The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-22
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HOW HE WANTED TO SPECULATE ON
THE, GRANT PARISH AFFAIR--yIGERs
sPoILS HIS GAME.
From the beginning of the Grant
Parish case down to t he present
time, no one has made himself more
odious and despicable than William
Ward, q blood-thirsty negro, who in
his zeal to secure the conviction of
the. prisoners on trial left nothing
undone which ingenuity could sug-
gest orslow cunning invent. He
worked necessarily during the pen
dency Of the case, and what with in
structing witnesses and manufactu-
ring evidence, he succeeded in inhu-
encing the verdict more or less. We
have word or two to say about this
scamp.
During the session of the last Leg
islature, when the Radical heart was
yet full Of rahcor at the Colfax af-
fair, Ward, with DIN eye to business,
and in keeping with his past charac.
ter, determined toproft by theeyent.
He thought that the negroes of the
Legislature would readily pass any
appropriation for the relief of those
self-exiled patriots from Grant Par
ish, and accordingly, after cogitating
some time, he hit upon the planta-
ton dodge, which loyal citizens SO,
frequently carried out just after the
war. He therefore set about making
up his inventory Of losses occasioned
by the mob, as he calls it, to his
herds Of stock, warehouses Of cotton,
household furniture, ETC., and made q
pretty good job Of it. ..-
This inventory he put in the form
of an affidavit and got several vera
cious (?) witnesses to attest it's
truth, and thus armed, he presented
himself as the injured cherub at the
door Of the House. The following is
his tale of woe in his own choice style
of spelling:
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish OF Orleans.}
Personally came and appeared before
me w. l.. Evans, I'd Justice of the
Peace in and for the Parish of Orleans
William Ward being duley swim ac-,
cording to law doth depose and say,
that he is a, sitiHn of the Parish of
Grant and that on the 9Th day of April
A d 1873 an armed mob invaded the
Town of Colfax and that the said mob
did take s. carry away the following
property belongingto the said William
Ward 'To-wit:' IN
{3) Three mules (2) Two Horses and
the said William Ward was growing
crops in said Parish he. cultivated (2O)
acres in cotton (l0) Ten Acres in corn
tation supplies to the amount of ($9OO)
nine hundred dollars also Household
furniture also Ql one Wheeler and Will
son Sewing machine amounting to
($400) -Four hundred dollars also {S)
Eighteen Bales Cotton at 15c per pound
| {$l45O} one Thousand Four Hundred
and Fifty dollars Horses; and mules
(s750) Seven Hundred and Fifty dollars
amounting in the aggregate to thels
of ($36GO) Three thousand Six hundred
Dollars.
(Signed) WILLIAM WARD
Sworn to and subscribed to before ma
this Goth day of January 1874 w. L.
Evans Second Justice Peace.
We the undersigned witnesses testify
under oath that the foregoing statement
of William Ward is true aud correct in
each particular.
(Signed) i. II. FLOWERS,
w. S. CALHOUN,
SACK THOMAS, ~
VALcoUR JOHNSON,
his
THoM X JOHNSON.
mark.
! Sworn and subscribed before me this
26th day Of January 1874.
w. l.. EVANS,
Second Justice Peace Parish Orleans La.
This AK didn't grind worth cent,
and then he with renewed ardor set