New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-01

President Wells-You made no examine


tion9
Answer-No, sir. I only examined hel
throat and head. did not see the doctor
do any thing except look on her head.
President Wells-Did you have any con
versation with the doctor in regard to thu
nature of her wounds9
Answer-Yee, sir.
Question-Whst did he says
Answer-The doctor said he thought il
would kill her.
Que stion.-Which wound vast he though
was the moet fstal9
Ans wer-The one on the head.
President We]ls-Whst did he say in re
gard to the wound on the neck.
Auswer-He said that that WAS just
through the skin, and would lot amount t.
much.
President Wells-What about the wound
in the breasts
Answer-He said it was flesh wound
he did not think it amounted to great
deal.
Queetion-Was she shot just above the
nipplee
Answer-Nc, sir; just above the breast
she had good big breast, as she had had
y number of children.
Question-Did the ball lodge in her?
Answer-NO, sir, it came out.
Question-What part did it come on.
from?
Answer-I did not pay any attention to
it; it went out about under the arm.
President Wells-What want to get at
are the facts connected with the whole
matter.
The witness-You have got every one Of
them right from me; don't know anything
more aboutit.
President Wells-That is exactly what l
want in having that question propounded.
1t lie not for the purpose of confusing you or
to 80 fetter your statement, or waive it in
any manner whatever. It is simply to get
the truth, and nothing but the truth.
The witness-You have got it ae near ss
l can tell it.
Mr.. Morey-Is there not another gentle.
man living on the Island, ward No. l. whose
name is pronounced the same as yours.
Doyors Tiboult?
Answer-Yes, sir; but his name is spelled
differently than mine.
Question-Now, when Eliza came to you
in the morning, did you understand she
came to you for protectioni
Answer-Yes, sir; that was her business.
have no doubt it was, though che did not
say 60. She said she came to tell me they
had killed her husband and beaten her, and
killed her child. l have no doubt but that
she came for protection, which che got.
Question Do you thiLk she would have
been likely to have given the names of any
of your neighbors as being among the MUIR
derers OF her husband if she believed itg
Auswer--.l don't know sir; she ia rather
q compound of curiosity; Il don't know what
she would have done; she told the niggers
that my son was among the num- Der; he
was in Bastrop, and had been there for two
or three days.
Qaestion-Do you know she told the
negroes thats
Answer-They told me 80. don't know
whether she ever toll me SO or not. Mig
gers here can lie; but that is what they
told me.
President Wells-I would be glad to state
to the witness to cOnfine himself to his own
The witness-Then ask me such questions
az that. You asked me what heard and
that is what have to answer.
Mr.. Morey-Speaking about the child
that was taken from her in Alabama-did
Eliza ask you to assist her in getting that
child2
Answer-No, sir; she never asked any
body; when she came home she said some
body had stolen it; we went through the
plantation to ind it; We found it in fence
corner.
Question-She obtained the child9
Answer-Yee, cir; it is at my house now,
and it is nine or ten years old.
Quest iOn-Did it come to your knowledge
that tn other woman wished to keep the
ch lid!
Answer-No, sir, only what she said to
me about it, and che Gid not say anything
about it; the other niger said that tie
woman wanted Eliza's child.
By Judge Diblle-When you went up to
the cabin with these gentlemen and che
told you that there we're fifteen or twenty
white men that murdered her husband,
what did You say to hel!
Answer-I asked her if she knew any
one Of them, and shs said she did not in the
presence of these two persons; that IS all
said to her; did not talk much to her.
Question-You did not call attention to
the discrepancy between the statement she
made then and the statement made in the
AnsWer-No, sir; 1 did not.
Question-When you went up during the
day to see the body, in what position was
it lying-the body OF the mani
Auswer-Flat on his back.
Question-You say you did not notify the
coroner!
Answe.-Nc, cir If he was notified he
did not come. They sent for him to 60 to
him.
Question-Di you no. deem it necessary
to 70 for him!
Answer am getting sort Of old and
mig gers are all free; don't feel like riding
to Monroe and spending night there and
81 or s. to get coroner; there were some
gentlemen going, and told them to tell
him, and buried the Niger.
Question-Was there no justice OF the
peace in your district
Aa,u,or Mana than. ba6 ma haf0rp
there was one for about two weeks before
the election, and he left.
Question-When you went down to Mon
roe did you gee the coroner9
Auswer-I was not caring to see him.
QuestiGn-Were there any questions
asked about the ocourrencel
Ansver-He asked me very slightly
about it-what was done, what be was
killed with, and if had buried him. told
him that had buried him, and he was I'M
killed by shooting.
Question-Were you at the meeting at
St. James Church,
Answer-Yes, sir.
Ouestion-Did he remain ali day!
Answer think he remained there until
thew got through. l went off and they con-
tinued an hour by the sun. l did not zee
when he did leave.
By Mr.. White-Were you in bed when
this female came over through your house!
Answer-Yes, Sill; it was about i've
O'clock.
Ouestion-Was she naked!
Answer-No, sir.
Qnes,ion-Wbat had che on!
Answer-A calico dress, tunic and some
thing around her clothing. did not notice
what it was.
Question-Was she bleeding
Auswer-Yes, cir.
Ouestion-Did she come into your room
where you we're in bed
Answer-Yes, sir. She came and knocked
at the door, The little boy who slept upon
the hearth opened the door. She did not
tell me she was bleeding but as SOON as l
oot a ljpht I saw she was bleeding. She