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

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lican governor Of the State Of Mississippi
against the white men OF that city, who
stood in defense of their homes and thei
families and their most cherished inter
ests.
Mr.. Williams, Of Wisconsin. Hole
on, my friend, or there will be no tim.
left for any of us. Let me ask the gen.
tleman frosa Maryland Mr.. O'Brien
if eight days after, when three man were
taken into q hollow, their brains knock
ed out, their throats cut, their ears cut
off, their bodies left on the public reads
to be further mutilated, if that was the
state of war to which be refers, and il
not, will he tell us, as he was on the
committee, if anybody has been arrested
for tha5 outrage? When Buck Warrali
| the next day after this Monday fight,
miles away from the city, was driven
from his own house by armed men and
fled to Mr.. Edwards, his employer, for
protection, and VAS driven out by the
female members Of the family and shot
dead at the door-yard gate in the pres
ence of his frightened wife.-was that the
state Of war to which my friend from
Maryland [Mr. O'Br;en refers
Mr.. O'Brien. You ask me question
let me answer it. Will the gentleman
give me an opportunity to answer the
question he put to me
Mr.. Williams. of Wisconsin. If the
House would consent and it did not
come out of my time, should not object
if you popped away at me all day, be-
cause these things are In the testimony
they are Gods truth, and the gentleman
knows it.
Mr.. O'Brien. Then is you will not,
l will answer it when I obtain the floor.
Mr.. Williams, of Wisconsin. Now
that [ have more time than I thought
had- not outstanding these Interrupt
lions, | will read from this volume of
testimony which I hold in my hand,
as these witnesses tell their story far
more eloquently than | can. And if
there be no objection, will Insert such
portion in my remarks as I have not
time to read. Now let US see about this
man Warrall
PEGGY WARRALL (colored) sworn.
Question. Where do you live?
Answer. Or Mr.. Edwards plantation OUT
in the country.
/ @. How far from the city?
A. do not know how many mi1es-~eight
miles.
@. What road is it on.
A. On the Jackson road.
Q. Are you married
A. Yes, sir.
i @. What is yoar husbands name?
A. His name Is Buck Warrall.
Q Where is be
A. They killed him.
Q. Who killed him? Tell me about it.
A He run up to the house, to some white
folks house. for them to defend him, and
they had him took out of the yard and shot.
Q What day was that =?
A. On Tuesday.
@. Did you see them when they shot him
A. Yes, sir he was standing right out
there in the road.
@ You saw them when they skot him
J A. Saw them when they shot him down.
@. Who shot him
| A. Alex. Hebron shot him. was looking
right at him.
@ What diG he shoot him with ?
| A. Shot him with his gun.
@. Did you hear them say anything to
him
A. They had been up there to the house
asking for him, and they had him taken out
of the yard and shot.
@ What did they say when they shot him,
or before they shot him
! A. I never heard what they kaid to him
before they shot him.
@. Where had he gone from when he went
/ A He went from his house.
I q. What did he GO TO Edwards house for
A. For them 10 friend him and they
drove him out toward the road, and told
them white fellows 10 take him out there,
not to shoot him In the yard, but to take him
outside the gate, and they didn't care what
they did with him; and they just carried
HIM outside the gate and shot him down
and he laid out there for tsO nights and two
days, and the dogs ate his face and head all of
before tvc sOoS,sa could bury him. There sO0s
nobody to bury him but the iVonseN, and acs
bur led him the best tcGY zoe could.
II ALEXANDER HEBRON sworn.
Question. It has been sworn here In testi
mony that tails man Warrall. running away
from the pursuit of these men, entered Ed.
wards house, and was driven ont by Martha
Edwards, and that upon his being driven
cut of the house and out of the yard, you
killed him with your shotgun.
Answer. No, sir did not.
O. Was he killed at that time, If at all :?
A. No, sir.
@. You have no knowledge about his being
killed?
A. No. sir.
O. What day was 1t that you were at Ed.
ward's house
u A. On Tuesday.
@. What time on Tuesday?
A. don't know.
II @. About what time ?