National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1875-02-12
ALABAMA INTIMIDATION.

A. About Coatopa they sWore they would XIII
By Mr.. Buckner: O. Who? A. Bob Thomp-
son said this man Murray; did not hear any
thing about 1t; beard them say In my own
g. WhC2 A. Mr. Tut said SO for one;
zAcK AND JIMMIE TUT.
BY the Chairman: @. What sort Of o man was
behavior as a citiEenF A. he was a well.raIsed,
good-behaVed young man; he was colored man,
20. was he politician? A. He never had been
in any Ofhcei he took an active part in the Re-
publican party.
Q. Do you know anything about the death Of
Mr.. BilIlngsH A. No, sir; but men in Montgom-
thirty miles from where / lived:
q. Were not some men arrested for the murder
Of Mr.. Billings in that county? A. Yes, sir.
diS not that quiet them good deal? (. Yes,
sir; but since they have given bail and come out
It is said that they got clear.
@. These men have not been tried yet for the
murder OF Billings? A. Ne, sir; they were put
in Jail only. i heard two or three white men one
night, although did not know who Were say,
''lf Billings goes clear, and Bullock gets out OF
these things, will be damned If these
WOODS AND RIVERS poN'TsTIKK WITH NEGROES"
ByMr. Buckner: @. Where were these men,
charged with the murder Of Billings, taken to?
A. To Mobile. That is hundred and odd miles
@. These depredations and acts Of violence
that you speak Of having been committed were
committed upon cOlored Republicans A. Yes,
sir; well, they treat all the cOlored people as
Republicans.
q. Do you know OF any acts of violence or dep
oTed white Democrats? A. No, sir; l never
heard of one. If 90 there to-day ana join the
as want, and they will stand by me to the last
hour, for they have been to me and
OFFERED NE 5000 TO JOIN THE DEMOCRATIC
PARTY,
and take the same part as 1 did in the Republi-
can party. A man shock It at me. II was John
Zach. Tut. He said, you shall suffer-"
In another connection, on page ., the same
witness testtes further 10 the killing OF Billings
and other Outrages.
By Mr.. Bucxner: Q. When was that? A. That
was just before this election.
ALFRED WRIGHT AND DICK WRIGHT
saw them kill Mr.. Billings. They gave Dick
anything about II. 1t was some time before Dick
did say anything about it. They told old man
Nelson Daw TO leave or they were going to kill
him. The night he was whipped. after they
turned him loose, they beat him SO bad that he
did not come TO his right senses for two or three
days. went to see him, pulled off his shirt, and
took my finger and squashed the blood out Of his
back the same as II it was a rotten pumpkin, and
pulled splnters fully an iRch long out Of his back
From his hips up 10 his shoulders It was pulled
up as If something had been stuffed. 1t was a
did it.
By Mr.. Cannon: Q. How many colored mem.
bers Of the Legislature have beer elected since
the war from that county? A. Eight. They
KILLED OLD MAN RICHARD BURK
after bis time was out.
z. When was he killed? A. The latter part
OF 1869, 1 think, or the first Of 1870.
Q. What has become of the others? A. They
tried to kill George Houston, but he got away
from them and ran of. They did not kill him;
they shot him very bad. He is now In Mont
q. Where are the others? A. There are my
self and old man Billy Taylor; he is there. NIL
ton DOdsOn is there, James Bliss, and Granville
q. Were these men you speak of, one as being
killed and one shot, resisting officers, or how? A.
They were killed on account of their politics.
q. By whom? A: By Ku Klux, they said.
They were disguised men.
q. When was the last man shot? A. think
George was shot in 1868.
By Mr.. Albright: q. If these colored people
were let alone in that section of the country would
homes? A. They would.
Q. And make good citizens? Yes, sir. No man
can 90 back upon their record there; but If the
Government will not give them some protection
they are bound to emigrate and go to some other
country.
By Mr.. Buckner: @. A good many are going
of to Mississippi all through the State? A. A
good many went of last year. They have not
lett our county, but understand that there are
good many men coming out from Mississippi
trying to get them to emigrate. The people
from my county told me they would not leave
by the strong arm Of the Government; but If they
have no protection
THEY HAD BETTER
emigrate. Hardly one-iourth or one-tenth of
them have anything to travel on, but they had
BETTER DIE ON THE ROAD
than be shot at the end of the year.
