The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1875-05-15
=. Are you treasurer Of that Board
A. No, sir.

womb be to get the report of the Su-
, perlntendent Of Education. l don't
believe there is one dollar of school
: money out of place in the parish OF
Natcllitoches since the Republican
party went in power and took DOS
; session Of tho machinery. would
say that there is Il defaulter, accord
ing to Mr.. Lnsher, for $1,000, that is
4. Z. Burke, a Democrat.
9. We are not examining that. now.
Were you employed in tho school
there
A. In the town school.
=. Do you teach that school your
self
A. teach it when am there.
q. During the time you alv absent,
who teaches tho school!
A. | hire some person to teach it.
airy allowed
} A. pay what they contracted for {;
have the receipts.
Z. What proportion of your salary,
per month, do yon pay them
/ A. l don't say that l paid them all
the salary allowed me. III some in
stances paid fifty dollars a month,
and in some instances thirty five.
! Q. What did you draw tor the
same position yourselfi .
A. One hundred dollars per month {;
that is what the law allowed.
Q. Are you the proprietor of the
official organ in that parishi
A. ! don't say that am; l was.
Q: Do you do all tho printing for
the State?
A. No; It has been done.
Q. Do you print tho Journal of the
House aud Senate?
A. NJ.
Q. Do you print the Acts'
A. 1t has been done in that Office
but tue Governor aud the Board au.
nulled that contract.
Q. In past times did you reap the
benefit of that printing!
A. That paper was established in
February Or March.
Q: Did you reap the benefit Of this
public printing!
A. No. If you wish to know I will
tell you; l did not reap the benefit
Of it. The contract was given to j. |
G. Lewis. The property belonged to
me, but the printing was given to J.
G. Lewis.
@. You got paid for that printing
part of the profit T.,
A. l never got cent, and never
expect to get any.
Q. There was something said about
the Police Jury; who composed the
Hornsby Police Jury!
j. A. There was no such Police Jury.
.. Was he not q member Of the
Police Juryi
A. Ho was at times.
Q. What sort of q Police Jury was
that which the people were trying to
get QUIT IL Hornsby . competent,
sober man, or not!
A. could not say that he was CO.
Ter. he IL competent, an educated
white man, stands fair with the COM
common run of white men.
Q. What are his habits and charac.
teri
+. A, Idon't say that he is sober.
Q. Il his character coed or bad.
A. l would not take it for very
good.
G. What was the character Of tho
three colored men GU that Police
Jury : Could they read and write I?
A. There was one, Ed. Marshall, I
he could read and write.
9. And the other two? J.
A. John Holmes, l don't think
could write, he could read . little.
9. And tho other?
A. Idon't remember hearing who :
be was. F..
9. You don't remember who the =,
third member was1
A. V. A. Barron.
Q. He was the Que that was retain
I'd!
: A. Yes. =
9. He is q competent, intelligent
Republican, and the people retained !
mint - I;
A. They did not say that they had :
my objection to him they said they i
lad no objection to Mr.. Barron. =
Q. You spoke of Mr.. Cunninghams =
threat Of assassination i; did he make =
my threat to assassinate any ono In S
lis speech : =
Al understood him to say, that 1
he people there had shown Thorn. n
'elves to be perfect towards; that n
hoy could take aud drive the officials y
If with hickory sticks. Mr.. Gun. a
bingham was the defeated candidate d
VI the Office of District Attorney. 81
G. When was he defeated3 y
A. In 1872. Mr.. Breda was the o
District Attorney ). Mr.. Robson was +
lectsd, aud Mr.. Breds was appoint r,
d to I'll tho vacancy afterw ards 4
nd in the compromise up there the Il
hing hung between Breds and Gun a
ingham t. settle between them, and a:
hey did settle it,, And tho Recorder ~
cling q Democrat, commissioned by n
fcEDery Or Governor Warmoth, and =,
no Sheriff being commissioned BY
low. Wasmoth, they were retained
D Office. -. F
G. IL regard to the alleged assault ct
I Planters landing, you know meth RI
,g Of that except what you heard q
A. I know | saw gentleman como Il
a board tho boat. / saw Mr.. Laudry #
harleyil)e coming il . part Of the tn
oat where 10 gentleman had any n,
usiness. h,
9. IL your judgment that is, b
A. Yes. q
Q. Have you heard that tho men p,