St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-15


and other murders, he said J.: "When
these clubs are opened there is man
that is called, the chapel of the club,
who prays, and they killed him dead,
with his little baby in his arms, and
since that time Ben James has been
shot Henry Banks was killed and his
wife shot, and Jim johnson, he was
killed on the wagon we had. That is
all | know that were killed and shot.
knew two men. Caro-, who were whip
ped, and Frazer's wife don't know
her name; always called her Mrs.
Frazer; she was whipped very bad.
The cOlOred republicans were compelled
to Join the democratic clubs to save
their lives, and for the purpose of being
able to sleep in their houses at night i'll
peace. | have been going along il road
and heard little babes crying out in the
woods. have stayed there, being
afraid to remain at home, and the
mosquitoes were very bad.
Benjamin Morgan, coroner of East
Baton Rouge parish, testities that the
bulldozers killed eleven men in that
parish, from January to September,
upon which he had held inquests. Ac
VIM It's ttlC tolitS WI
all these inguests. In September he
was ordered To stop holding inquests in
the following order from the captain of
the bulldozers:
"Mr. Benz amin Morgan, coroner: You
will please bear in mind that your alb
sence is required in the country, and
inform You that if you are caught here
any more, YOUR fate shall bc us those
you come to hold your inquests over.
Yours, truly,
CAPTAIN OF REGULATORS"
quests. Since that time there have
been eight more murders, making 10
i'll all that are authenticated. The Ie-
publican committee have the name and
circumstance of each murder More
may Yet come to light. BY this whole
sale murder and intimidation the usual
republican majority was overcome, and
the democratic majority substituted.
SO far, the evidence shows that there
has been more slaughter in East Baton
Rouge than in any other of the five
bulld0zcd parishes The democrats
claim that the numerous murders in
this parish were not political. The
regulators were Il non-political organ
Hation, set on foot, long ago. to punish
cotton and hog thieves and their vic
TINS were thieves. and nothing else
They claim that the civil law WAS pow
erleSS, and that the regulators were IL
home institutions, to protect cotton
patches and hog pens.
In East Fcliciana there were but
ht.. LIZ
remarkable "election." The white reg
istered vote there is 1904, and the black
Ply. This parish is usually carried 10y
the republicans 10y 1000 majority. or
somewhere near it. At the late clec-
ton the democrats carried it by I14;}
ma jority. How was this brought about ;
Why We're only three republican votes
p"llcd? Could Intimidation have been
81 thorough? We can hardly think
50. when Il whole company of United
States troops are, and have been tor
some time. stationed in that parish.
sought citizens from there. and they all
declared that no republican votes were
polled, because republican leaders SAW
that they were going to lost. the parish,
and they took that means to have it
thrown out. The blacks Us the story
goes, we've ordered 10y their leaders not
10 vote, and they didn't. And it is
charged that. in pursuance of the plan
OF the republicans To cast no votes and
make up case OF supposed intimida
ton that would Startlc the country. Mr..
Anderson. registrar of voters. ran away
from the parish and would not register
hundreds of nrgoes.
Ii was such Il curious story. and told
with such an air of caudor. and sustain
ed 10y 81 many outside circumstances,
that | fell into deep confusion and
sought out Mr.. Anderson, the registrar
for that parish, who lives here. (There
are but two white republicans who live
III the parish.) | asked Mr.. Anderson
why he did not finish the registration.
lie SAID he remained there until he WAS
shot At nine times. when he thought he
would come back to this city. The last
night he was there, he was riding in a
buggy from Jackson to Clinton. in pur-
>uancc of his duties us registrar He
was accompanied 10y james PLANT. Il
republican. The night WAS dark. Mid
way III piece of woods the party were
shot at. Anderson WAS hit and fell out
of the buggy. Plant jumped ont be
hind and ran back to jackson, without
remaining to make observations. The
horse went on to Clinton alone. An
derson crawled to the roadside. He
saw the black outlines Of what he SUD
posed was il dog. He crawled to it.
The dog proved to be- Il man, and the.
ASSASSIN fired two more shots. the bul
lets going through Andersun'S clothing
and the powder burning his face. He
rolled over lis if dead, feeling satisfied
that was the only way to escape. The
assassin Withdrew in the darkness. An
derson made his way to the river.
thence to New Orleans, and has not
been back since. He showed me what
saved his life-a blank book and file of
letters i'll his breast pocket. A bullet
had been among them, that is plain
enough.
But what does PLANT say ? He saws.
first, that he has left the republican
party, and, second, that Anderson or
dered the shots into the air himself to
get up case of Outrage" The dem
ocrats say that Anderson hung his coat
on IL limb and fired into it to show the
surface indications of an attempt at AS
sassination. Now, what are You going
to do about it : How are YOU to get
the truth ? Why were only three re-
publican votes cast in East Feliciana
Was it intimidation, or ii republican
trick, or what 7 If II republican trick.
why should they want to play that game
III Il parish where they have vote more
than twice as large as the democrats !?
My impression, taking all the stories,
boiling them down in one pot and ex-
tracing the juice of truth, as the color
ed orator said, is this: That the dem
ocrats, or the bulldozing element among