New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1874-03-06

all confidence in me; was not permitted to
| 90 outside the lines; / attempted to leave
| Colfax, when colored men drew guns on
me and made me go back to town; then
was informed that could not leave under
| any circumstances; l.. Allen told me that
| must remain and would not explain; white
men were not generally permitted to enter
Colfax freely; Tillman made a speech the
evening before the fight, telling the men
! TO stand firm and they would hold
the courthouse; colered people had
ammunition and food; women generally
carried provisions to the men in town; left
| Colfax Easter Sunday and Levin Allen told
me to get out of the way; left and was in
| terrupted on the road; returned to Colfax
| at shutdown; saw Andrew Cruikshank, but
not the others; Cruikshank and Daniels
took me up to near Colfax: did not return to
| ColtaX for week; am not acting sheriff
| now; had no control over the men in the
| courthouse; issued summonses tor men to
| form a posse; have acted as sheriff since
| the thirteenth of April; summoned jury
| thirty days before first of July; the pipe
| guns were made of four-ineh pipe; | was
satisfied that G.. G.. Nash was elected sheriff
| Of Grant parish, having a majority over
| me: Mr.. E. Ruiz has the position now.
| This witness Was not cross-eXamined until
| the evening session.
James Terry, sworn-Was IN ColfaX in
| the first part of April; left there on the
| thirteenth; went there on business; saw
| Shaw. Register, Railey, Brantley, and a
| dozen others, IN Coltax, at the brick ware
| house: they were not armed on the fifth or
sixth; later saw about go colored men,
armed, in Coltax; was told that there would
| be fight, and SO remained to see it; Shack
White, Levin Allen, and another man,
drilled the men often; saw the gas pipe guns;
had charge of one of the pipe guns; there
were three: they were loaded with buck
shot and blue whistiers; Postmaster Cuny
asked Levin Allen for a guard for the post
office, but was refused Register and Ward
seemed to have charge of the courthouse;
Register told me he intended to hold court
and keep possession until United States
troops arrived; Register Ward, Brant-
ley and Flowers told the men to
behave well; the men were at that time
drawn up in lines; Charles Smith addressed
the people to effect compromise; another
attempt to make compromise was unsuc-
cessful; Ward and Flowers said they were
going out on a scout TO take steamboat,
but they did not return: armed guards were
sent out from the courthouse; Shaw at
tempted three times to get away; Shack
White had charge of the men working on
the earth work; after ELevin Allen had met
Nash Sunday morning, he told the men that
Nash wished to make a compromise; he
asked his men what was their choice
compromise or fight: nearly all the men
| said they wanted to fight; soon after that
the women and children were warned OFF,
after tina the shooting commenced;
when l saw many colored men run
away. | concluded 10 leave also the
big cannon was at that time placed on
the river bank; about 125 white men in the
attacking party; Levin Allen mad command
inside the earthworks at first, but he left
suddenly, and then A. TiilInan assumed
authority; there were colored men at the
courthouse who had no arms; Barney Bran
don one day tried TO raise company OF
men to range into The time woods aud kill
white folk: Henry Parker made a Ike state.
ments
cossexamination-DO not 20 rouni
looking for fights: am agent for the publish.
ing house of Goodspeed: once lived IN Chi.
cage: am from New York; am a peddler;
took religious pictures up Red river: my
parents lived on East 1wenty.tourth street:
don't know the number: left New York just
before the Chicago tire: lief: Chicago .ooA
after the big fire.
.Ir. EecLwith eooS hold o; the witness in
3 cross examination. asking many questions
as TO his precedents. which so!newha. con.
fused the young man: who was net disposed
70 willingly relate his former history: came
here from St. Louis ard Bayou Latourche in
1872: then went up Red river peddling pic
lures: took a situation as school teacher on
a plantation near Coltax: had been there
about three weeks before Che fight: one OF
the pipe guns burst before :he tight; have
been in Masonic Hall twic. with other wit.
nesses since came here: after the eight
go. 2 clerkslip in Co!taI store.
Colonel Hunter sworn.-I reside in Alex.
an1ria. there was Great exc:temen. in that
nart of .le cor,frv before the thirteanth of
Anil and many ,eonIe left Grant pa,ish 70
ras;Is in and near Alexandria. the excite.
mont extended all tbropoh .he country.
,a,nemIer Calh ,nn ieinr taken ,tt a stsan.
boat
aIiourn,nen. until Ppm.
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wien VII nol incest I9l', lie .9aoe..
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fuarS or MalcE; sei.su apou. ono SIa.,
succeeueu EiIs " nIee' was asaiH aPi'oin Io
ny NoNernoe nell"Ss, was Iu a14 IA AZ
Gerti oeii1No lndL tNasn vas vas els ,s d. ,ne
eitctloh' 10 noo oelieNe Iho .l1otIoli was "
'alr one; Ine conrtGouse was .ahen l'oN s',
son Vi ny Nlr. heeIslol' phlisn lao alheu
Nash LOT Key OF me courthouse' Nash re-
lusso 10 siNe ~ nesisIoi e"i h d it,dii
an" puC Alln tnlousn n9lo hauo
ny tearing on ooaIns; tne loch was
broken on py register oroers, n4 s1
was IN the courthouse a. 'hat Cllne, i loun9
court papers INSIDE Gla h1t posi- gIari
there pe1ofe the lirsI Oh April, no new ioeh
was put on the door' papers were ipdoe o"g
I" summon posse; L gave some lnyseh' !
gave the men lnstfuctlohs TO take care %
the courthouse; heard reports tnat an ATTACK
would De made; that the ora oilcers Wouio
be reinstated; saw none OF e. 5he ola cohinls-
SONS thaI To- l. felnemper; ohelpS was Tue