New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-07

| Friday before the fight; he took his family
| away: saw armed white men pass my house
| before the fight; heard a few shots.
Crosse s-examinatiOn-knew HadnOt IN the
| squad: my idea was that they were going
| to Colfax to see the fight; saw Nash IN
! another gang; saw a crowd of men proceed
| ing toward Colfax and they dragged some
| thing that might have been cannon;
| Scarboro visited my store that night IN
company with others; they drank freely of
| whisky: they said they had had right
sharp fight in COlfaX; they said they were
there was a number of men il camp near
my store.
Adjourned until seven o'clock.
Alfred Shelby sworn-Was in Col!aS on
the first of April; saw there Register. Brant-
ley, Harvey and others; the colored men
seemed to have officers; Shack White, A.
Tillman and Levin Allen appeared to be in
command and drilling the mer:. heard or
ders given, but did not hear what they were;
was at home on the thirteenth of April; was
not deputy for Shaw until after April;
had no trouble to get in or out Of Colfax
but once before Easter Sunday; the colored
| men were not ali armed; on that occasion
asked Tillman ana White to assist me to
pass picket to see Mr.. Sanders; White
and Tillman kindly went with me; that was
on the eighth or ninth; no threats were
LlftOc dlust Liz, Ute tOi0 iio IL was
against orders to let any one pass; did not
see Ward; had no connection with sheriff 8
Office during last March.
Cross-examinatioH-I took blankets to
Shaw OF my own accord: noticed no person
in position of military officers as at regular
drills; saw no manuel OF arms: the men
stood in line; saw great many men with
out guns; was asked if had seen any force
of white men; saw mounted white men on
%ha fr1rn Jun oh frrvav ,fv-
two of them; they stopped near my house;
heard considerable shooting; the white men
broke and retreated: saw three armed white
men near COlfax Easter Sunday morning;
Sidney Harris and Mack, l recognized them;
saw bodies of armed white men later in the
day; knew none of them; they halted near
my house; went TO Rock Island wood yard,
mile and half from Colfax; heard firing
and saw smoke from the burning court
house; returned home at dark; some armed
white men stopped at my house as l re-
turned; went into Colfax next morning;
saw Shaw on the fourteenth; he did not say
anything about being fOrcibly detained in
Colfax until after the fight; the river is 400
or 500 yards wide from bank to bank.
Gerdean Lacour swOrn-Live near Clou-
tierville, twenty-four miles from COlfax;
Easter Sunday; he went to church that
day; saw him nearly all day; during the
previous week he was gone two days.
Cross-examination- and his
partner rented twenty-seven acres of ground
from me; they grew corn, cotton and pota-
toes; first heard Of the fight several days
after it happened; l work Sundays and all
days: first learned about Prudhomme's ar
rest two or three weeks after the fight; be.
fore the fight people generally spoke of a
fight to come of Easter Sunday at Colfax.
Adolphe Dubois sworn-Live in Cloutier-
vile: know PrudhOmme Lemoine; was at
Cloutierville Easter Sunday. and saw him
there at church; | live with him: he :e.
mained home that night.
Cross examination Heard Of the Coifax
fight Monday when was in Clou,iery!Ile:
heard it from strangers.
Jacques LacOur was called as witness.
when it was announced tha. he had just
been arrested, on belief that he was one of
the indicted. He was placed on his eOire
dire. He asserted that he did not live in
Grant parish until weeks after the fight:
can't tell how his name is spelled. He was
told to stand aside until morning, when Mr..
Beckwith will investigate the case. He was
released on his own recognizance.
Thomas X. Smith sworn-Live in the
lower part Of Grant parish, ten or twelve
miles from Colfax; was at home Easter
Sunday; live a mile and half from Thomas
j. Hickman: known him five years; saw
him between first and thirteenth of April
last; saw him at his house Easter Sunday;
had no conversation with him; saw his
brothers, William and j., also; spoke to
them; saw them from 9 A. NJ until about
dark: for two weeks before the fight there
was sense of insecurity among both white
and black men; colored men came among
my hands and induced them to leave: saw
armed colOred men about daily. near my
place; those who left my place went armed;
they all returned before tie fight.
Cross examination-A letter was handed
to the ferryman at my place which excited
some curiosity; the letter was directed to
Rev Mr.. johnson; it was given to Mr..
Boyce and finally came into my possession.
to be used as testimony in this case.
Benjamin Craft sworn-Live at the
mouth of Cane river: am a merchant: was
at home on Easter Sunday; saw Clement
Penn in front of my store all day; Penn
was on tree looking at the fight; my
store is opposite Colfax; saw men drilling,
but can't say they had guns l witnessed
the fight, standing on the opposite bank.
Cross-examination-O the sixteenth of
last June was doing something, but can't
say what; saw Penn and others on tree
limb looking at the fight; am not too posi-
tive.
Adjourned until ten o'clock This morning.