New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-06
NEW ORLEANS SUNDAY, AUGUST g. 1876.

Wherf; cOnlO see the men outside very plhlE-
". Two men came to the house; tha 9th.
was acquainted with good many people in
| the parish, and q good many l did not
! know. The body laid there from Sunday
! morning until Monday evening. There was
no coroner's inquest held. tried to make
| charge before two justices OF the peace;
! one said he would like to try the case but
| was eick; the other was absent.
They Gid rot say why they came TO Kill
| hun; We had been living on the place be-
previous to the killing of my husband three
| shots were fired at him one night in the
dark by some persons unknown: and after
| that nv husband said that in future be iu
| tended to de end himself This was report
| ed bv my husbands brother, Jerry, to some
| of the people in the neighborhood. My hus-
| band and his brother had falling out
Jerry was at my house two or three weeks
| before my husbands death; he was a sort
OF spy on the colored people, and always
| trying TO brew trouble, and only worked
| when compelled to. He did not come near
| the house until the evening my husband
was buried. The elug l speke of saw Oh
the floor after passing through his body.
TERRIBLE TRUTHS IRON DEMOCRAT.
Granville NJ. Pierce, sworn, says-I reside
! IN the parish of East Baton Rouge, on the
| road near the Granville spring road. Charles
Robertson, a colored man living on my
place, was dragged from my place and
| taken about three-quartels OF mile from
| his house 20 the forks OF the roads, in a con
spicuous place, aud there hung to tree,
and found bis body there the next morn
ing. TIE Al in kObertsOn's house was some
distance from my house, hence the matter
was done without detection. l judge from
the tracks of the horses that ten or fifteen
persons must have been en- gagged IN 1t. Re
liable persons have informed me that
threats had been made that if he, witness,
ever took any steps to report the matter he
would be treated the same way. l was ac-
vised not to give any information to this
committee, as it would injure me mate
rally, which l infer means both bodily and
pecuniarily.
This man Robertson was not an ohcer
holder Robertson had been in the habit
Of hunt 10 the woods. He was the
owner of some hogs, and he had been ac
cussd of stealing hogs by some of the
neighbors, but had certificate OF his good
character from the responsible neighbors.
He kept no store: he bought no seed cotton,
and was quiet and peaceable man.
| am Democrat from childhood, and
never voted for Republican in my life.
Cross.examined by Mr.. Finney, Demo
crat-This occurred last Wednesday, the
sixteenth CT seventeenth of February.
found the body hanging the next morning.
Thursday. know nothing about this mat
ter except that found the body hanging.
No threats have been made to me in per-
son. l decline naming the persons who ad
vised me not to testify before this commit
tee at present. This cOloreG man Robert
sen was engaged farming on my plantation.
The planters generally in the parish of
East Baton Rouge have been losing their
seed cotton and stock by the depredations
OF both 'rhite and cotored. The unlawful
traffic in seed cotton has been stopped for
the last tiro MONTHS l refer to the depreda-
ton in stock which has been almost en-.
tirely stopped, to the best of my knowl-
edge. in the neighborhood in which
live. The blacks have been terrorized,
and they don't 90 in for stealing
now. l hold no office in the par
ish Was a member of the Legislature
in 1857 and 1858. Within the last TWO
months the regulators established rule
that there should be no hunting of any
kind Ct game on the part Of the blacks
The white people continued to hunt in the
woods. This rule was established to pre-
vent the killing Of hogs and cattle by the
blacks. / attribute the disturbances of the
parish to the stealing Of seed cotton, which
had grown to such a magnitude as to
threaten the ruin Of cotton plants unless
checked, therefore, the planters engaged
IN the cultivation of cotton united for
protection and adopted that mode,
for they could not obtain legal redress
as to the subsequent troubles and NAL
treatment Of blacks, | do not know whether
it was for political purposes or not, or for
selfprOt6 ctiOn; as to the regul atOrs, they
designate the mode in which the colored peO
pie shall reside on the farms and plantations.
aud they prescribe that the colored people
shall not rent lands unless the owner lives
on it; the general expression is that the
trouble would cease if the Offices of tax
collector, parish Judge and sheriff were
filed by Democrats; the general express
sion Of the people is that there are no COM
pc ent Republicans in the parish to fill
these offices.
Myself and four or five of my neighbors
visited persons suspected of killing negroes
and advised them to stop, as the people did
not desire them to carry it any further.
These parties neither admitted nor denied
having any connection with these troubles.
This is the only effort that know of hav-
ing been made to stop these troubles, and
did stop them in my neighborhood alter the
hanging of Robertson.
These people were Of the middle class
the persons whom l and my neighbors
visited. l have known them ten or fifteen
years. but don't know what their position
IN society Is. QOn KNOW WleLner Inev
are sober or Industrious.
Redirect examination-My impre ssiOn is
when this man Robertson was hung he was
dead before he was hung to a tree, on ac-
count Of the mud on him and his neck be-
ing cut on one side. l derive my impress
sion from the fact that he had been dragged
some distance, and that the part of the
rope over the limb of the tree was bloody.
jTO BE CONTINUED
Personal.
That popular modiste, Nine. Rosa Rey-
ncir, will leave for Northern trip on the
twelfth instant aud secure for her estab-
lishment, No Chartres street, a choice
stock of fall millinery. Her many patrons
wishing to have special orders filed at the
North, can do so by handing in their orders
at once.
Everybody has heard Of the great Dollar
Store aud will be interested in the fact
that Mr.. f. Levy, the enterprising pro-
prietor of that establishment, has gone
North on a grand tour of inspection to
secure novelties for the fall and winter
season.
j. c. Miller, the well known sailmaker
and cotton duck agent, No. l07 Poydras