The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-05-06


A. No, Sir I don't know after this but
some of them did not come in Christmas,
and If they come in they slip out nights, for
The men did not stop riding down there.
q. The men did not'stop riding
A. No, sir.
@, Had not stopped riding until Christ
mas?
A. Yes, sir. / know I lived out in the
country, up the road about two miles, and
every night could bear them going up by
my house, and [ was scared, and when |
beard them coming my dog would bark,
and pulled up my floor, ana | would roll
out under the floor.
@, You would go out through the floor
A. Yes. sir and GO up in the hollow to
the cane.
LUCINDA MITCHELL (colorvd woman)
sworn.
Cues tion. Where do you live?
Answer. Out on Ford Hill hel e, next to MIR.
Chappel's place.
@. In the city here
"A. Yes, sir in the city.
Q. Did you live there at the time that this
trouble was here in Vieksburgh, in Dscem-
Der I?
A. have been living there three years
the 90 or January.
@ Did you know of eny colored men
killed in that neighborhod
A. Yes, sir.
O.. Who was it ?
A. An old crazy man, Tom BidGerman.
Q. Did you see it
A. | SAW it.
Q. Tell me what you saw?
A. saw them kill him. When they rode
up to the gate the old man was sitting On
the gallery he goes and opens the door,
and gees out on the gallery, (stoopO and
then goes back in the house and shuts the
door to. They opens She door and asks
him If there was any guns inside. He said
.here was one. They says, "rheh I want
1t - and the old man SAID, "You can't have
it it is mine." And he shut the door.
The white man Gays, God damn you; can
break it down" He pushed the door open
and shot him. The first shot went in his
right de and the second right in his right
sh oulder and the other load went in his
head
Q, At whose house was it =?
A Murray Thomas's.
Q. Was he pretty old man?
r. Yes, sir /; I have know him for six or
seven years, nd he always seemed o be
crazy and made his living hunting and
fishing. He had basket of squirrels sitting
in the house for Mr.. Thomas to sell Lext
day for him.
Q. What time was :his?
4 don't recollect the day of the month.
It was Tuesday night.
Q, What time in the night ?
A. About nine o'clock.
MURRAY THOMAS {colored) sworn.
Q Where do you live?
A. live out here on the cemetery road; on the
Yazoo Valley road.
ruSIsu7sk ts-ss
A. Inside of the corporation.
O. The same place that this women has been
tesifoing to
@. What do you know of man named Bidder
man being killed in your house?
A Tom Bidderman was killed in my
house
O., State what happened there that night. Fl st,
where did you go?
A. was standing in the ROAD, and heard some
shots fired up at my house, and heard my wife
boiler, and one Of the gentlemen who was there
ing? It is somebody shooting up there
at your hous." [ say, "Gentlepen, it IA no
person shooting there except some of those
men"
@, Wien you came into the Lsuse did you see
the old man?
A. Yes, sir he was lying right down one eide
of the house.
G. Was he inside of the house
A Yes, sir: he was inside of the house. The
bail passed through into the ether room land came
near killing my two children.
O. in which room did you find the cid man ?
A. Into the first room; the front room.
@. Where were your two children sleeping?
A. Just into the back room.
Q. Where did you say the ball had gomez
A. do not know whether it was the first, or
second, or the fourth; but one of the balls came
that near the children, Gndicating;) it went into
the lower room, and went through the partition
of the hosse, and over my ch1ldren's bed, and
went out again into the air
@ We're you soldier in the United States
Army?
States.
Sir, ours is the Government for which
this poor man fought, and the above is
the kind of protection which we give
GIN in return. Let it be remembered
that this was twenty-four hours after the
fight; and that the perpetrators of this
murder were no struggling despsradoes,
but a band of sixty mounted men.
differed and under command, fling up
the street. Ii it be said that officers
cannot always control the excuses OF
their men, then why have not these
offenders been arraigned and punished
under some law, civil or military The
answer is too obvious. The purpose is
to strike terror deep into the hearts of
the colored people ard deter them from
asserting their rights either ss men or
and while the better classes of
whites would not advise these outrages,
there IS no public sentiment which !
demands their punishment.
NIcEY HILL1ARD (colored) sworn
O. Did you live in Vicksburgh at the time this
trouble was here!
A. lives out here about half mile, as near !
as can come at it.,over he brestworks.
@, Did you have husband at that time
A. Yes. sir;
@. Did you know of his being killed
A. found him dead.
@. Had your husband been out in the fight
that day
No, cir.
@. Was you at home that day.
A. No, sir; was not at home because when /
saw the men coming was scared, and he was
there, and he said, 'Nicey, take the children and