New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-29

| Occasionally your last answer You stated
that your child was killed; what became
Of your child's bodys
| Answer-They threw it in the lake, and
We did not find it again under eleven oays.
| Oaestion-D0 you know OF any one else
being killed, shot or whipped on account OF
their politics!
Answer don't know, cir. nothing about
| il. walked down to the river ana seen
Marian Rhodes in there with his CUTS out.
Question--Do you know of any who we're
driven away from their homes on account OF
their politics.
| ANSWER don't know, sir, what you call
notifies. / don't know who they drove
away but me; all know is about myself.
( QnestiOn-Did not many cOl0red voters
have to leave their homes at night through
| fear of these armed men riding over the
parish at night!
Answer-Yes, sir; l went to q heap OF
! peoples houses and they were lying out IN
| the woods to keep from the bhlldOzere; two
STAYED I'D to the ginhouse with me; both
| were women.
| President Wells-You said that your
| husband had been thro wn down; what was
| the action Of the parties that threw your
husband down: what portion of his body
did they cut; did they cut any portion OF
| his body! :,
| Apswer-Oh, yes; they put knife
1 y
| the knife grinding like you cut new leather;
| Captain Teabault told somebody to jerk his
| arms out.
President Wells-What part of his body
| was cuts
Answer-He was cut down below and he
| was cut in the ear
Ouestion-You stated in your answer that
| they had treated you improperly in regard
| to YOUR person-shat they had improper in
| tercourse with you. Was that before or
after you were shot!
| Answer That was before / was shot:
they done nothing but this and they asked
the boys if any more Of them wanted some,
| and then they went to shoot me. This
| thing was done outside IN the moonshine.
| Thew took an Ak to cut me, but the ak flew
off the handle.
President Wells-.-They frs. chopded you
| with an ak!
Auswer-Yes, sir; and struck me in the
head with a pistol. Tney killed my child
when they were fcoing with me. After
them with all my might. Then Logan
stamped me here lpontng to her breast),
| and somebody knocked out all my jaw
teeth did not have hollow tooth in my
head.
Mr.. Gauthreaux.--Would we be allowed
to put question to the witnesss
President WeIls-You ought to file your
! cross-inteYrOgatOrles.
Mr.. Gauthreaux-What We want is the
fullest investigation of the case, and there
seems to me there could be NO objection on
the part of the board to any and all ques-
tious that can throw any light on this in
vestigstion l would like to ask this ques-
ton of the witness: If che did not, on the
morning after the occurrence, state to John
Swanson and Tidwell that q colored man
had killed her husband.
The witness, emphatically- no! They
were not. There were two colored men
there. but TidweI told me not to tell who
they we're. Oh, no; oh, no; no, no, no.
We amt going to have it that way. Oh,
no. sir; they were white men. They all
came back; and tried to kill me, but they
can not have anything that way.
Mr.. Morey-We have no objection to the
fullest cross examination by Judge SPof-
Jndge Spofford-We are taken by sur
nrise nv the course taken by the board
the ruling OF the board-a4d We are not
prepared to go on.
sion to say that this case involves more
than a presidential! election. 1t involves
the dignity and the honor of human ma
tuce l think that you will hardly satisfy
the country unless you give such directions
as will lead to the complete DEVELOPMENT
Of all the facts in this case. Certainly the
Deople have no right to claim any sort OF
Government like that which Is attempted to
,, be shown here. tninH you owe ~ " Ine
country to allow all the 1acts 70 % oeVei
. | oped. c-
Senator Sherman-T concur with Cover
nor Palmer. would like to have Governor
Palmer and Judge Spofford cross examine
witness, so we might have the facts.
;. General Smith-The mere cross-examin 8
t;on of this case would not develop any
v | ~ ;o <ri inv iua a from
J: the witnesses, within a reasonable number
Q who NAV know the character of this trans
!, action with this woman as detailed. l cor
l cur with Governor Palmer in what he said
u It does not, sir, concern parties, but con
:: Germs humanity. -.
}. Mr.. Parker-You could not be permitted
8 to say that to give any further privileg
than simply to say to the leading counse
!; on the other side, cross examine this vii
1 ness, would be to give more privileges tina
!; ia usual in courts OF justice. 1t would be
4 verv great qualification to me if the exam
|. nation could be carried on without the al
q royance Of interrogatories, but by sue
= gentlemen as are now before me, NJ
Smith or Mr.. Palmer on the one side, wit
10 any gentlemen who may be nominated b
the board on the other
O. General Smith--If the board will pardo
me, l desire to say that We do not desire
10 interfere in the examination Of witnessed
10 1t would be proper that either eide Shout
10 do that. There are men entirely compete1
70 here on both sides to investigate thorough
., " the facts Of the case, and mere eros
D. examination of this woman would amour
to nothing. The suggestion made b
k Governor Palmer that every fact COZ
neetsd with the circumstances wblc
ID this woman details, either can or ca
u not be sustained. l can only state tn;
r | am informed that gentlemen who lily
N the reighborhood, whose character,
id far as / know, is good, claim that the ma
ters here set forth are not true, and the
10 desire, ard the country, l know, desire
IN after reading the statements of this kin
of the entire facts, and ehall be set out
ia | reference to the character Of this transa
ia | ton. A mere cross-examinatlOn OF Il
witness the gentlem an. as a lawyer, know
"a would amount to nothing. And mOreove
40 would say that this proceeding is not co
g. | dueted precisely as q Ease IN court. Inc
hit certainly, it can not rest upon cross eS
al | mination alone. 1t would be proper to su
NIT it to court or jury whose prOvin
an ! il was to determine the real facts in Il
ID | matter
Mr., Parker-There is no disagreeme
a. | batween US. Let the cross-examinati
1T proceed, and at the proper time bring it
q tle courts.
It's Judge Spotf srd-We have just arrivi
on the train a large number of Witness
ID, Owing to the change in the rules We W
he four hours on the opposite counsel: q
20. as matter OF simple justice that this ca
ey be postponed until we can conform to T.
Ike rule. We are taken by surprise:
t." Judge Ray---I desire to call attentl
that We are compelled to make our retn
at next Tuesday, or by Monday, as on we
needay the electoral vote must be give
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