New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-29

4zG r. Z! y: = -. ~ 49, ~ zI. 49,
Sp thsee; sse 6ulidossrs wsss so3PSssd q
young msn of - parish, for the
purposs q fhikAtenipe the Rspnbh.
cans- to intimidaee .tken; the DEM
ocratD soon pot a end 10 that sofgnAiaar
ton; tho Democratic clubs, % far - /
know, did not ride over the country ct
night time; heard Of kaddea getting notice
Cullough, .. preacher, receiving warning; .
school teacher who Was reported to b
spendiDg money % got votes Wae ordered
to leavo tho parish; know none of the par
ticulars Of the murder Of w. ]. Law; he
was .. Republican, - were the school
teaoheEe; think that nobody hnt the mon
concerned in tho murder know anything Of
forced to vote the Democratic ticket tho
bulldoxers oeganised in June last. and 70
manned in existence until Just before regis
trstion began; they rode past my house ono
night, but they did not wake me up.
Direct-Lew was wsylaid and killed In =
most dAstardly manner, - considered;
deemed him one Of the worst men in the
can and WAS elected sheriff; after that he
got bad sgsin, and Wa arrested by DR..
Phelps, the mayor; Law publicly declared
he was bound to Kill Phelpe; he kept his
word; that WAS in 1875; he was tried and GO
quilted by the court; he belonged to Dem
Ocratic club; the day he was acquitted he
made considerable noisy Demonstration and
had some influence over the cOl0red voters
in his ward; there have been NO criminal
convictions in the Horeh0use court in three
terms.
To Mr.. Townsend-Law was killed in the
night near Bastrop; 1t was ON account of
the inefiiciency of the officers that there
were NO conviction; NO affidavit WAS made
against the man who killed Law.
Direct-C. n. 1vens was killed day or
two before General Nichols spoke there;
the people of the parish are not on good
terms with their inefficient officers.
To Ar. Townsend-I attended the meet
ing 1T which Lsonard, Hunt and GOrham
spoke, ct Bastrop; Gorham made use of
very obscene language, for which no was
interrupted; . cofia was ono night placed
at tho door of Postmaster Sh0pts house;
he is such IN insigni6cant person that his
insigniicance would protect him every.
where; Henry Wright and John REILLY are
the persons who placed tho coffin st the
door, am morally sure.
Stanley Jones, colored, recalled have
Ssnas ssp{ T. Of Mr. Sss !ss
spected it closely.l Ny frat roll had us
names, but the lsst roll, this ons, has but
sixty-tw0 names ON II.
Direct-There arc coloFed men Who dare
| not put their names down ON public cluc-
| roll; their names are Robert Stewart, Hon
~ A johnson, William King and George
Washington. .
Tho COMMITTEES, finding that several Of
| the witnesses who had teen summond 70
| appear failed to answer to their names, cd
| journed rather earlier than usual, to meet
| ct seven o'clock p. n. r. Il
On re-assembling tho first witness called
Wis rt.
Albert VOORHEES, Wss born in Louisiana;
have held several public pcsitions in thia
State; took an active part in the late can
vass With the. Democrats; made speeches III
| Orleans and other parishes; accompanied
Messrs Nichols and Wilt In the campaign;
tho Democrats pursued . peaee policy
from fret to last in the CANVAS; 1t was IN
derstood By tho State Central Democrats
Committee to instruct our friends to coun.
eel peace; No agreed ON . pesoe policy;
did not always have cognizance Of all the
sionalIy wis absent; when . rumor came
to this city that there was . moyement in
East Baton Rouge against j. II. Borch We
warned our friends to DO very careful; the
| NEST enthusiastic Democrats in East Fell
diana and East Baton Rouge were the
colored people; the whites and blacks 81
the Democratic meetings fraterni1ed on the
most friendly terme; I was member of the
Supreme Court in 1859, and was elected to
that position by the people.
To Mr.. T0wnsend-In the frat part of the
canvass went into the Attakspas parishes
after that I went to parishes further mp the
country; my principal intercourse during
| the canvass was with Democrats; heard Of
the bulldozers in East Feliciana; heard that
the bulldozers were Q sort of vigilance com
m ttee to suppress theft; do not know that
there was any particular organization;
know of the White League by heareey and
kn,w that such Q Democratic society ex
ist d.
Other Witnesses failing to be present the
committee adjourned until eleven O'CLOCK
this morning.
The eub-city committee, composed o.
Messrs Blackburn, Phelps and Hurlbut
had Plaquemines parish under considers
ton yesterday and heard several Witnesses
Judge w. F. Prescott testified that hi
was Republican, and that the supervisor
at the last election was X. B. Edgeworth
The Judge said that he was aware that II
his parish there was Council of Freedom
o Republican secret association. He slst
| said that some C0lored men would have
voted with the Democrats had they dAret
to.
Messrs. A. Lesseps, Williams, Carson ant
others testified to about the same thing
that Judge Prescott Ord. Ono OF then
asserted that there was bellOtbox stufhnl
in tho parish, and that Edgeworth worket
hard to prevent Democrats voting.
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