New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-05-26
TnE GRANrPARIsH PRIs0NERs.

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seventh days proceedings, before Jades
Day at ten o'clock, the hour appointed.
Pinckney Chambers sworn-I did nOt
know any Of the white men Aghtisg till 1
was taken among them; recognized Mr..
william Cruikshank; Mr.. CruikShaak sAid
! was good old negro; the captain said If
was good to keep me for pct, but I was
afraid all the time ! would be shot; they
turned me loose at Gray's creek, Mr.. Cruik-
shank telling me to go home; this was about
daylight Monday.
Albert White sworn-I Was in. Colfax at
the time of the fight; in the courthouse
when the shooting began and the court
house was fired; after the fight we were
kept prisoners In field till dark by the
white men, who were armed: there saw
Mr.. william Irwin, John HadnOt, Prud-
homme 1emoine, Mr.. William Cruikshank;
this is tho Hadnot in court; I saw Mr.
Gilly Hednot and his brother Munich Had
not, and Mr.. Luke hadnot, DR.. Compton,
Mr.. Hopkins, Denis Lemoine, Oscar Given,
Mr. Richardson, the lawyer; saw. Mr..
Cruikshsnk about an hour by sun; be was
riding . white horse; asked the two boys
with me if they would raise arms sgain;
they said they didn't know; he was armed
with . shOtgun, and had them marched
off to be shot; Mr.. William Irwin was
there, and said he could do no good; Mr..
PrudhOmme LeMoine was riding around in
the field whore the shooting was; I saw him
from the courthouse: know him - we'll %
myself; / saw and knew John Hadnot and
Denis Lemoine; they were armed; i saw
Oscar Given, while they were shooting, be-
fore they took us prisoners; l escaped by
running into the woods when the prisoners
were marched out to be shot; Istayed in the
woods till the next day; Captain Nash was
asked. what they were going to do with
the prisoners; he said, "Havn't you got
your six.sh0Oterss Shoot in among them;"
two wounded white men were put on the
steamer Southwestern, and in an hour or
two &fterward they commenced shooting
the prisoners; they marched rs by twos,
Dr., Compton taking me and Lindsey Smith;
ct us a. We escaped into the weeds; had
to. run 900 or 400 yards to get to the
weeds, and sat down, resting about an hour,
aud then went to the woods and rested
good; saw Mr.. Cruikshsnk little before
sund0wn; this was the first time saw him
that day; saw him after night, when he
came and took Tom and Ely and they be-
gan killing the prisoners; when first saw
him We were sitting down; Mr.. Cruikshanks
to be marched out; he was the man who or
dered them out; he asked Tom what
he was doing; Tom told him he had acted
according to orders Of Captain Shaw; Nash
was in the boarding house after night. when
he spoke to his men about getting their six.
shooters and firing into the prisoners; after
the boat left and they were killing the pris.
oners John Hadn0t was still there; know
him we'll; he was one of the guards; it was
after tho boat left that Nash spOke of firing
into the prisoners; Mr.. Munich Hadnot was
<Ln-o -hc,, <bo~ xuoVo HiIIiur fho prianuopn
Sam Davis sworn-I live ut Rock Island;
before the fight at COlfax I saw squads of
armed white men at different times in my
field; the squads increased till they num-
bered several hundred men, camping in old
war style; ] knew Captain Penn, Billy Arm
strong, called Strong for short, Hopkins
Scarborough, Thomas Hickman and others.
Sidney Smith sworn-Testimony mainly
corroborative of that Of others.
William Kimball sworn-Testimony not
material.
Henderson Dean was next called, but re-
ported sick.
Caleb Sadler swOrn-Testimony not par
ticularly relevant.
Thomas Mills ssworn-Testimony corrobo-
rative only.
Henry Carter sworn-Testimony not i'm
Wash Brandon sworn-Testimony mainly
corroborative of that of others. 4
Willis Mccoy sworn-TestimOny corrObo-
rative of that Of other witnesses.
Minerva Simmes sworn-Her testimony
was to the effect that she saw her husband
and others among the killed; saw Burch,
Lewis, Rutland, Hopkins, Lacour and Nash
there; Burch and Lewis were with her hus-
band and another man, and said they
would be shot; she pleaded for him, and
Rutland said be was afraid they would all
be killed; her husband went to C0lfax Sat
urday night before the fight.
Peg Dwellingham sworn-I had some
cousins killed in the fight; Jack Sims,
Etienne Elzie and others; saw Tillman
there, dead and mutilated.
Cross-examination-I never heard Of the
white men coming before saw them; saw
Mr.. Nash; was on my gallery when Lev
Allen and Nash were talking. Nash's
brother was with him; l heard him say
"give these women half an hours time to
get away" 1 went slowly up to Cclfax, hay.
Ing my young baby in my arms; the white
men came along four together; Captain
Nash and his brother and Given were to-
eether; they overlook me before l got to
town.
Catherine Jones swern-Her testimony
was about the same as on the previous
trial of the case, despite the effort OF the
counsel to draw from her contradictory
statements. :,
The court adjourned till nine O'Clock