The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-12-02

Ephraim Armstrong, murdered ct Casper
Branch.
W. T. Kruse, burned out at midnight an
whipped.
Woman named Ida, half hung, out down an
whipped.
eeson Davis, stripped and whipped.
Thomas Rice, beaten With rife stock,
Garrett Hsiles, whipped.
Isaac Carr, whipped.
Lucy Washington, beaten With gun stock.
Henry Temple, shot.
Latin Witham, whipped.
Johnston Stewart, shot.
James Bean, shot.
- Burgess, taken out at midnight, and nsve
heard from since.
Levin Foster. hanged, aud 0hot through whil
hanging.
Wilson Rhodes. hanged.
William Lewis, hanged.
In some Of these cases the perpetrator,
have been arrested, but no one was evel
convicted or punished. The proofs and
details 10 all these csses will be given Ia
evidence before the Returning Board
end will be published in that testimony
will add few instances of ims giuary
outrages,the details of which I took from
the lips of the victims. or friends of the
victims, themselves. l do not vouch for
the truth, in any case. although believe
them to be true. 10 each instance 1 tell
tho tale as il was told to me:
Randall Driver lived on the Gibson
place, 10 Ouaohits. Had been working
with the Republicans, aud was warned
that he would be bul-dozcd if he did no,
stop it. Saturday night, November 4, a
company Of armed aud mounted men took
him out, stripped him, tied him to a tree
and whipped him with surcingle. HI
wao cruelty beaten He vent by night
fourteen miles to another voting place to
vote Republican ticket.
Amy Mitchell was living with her
husband Isaac, on their own property 10
West Feliciana, nine miles from Bayou
Sara. He was an active Republican
Wednesday night. September 28. com
pany OF eight bu!ldosers came for him.
He jumped out of bed. ran into another
room and hid under some seed cotton.
He vas found, dragged out and shot dead
before the door, His wife was badly
beaten. She recognized several of The
marauders, and Charles Barrow as the
man who did the shooting.
Thomas lives 10 West Feloiana, seven
miles from Bayou Sara was president Of
Republican Club. BuIldozers came for
him in the night, but be escaped to the
woods. House was burned. Had to 20 to
St FraBoisville to vote. The roads were
picketed to prevent il, and the negroes
stole through the woods to reach the
voting place.
james Smith lived on Courtney Smith g
place, in West Feliciana. For sitting in
the gallery of the house of Mr.. Webber,
the Republican candidate for the state
Senate, Courtney Smith beat him terribly
ou the head with pistol butt. October
81, and drove him from the place. Hid
10 the woods a day e-V, uuu len tue
parish. L.fs a crop Of ten bales Of cotton.
and good piece of corn in tho field.
Il. j. Hogan lived on the Greenwood
Plantation, 10 West Feliciana. fifteen
miles from St. Francisvile. He was
president of the Republican Club. He
aud the eevonty.six other men On the
Greenwood Plantation wero ordered 20
join a Democratic Club, or be run off
from their crops. They ell govo up but
Chuble Hunter. Woodfcrd Ruth and
Demss Williams. Buldozers took these
three mon out at night. Williams broke
away and escaped, being shot at as be
run. Hunter and Ruth we're stripped,
tied to trees aud cruelty beaten With the
bull, Neither we're able to work for over
a week. This was 10 the Tenth Ward,
which has never before given Republi.
can majority of less than ITS or 200.
This year single Republican vote was
cast and that BY tho supervisor.
Andrew Young lived 10 West Felioi-
ana. fie was warned that if be voted
the Republican ticket he would be killed..
Tho Bulldozors came 10 the night, but he
had pistol aud defended himself They
shouted that they would catch him out
side, that this was white MACS country,
and if it were not for tho troops they'd
settle With about City niggers. He hid
the woods pext day, and the next night
ran away. leaving bis crops in the field.
Aaron Cummings and WIN. Jones had
to leave their parish to save their lives.
They lived on the land of James Stewart
Left corn and ten bales of cotton in the
Geld.
William Y. Paine aud wife Sophia
lived in East Baton Rouge. near Canu,e
river, William made q Republican
speech iu June. The next night while
be and his wife we're asleep. two hour
before dsy5reak, the Bulldosers came
for him, He bid under the bed. They
pulled him out, pounding him with pistol
butts, aud took him away. His body was
afterwards found 10 the Canute. the head
fall Of bule, holes, Sophia was refused
permission to haze the body taken out
aud buried, aud u was eaten by buzsards
and 6sh.
On the iinb OF tree deep in the
woods 10 Ess, Baton Rouge. the skeleton
of black man was found hanging. Ii
had evidently been there many mouths.
Six miles from COrpnte. ia East Baton
Rouge, Jerry Glover and hi- son were
taken from the house at night. Jerry
was hanged, aud the boy was shot.
In Baton Rouge a charge was u u@p ped
up against John Gair ard his sistor. iu
law, Babe Matthews, of attempting to
poison DR.. Saunders. John was 81 ot tc
death Babe was hanged, aud Or. saun
ders was hearty enough, the OIL day
to point pistol at James Lewis, admin
istrator ofimprovements, Who Was making
Republican speech, and !oblige him tc
stop or have his head blown Of.
Now, am sorry 1t this will tend t
iDhueOce the Northeru people with hatreC
OF tho Southeruers, What tell is wha
1 have heard aud seen. / give thi
statement just as would interview peopl,
who had knowledge of anything OF public
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