Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-05-27
Testimony for the Prosecution
Alone Submitted-It is All
for the General.
Prompt and Just Summing Up by
the Commissioner, and Dis
charge OF DeBlanc.

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have resided there thirty years; / am ac-
gusinted with the prisoners; know
nothing against them. THE witness
here desired to hear the affidavit read,
which was done. The witness said he
knew of no such offense having been
committed by the prisoners; I was at
st. Martinsville in May; know Of no
colOred people hindered in the exercise
of their rights as citizens.
Victor PachOn, cOlored, one of the
parties named in the affidavit, sworn
! am a member of the "Bayonet legis-
lature;" know the prisoners; never
knew Of their doing anything against
the cOlored people; 1 did inform Mr..
Martine0 that the fusionists installed
resisted the police in our parish, and
1 asked him to obtain United States
troops TO preserve peace; 1, however,
know Of no Offense having been COM
mitted by the prisoners; none of them
ever did anything to any cOlored man
that know of; / was present
at the time of the troubles; ]
only saw two Of the gentlemen there;
] saw them where they usually
were in town by themselves, and quietly
walking together.
Question by the defense-YOu say you
wanted soldiers TO preserve the peace?
Answer-Yes, did, because 1 did not
desire the people hurt, and l knew, at
least they said, that if the United States
troops came all would be quiet.
Gustsve Baker, cOlored )-Resides in St.
Martin and is "a teacher; know the gen.
clement prisoners; / do not know of
their intimidating the cOlOred people;
there were rumOrs to that effect, but no
. a
the police were whipped the colored
people would next be attacked; none of
the cOlored people believed this, how
ever; / did not see any of these gentle
men skirmishing with the police; know
nothing sbouttheir being connected with
the affair. was about a mile from the
fighting, and Of course could not have
recognized them; they never kept me
from attending school, or did anything
against any cOlOred men.
TheOgine Casteu (cOlored)-I know
the gentlemen, the prisoners; I
know Of nothing against the men;
they never intimidated any
COlOred men in the parish to my knowl-
edge; / saw them in St. Martin; they
mad no arms or weapons, and were peace
ably walking about, attending to their
business.
Charles Hercure lcolored)-I keep a
store at st. Martins; / know the gentle
men; they never intimidated cOlored
people or any one else; never intimi-
dated me; I saw General De Blanc after
he was arrested, not before; they are all
quiet and peaceable; I have known them
for years; General De Blanc has been a
friend Of the cOlored people.
AdOlphe Pratt (white)-I live at ST.
Martins; / know the gentlemen; was
there al the time; they never hurt col
ored people; did not see them race
Messrs. De ClOuet and Bertrand with
shOt-guns; do not know whether they
were connected with any body of men
or not; / was not disturbed and nobody
was hurt; l saw the fight, but did not re-
cOgnize any Of the gentlemen there.
Monroe Baker (cOlored)- reside at
st. Martins and keep a livery sta
ble; ] know the prisoners; they
never troubled the colored people
at all; the police were the only people
that made any disturbance; they went
out one evening, and after shooting came
back again; two of them were shot;
they forced me to receive them; 1 never
saw the prisoners make any disturbance;
General DeBlanc, whom l have known
for a lifetime, has always been the best
friend Of the cOlOred man.
Lablane Adair ,cOlored) sworn-I am
asreacheT and reside in st. Martins; l
know the gentlemen; they never hurt
any colOred people or intimidated them
in the least degree: It is true, the cOlOred
people were frightened, but the white
people talked TO them and they found
they would not be hurt; the police came
a.
out Of their way: have a place there
and own a plantation; after the firing
the police came back; / did not 20 out
after the police came.
Alcede VeaZie (white) sworn-I reside
in st. Martins; am clerk of the court ;the
prisoners neverintimidated anybody, ex
cept the MetrOpolians; never intimidated
any coiored people; the prisoners went
ont to camp; / saw them when they left
town, Colonel De Blanc commanding;
they went quietly on horseback, armed
with shOt-guns; il was about the fourth
of May; they went about two miles
from town; they were organized about
ten or fifteen days; they had list on
which names We're signed to resist the
police; both Of the prisoners names
were signed to it; however, / saw them
heard them saw anything against any
body out the police; / was elected clerk
of the court, but nobody ever kept me
out of il by intimidation, only through
the court; Mr.. FOunel was clerk at the
same time; he did not resist me by
force; / was elected on the Republican
ticket; all the officers were white men
on this ticket, the same as on the fusion
ticket; the fusion officers never made
any effort at intimidating US; we are now
in office, and nobody intimidated US,
or attempted to; the fusion clerk of the
court kept me out by an Injunction, this
has. however, been dissolved by Judge
Castell in the private chambers; no reg
ular Judgment was made; this was done
in the private chambers; there is some
one claiming Judge Castells Office; il
has never been decided; Judge Castell
has held court only since the fifth Of
May.
Toutinelle lwhite)-I am a deputy
sheriff; 1 know the prisoners, they re-
sisted the Kellogg government and the
Metropolitan police, and they said they
would not submit to the kellogg gov
eminent; the colored people had moth
ing to do with this, and they were let
alone; they never inteTfered with them.
Edward Jost (colored)--I live in st.
Martin, and am coroner Of this parish; !;
] do not know any but Mr.. Bertrand,
and never saw any of the gentlemen do
ing anything to anybody; none of the
prisoners ever intimidated ANYBODY; /
never was interfered with in my Office;
they never troubled the c0lOred people;
al l know is that these gentlemen
were in st. Martins before received in
formation that the fusionists intended
to resist the police, and was afraid they
might hurt the cOlored people; the three
gentlemen examined stated to me that
thew were not themselves intimidated,
but other colored people were; 1 did not
hear the colOred people were going to be
hurt, but | was myself afraid of that tact;
/ could not get the soldiers TO 60 unless
l made the affidavit, therefore l did it,;
l do not know, however, OF anything
they did; only made affidavit on gen
eral principles, having an idea they were
leading the fusiOnists-in fact, thought
DeBlanc would be there; had no other
knowledge; 1 also had a letter stating
there was going to be a fight; it was
written by those men who said they
were not intimidated, this morning; j
am a member Of helegislature-K Kellogg
egislature-thOught the McEnery I,egis-
lature also acknowledge me: I
say in the affidavit that Ne
vers aud Others were intimidated
They sent me letter with that fact.
THE letter was read ia evidence. II
stated that the fasionists intended to
fight the police at all hazards. They as