, 1876-12-22

house that night. ard did not. Al the ,'eea.nM7
next day, saw negroes forced up to s.n the :9lt. %
.Af:sr tic meeting some Of my men told me tney
had 10 ioin: could not help it; but di9n 1nten4 10
vote the Democratic tcker ;1, s?iu =, ,hn d,r Of
eicct,on th.y Would have projection. Nas appointed
Commissioner by Supervisor u.noy ~ no,p ,n.-s ~
sssaen a. 9 in
near BE- could bring arms. Vas told within MI
1liIe. Messse. Scarborough and SERVER asTanEec
table near the polls with the tally sheets Nr sGat
borouch stood BY the co:orcd men and sc5ntinHeo
Their tickets when they voted 4 co'ofea Cons'ah
bic :old me he was nra,a 70 G vo1e 3hcan ~ tiehri
About the middle Of the afternoon Capt Mcleod
called me outside and asked me X United ststes
sss untrue. Several offered to 60 and see, among
them one who said he WAS ready to fight the troops
OF anybody else. On closing the poi!s, 2aa a ~;
men appeared in the po!lroou, with their accont5e-
meuts on. They were members u r'he ,elios.
Most Of them soon became tired aud lcIt uGIs .nt
The night before the counting was completed tapi-
Mcl-cod said he would furnish guard Tor Inc na'
10. bo1 Monroe Told hin, dld mol %t %ans ~
ruard, but il he would 60 with It an s'snt ieard ard
uf the murder Of Henry finkston anu chs.a, 5
lohnson Dr. DnkgEaye, and James JacSsoni ai,an anu
The sGottns Of E15on %he
I,iIed during the campaign. After the ciecslon a9.
asked to the sehool.on5GS !, Sc anf Peace
sgned an affidavit setting form t thar fear s;les e.
had voted the Democ7atIc 1'eket AAso ~ ,,4s,iav;r
,e%aro re sn s.3 xn9 as ard to make IT, lod him not
10 make It then The whites tolq me tnat ~11 ns #
part Of my business: AiteF M s;ensd ioon l. aicrwards
one of them told me he had Hotea .ne nephhd h. hnd
ticket aeeed him why he had n%9sh 1eap ne or re
ward. lie snid he could nat help It. Ihcy m ne1e
wanted me to go from plantation TO pahtutaont 20
tke ada':s WHICH Gvcihsm ~ 1ea tor tn tis u purpose
Mt' I'VE no one Vas here. Came Ia New Orleans on
1!1c 10Th Do not expect to return 10 oHaa :, a;i
Have letters advising no: TO return As IL wou!u
~, h. .1fe An interested in plantation there
for which nay 81. 500 rent. Dr. 1onns anu wv
others brought him aidasis 70 s!en aae1 tat an;
,.accalc. declined positively To 90 so' ana W.; M1s
ADVISED By my friends to leave II coulu NO. s'sA
- aa !cnthy cross examination developed the fact
that Mel. + ucu were hunting Jesec bf'2sa lot
H., purorc Of court. ma.:isu| lim 1of 'eiis5
~ allow George kob:nson, Democrats cn,olcu n,1
rrtachc. 10 preach in church of which Is.?s .;?;h
nxs deacon The r:ne- clubs were armed w:.n
various kinds OF arms, rr:nc,pllly snot snns a1,a
GEORGE q. HAMLET -
st,.cd lie hsd resided in Ou.chita since ls'j
Lived in tsr State since 1Sto Was NAIVE s,n "
Ohio. Am sheriff OF Uuachta: 1laye been 5or .Mo
vvap.. Tic parish was peaceful till Nay. l1s3,
when f.t Maynr was elected. The Denioeta.s
turned. ont from al portions oi the ir,en Th ha
."rn;crsl s1cction was closely contested No vio-
itucc was shown until tine Gay OF ecchon' Saeh IL
VA. reported that the negroes were ris.ns ~ nns
usrish to carry the election. Numbers ui stnnsg
wn;:c mcn cane iE, and reports were circulated
That aru,s had been brought to town, and many
coio.cd voters were intil1d2ied and dIo mol 'o.e,
and many s,aid away. Eudon, Democrat, wac was
elected b. II majority. Monroe hao al"n5s ovsu W.
