The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-01
The Louisiana Investigation.


Seelye to assist him in making arrests; |
was shown warrant by the Marshal,
and list of 100 names of persons to be
arrested on election day; Marshal Seelye
sent detachment to the town Of Cuba
to make an arrest; ] cannot say whether
the troops were used for any specific
political purposes; SeCIye had number
of blank warrants IN his possession while
at VIENNA it was not stated by Seelye
that he had failed in executing legal pro-
cesscsi he was unpopular and probably
would have been unable to make
arrests, but other men could have
done so: | could; Seelye was
active in his cooperation with the Re-
publican party the troops were kept IN
their barracks on election day, with the
exception Of the expedition to Cuba;
there were no disturbances in the parish
at the election or since. When Seclye
was in the Vienna jail he proposed to
me that | should fill out one of the black
warrants in my possession with Seelye'S
mama and arrest him so rs to get him ont
of the clutches of the authorities. He
afterwards carried out this plan and fill
ed out warrnt charging himself with
embezzlement.
Judge IL. 4. Meyers.
reside in NatchitOches pari'hi have
been there for twenty years. The prin-
cipal trouble among the people origina-
ted from taxes. As to intimidation, he
gave rs evidence the resolutions of II
mass meeting near the town of Natchl-
tocheS and several extracts from the par
ish Democratic papers. Meyers said he
has lived in tho parish
Is years; during the last election he
does not think many negroes voted the
Conservative ticket; states that he was
afraid in NatchitochcS, and that he was
threatened through the papers; up to the
time Of the mass meeting the Republic
ans were in no danger; never heard of
the negroes that were hung in the par
ish, but there had been about thirty
murders in the past few years; the pop
| ulation ranges from 10000 to 10000.
Mr.. Frye asked Il few questions as To
the relative registration, &c.
Witness stated he knew of but five or
six negroes who would vote the Demo-
cratic ticket; also rs TO the cause Of his
leaving home, he stated was from fear of
personalinjury; the Republicans were safe
| up to the time Of the meeting of the 22d
of July that he and his family We're
ostracised; did not think it safe to return
to Nachtoches; that there are no courts
held there except magistrates courts;
there were no outrages there that he
knew of personally; thirty-three persons
have been killed there since 1868; twenty
two were colorcd men; that there has
/ been no punishment for the murders;
some men had been brought to trial, but
! were acquitted.
! Mrs. Octavia Myers, the wife of Judge
Myers, of Nachitoches, testified as to the
! causes which compelled the Judge to
leave home and corroborated fully the
statements made by him in his testimony
as to ostracism, etc. Before Judge Myers
came down to the convention in July
! he was much liked, and his de-
cisions in court were complimented
| in the papers; my husband was
ut the point of death for weeks, and no
Democrats came to set up with him. on
| the 27th Of July mob came into town 10
/ ask him to resign.
Mr.. Isnash, of Natchitochcs, next cor
roborated the previous testimony as To
/ intimidation, &c Lived in that parish;
was Republican and was shot at the
night after the election; when going
/ home head one shot that was fired at
some person; general intimidation pre-
vailed; the Mayor had two hundred
White Leagues Oh duty Us policemen on
election day; that ordinarily there were
but two; that the special policemen We're
| all Democrats that he was threatened
and prevented from performing the duties
Of Supervisor by threats from the White
Leagues, who told him if he attempted to
qualify they would put him and his books
aut OF the wBy.
Cross EXamincd-Aboutf five hundred
| colorcd men were prevented from voting
/ by intimidation; saw no violence at
/ meetings toward colorcd men; waS two
| hundred yards from Court House when
Pierson was shot at; was shot at with
buck shot; some fell after striking him;
/ saw the man when hc fired, and then he
/ broke and ran home, and has remained
| there ever since.
/ Sandy Rice a culorcd Democratic voter
| was next sworn and identified his safety
| certificate, and testified rs to his cnnncc-
! tion with the election; that he received
seven dollars and fifty cents for voting,
and that he kept the money and did not
divide with anybody; that the Democrats
offered him four hundred dollars if h.
would come before the Committee and
testify in their behalf.
One witness told story Of a fight be-
/ tween the Republican faction. which had
been attributed to an assault by the Dem
ocrats; and another told of n row in the
colored Democratic club, over the divis-
ion OF money received from Democratic
representatives, and attributed it to the
intrusion of black Republicans.
E1-Attorney General, Benjamin Cor
don, tcstifcd-He wa, Republican,
and rotten eggs were thrown by the
whites on the meeting where he was
speaking; it was his opinion that if IT
were not for violence, intimidation and
prescription in the State, the Republic
b dllS MuNlIu udNc -D'NN' ili'tI'i4NN'
Society 10 Prevent Women from
Marrying Democrats.
II. A. Campbell (colored) testified that
the colorcd men formed society to pre-
vent women from marrying Democrats,
! and to advise the separation Of husband
and wife where the husband WAS a Dem
ocrat and to exclude them from all So
ciety; he himself had addressed white
Democratic meetings with white Demo
cratic speakers and took his meals at tn"
same table with the Democratic speakers;
the burning of the three colored churches
and the dismissal of two colored men
from situations, ate because he voted the
Democratic ticket, and th" other because
he did not confirm part of the testimony.
Match Game OF Billiards.
CHICAGO, January 30.-A match gam"
of billiards was played tonight, between
4. p Rudolphc and George S!oSson, GOO
points up, Rudolphe giving SIosson %
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