The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-11

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| Rooms or ,o,IN,TTEE OF SEVENTY.
New Orleans. Sept. 10, 1874.
The Committee of Seventy deems it proper t.
ubrnit 10 the candid consideration of the public
the following statements and testimony, collecte
| nv the committee touching the recent disturb
| ances in Rcd River nari.b
| IT II Tui+chnu Ia writer of the letter ,,ive
! hoIou i 10 Snntor from RID River narisI no,
:, nand;d.tn for raselec,inn aud the recornize
! isaInr az mo Denphtic,n Marty in that parish
~ u,,nr T d,,;,.hoIl ,yas tax a.acssor a n,
a'u,.o,n. ~ +Hst 10 in And the hrntLnr nf NJ RI
! rn;,nhnu y : iEdna,tnn tLe n4rsnn Ia whom
! tha Iattnr * addressed was tie sheriff of I'M
n,r,.h
Tbe naner il nossessou Of IN. committee i
! nrny.n n, the afdayits If two resDcctable citi
| lnns IA bn a t,ur cony of the ORIGINAL foun,
anon, thc nanprs Of j. s Edyert0n. and thu
| ann WINE swear FIAT the original il in tn,
| banla,,tinr Of NJ II Twitchel
~, ia.teor !, VII ho san, va. w,;ttan at New
o,Ia,ns m IN. in If Amoust and was ap
narentiy the rrsn!t az conf, renee with IN actuc
rnvar' or and The Tinted STATE. Marshal. I'M.
eviIancn shows that there had been no disturb
.n.. II thn nariyl nntiI afrer this letter INNS,
,t !, ~ l',;,.ai ~, Edae,ton That ma do
,"and hsh heen ,na1s for liz resruatinu Of III,
nari.l officers and no movement made against
thnm and th,t the outh,eak. on the 18th OF
,ngnst TOOK III. White nrnn,c comnctcly by sur
nrisc
~: frs, svnntons Of violence were . restless
and tclrrisl, eH .itement among the negroes. re-
suIt,ng n the kiIiing nv them If Mr. Brotherson
a white citizen of that parish The immediate
cau.e az The outbreak was the discovery Of plo,
instyated by tbe narish officials to murder tn.
nnr.9,s I.nn,nn.i,,!, dancing marty in the town
If cnusI,atta an account Of which ia given nv
tb. nnrrnc- CONCERNED
Twi,chcII,. Letter.
New ORLEANS, La, Aug. 4, 1874
T. s Edr.,rtoll Sheriff parish Red Llver La.
| received vour letter this morning have seen
the Governor and United States Mar hal as soon
AZ some overt act has been committed United
states Mariisal can be sent up there and he will
doubtless take United States troops with him.
will advise YOU IN case demand is made for your
designations 10 be certain first that violence
Is 10 be used in case Won do not. and then to
save your live reign
Natchltochcs matters are not settled vet. The
Governor will not allow mob to govern he
state. NJ. H. TwIrcHEI1.
1caiyn0nu ttlL.u beto,r the GHzeuS S0tety In
rcsiiq,aiuq Con.,aatee, ctun,ae,ced at Gou-
s5aiin pu1.iSA OF Red Rire, state Of LOuisi-
unn pn September Isl, 1871, and closing Sep
h,,Je1. 81. 1871
Th4 E,lIovino witnesses were examined
Louis Johnson testities as tolows-I in COM
pany with Gentry Beard Dan DALEY, Joe Norrid
and Wash MORGAN vent. by order OF Henry
Smith. armed. early in the night of the 9th dav
Of August to the house of H. j. Twitchcll, in the
town of ConsIatta
We were theu ordered ~ him To 90 under the
houso There were 20 or . men armed under
the house We had come moi knowing what
vas n ~ dome IN pursuance of Smiths orders.
smith ,nformei us That he wanted lis for guards
Henry Smith said that he wonld furnish ammll
nitIon Attrr remaining under the house one
Ana ; half or two Lnurs yyc were ordered To 30
OFF into the Tvit,heIl field between Homer
TwitcheIrs house and the lcvce some went back
into the field near the small pecan bushes and
some in the weeds near the fence next to the
road LEADING fr,m conshatta to the planning mill.
WI 10 Ivinr there two men passed there going
down the public road to the planning mill both
mounted. A few seconds after these tw, men
nassed | saw the IN ~ and heard two distinct
renorts of pun. was about fifty wards from
the man who shot the gun. Paul Williams fired
Tho yln. he told me 40 ard saw him Immediate
" after ths. firing reload.ny his gun coming to-
wards me We remained in the field a short
while after Dixon was shot Some white men
were standing at Mr. SCOTS house. near u.s. lust
b. for. the shooting took place. and ordered us to
90 into the field and stav there.
Vocev Dennison's staiement-Thursdav night
Aug II lS7I the following men came to my
house: Tom Irwin, Charley Scott, Paul Williams,
Dan DALEY, Ben smith, Wash Morgan and Louis
Johnson. Some of them had guns Tom Irwin
asked me if there was a party at Courhatta. |
told them there was Three or four OF them said
that they wanted to 90 to the bah. Henry Smith
told thursday evening the kll-kluI Were
coming and he wanted lis to take stand. Some
men lad threatened to XIII him.
Henry Smith took all the men that were col
lectcl and placed them under Homer Iwltc!ol's
house: was with Them Henry Saith was under
the house, Homer Twitchen was in the house at
the time: fifteen men u..der the house Were
armed: ue!iry smith gave a gun t. a man under
The house: II ul'y smith distributed ammunition
"hllt under the house; Bob Devices gave Henry
Smith 0n, box uT caps that night to distribute.
Bob Devices passed backward three tour
time. from the party to TWItcheil, house, appar
entity as a courier. We rcma med under the house
until Devices SAID they, the white men, We're too
strong for us at the party. | went INTO the field
and remained there | was at the fence near the
!evee when the gun tired Alfred Noise told me
that Paul fired tie gun a Dixon Tom Irwin said
they were goin to tie ball and they all knew it
was white mans ball IA half hour after the men
left TwitcheIls home Joe Dixon was shot III the
public road: I was in the field when the gun was
fired. out did not see it, nor the fash OF it,
Have heard Henry Smith make the remark
great MANY times tina. he would thrash any
negro that would vote the white ticket We
came together by command of Henry Smith in
the night time. armed and | suppose he got his
authority from Mr.. rwitchel [ don't know how
Henry Smith gets his living but think that Mr..
Twit, hell paws Inn. Three guns were, and are
still. a si.,nal to get the party togeth r. Henry
smith Oh, aimed authority from Homer Twitcheil
and Bob Devices to gather all the men Henry
,r,;. ~ oLiact ,.as "a attacL ,ba c;,zona of Com