The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-05-27
The Grant Parish Prisoners.
Second Trial-Etgh,h Day.

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attend to matters in and around the court
room, totally ignored the request twice made
through the BULLETIN, that he would be SO
condescendingly obliging as to furnish an
extra table for their accommodation.
Reporters and counsel for defense, how
ever, felt better when they understood that
the unfortunate man could not read, and
that, a. natural consequence, he was
ignorant Of the fact that any favor had been
asked.
Court was called to order promptly at 9
O'clock. The jury was trOtted in, looking
fresh, and business was commenced i'm
mediately by introducing to the Court and
jury bright-looking darky, not on hand at
the former trial, who announced that his
Given White,
who in response 10 questions made in the
soothing and persuasive tones Of Beckwith,
proceeded to tell little tale.
Given'B testimony was mainly interesting
in that it confirmed as fact, the impression
that got abroad on the previous day, that
the prosecution had concluded that it was
necessary, to save the case, to put the pri-
soners in the body of men that attacked the
fort and to put them ahead in the skirmish
as showing them more "eager for the Fray
and necessarily that they were desperate
men.
Owens, like Wints Mccoy, examined on
Monday, saw all or nearly all of the accused
in skirmish line advancing on the fort
and firing. The re was no testimony to that
effect at the last trial, SO new witnesses
must tell it. Witness was behind tho
breastworks and bravely stood up to look
only, for he had no gun. This calls to
mind another curious circumstance only
one witness out Of the many who were be-
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gun or used a gun.
Given did not tell much outside of what
is above set forth, because the District At
torney did not want him. The cross exam
ination developed nothing.
Henderson Dean
was brought in, and Beckwith interviewed
Witness, as per regulation, was badly
frightened en- account Of th0death Of jesse
Mckinney. He went to Colfax. He was
there on the day of the battle, but when the
fight began he went behind the courthouse
to escape being shot-and got shot. Kim
ball, . cOlored man picked him up, "sot" him
ON horse, and he left those "diggins' :"
He saw white men going about the country
before be went to COlfax.
Colfax after the death of Mckinney; he was
badly frightened. He did not go to Colfax
until the day before the fight, and then he
went because he was "sOnt" for. Up to
that time he had been working in the field.
A messenger whom he did not know sum-
m0ned him.
Louise Jones brought him the news of
McKinney's death. She told him half an
hour after ID occurred. Louisa stated in
her testimony that she stood on the banks
of the bayou, opposite McKinney's house,
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at the men who, she said, did it.
Henderson, towards the end, got indignant
with Mr.. Ellis, got stubborn and knew moth
ing: he read Mr.. Ellis lecture, told him he
(witness) "wsrn't book larned man." and
he was going to answer no more questions
for fear he would make a mistake. Mr.. Ellis
sounded him little more with very unsat-
isfactory results, aud then let him go.
Next came
Andrew Harris,
another new man. He saw Denis Lemoine,
Oscar Gibbons and ClemenrPenn during the
fight, also Mr.. Nash. When the stampede
occurred witness succeeded in making his
escape.
Cross-examined by Mr.. Whitaker-Wit-
ness stated that he was in the breastworks
when he saw the three accused gentlemen
above named. There was line of men
thrown out, advancing on the breastwOrks.
The gentlemen, Nash, Penn, Lemoine and
Gibbons, were not in it; were behind it, near
the main body of white men.
tit is believed that Andrew will lose his
mileage and per diem certain, for, according
to programme established by preceding new
witnesses, those gentlemen should have
been in the skirmish Incl. A dusky indi-
v:dual who announced his cognomen to be
Levin Jones
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he left early in the fight, and took refuge in
the woods, and saw very little, and he told
very little, all he knew and nothing else,
and he was permitted to retire without be-
ing subjected to a cross-examination.
went through the formality of an introduc-
ton as q new man.
He was in the fight, and he ran with the
balance. He went to the courthouse to
get in there, but there were too many people
there, punched and scrambling, killing them
selves trying to save themselves; and SO he
took q rapid course for the woods. Of course
he saw some Of the accused during the
fight. (Such observant men as the Beck
with witnesses are. He named them as
Dennis Lemoine, Prudhomme Lemoine,
John Handnot and Tom Hickman.
Cross examined by Mr.. Ellis-He went to
Colfax after the killing Of Jessie Mckinney,
of course. He was badly frightened of
course, and that was what took him to Col
fax.
Mr.. Ellis then proceeded to question him
as to the immediate place and direct circum-
stances ct and under which he saw the gen
tlemen whom he had named.
The changes the witness made were rapid
and many. He mounted and dismounted
the gentlemen with the greatest ease, and
as easily did he change their positions. The
firing he said was very heavy and that he
stood FIVE minutes after his comrades had
left before he sought shelter. Lemoine was
leading his men and calling on the negroes
to shalt, Cd d-m you"
He then turned his attention tc Hadnot,
little Johnnie. He made him out a. ter
rible, fierce fellow, made him chase q
negro. who said: master Johnnie, don't
kill mo all within ten feet of him, wit
ness, while he was standing there viewing
the situation. Made Johnnie Hadnot say !:
.If YOU had not been here, yor would not
have been in this thing, God d-n you. l
told yon what would do to you if | caught
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