New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-20


l0t-bOxes over to the Office Of the Supervisor
of Registration. at the Marchand place.
After We landed about fifty men came rum
ming up with their arms cooked. Felix
Reynalld cooked his sixteen-shOOter and Or
dered us to ground arms; he had two pistols
Oh him. We ground our arms and at the
same time Abraham Howell turned and run
in company with three others. Lorence
GuInO called ON Abraham Howell to halt,
and Sam Fields told Lorenzo Gumo five
times to shoot him, and Gumo raised his
gun and fired, when Abraham Howell fell
wounded. Then Morris Marks took lis pris-
Oners and marched us up to the jail house
and put us in Jail, and they pnt Milton Nor.
ris in Jail. As we were being conducted
alRg the street a man by the name OF BART
Chcram q bar-keeper, wanted to shoot us
anyhow Felix Rcynaud was anxious to
shoot. Sam Fields and Tom Brady were
urging the thing on. and they wanted to
come in Jail and kill u.s. was kept i'll Jail
one day.
FRANK Y GREEN.
mark
Sworn to and subscribed before me, in
the parish aforesaid, November il, 1870.
F. VICkNAIR, Justice Of the Peace.
Here are three more atfidavits. which still
further prove where the violence and re-
slstance OF law began:
State of Louisiana, parish Of ASCENSION
Personally appeared before me, the under
signed authority. Robert Noel. Being ap--
pointed constable by the Supervisor of
Election, for Poll No. 4, Fourtl, Ward, the
supervisor requested me to see the ballot
box sealed and delivered to him; also, to
see the ballot-bOx of the Second Ward was
sealed and delivered; the same being late
and not able to hand it over, as directed, to
the supervisor, was obliged to leave it at
the courthouse for safety until delivery the
next morning, purposing to remain al! night
at the courthouse to protect the boxes.
Felix Reynaud and Sam Fields came in and
asserted the ballOt-boxes should not leave
the courthouse; also. that they would like
to see the remove them; Sam Fields
stating at the same time the d. thieves only
wanted to tamper and stuff the boxes. l
handed him the election laws to read. He
said d your laws. They next went to
see LAWYERS Sims and Lawes to know if they
could assert their right to hold them. On
their return they agreed not to interfere
with the boxes until report could be for
warded to the supervisor. After the above
agreement they said they wOnld be d-if the
boxes should leave this place, if they should
die for it. Immediately met Milton Morris
coming for the boxes. l told him it was
doubtful if he would get them As soon as he
pltSenttU ulL0SeiI, tHt Hdtttl dIlu ltluS
party arrested him, the said Morris, and put
him in prison. They also appeared to be
controlling an armed body of men to secure
their own purpose. When the supervisor
sent guard across the river they were
fired upon by the Reynaud and Fields party,
and one mans leg broken, and carried
ashore dying, the balance of the party put
in prison by Reynaud and Fields party:
Felix Reynaud, Sam Fields, Charley
-. Tnf,,
Laurence Gomez Montan. Joe Lefau, An
tome RhOderick.
ROBERT Y NOEL.
mark
Sworn TO and subscribed before me. in the
parish aforesaid, this thirteenth November,
ls70. FRANCIS VICKMAIR,
Justice Of the Peace.
State of Louisiana. parish Of Ascension.-
Personally appeared before me. the under
signed authority. Daniel Mason, who being
duly sworn, deposes and says:
On the next day after the election. the
eighth day of November, 1870, | was going
out of DonaIdsonvlle toward home, when l
met Sam Fields coming into town, run
ming his horse. and with his gun in his
hand. When he passed me, heard him cry
out. Fall in, men, and prepare for a battle"
me to halt. was running at the time, and
did not stop, when he whirled and fired at
me twice with his gun.
his
DANIEL Y MASON.
mark.
Sworn to and subscribed before me, in the
parish aforesaid, this thirteenth November,
1870. +. EICKNAIR,
Justice Of the Peace.
State Of Louisiana, parish Of Ascension.-
signed authority, Lawrence Carrier, who, be-
ing duly sworn, depOSes and says:
The next day after the election. the eighth
of November, 1870, | saw Milton Morris
come over the river at the ferry, and he said
that the supervisor had ordered the poll
boxes to he taken over the river to his office,
as he said that Felix Reynaud and Morris
Marks and Sam Fields said they be id
if they would not die before these boxes
should move from the courthouse. Some
one then said that tiatboat, loaded with
men, was coming over the river. and when he
said that, Felix Ieynaud, Marks and Fields,
and others, ran ana got their arms and went
down to the river. A ski.f came over first,
with several men in it. and when they
landed, looked toward the river; | saw Il
man fire gun; | think the man was
Lorcnce GumO, as he was the only man
saw pointing a grn. l then ran down to
the landing with some other colored men,
and We found d colored man living on the
ground, shot. We put him in a cart and sent
him to the rear OF the town. At this time,
there was large crowd of white men
standing upon the levee, with arms in their
hands. In this crowd / recognized Reynaud,
Fields. Gnno, Marks, Sam Alamo, Charles
OberkaInpf. The fiat loaded with men
turned hack " hen the tilipr ..o,umaDoaf I