Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-12-06
ANOTHER nIapATCH

ANOTHER DISPATCH
dated New Orleans, Nov. 18th, to
the Chicago Tribune, is as follows:
There arrived In this city to-day a
number Of witnesses from Ouachita
parish Who present most pitiful
spectacle, and whose stories are so
awful that persons who cannot see
them and hear them tell their own
tales would be justified in increduli-
ty. They were brought down by
military escort, with United States
deputy marshal, and there was no
little difficulty in getting them away
from the parish. Among them is
Ben James, the United Stated depu-
ty marshal who was shot while car
rying the balIot-box to the Log
Town poll on the morning Of the
election and left for dead. He has
two bullet wounds In his head, two
wounds in his right arm, which was
broken, and one in the hip, Anoth-
en- is
ELIZA pISKsTCN,
whose husband, Henry Pinkston,
and whose baby were murdered by a
band Of bull-dozers on the Saturday
preceding the election. Eliza was
present, and saw her husband cut all
to pieces In his own house, and his
body dragged out and shot full OF
bullets after he was dead. The baby
was killed in her arms. She has a
bullet wound in her breast, which
passed through her lung and ont OF
her back, a cash from a knife IN her
neck, bulIef-WOund in one leg, a
cut with a knife from the hip nearly
10 the knee, and her head Is covered
with wounds, one OF which was CIV
en- with the but-end Of pistol, and
the other with an ax. The cords In
one Of her feet are also severed.
She was left for dead, and how she
has survived so long seems to be
miracle IS for two or three weeksshe
has been almost constantly hunted by
the 1ilden men who murdered her
husband and babe.
HENRY PISKsToE
Is represented asa c0lored man some
what different from the majority In
that lie seemed incapable Of fear.
The bulI-dozers had been TO him sew.
eraI times to get him 10 join Dem
ocratic club, but he had openly de-
clared that ho would do nothing Of
the kind, and, when threatened,
took no pains to conceal his contempt
for the bull dozers, and said he was
afraid Of none Of them. ON the Sat
urday night before the election Eliza
states that She heard a body OF horse
men stop in front Of their house, and
q man came 10 the door whose voice
she recognized, and said he was
Brewster, Republican candidate for
the Legislature, and that he had
made arrangements to have him
fPinkgton, safely conducted to Mon
roe, where be could vote the Repnb-
lican ticket on election day. She
said: "No, you arc not Mr.. Brews-
ter. Henry is not here They
then broke in the door, and one call
cd out, "Gag him! God damn him!
Gag him!" And the room was filed
with armed men, who with their
knives stabbed her husband till, as
she said, his body was filed with
holes, and the blood dropped like
water upon the floor. They then
dragged him out, and shot him
great many times afterwards. A
man said to her, ELIZA put down
that baby She said: IF you are
going to kill me, kill my baby too"
A man then with his knife
cur THE BhBy'5 THROAT,
at the same time cutting Eliza's
hand, which was thrown up to guard
the child. She was then cut and
shot and left for dead When she
came TO her senses She had not a
stitch of clothes left Oh her back, and
she went out. to many Of the colored
peoples cabins, but most Of them
were afraid to give her shelter, for
fear OF the vcngence of the bull
dozers whs were hunting her. Her
story is almost beyond belief, but
her wounds are there to testify more
cloeuentIy than words.
ANOTHER WITNESS,
James Henry Coleman, colored
man, was under the house when
pinkston was Killed, having jumped
out Of n window Afler the men left
who killed Pinkston he crawled out,
but was taken on the road by the
Same party. 4 rope was placed about
his neck, and he was dragged down
to the river, and he believes that it
was the intention to drown him, but
a shot was fred and the party, for
some reason, galloped off and left
him.
STILL ANOTHER.
Joe sheldon has bullot In his
breast, and his hand Is all shot to
pieces. To states that this course
was taken % induce him 10 join a
Demociaticclub, and he wasshot two
weeks before the election lie did
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