New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-12-22

hot for them that they will feel
safer in our company than out OF III;
from that time they we're riding the coun-
they we're calling tho people together; their
proceedings we're principally at night; they
visited negro quarters at oil hours OF the
night; oil on Whited's plantation were Re-
publicsus; the riders would frequentIy nre
right through the quarters; one DAY wnen
Mr.. Whited and his wife were at the depot
they saw some strange armed men, whose
actions frightened them; that evening
colered man employed there came running
through the fields crying: They have come; come;
Benz" Mr., Whited asked him what was the
matter, and he said the same; the
family became much alarmed and
left the house; remained in it;
after about two hours three gentlemen. ana
Mr.. Bowman, came and said they didn't In
tend to hurt Ms, but were after announcer
man, Jesse Briggs; after awhile Mr. ana
Mrs. Whited came back to the house; then
went round and tried to gather the colored
people; found them secreted all around;
they were - scared as children, but at last
some went back; at the first alarm sll had
abandoned their quarters; went to ind
Uncle Ben; met the bulldozere; said good
evening; Mr. Potter said: "YOu appear to
have been frightened;" yes they had; well
Mr.. Bowman and others came down to reas-
sure them; they remained till ii P. NJ after
that courier came, Willie Taylor, with an
order to me to report to Captain McCloud
with q horse and gun; he said there was
q negro rising, but also that he had been
riding around for three weeks and had seen
NO disturbance; refused to 60; was appoint
ed supervisor by NJ. J. Grady; before the
meeting Mr.. Bowman came to me and said
that he had been told that Captain Hall
has cent his negroes into town to call on
the United States soldiers to break up the
meeting;" that if the report got to Captain
Theebalds knew what he would do; saw
men riding that night, and was alarmed;
Mr.. Bowman told me not to stay in the
house that night; At the barbecue saw men
who were Republicans forced between two
men up to join the club; that means was
used to make the colored people join; many
of them did join; afterward many said they
had to join, but wouldn't vote the Demo
cratic ticket; told them they had done
wrong; that the rein would be continually
tightened; they thought matters might be
different on the day of election; was COM
missioner Of election; Captain McCloud
asked how near they could bring armf; was
told within half Q mile; two citizens estsb-
lished little table in the sob dollhouse which
was the polling place, with tally sheets;
whenever . c0l0red man would como mp to
vote they would look over him and see
what ticket he voted; if Republican, then
they would make . ceremony of marking
his name; the manner Of this made it intim-
idstiOp; the colored men thought they were
"spotted;" Sims, q colored constable, Re-
publican, did not dare to vote; said they
McCloud called me out and wanted to
know if there were United States soldiers
in the bushes; told him didn't know; said
l must know; that . perfect gentleman,
Mr.. Parker, had told him they we're there;
asked Mr.. Parker how they were dressed;
he described them, but said he had not
seen them; q colored woman told him they
were there; said I didn't believe it, he said
if you know anything i want you to tell
me;" told him knew nothing; he said he
would send and find ont; one said, "Let me
90; I am prepared now to fight the United
states troops as we'll as any time;" the wO-
man was wife of Hardiman, who had been
run off; three went and reported nothing
there; after the polls we're closed q num-
Der of armed men, white Democrats, men,
bers of the ritle clubs, appeared in the poll
room and waited to have the vote counted;
it was not counted till most of them got
tired and left; after they were counted
Captain McCloud asked if l wanted q
guard; told him no; apprehended no dan
ger; had no objections; his company was
drawn up in order in front of the school
house; they accompanied the box, but few
got there because the hack made ten
miles in forty-five or fifty minutes; know
of rife companies organized by Theobalds
and Burlington; know OF one party being
killed by them though was not present;
Henry Pinkston, his child, Primus johnson,
b. H. Dinkgrsv and others were killed or
,rovo oro1. Ran .TavnQo and Eaton In K.
wood and others were wounded: all were
Republicans. DR.. Dinkgrave was white and
q very active Republican; the rest were
black; James jackson was killed; all were
of good character, not Quarrels0me; never
heard of any white Dem )crat being killed;
don't know of the committees procuring
arms; the clubs were armed; was waited
ON after election to appear ct the school
house to take af6davits; there were
signed an affidavit, the purport of which
was that they had voted the Democratic
ticket freely, without intimidation or fear.
and knew of no ono who had 20 attempted
to induce them to do it; many did not want
to sign it: one in particular said he didn't
want to eign; asked him what he did it for;
was told that was not part of my business:
one that signed told me afterward that he
had voted the Republican ticket; that he
had to sign to protect his life and family
sfterward was sent for to attend two meet
insv that did not come of; they wished to
have atiidavits taken around on the plsnta.
tiOne; declined on the score of business; was
sent for one night, and went in buggy; the
driver, q oOlOred man, would not converse
till assured l was still Republican: then
said there were no meetings of cOlored men
to make afidavits because the bulldozere
could not get them together; that they did
not want to make them bnt were forced to;
said he should do it; could not avoid it;
have got to take the affidavit; can't leave;
have no money; must take it to live; left
Ouachita about the nineteenth or TWEEN.
tieth; think shan't 90 back; wish to live
as long as can; could not live if did 60;
have letters in my pocket warning me; do
not dare to 90 back; the letters state no
Republican could testify as l have done
and live there; own plantation there,
about 15l acres; was waited on by James
Logan, Henry McEnery and DR.. Young;
about 10 or IL A. NJ said they had a paper
for me to sigs; as they came in Mr..
Steve CrasOn and Mr.. Gordon came
in; read the paper that the c0lOred
people had made the afidavits vol
unfairly and that l myself knew of nc
intimidation; McEnery and Logan asked il
1 would sign it; declined; Dr. Young said
"Why, what the hell's the matter with youi
Scratch out what you don't want to sign;'
told them couldn't sign any of it; Logan
put it in his pocket: said you had better
sign it; refused to do it; as they left theil
actions alarmed me, and their manner in
front was such; Mr.. Gordon told me l ought
to have signed it: told him couldn't sign
it; was advised to leave: went immediately
to Monroe and then to New Orleans; as q
Justice, women have come to me asking il
something could not be done to protect
them in their cabins; the conduct of these
bulldOzers in these cabins was loaths0me;
visited the cabins when they were there;
said they we're looking for Q Niger; that