The New York herald., 1876-12-01

knowledge Dut think YOU VIII have witnesses hcro
a. TO the murder Of her husband and She vpld
ine mere were ave or six negroes. who '.esi
10 her house. took rinkston out killed
him and tried to kill her and the cnd'
shc was 10 my house when she made ths state
menti she came abou, I've O'Clock and walked me up
she was bleeding pretty smart: suppose il was abou
Two hours from The nrst TO tho conversations
she then tod II /, wa. NOT Brooks friends from
ouacliia she thought was Parks or poscys negroes
that they were radicals and a rabd demo.
erat and thought they THERE Tor tue purpose Of
killing her; that Was the fica she wanted to give mo:
sent for doctor, who and waited on her an(
aier dinner Lew Parks aud named Armstrong
came 10 my house, alicr dinner np her
and asked her Ia the presence OF them she knew whs
killed Pngston and who shot her, aud she sad there
| there and attempted XIII nm sho went 10
other places aud told different story; un-
| OF the killers. and he has been dead Tor
three months, she attempted occasion 10 get
and coming home when she threw her child 10
the corner of lcnce where there some bricrs:
lssed and oi the negroes went 10 hunt foi
II; this al happened since she gained her freedom;
was ncighbor's negro that iound the child; she re-
fused togise IL up; suppose She Threw there; she
says she did Eot. but that nsger stoiea
Il; the last know bni little about, only what my
w,c said; she said that Eliza had destroycd IL; shs
might have done So but dont know; VIC all attended
republican meeting St. James chapel. and she
there; mulatto man was ihere speaking IRON
and said q good deal about the demo-
Gratis; she wanted to be In good favor with the
democrats. and she remarked 10 gentlemen that
! IL they would give her pistol she would shoot tho
heart out OF the damned radical; heard her say so
myself; Mr. Pinkslon took very little part in politics
| and stood very we'll with the white people; he somc-
| times got drunk, but never him intoxicated to
such an extent as 10 make HIM impudent; never
heard him mention politics IN my liie nor never
| mentioned politics to HIM; took very little pars
IN politics myself after she received the wounds she
walked threequarters o mile TO my house. and ailel
that the doctor attended her. Mr. Parks and and the
other man went up ner IN The evenings she
sitting on mat that sne mad been laying on, with
something spread over her head she said she was
! pretty well, and tho day she down my
house; don't think she was confined q day;
saw her sitting In the kitchen and saw her walking
| down tho road; have seen her have bark IN her
arms at least two VI rec days after she hurt:
| OF any kind on except or two iittlo places on
It's cheek, which looked though tho black part had
been cut oi the spots were not AS big pcayuns,
but no meat nor anything OF that sort was taken
\ OF; the body was found about 200 yards from the
house. IN The lake; as soon as attended Eliza,
some time between dnyight and sunrise, went down
TO her house and found Henry PinKston lying about
twenty steps from the door, he naked, except he
had on his undcrshrt, but Il slipped up
through tho s'do, Of his head, one ia
legs and ono In the forehead; dead was no,
mutlatcd; there not tho slightest scratch upou
| him except tho marks; had a cloth thrown oyor
him It could get somebody TO go and SEQ
/ something about Il; Of course l had HIM buried.
President Wei,s-Was .he Coroner notified Of his
any attempts TO ferret the murdcrers there
were icw white men camc to my house and asked
me about II; they went around the ncghborhood and
made inquiries, but nobody knew anything about 1t:
there no action taken about the corpse that
l
knows John Logan or not; but think she does not.
for he never at my house but oncc and shc was
not there then; she never went TO Monroe where he
lives; her reputation and vcraciy is abous
bad 1t can be- don't know that she would tell
when she gets mad; she could no more control her
| self than anything you might imagine; would
| tight buzz saw, ana II IN motion; she would fight
| dozen quick she would one; she would never
fight me- but could not stop her using bad language;
/ She looked like she WAS crazy.
The cross- examination was continued at great
| length and tho democrats offered large number OF
aiiduvts in rebuttaI u the Pinks,on testimony.
