The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-12-06

HOW THE LOUISIANA BuLLpoZEas
FLoGGED HIM FOR REFUSING TO
VOTE FOR DEMOCRACY AND RE-
FoRM.r

VOTE fVE DENUCRAcN AM NE
FORM"
The correspondent of the Chicago
Journal, writing from New Orleans,
gives the pitiful story of . colored
man thirty years old. 1t is in his
own words as follows:
My name is Zekial Clover;
live in East Feliciaua iu de E,gn,b
Ward, nigh Clinton, on de telegraph
road leading 10 Osyka; ! was born
aud raised dar, on Levy Doty's plan
tattoo; | rent a bit Of land from w.
NJ. McAdams aud worked in IA saw
mill; bout 10 O'Clock Sunday nigh
for de election a mau came 10 my
house; be was Jvhn Norwood; be
toIe me be wanted 10 see me tor
no harm, but on very 'tic'ar bus
iness; sed he vas u fren TO me; asked
me to step away u piece from de do.
cause be didn't want no one 20 know
what he was gwine to say. | stepped
bout twenty feet from de doah, aud
be began talkin' to ME. While be
was talkin' a lot of men rushed up.
with sticks and pistols, and one OF
'em said -- your radical
soul, we, We got you now; we'll fix
you tonight Dey grabbed me, ano
made me go with 'em about fifteen
wards into the timber. | made no
distance; 'twouldn'r have done no
good; dey would have billed me dead.
dey tied my hands together around
de wrists. Dey took me to q beech
tree. DR.. w. X. Roberts says, Lets
hear Zeke's testimony awhile fore we
whip him. tole 'em nv testimony
was didn't know what dey was
gwise to do with me; dat ! had al
WAYS voted the Publican ticket; |
tole 'em | didn't know exactly what
ticket I'd vote this year Until the
time come. enJvha Norwood said:
We came here To whip dis Niger,
aud don't let Us question him any
mo- One Of EN- aske me II I'd rather
take 500 lsshes Or he hung, aud |
tcle 'em I'd rather take de whippln'
dan be hung Dey said such -
Radicals as me ruined de country
Dey stripped me naked. When
come out of L e house | Wa ixin' to
go to bed, AN had nothini' on 'eep'
my shirt aud drawers. Dey led me
to a beech-tree, cut beech limbs ali
round aud FIVE or six whipped M a
u time. | hollered. Dey whipped me
ill | couldn't stand. Den dey say
was piayin' possum, au' dey laid on
agin.' / tainted while | was tied q,
de tree. | can't tell how long del
whipped me; deg whipped me awhll,
den sat down aa' rested, au' whip
ped ne agln'. | can't tell how long
de time was. When a man is in ;
much misery as dat he links de time
pretty long. Ny wife tried to follow
me, but dev left Jim MeAdams, sou
of old McAdams, on de road, an b.
drove her back. Old McAdam-
owns de place live on. He ku-~
was gwiue u be whipped. III
said build zen vas "a OF de grea'
est things ever iayenied After de,
got through whippiI' dis Dc k 10
erts talked To me aahlr, aud tole Ill
twas best for me uot To report II, IA
I'd see trouble, an mex time de,
got me dey'd put rope around ny
neck He told me what dey whip
ped me tor was becau It | a"uldu'
lioin The Democratic club. Id toll
some of he men dat whipped ne d
day or two before dat | wouldn't
Iioin de Democratic club nor vote de
democratic ticket; dat Id die hr,t
| knew all de men dat whipped me
Dey's all my neighbors; lives close tC
me. Doe Roberts tends sick folks
He lives in The Eighth Ward. bal
a mile from me Alexander Dot,
don't do uotni >, bat drink whisky au
loaf roun' dc grocery. William
East lives along side mt. He's OF
dat side of the fence an | on dis
John Hart lives close by ME. Johl
Nor wood worked 10 the saw mill witt
me. William Brown lives near DE-
saw mill. Jim McAdsms is son o
de man what own de place | llv'
on. Dey went of al lief me. WheI
| got back hume my back was al
bloody. So vas my shirt. Ny wilt
was skeered NOS 10 death. | lief
hum de same night. went to Clio
TOD, where de United States sojer.
war. au' had to skirml,h roun' 81
de build szsrs wOulda't see me untl
/ found Lieutenant De Gray. IL
showed me 10 Cap'n Il gers zamin
ed me an sent for MOnabad al
Wedge. Two boss b~ulidozers, 9ba
tole Cap'n Rogers there Was 10 bull
dozin' in de parish Dey showe'
'rm nv back aud Wedge asked me
'Who done dat, black or whitel'
tole EN- white. The Cap'n askei
r ne if I'd % au' make aAdavit, al
Lieutenant say dey would kill me
: 1 did Den de Csp'n give me Il not
to de Sergeant, sn' | stayed wit
him; | came down de river wit
t Cap'n Rogers sogers | can't 9
t back dar; iey would kill me. | Wi
!, send for nv wife as soon as she get
de crop in. | raised an acre an'
? half Of potatoes, Eve OF corn and Nv
r # cotton, 'bogt three aG' . bali bale
| s'pose my wife will try to save ID
D crop. ] dunno what I'll dc noS
2 aur xhar III 90, but ] dars'nt 9
back dar, ssrlin. | nebb r did noii
n in TO the men that bulld0zed me, ~
dey TO me till dat m | dldn
a vote AZ all; they said # did the
e would Kill me De cuilud me
2 would all have vo,ed &c Republics
e ticket ii dey bad p%roiectioo, but de
! we're >keerd ot de Suiid gers. Il
epllud men bad TO lay out
de woods, AFRAID Of beiu baildcze1 b
\ 10 elec,hun dss, aud deu VIII
voted war forced ~ sos With
Democrats"
Glover. al our request, took of b
shirt. His body. from bis peek
nihis knees. was a sickeuing sigh
- His back ana sl9es and thighs wei