New-York tribune., 1876-11-29

the door was broken open, and when her husband
| asked what they wanted to kill him for as he had
done nothing, they cried Gag thim Gag him
| d him, don't let him halloo. He will vote no
DR. radical ticket here if he does he will vote ii
in h." They also said that he had fooled them
that far, but that he would fool them no further
They then cut him with knives, mutilated
his body IN nameess way choked
him, and then took him out doors, where,
having tied his legs together and laid him
on the ground they shot him until he dead.
Mrs. Pinkston had child about IL months old
which was awakened and began TO cry. She took it
in her arms and was holding it when the came
into the house after killing her husband. They told
her to put the baby down, and when she
refused one of them pushed its head back
as she held it in her arms and cut its throat,
killing it instantly. Two Of them rayished Mrs.
| Pinkston and then shot her twice and inflicted
the other wounds already enumerated. After
they supposed that she was dead, they slashed her
| thigh with a knife and cut her heels After they
were gone she hid in cotton patch near the house.
and they went back and then took the body of her
child and threw it into the lake. She finally, with
the assistance of her little girl reached neighbours
and was cared for. She went to Monroe a week ago
and reached here yesterday.
When this sickening statement was made before
|
great sensation was caused, especially among the
| Northern visitors.
Gov. Palmer said that this was a question beyond
that Of who should be President. II was question
of humanity, and lie should not rest until it was
fully investigated. He would not be satisfied with
simple cross-questioning Of the witness. There
must be answer and proof. In conversation this
evening, after the session of the board closed he
said that he had seen battlefield on which there
were q thousand dead and wounded men,
but no had never seen anything that
shocked him as the sight of this woman
and her story. lie shocked that the white
| people looked upon such story with so much un-
concern that the local officials allowed it to pass
without any apparent attempt to bring the guilty
man to justice and that the Republicans seemed to
care for its political effect than for anything
else. He said that he would not live in State
where such things could occur. Mr.. Julian refused
| to look at the wounds.
Bad as this case s it is only fair to say that the
Democrats, while they cannot deny, do try to ex-
plain it, Charles +. Tdwell, the planter on whose
| place Pinkst0n lived is now in this city, He says
that he raised Eliza Pinllston in Alabama. She
| has been at work for him the last two seasons and
| her husband one year. On the Sunday morning be-
fore the election she arrived at his house about =
o'clock She irst said that Baker aud Paseys, Radi-
| cal negroes had killed her husband and her child
and injured her. She said they had killed her baby
in her arms lie went up to the house As soon as 1t
was light but did not find the child Pnkston was
dead having been shot three or four times. lie did
| not notice that he was otherwise mutilated Eliza
remained at the quarters near his house until
a week ago last Sunday, and was about the yard ev-
cry day. Subsequently she told Mr.. TIdwel that
| there were Is or 20 white present
| ltlla fhnt
Dr. Young was one of them. The
body of the child was found in the lake four or five
| days after the murder of Pinkston. DIR. Young and
Mr.. Logan. who are mentioned IN Mrs. Pnkstons alii-
davit are here and say that they can prove alibs.
| They also say that Mrs Plnkston a rabd Dem
| ocrat but her husband was quiet man who had
| little Ia do with politics.
Another most important witness was Benjamin
! James He was one Of the constabcs appointed for
| election day. in Ouachita Parish. lie said that he
| started from his home near Monroe at about
| o'clock to take tho ball0t-box TO Logtown. When
| he had gone about two miles he was stopped
! by men who took him TO n headquarters
| which had been established in the road.
| Here hc saw 20 or so men armed. They took MS
| pistol away from him, and then told him to go on
| ahead Of them He dismounied, and after going a
few steps supposing that he was 10 be murdered he
| started 10 run. Then the men began to shoot ut
| him. After he had once been shot and had falleh'
"A he laid on the ground one OF the men
pIoccd bi- pi,tol against Jainess temple and fired.
The shot stunned him but did not kill him. as 1t only
grazed h, temple OF course no election took place
at Log town and James said that he has not yet re-
covered his horse saddle bags pistol. This is an
undoubted case of an election outrage. The testi-
mony to-day has caused great excitement which Is
likely to continue until the end Of the canvass the
| votes
! During the meeting of the Returning Board to-day
| Gov Palmer asked the Chairman, Gov. Wells If any
Of the parishes in this State had been finally counted
! The reply was "Yes, certainly" Gov. Palmer then
asked if the board would furnish list of them to
which the answer came, "No, not until the result III
| all the parishes is determined" H. l. W.