New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-23


about 200 majority there. 80 .,..r,
To Mr. Townsend-I am farmer; rent
the land; was elected police juror in 1872
and 1874; have heard If the regulators; re-
signed my Office in November, 1875; the
Jury were indicted for malfessance in Office
and one was sent to Jail; while Sterling was
in prison We allowed him his per diem; the
police jury was cussed for id niggers and
id rascals by the DemOcrate; heard that
the Regulators were riding about the coun-
try whipping colored people for stealing; the
RegalxtOrs, / was told, we're both white and
black; the expense of being . police juror was
too costly for me; the h II ge of malfeasance
in office would have cost me SIS; the Regu-
lators whipped three col0red men on my
nlace; did not see it because I was in my
house; the bulldozers shot at Bem'ss
Williams because he started tc run away;
they told the men they whipped that tnoy
men who Joined his Democratic club that
he world take care of them; asked Barrow
what was the best thing we could do; had
no talk with him about joining the Demo
crsts; heard of the murder of Michel; heard
about Gilbert Carter being killed; they were
colored men; did not hear who killed them;
Barrow said to US that he hoped We would
oil vote the Democratic ticket If We wanted
= good government; joined his Democratic
roll: never voted the Democratic ticket be.
fore; there were other. colored men in that
club; do not remember that said would
vote the Republican ticket if l dared
to: heard Of Regulators riding over
the parish before the election; heard
that the bulldozers were whipping
men because they were X sdicsi-;
after election signed q paper presented by
. white Democrat ssying that the election
naased off without intimidation; did not
sign it through fear; have been back home
since election and since September; did not
tarry long; did not care to 60 back until
INV CustoH house testimony vas straight
ened out; nobody talked to me about CIV
ing my testimony here; / came here volun'
tsriiy.
Customhouse affidavit was printed wrong;
guessed that the man who wrote my am
davit vas mot putting it down right
To Mr.. Cotton, . colored Re-
publican whose house was burned In FeIlcl-
ana. did not 20 home with me after 1 made
INV afidavit; he went home, but " rum on.
TO Mr. Jenks-The marshal paid mo for
being witness.
E. A. Burke-I have the tally sheets OF
pou No. 9, eleventh ward; it is signed 6y
three com missioners, two supervisors and .
deputy marsbal; I saw the men sign 1t;
there were NO weapons in eight; AcEnery,
the Democratic elect0r, received 4l9 v0tet;
KELLOGG. the Republican elect0r. received
"a votes: this poll has never been sent to
the Secretary of State; it has been omitted;
Republicans alleged Intimidation; the he-
turning Board did not include il; kemPton
had q protest saying that he had s,gnea W sSe Se
tally sheet under duress; / know that TO %
false: A. w. Kempton has the reputation
of being q scoundrel; he has BET indicted
twice in Galveston; the indictments are for
swindling the city of Galveston and tor re-
Leasing prisoners for q consideration while
he was chief of police OF Galveston; have
docume Mt signed by several persons VINO
declare that the election was quiet and fal ;
that poll had $40 votee; l have copies OF
the registration lists for the years
1874 and 1876; visited the poll
half a dozen times on election day
and several times at night; heard that
KemptOn had requested somebody to keep
| the tally, but all the commissioners we're
| satisfied; late at night, when almost all the
work was complete, KemptOn told me- that
| he felt too unweli to perform any more
work; told him that there was only hve
| minutes more work to perfOlm; kemptOn
had inst previously been in another room
| with Backers and Hearsey, and held con
sultation; after they came out hempton
and Hearsey refused to siRn, they stating
! that they had been iutimidsted; that was
| between twelve and one o'clock at night ,and
| that was the first had heard about 1ntlm-
idatiop; 1 am satisfied that the election in
the eleventh ward was perfectly fair.
To Mr.. Townsend-The consolidate
statement does not contain poll No. = OF the
eleventh ward; there is no other complaint
in that ward; the Returning Board accepts
returns from assistant suoervisore OF regis
tratiop: the supervisor failed in his duty in
NOT eendipe up all the papers; the Return
ing Board never had before it in regule.
form eli the papers relating to poll No.
the board had certificate OF the votef
polled; there vas protest aligned by Kemp
ton against the board receiving poll No. =
the protest says that there was A1stur o
snce in the poll room at A. H.; ! was no.
| there et that time and heard nothing Of it
Direct-The paper signed by six or eight
citizene, rebuttipg the statements made o.
Hearsey and Kempton, went before tho Ne
A. u. Billings reside in New Orleene
voted with the Republicans last election
the character of A. NJ. c. Hearsey was oe0
davit was made in 1859, charging tia
Hearsey had picked . pocket of G. Huming
accused was discharged; he is now po
To Mr. Townsend-Have not known any
thing of Hearsey for three yesre; hav
heard policemen cay that they would no
believe him on oath; have heard thirty
forty say so.
G.. j. L.,dig-ElectiOn in the eleventh
ward was free and fair counting the vote
.. .. at poll No 2 was very SLOW: Hearsey ma
charge of the box; there were few OIL
crepancies in the tally sheets; saw pistt
hanging on the wal; it belonged to Perc
Campbell; one dropped out OF Hearsey
pocket; heard NO threats of any kint
made no threats to obtain po
, session OF the box key; l pt
nothing into the box, but took 0u
| poll list; was sworn commissioner at tns
. | time; KemptOn said he was too tired or SIC
! to continue at work during the night; near
: every allegation in Kempton's protest
= false; heard Major Burke ask several pc
g sons inside if the arran cement to perm
Kempton to retire for q time was satisfa
tory, and we replied that it was; no threa
were made to make the men sign the tai
sheets: the supervisor took the box to Il
courthouse; prior to the time that kempt<
!. and Hearsey eft the back room there VI
no sign of intimidation that saw:
To Mr.. Townsend-I carried pistol ele
ton day; the law permits commissioners
carry weapOns on election day; can't z
n where to find the law: wore the pistol
n cause did not know what might hapPe
# Direct-Heareey had charge of the bo
"a and after 10 A. NJ. he began to receive not
1 every few minutes from the supervise
4 taking M more time than l deemed nec'
1t sary in reading them.
D. James Flewer-Reside in New Orleal
10 on election day was in the eleventh wal
70 was at poll No. 2 from the time it open
until it closed and the box sealed; did q
a know of threats of any kind; pistol hu
d on the wall; after X mpton put Mr. n
,e nam ct the tally sheets, he tKempton)
ID mained in the room; there were no thres
" made to obtain possession OF the box ke
~ know of NO violence from first to last;
I tally sheets were signed voluntarily.
To Mr.. Townsend-I was clerk at