/ TESTIMONY
J. J. swan was the second witness offered by the
| Democratic Conservative Committee Hc testified
chiefly response to interrogasoros read by General
/ Anderson. and as follows:-
| My occupation is that Of farmer; my
residence IL in Ouachita; knew Henry Pinkston fol
about three years don't think he engaged much
! In Loltics; heard him talk much about IL; he
once lived on tho plantation adjoining me; knew OF
night he about two months before his death with
| a man named Black Brooks; Plnkston whipped him
| and bit his finger very badly; saw Brooks couple
his finger was; he said his hand was very badly
| hurt, and he remarked TO MEL intend 10 XIII
Pinkston i've" Pinkslon came TO mo himself and
! told me that his life was threatened by this mau
/ Brooks after the fight. he asked my advice. re.
marked to him at that ime:-
| stPinkston. heard Brooks say myself that he waa
| going 10 xiii you and II had sufficient evidence
would XII him myself before he killed me. would
not let man kill me, Knowing he was threatening my
| iiic lie should not kill me-"
/ Brooks had bad character; no not thought
nS oa N mnn on hs hight Of tho ssw
party coored people pass my house going down the
road coming from Ouachita, but don't know who
| they were; l thought the election ut Ouachita
1 fair an election as wc ever had;
any wrong gong on; belong to the demo-
cratic party; have lived In Ouacha parish for thirty
nvc years; IL was moro sociable than any election I
ever saw; knew Mr. Parks when he was living; he
| IS dead now he has been dead about three months.
/ Colonel ZAcHARIE-As the Board refused TO allow
any further testimony in rebutting this woman's
an,eooS from o"acha who have been pubcy ac
cuscd by the reports OF this woman, that they should
be allowed to file statements in their cases, that cor
President wnLLs-wc have nothing to do with Il.
They must before the courts and prosecute her II
| they seek relief.
| some discussion arose as to whether or not the
! Board would hold night sessions. In answer to a
question Governor Wells sad ave have time to
| examine records and all the evidence before Wa
Will not havo time TO do that without holding nchs
| scssionsn
Mr.. GAurmRnAux-l think the representations mado
by the Board both sides that all sessions
| were TO be held In their presence
President WELlsfhcy will be held In their presence,
but when 1t Is to consult upon any action We shall
take upon various subjects. that come before us
permit the presence Of counsel when they are making
up their final decision. Therefore, must claim the
privilege or consulting among ourselves as to any 40
| ton that comes up before
Mr. GAurnRxAux-l understand the Chair to admit
that IT holds private sessions other than held here
daily I?
President WELLs-They arc deliberative sessions
PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY
The Board met at hapast ten to-day, all the 4Aem.
ucIs oche litsen. iHoic "PPcuiSu Aos enO ioPuoss-
cans Messrs Parker. Sherman, Clarke, Hale and Gar
Held; for the democrats. Messrs. Palmer. Trumbuil,
Smith aud Julian.
The minutes having beer read and approved, the fol-
lowing protest. signed by all the republican candidates
for city and parochia ctces the parish Of New Or.
| leans, was read under the direction OF Frestdens
4 Wclls:--
PROTEST OF REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES.
NRw ORLEANS, La, Nov. 27th 1870
\ To THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS The kKTuRSIN
1 BOARD STATE LOUISIANA
,KsrLraKsThe undersigned having candidates a
the late election, respectfully that csase
ballots the New Orleans to be carefully
counted again before proceeding canvass the oct
thereof IL we'll nearly all tickets
peculiarly coloed and closely printed that without
particular aud scrutnizing attention given each name
thereon, alterations the OF candidates would
Observations. Nearly all candidates resorted 20
the OF printed Slips which, after crasing the
names printed the ticket. were pasted
the thus Without cose inspection OF
the entre ticket they could discovered We
confidently believe that haste or counting the Com
mssoner have thus unntenonaly failed to notice after
favorable Instances 1t Is only BY an