The daily gazette., 1876-12-29
THE REIGN OF TERROR.

RADICAL sPITB TOWARD CoLoRED DEMO
CRATs-AN INoFFENsIvE WOMAN GRos-
SLY MALTREATED.
NEW ORLEANS, Dec, N.--The house
Subcommittee of which Mr.. Morrison is
chairman, met this morning. Sam Boyd
testificd-is proprietor of four cotton
presses-Orleans, Shippers, Crescent
City and Pelican; have seen Baltus' tes-
timony relative to the discharge of ne
groeS from thu Pelican press; employ n
large number of negroes, many of whom
voted the republican ticket; have not
discharged one since the election on ac-
count OF voting; discharged one man,
Hayward from the press for being use
less since September, 1865, have paid
him over $50 900 for himself and gang of
laborers his own gang left when he was
discharged prior to the election L told
Hayward if the Democrats succeeded he
would have better pay; some of Hay
wards gang accused him of not settling
fair with them he received the money
and paid the gang; have plenty of ne
groeS now employed who voted the re-
publican ticket.
Foreman Bell, colored, Ascension par
ish, testified-Wf1 shot at because he
voted the democratic ticket knows
colored men who We're knocked down
and beaten foI electioneering and voting
the Democrat ticket had club of two
to three hundred colored Democrats I;
the intiT'dation we all by republican
negroes heard republican candidates
say Packard would be counted in even
though Nichols got majority of the
votes.
VIM. Wallace, colored, of New Orlears
testified-Was in Donnaldsonville cleo
ton day; gave democratic tickets to ne
groes amt saw them voted many col
ored men iwere afraid to vote the demo-
cratic ticket. because they could not stay
in the parish if they did.
Edward Lefrane, colored, of Orleans,
testified that he published card favor
ing Nichols and Witt after that he
went to church and was abused; was
turned out of church for voting the
democratic ticket, voted in the Fourth
Ward, but had to get some gentlemen to
go with me for protection on March 16
my wife was knocked down; sent her
to the police station to make affidavit
against her assailant policeman Henry
Mitchell got her up stairs and tried to
outrage her; she was then sent to prison
since then she has been a helpless cripple;
tried to get Mitchell punished, but Jim
Lewis, } Judge Evans, and Antoine stopped
the proceedings before the police board
and court.
Rev Thomas Brown, colored, presi-
dent OF the democratlc club, hau e&pe-
rience similar to other witnesses United
States soldiers robbed him of 500 and a
watch in Texas. Witness said Governor
Kellogg had plenty Of them around
him.
Mr.. Townsend-Well, name some of
them.
Mr.. Morrrison-Give your opinion,
say as to Gov. Wells, for instance.
Witness-Oh, Lord, don't ask me about
him; he robbed me of $50 once when he
was mayor.
VIM. Cooper, colored, testified that he
voted the Democratic ticket was beaten
few days ago by officer Boyle because he
voted the democratic ticket.
Louis Henderson, colored, of Orleans,
testified-Wa knocked down and beaten
before election complained to the po-
/ lice; they arrested Inc and 1 was fined
$40 or fifteen days in prison; on the way
to prison was beaten by the officers,
| who said | was a democrat. Witness
was afterwards clubbed, again severely
by policemen for no other cause than
being democrat.
Other witnesses testified substantially
the same as those already noted, showing
that a regular system of maltreatment
! had been provided to be meted out
| against colOred democrats.