The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-11-30

mo before lhey Killed me. Two VI
them had dealings with me before
they shot me, ran under the bed
when he shot me. They caught me
by the leg and pulled me out and
brokethe bed They cut me with the
axe. One man said az you are going
TO kill the woman don't be bothering
with her." and he cut me- with n
knife. | struck him aud II flew up,
and they never saw II again. They
got another knife aud then cut and
stabbed me, and cut me on the legs,
and on one side with an axe.
At this point the woman untastened
her dress and exposed her breast,
which was all cut up, and was a most
horrible sight to look at. The efforts
OF the examination caused her to faint,
and the examination WAS therefore de-
layed for a few moments until she had
recovered
q. In your last answer you stated
that your child WAS killed. What be-
came OF your child's body
a. They threw il In the lake and
ve could not ind II again undor
eleven days,
Q, DO you know OF anyone else
being killed, shot or whipped on ac-
count of their politics
A. | don't know, sir, nothing about
1t. | walked down to the river ana
seen Marion Rhodes in there with
his CUTS out.
q. Do you know OF any who were
driven away from their homes on ac-
count Of their politics?
a, | don't know, sir, what you call
politics. | don't know who drove any
away but me, and all know is about
myself
Q. Did not many colored voters have
to leave their homes at night through
fear OF these armed men riding over
WIS phlnu NJ hikuN
IA. Yes sir. went to peoples
houses aud they were lying out In the
woods to keep from the bulldozers.
Two of them staid up to the gin
house with me; both of them were
women.
President Wells--Iou said that your
husband had been thrown down.
What was the action of the parties
that threw your husband down ?
What portion Of his body did they
I cut-did they cut any portion OF his
body?
A. Oh yes, they put a knife through
and through him. You could hear
the knife grinding like you cut new
leather. Captain Tedbault told some.
cody to cut his arms out.
President Wells-What part OF his
body was out
A. He was cut down below, and he
was cut in the ear.
q, You stated in your answer that
they had treated you Improperly In rev
gard to your person; that they had
improper intercourse with YOU was
that before or after You were shot?
A. That was before was shot. They
done nothing but this, and they asked
the boys II any more Of them wanted
some, and then went to shoot me.
This thing was done outside, In the
moonshine. They took an axe to cut
me, but the axe flew off the handle.
President Wells--They first chopped
you with an ax.
A. Yes, sir! And struck me In the
head with pistol. They killed my
child, when they were fooling with
me. After they had killed my child,I
went to fight them with all my might.
Then Logan stamped me here, point
ing to her breast, and somebody
knocked out all my jaw.teeth. i did
not have hollow tooth In my head.
Mr.. Gautheraux-Would we be al
lowed to put question to the wit
ness.
President Wells--You ought to file
your cross interogatories.
Mr.. Gautheraux What we want IL
the fullest investigation of the case,
and 1t seems to me, there could be no
objection on the part of the Board to
any aud all Of the questions that can
throw any light OH this investigation.
| would like to ask the question Of the
witness, IL she did on the morning
after the occurrence, state to John
Swanson and ,Tidwell, that colored
man had killed her husband.
Witness (emphatically)-Oh, no.
They were not. There were two col
ored men there, but Tidwell told me
: not to tell who they were. oh, no
No, no, no, no! We amt going to
have 1t 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.. Morrow-We have no objection
to the fullest REORGANIZATION by
Judge Spofford.
Judge Spofford-We fare taken by
surprise by the course OF the Board
and we are not prepared to 90 on.
Governor Palmer--I may here TAX,
the occasion to say that this case in
wolves more than Presidential cleo
ton. 1t involves the dignity an,
honor Of human nature. think tina
you will hardly satisfy the country un
! less you give such directions as will
lead to the complete development Of al