witness does not know how many
.oolored mon voted or whether they
voted Democratic or Republican.
i. Q.-So the statement contained in
the testimony Of W: K. Tolbert that
you were member Of Ku Kiux Klan
true or false? '''-%..' - 80
eA.-It is untrue, totally and abso-
lutely untrue I am mot d. member of
any POLITICAL club and d2ancver have
been--never joined. saa' Democratic
clubjinmyilife! III have never belong
ed to any secret society in my Hfes
exceptithe Mssons; gAS to- thsd KT'
KIux Klan,s if any saYhaexists Ikndw
nothing whatever never jUihed and;
never wasasked to join onej haveenoF
knowledge q or ;t7informatidh1 aof any
such organisation, aand; d;doibot: believe.
there is, angssacH organisations 'ih3 or
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