Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-12-06
louiAiana.

ICOInpcillnS lnc Supervisors frOl
franklin, Grant, Livingston, Lafay
, ettc and Tangapahoa parishes, to han
in their returns in these parishes :
There were large democratic majori
tics, and by holding back the return
contrary to law the supervisors nigh
make or unmakc president or gov
crnor.
Governor Wells said if the vote
were not in they could not be count
ed, and the board was entirely indie
pendent of tho supervisors. Eve
copies could not be received. III
would give ON order to the supervi
sOrs if the returns were not produce,
by. Wednesday.
Col. Zacharie made q motion affect
ing contestants testimony, which wa
overrulcd, and the board went int,
lcxecutive session.
In the executive session were in
spcctcd the returns from the remain
ing wards in the city, and three par
ishCs. All of these were laid over fol
future action and the parish of Gu.
achita was taken up, East Baton
Rouge being the parish filed for to.
day. -Four negroes were introduced
as witnesses on the republicans be.
half, and were examined fully by the
board. According to the interroga.
tories the board ruled in the first
place that unless the democrats had
cross intcrrogatories they would moi
be permitted to examine the witnesses
orally. Finally after remarks by the
republican and democratic visiting
committee, the board consented to al.
low cross-examination of witnesses
by the democratic committee. The
testimony of the witnesses was as ia
intimidation and outragcs, and they
were very difrusc in their statements.
! New ORLEANS, Nov. 29.-Yestcr-
day morning Eliza Pinkston, (color.
ed)' one of the witnesses, was brought
on the stand in the chair by a couple
of colOred men, attended by colorcd
woman. Witness was sworn, and in
answer to question, testified that she
lived in Ouachita parish, at Hugh
Young's place; her husband, Henry
Pinkston, was killed about daylight
was in the house and in bed when tho
murdcrcrs attacked him. DIR. Young
was the first ono that knocked at the
door. They all rode by, thirty or
forty of them, and they said: els
Henry in? A friend of Hcnry's is
come to guide him to Monroe"
said: "But Doctor, you are not Hen
ry's friend;;' peeped through crack,
and they burst the door open. Capt.
Craig cried out, 'Gag him; he votes
no Radical ticket, he may vote it in
hell, he has voted it thus far, and he
may vote it now forever" They came
in the house and gagged him; that is
when they cut him on the leg. i said,
"Oh, Lord don't kill my husband,
that is all have got" One of them
struck me in the face and on the head
with his pistol, using violent epi-
thets." I said: 'sThat is my husband. y
| grabbed DR.. Young and he struck
me with his pistol, and knocked me
down on the hearth"
The witness said there were several
others besides Young. Twas stran-
ger in that parish. I knew no more
than that each called the name Frank :
| knew himbecause he had his nose
off; he was the only one and Captain
Tcboult that l knew previously they
tied lIcnry's legs together and drag
him out of the door and shot him
seven times they had a pocket hand
kerchief over his mouth, and every
time he shot he drew his breath.
Henry was an active Republican and
was killed on that account, because
he was Republican. They finally
got him. Tebout said, "Give him hell,
he will vote no moro radical tickets.
He will vote in hell. The doctor, the
same man that shot Henry, shot me
once. Some of them, don't know
who were there. had dealings with
me, and one spoke to another and
said: 81 want some of that. They held
my legs up and jumped onto me.
President Wclls-Did you see them
that shot you?
Witness-Yes, sir; they shot me
twice. When they came in the house
they told me to put my baby
down. told them no sir; what do
you want to kill mo for; | am
nothing but poor woman. Ii
you kill me, kill the whole of us.
They cut my baby's throat from car
to ear. raised my hands; let my
baby fall. They wanted to take
something from Inc before they killed
me. Two of them had dealings with
me. ran under the bed, when one
shot me in the leg, and pulled me out
and broke the bed. They cut me with
the axe. One man said, if you are
going to kill the woman don't be
bothcring her, and they wanted to
kill me, and he cut me with a knife
l struck him, and ii flew up. They
never saw it again. They got another
knife and they cut and stabbed me,
and they cut me on tho legs with an
axe, and on my side" At this point
the woman mfastened her dress and
exposed her breast, which was all cut
up, and most horrible sight. The
effort of the examination caused her
to FAINT, and the examination was
therefore delayed for few momenis
until she had recovered. She re.
sumed, ''They threw my childfs body
in the lake, and we did not find il
again under eleven days"
| q. Do you know of any who were
!
count of their politics?
A. don't know, sir, what you call
politics. | don't know who they
drove away but ME. All i know il
about myself.
Q Did not many colored voters
have to leave their homes at night,
through fear of these armed men ri
ding over the parish at night?
A. Yes sir. l went to heap OF
peoples homes and they were lying
out in the woods to keep from the
buIl-dozers. When they threw my
husband down they put knife
through and through him; you could
hear the knife grinding like when you
cut leather. Capt. Tcboult told some
body to jerk his arms out. He was
cut down below (mcaning cmasculat
ed) and cut in the ear.
You stated in your answer tha
they had treated you improperly il
regard TO your person; that they hat
improper intercourse with you. Wa
that before or after you were shot?
A. That was before | was shot,
They done nothing but this, and ask
ed the boys if any more Of them want
ed some, and then went to shoot mt
4 This thing was done outside in Thu
moonshine. They took an axe to Gu
me, but the axe flew Off the handle.
/ President Wclls-They first chop
ped you with an axe?
| Ans.-Yes, sir, and struck me il
the head with pistol. They kille,
my child when they were foolin,
with me. After they had killed IN,
child tried to fight them with al
my might. They stamped me her
l(pointing to her breast) and somcbod
Knocked out all my jaw teeth, and
did not haye a whnlc tnnth In M,