New-York tribune., 1876-12-06

| to cut my throat. i held my chin down and the
knife went across my jaw was also shot and
stabbed. Then made believe was dead. shut
my eyes and laid perfectly still. One OF tho negroes
| got the ak that chop wood with and hit me on the
back of the head, making this cash lpcntlng 10 lV
| The ak came off the handle Still dld not sur.
| Then the same man took knife and cut great
4 cash on my thigh long (about n FOOT. hear0
the knife go through the flesh sounding like tho cut
ting of new leather but did not stir or make
sound. Then one Of them said, Cut of her feet
and they cut my heel strings. still lay there, and
| they thinking that I was dead sure, went away"
"What did you do thenr-
II tried to get up, and my little girl, VINO nad
hidden under tho mattrass. came out and asked me
if they were gone, and helped me up. l conid not
stand and fell down again. Then my little yifi sau
| Oh ma! what you say help you up for wheh you
| fall down againP Then she helped me up aga'n' 4
told her TO take up her little sister, ana we k'sseu
her told her to put her on the bed, but she sau IL
would spoil the bed with the blood and she put her
in tho cradle. NV little girl then helped me out to
where Henry was, and stopped down and put ny
| hand on him, His body was warm and wet. l
Thought ii was sweaty, but suppose 1t was blood.
The blood was coming out of his wounds like this
(and she moved her hand TO show the regular sprt-
ing of the blood escaping from an artery.
How long did you remain there r
"Onlv fow minutes when | heard the horses
coming beck, Then my little girl helped me over
into the cotton patch When they looked in the
house one of them said, BY God, she's gone; but
she can't go far They seemed alarmed and ex-
cited. Then they took the baby out of the cradle
and threw it into the lake."
After this she described her going TO Mr. Tdwers
aud her subsequent movements substantially as
they arc gwen in her statement At times during
az OH tod.
called God to witness the truth of what she said
She was told of the report that she had said that
negro named Alexander Brooks, and others with
him, had killed her husband and child She said
she never had told any one so Brooks
and her husband had fight IN
August last but they had made it mp and worc good
friends again. To her words they had caien
together and drunk from the jug. Brooks, she
said was not man who harbOred resentment. She
also most positively denied ever having killed her
mother-in-aw. She said that an old woman Aunt
Rose had died in her house. They had lived to-
gether before Mrs PinkstOns marriage and then had
gone elsewhere. Mrs. Pinkston heard she was sick,
went to see her, took her home, and the old woman
died there. She and her husband buried her de-
Gently.
There are some circumstances which coIroborate
Mrs. Pnkston's story saw at the same place nrA.
Cora Williams (whose affidavit will append TO this
letter., She was Heighbor Of the PinkstOns and
is a bright negro woman about 20 years of are.
She too is Of pure African blood. but her features
are almost as regular as those OF European. A
delicate oval face is crowned with an abundance ol
hair and her style of beauty is cne not often met
with among those OF her race The same bull
dozersr visited her house earlier the night and
she recognized some of Them For the details ot
this visit will refer the reader to her statement.
Although il is long time since l have been so
shocked by the recital of any crime as have been
while listening TO this story, it is only fair, indeed
simple Justice demands that the other side of the
story should be told. There is other side TO the
worst phase int. The horrible wounds on that poor
wonan's body tell story that cannot be answered.
No one denies that her husband and child were
killed and that she has been terribly wounded.
That is fact equally dsgraceful to the State and
the parish where il took place, no matter who the
guilty persons are but il there IS any class IN the
community who are less responsible than
Others that fact ought 10 be known Mf.
| Charles NJ. TidweIl, who seems TO have been
| the first white man to Nrs. Pinkston on
the Sunday morning, is here tOsight and will pIoha-
| bly, be examined tomorrow. lie raised" Mis-.
| Pinkston In Alabama, and does not speak well Of
her. He SAYS that she is OF quarreISnme dspOai-
ton ready to fight at all tia e.. lie says that she
told him at least three different stories in regard to
those who were a. her house that night and engaged
| in the outrage and that she is Iillng char c;ci
| and unworthy of belief Mr. Ildwcl Impressed me
/ as D man very careful 10 tell the truth lie drew
the line in his talk between what be actually Know
and what he had heard with grcat precision, ana
while he generally spoke i'll of Mrs PinhSo. h" de-
Tended her against some charges brought against her
! by others. -,
| One thing strnck mo very disapccably, and that
was the uncOuceIn with which he and other white
| people from that locality speak Of the ontIag''
| fCbcv exnresS no eVnpathv for the woman ana Mr..
Iiiwcll admit led IN conversation thhl ne had 'dhth
very little interest III her case lie allowed h.r 10
stay at the quarters on his place since the death OF
her husband aud had fed her, hat he remarked that
he couldn't help il and that she was cf no tise To
him in her present condition. AGAIN, he sad iiaI
| he did not know whether any of the Radicals had
been to see her uot-hc haln't supposed anybody
| would have taken any interest III buch trIlllhg
cbaroctcr Now in ans community whore there Is
the least respect for law and right people would take
interest in Such as this, no matter now lnWN
or low degraded the victims were. Bat III THIS case
Henry pinkston seems to have been a iavoil'e '''
among the white people who knew nothing against
him so that there is excuse Tor That apathy ilal
might possibly he defended If he had been had
| man dangerous to The community. Several OF the
persons accused of having partciDacd III tiis out
rage are now in this city and demand ihe fullest NJ
vestigaton. II Is only tar 10 sly tiat wlthont non;
tity of some of thc " buiidoZers.' One man whom
She mentioned in her first affidavit has been dead for
months and m her latest statements sue ofni'S tlo
| names of some she mentioned week ago. H. L. W.
State of louisiana Perish of Orleans Eliza Pink
ston, being sworn in answer 10 ntei1ogniorles hiei
| saws: That she is the wife of Henry Pinkston. l
| have had four children. lived on lidweiio place,
up in Ouachita, on the island. The Saturday night
before the election, Sunday morning before day.
| Henry and were in bed in the house at home. 1t
was before we had got mp. Some men rode up to
the door. | heard the horses feet: One said,
"Halt" Then they stopped and got oil Their horses.
There was a knock at the door Some of them
| asked "Is Henry inP Dr. foungeTs was the
voice first called They sald me r"d was GONG o1 u, 70