On pages 100 and 791 is the testimony of Primus
MCGEE, cOlOred Republican, of Livingston, whose
account Of the horried barbarity practiced upon
him is too revolving TO be repeated, except to
Of carrying their brutal schemes OF political os-
tracism, and how such vandalism can go IN
whipped ofjustice.
Questions by Mr.. Albright: O. State your age
and residence. A. l am th1rty-one years old.
live in this county, three miles from Carrollton;
was bred and born there.
q. Were you there the day of the election? A.
Yes, sir.
q. You used to be pretty active in politrcs2 A.
Yes, sir; 1 used to distribute out tickets
q. You were one Of the leading men down
there? A. Yes, sir.
q. Were you this year? A. No, sir.
q. Were you there this year? A. Yes sir; l
did not take any part, because they worked on me
because took part before, and was afraid to
take part in it this year. They said they would
TAKE NY SEEDS FROM Me-
Q. Did they take one stone from you? A. Yes,
Q. You were afraid to take an active part in
politics because they took out of your stones?
A; Yes, sir; and they threatened TO take out the
Master, Thomas Libsey, Michael CrowelI and
By Mr.. BuckDer: q. Where was thatP A.
four years ago;
THAT WAS BY THE KU-KLUxEs.
By Mr.. Albright: Q. You have not taken an
active part in politics since then? A. No, sir;
BY Mr.. Buckner: q. You have distributed no
tickets? A. Nc, sir.
Q. They castratea you because you distributed
tickets? A. Yes, sir.
Q. Did you go before United States commits
sioner to complain against them2 A. Ne, sir.
Q. What was done with them? A. Nothing
done AGAINST
q. Did you ever inform on them? A. No, sir;
did not know how to start about 1t our people
had such poor way.
q. Was the Judge OF probate a Republican?
A. The Judge is Republican, but he was just as
much Democrat as he was Republican, and
Q. You have not been threatened by them since
that In this last year A. No. sir.
2. They let you alone noW2 A. Yes, sir.
By Mr.. Albright: Q. Did not somebody come
to you about year ago and ask IL you remem-
beTcd what they told your A. Yes, sir; they
were talking to me about year ago, and asked
how
MY BU-KLUx WAS GETTING ALONG.
Q. Was this done in the presence Of your wife
A. In the presence Of my wife and mother; it
was done az night, between midnight and day.
them stood with pistols right at my head; do
not know who they were; they were all disguised.
i knew four Of them; could see under the false
faces they had on; there were about thirty Of
them.
q. About what time was 1t? A. 1t was in Au-
gust; do not remember what year; It was four
years ago last August.
@. Did you suffer much? A. Yes sir; sur
fered about three months.
Q. Why do you not inform upon these men noU7 |
A. i do, as far as l know.
Q. Why do you not go before a United States |
now? A. / have been before him.
q. Where? A. The marshal.
q. The of1cer that would arrest these men? A. |
l do not know him when see him.
q. Did you never 60 to any lawyer about 1t, or !
say anything about It? A. No, sir; did not think
It was any use;
THEY ALL SAID IT WAS NO USE,
and they would not protect me.
Q. Why did you not leave the country A. |
bought land there, me and my father-in-Iaw to- |
gether, and he is old.
Q. How much land have you? A. Two hundred |
and forty acres.
Q. Do you not think you ought to try to have |
these men punished in some way? A. think |
they ought TO be.
q. You say you know four of them. A. Yes,
sir; l DO.
Q. Did the doctor attend you? A. DR.. Samuel
Hill, who lives in OarrOllton, attended on me,
Q. Did smother doctor see you? A. Yes, sir; |
DR.. Fayette Bonner.
By Mr.. Buckner: Q. They both attended upon
you! A. Yes, sir; DR.. Samuel Hill came once and |
DR.. Bonner came three times.
q. You say It was done because you were active |
IN distributing tickets and active in politics? A.
Yes