New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-28
WHOLE NUMBER 1897.

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flour pages of Senator Sherman's report
containing official documents, were made
| part Of witness tes4fmcny
10 Senator McD0nald-heard of stealing
seed cotton; . whits man told me yeal
ego that they wers- going to organize the
Regulators to drive out thieves, white and
black; told him that was all right; Meyers
To Senator Mci3onald-Many people
have met violent deaths; it is generally
charged among colored people that the
bulldozeYs and Regpls tors were organised
to affect the pollrical action Of the coloEed
pe ,ple.
Sophie Payne, swcrn-Is the widow of
William Payne; resides in East Baton
Rouge; was present when be was taken
from home; THAT occurred during the night
time in June last; heard mounted men ride
up to our house; my husband got under the
bed; they said they wanted William Pay ne;
they broke,down the door with an ak; told
them William was nos there; they lit the
lamp and looked under the bed and saw
him; ono said, There's the buck;;"
was struck with a revolver on the
head; one said, "You're a politician"
no answeI; "Youre q Republican no an
swer; 'You're q friend of Lane" aud be
was struck on the head again, and the
blood burst out; my little boy cried, They
are killing my papa;" they kicked him, and
drove him into the hoasf William said,
"Geatlemen. l know y0u are going to kill
me, and l will die Republican, but don't
hang me-shoot me- they told him they
would take care OF his; they tied him,
put one end of q rope around his neck,
and one over the bow of q saddle ,,
aud rode off at q gallop, dragging him On
the ground; have never seen him since;
colOred woman named Miss Davis was at
tracted to q spot on the Comite river by the
buzssrds and doge,. and found . mans
body; it was supposed to be that OF my
husband; his hands were tied; know seve-l
Of the men who wers in the party which
took my husband; they were all but one
white men; some we're disguised by having
their faces blackened :all were Democrats;
the man who put the rope around my has
bands neck was Manning Carmens; the
others whom l knew were Jerry Glover,
Philip Brashear, E Davis, Shuck Bradley,
George Carr, Joe EcKittrick and the two
Carpenters; the colored people were all
greatly alarmed by these thiDge; many
slept in the woods and fielde; heard some
talk of joining Democratic clubs for pro-
tectioD; white people told me it was not my
husband found at the Comite.
The committee adj journed until hall past
seven O'Clock.
At the evening session Judge Csmpbell,
on behalf of the Republican party, offered
the folio wing:
propose to add as another count in the
Indictment preferred by me against the
Democratic party of this State the follow
ing article, which appeared as sn editorial
in the NewOrleans Dem m0crat of this evt mag:
TIE PINKsToN CASE.
1.-The Senate committee has taken up the
Pinkston case. As che Republican party
profess to believe that the murder of
Pinkstoo, the buchery Of his child and the
maltreatIaent of lis wife was the work Of
the Democrats of Ouachits, and the chief
argument by which they carried that parish,
We hope the committee will sift the matter to
the bottom. In the name of the people of
this State. however; indeed, in the name Of
humanity, common honesty and common
decency, we demand that they shall not
send out to the country . report in this
case like that of Senator Sherman, based
on the testimony Of witnesses utterly un-
worthy of credit. The story of Eliza Pink
eton would be rejscted by any honest jury,
without moments hesitasio she is her
self . murderess, and her story is full OF
contradictions from beginning to end.
III the people of Ouachits are on trial be-
fore tho committee for murder. let them
have a fair and impartial hearing and a
lust Judgment. We suggest to the destin-
guiehed Gentlemen comprising this senate
rial court now irving the white people of
Louisiana for the crimes for which the Re-
publican partv has indicted them, that
thew gather up the facts of all the IN ost
horrible crimes which have been perpe-
trated in America IN the past year: that
<hav aalact from thasa the most hOr.
ribie. revolving and inoongruous fea-
tnras. combine these into one fear.
full and loathsome story, locate it
in anv pariah of LouisiaDa. charge it
rnon fha mn.t honorad citizen or citizena
of that nsr;sh. and chat it was committed
for nnrnoees of intimid alton. and We will
stake the issue of the Louisiana election
nnon II chat thew can find ffty negroes in
the parish Vho can be brought before them
and induoed to swear, in the most solemn
manner tn every incident charged: that
they we're either eye witnesses Of or near
at hand when the crime was committed,
These ara the sort Of witnesaee. Raw. Morev
and Ludelip9 have trained and brought to
this citv IN teatifv that the Pinkston crime
was nernefratad nv Damocrata for political
nnrnoses Horrible "A are the facts of this
rmnrdar tha haseneas of anch man ia not lass
iosxhsome. We do not believe the Repub.
licsn members of the Senate committee,
anv more Cham the Democratic members.
viii lend themselyes to this infamous effort
IN malion. nereecute and disorace the peo-
nia of Ionisiana. If. however. thew shall.
in the service of their party, and to sustain
evsmnIa Of Senator Sherman (which. God
knows. we do not be- lieve thew can dol. and
maka a renort aoainst this neoDle on snch
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