New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-06
The case ard the Case Makers.

out about the time the Legislature meet
! is found in the head Of everybody, b
what shape this something will take on b
L longs to the shadOwy land Of the nndete
. mined.
q The decision is expected on Friday.
z may rot come until Saturday, and mine
4 are made up that it will take its place anon
f the realities Of the Judiciary here. Owe
A five thousand affidavits now back up tt
= Kellogg bill in a solid wall Of sed tape an'
= stereotyped chancery, and i IS tie duty
two clerks Of court to ssone take care
this part Of the case The crowd OF wit
! nesses who 20 10 Goost OF the window
> lodges. lay about ne floors, stow themselves
= AWAY N the euJrasures and lei their heads
: fall n4oIpen.y on their knees. and sGua
L in the nic'os Of the edifce. are all satisfied
that i allowed to testify they can show
= suc, state Of affairs that autedated elec
5 +; 4 Which would lead the whole commu
) IAlty TO sympathize with them and theiI
y Governor, whom they believe they elected
in his efforts TO come into his own. From
them come stories Of incidents at polling
booths that show a system Of intimidation
and stuftiug springing from central source,
according 10 the legion who support the
complainant, and the following cases and
testimony are subjoined as part OF the evi-
dence:
GREENSBORO, La, Noyemb Der 9, 1872.
| Hon. S. 3. Packard, United States Marshal New
| Orleans Louisiana:
DEAR SIR-You have doubtless received
/ the fqlpppavO in+ApUliYerr ]I,r T.
and brother, Charles J. Greene, were shot
on Tuesday last. They were both wounded
! III the head, but neither dangerous The
| following is statement Of the case. so that
! you nay see whether it is necessary or NOT
10 keep detachment of troops in this par
| ish: First-On Monday my brother, Charles
j. Greene, and myself were in Vernon, If
should say thele was no intimidation |
would be giving utterance to tremen-
dOus falsehoOd for the colUred pe0ule
were undoubtedly deceived and de-
tTauded to great extent. About ten
o'clock in the forenoon one B. Z. Allen
accosted Charles j. Greene and ac-
cused him OF giving a certain kind of
a ticket to a certain colOred man named
SteIl, and began cursing and insulting him.
but the culOred man came forward and NV
brother proved by him that Alien had told
talsehOOd. Allen continued cursing and
abusing him, and was getting to be very
boisterous when nv brother called on w T.
Emory, deputy marshal, and commanded
him to make arrest, unless Allen became
quiet. The command iGfuriated William J,
Allen, j. T. Allen, John Allen and 1napy
others, about 8 dozen in number who came
forward with oaths, and swore that no
deputy marshal should arrest anv of them.
and cursed my brother, and said Cd
d-n him, let him just attempt 20 have any
body arrested, and there would be hot times.
so We told tue good people who were present
to try and get them quiet, which they
did. Everything passed OF very quietly
TOR the balance OF the day. Tie i'm
preston got out by some means that
we intended to report them and
have them arrested, which caused them
to send TO US several times to know If we
did intend TO report them, to which we re-
piled that if they kept quiet that we would
let it pass. On Tuesday my father (AIIen |
Greenej came 20 Vernon, and remained sew
eral hours, and was about leaving for home. |
together with my brother, Charles J, |
Greenel and had just reached the court |
house fence, and on the steps met Messrs. |
Charles w. and William j. Allen. and !
spoke TO them in a friendly manner; but
Charles W. Allen turned around and spoke |
to my brother saying that he had been in
formed that he Charles j. Greenel was 60
ing to report his brothers, but be Charles
u 1ACCLCj 4C@ILC4 LLldI ut NBuIG NOT II LleV
behaved themselves and kept quiet but he
continued, and said that he understood
that old Allen (Greene) wanted to shoot
out my father answered bv
saying that lie did not want any diff
Guilty with any one, when Charles w.
Allen began cursing him and calling
him G. ID radical son Of b, and
told him to take that for an insult, at the
same time drawing out his pistol, and nv
father pushed him Oft the steps inside the
courthouse yard. just at that time Will
ham j. Alien drew his pistol and tried to
shove my father off the steps as he was
getting his revolver from lis saddle-bags.
At that time my brother, Charles D. Greene.
caught William Allen by the heels, and
.nreW nln Oh and tell on him, and was just
rising when {. w. Allen jumped on the
steps and SHOT him, the ball passing through
he top q his head, just grazing the skull.
Wy father also arose and began shooting at
Jharles WI Allen. John B. Allen was m
talrs where the votes were being counted
md ran down, pulling his pistol ont, and
an up 20 my father and shot him, the ball
'asslng through the left side of his
tead, emitting one or two arteries. and |
,razlng the skull. Myself and brother
Nllilam J.. Greene We're ,p in the court
DOM when the shooting commenced. but !
we're very soon at hand endeavoIing 20
ring my father and brother into the house.
or we saw quite a number Of men running
bout over town getting sbOtguns and pis- l
OILS, who began shooting at Us as we re
reated 10 the courthouse; but we escaDed
ny further injury, although the shots we're
'hlzzlng all around us, after we had made !
0Od our escape into the court room Still
ne mob increased around the house: but l
be sheriff and his deputies succeeded at I
sst in Quieting the mob temporarily. We y
ere compelled to remain in the courtroom L
lat night with guard which the sheriff U
ad summoned for the occasion. The troops
ON Vienna we're Immediately sent Q
IT, who came to our assistance 5
ariy next morning but the very I
resence OF them seemed to madden 8
le crowd; still we remained in the court Z
0use all day Wednesday and night. and P
ared not 20 out at penalty of our lives r
reports came IN now and then from | It
lends outside, who stated that the mob u
td sworn that we should not leave Vernon | q
I'VE. Others came IN and said that we Ia
ould have TO escape under cover OF night. /;
Q thursday morning we finished counting | q
e electoral vote and Congressman is
blshop, the supervisor, ascertaiGeG that | | =
0uId contend tnat it was my duty 10 scru- Il
Use the counting OF the State and parish II
icerF and thai afternoon I found the IL
urt room filed with class of n.en entire &C
different from those who haG been pres Ia
l previously. There were this same crowd 10
Aliens, four or five IN number. cross eI
ad buliies, street fighters, gamblers, and OF
,ough crowd generally; there was even pi
'ge lot Of small boys, who were armed Id
th rev pocket knives When
shop got everything in readiness to VI
lnt the State and parish ticket | had sl'
sheets ready to commence the count, III
{ Bishop came forward ana forbid that ne
hould keep any tally sheets. and threat n
ed and did command tie high constable cl'
arrest myself and W. L. Greene, United co