N.1ulean A few days before the election NJ.
t;urhy in speech, utcd violent lun.uaGe anu snau,
.Wbcrc the bullet enters the .esh will qulscr, ana
wlere tic knife is thrust blood vii flow: Neso.n
tcn= adopted unanimously tna. 1n,sc ~ "te he
would no; vote The Democratic ticket wonld not oe
r,nnoycd Witness SAID after returning from the
nrinnati Convention he was aa'lsea hot - ~. go
hsek 10 ouaeha Us IT. i "9nid o, theY went aud
Hc then gave history Of the rae-cluhs. and vas y;
tuld by members thst the clubs were solely iof lnS
nrrDosc OF preserving the peace, and witness tolo
The negroes that had become alasneo taa' tne'e
would be no trouble.
at Republican barbecue at saint Han!ss ..a'
chapel, which WIS broken up by them, snd tue 1e
effect Of m istrn N and ndaie the
sneakers and gave the history OF the arulnT Of tat
whites in Monroe When the report came 1nat III ent
ness being Sheriff, offered to go with two meI
and inyestigatc the whole adair- Dr. Abbey,
Chairman Of the Democratic ex-comm,ttee, sa'a
You damned Republicans have raised row ant
must bear the hrun1.'' Witness summoned Rich
irus member Of the rife club. to go with him
He refused The Captain Of tue cuo sala Inc an ns'
wiz a Depurv ahead Of the rinemen. Found ne
goee on the road much excited saying they hear, s
whites were coming 70 XIII
to 20 into their houses and blow out The Lights rs,
Went to y Garrett. whose house had been hFe'
into lie said he cid not believe any heroes o.
Al+o visited Faulk's. which hsd also been hre'
into, hit found everything quiet. ihe ue1t "a
1r. Diuk.rave told me that u. Aobey naa re
Ce,ycd large number Of arms from New orleans
and said he had been advised TO leave, end M
lorun told him il 1c did not stop making Repnh
can speeches he would nc hui1 ~ le nn,axc dn1a,ex
ps-rsiotion anu his difficulties in getting poss
,,pussue the areasslns. Was warned three ll!ae
lid % inquired for hin, sIlamet), IN
s"un after abandoned the pursuit. Afte
that became dsmoralized nnd S9 e9hGrnrn Snarn
IN. about hundred armed men came 70 IA
cemetery. the city. stacked thc1f gun. N
came INTO town Inc negr9es }r oud ,ud
10 arm and organize a:d fight; ADVISED theh1
20 home md Keep quiet which they dId: 1e
Gays afterwards about ecventy- five co!ored mei
w.,o were tired Of sleeping in the cotton fields an
having their houses shot int", got together on IL
island and determined to hsht PIT Mr. hGaa ~
xhieh they did. Capt. Theobolds company the u
inaugurated reign Of terror on the s}and On =
ay Cen Sielos - spoke sonsrtss 1T Aonfoe' from IL
'1st'' ID BE- killed. saying the people believed he b;
to;d the nc:roee to arm and fight. Mr. Farmer 4 4
not believe it. but tie worst element If the whit
believed it, and he advised me to leave sever
prominent Democrats had toa Tliess 81 sanGe at ~
Wells rcreived telegram from hts deputy III
there wese open threats to afsassinate MN. We
hack On the 18th Of October, and attempted
t:-an;ze the Republican party. and did put up
ticket anti started to 90 into the country, out v
advised that II did attempt to hold meetings
would he .ssaesinatcd. Aeked Capt. Hale TO se
soldiers which he did. but the negroes were arr
Ia come out especially on the island. where Caf
Thrubulas company attended the meenne
hooted our sneakers and intimidated the nesroe
I1ife,nea were orgunizcd BY the DEMOCRATS
every ward in the PARISH -
he then clyc L l:-t Of colo1cc men VINO nag oe
killed and wounded, whose names have AREA
been published: and nlso to the hanging up OF u
men md whipping of number OF others ny ou
Go.cr and also large number u1 colorco pelso
Who were driven from home. seHenty- live OF "he
In. },sd to feed at Monroe. There hat been no COZ
ul,nt OF the Official consiuct OF the kepubne
t,,cia1S in Ouachita, bnt the Democrats sala u
wanted and were going u have cEan;5e-
4 lengthy cross-c1an!natlon ensued tHe pt'
r:,1al point developed was that me houses
aicasrs Garrett. Faux. and one other on tae Il,
below Monroe, had been Eccd into Mt nlsht. ~
Ne.s went dowr there and investigated inc matt
hut failed to fnd out who did tue shooting
tc:als Of til: shooting OF DR.. Dinkgrave, ~hl
was published III the time. Had no idea "
killed Dinkgrn II: re was no 1lfe ciup on
road At the time OF the killing Two hours AT
warts tic rifle club furnished u posse to puFs
the assa.sins. TIE ofTcers OF the parlsa were
l;epnb:tcaas hut no indictments for intinldata
ha:e been h!cd against the authors OF the dis,a
unce because the party in power were unabie