St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-29

and going ont At the door met my
brother-in-law, Primus johnson. with
his baby in his arms. who said .Oh.
my poor sister, I'm killed = and fell
down and died. Here witness burst
into tears.
After Il moment she continued He
was shot in the side did not see the
man who did the shooting; Johnson
WAS sitting on Il lumber pile in the front
ward when shot he was BabtiSt
minister; after her husband returned
Captain keebOld came to see him said
he was sorry for him and sent for the
doctor to dress his wounds; Captain
Phillips and three other white men also
came to see him; her husband asked
the Government troops at Munroe for
protection, and they guarded him eleven
days aftcrward and then took him to
MmrOe her husband had twenty-three
acres of land and some cattle he had
four balls in his shoulder, one in his
arm and one in the right side.
REVOLVING ATROCITIES.
At the evening session Cora Williams
(coloredD of the first ward, Ouachita
parish, testified Was at Republican
meeting at Grady's school house four
days before election Henry Pinkston
and my husband were there. standing
side by side; Pinkston cried, "Three
cheers for Brewster;' | was whipped
severely 10y bull-dozcrs the same night F.;
Marion Rhodrs'S body was brought by
George Phillips and others; came i'll,
struck il match. and searched the house
for my husband after they left. Thomas
4 4 Il.
,,~e me HI, and make me tell f.;
they came back, four of them, and took
me out and whipped me with Il trace
from IL buggy; George Phillips, Bill
Rhodes and man named Black did the
whipping; then they went down to my
brothcr-in-law's house and whipped
him; then came back and asked me
about my husband Walter Logan then
put IL pistol on the bed, and made me
put ont the light and go to bed with
him: after he left SAW Thomas Lyons
coming back with IL shovel. and saw
him hurying Marion Rhodes in the bank
of the bayou after they left the last
time heard firing down toward Henry
PinkSton's. which WAS four miles away
heard early next morning that PinkSton
was killed.
The men who did the whipping were
Democrats: had seen them riding about
day and night: these men belonged to
Bill kechold'> company; he was on the
road where they whipped me and said,
give her h !. but don't let her hollcr.'
He gave Rhodes some paper, which he
stuffed into my mouth; these men OF
waniZcd the first day of August. Geo
Z IL, 4. L I
not to whip me. DIR. Kennedy said
give her HI" DIR. Potts was there
after they gave me two hundred h,
said "BoyS. that's enough. she's not
able to take what she ought Ia have
/ Willis Fra>icr lived near me heard
him granting when they whipped him
/ Marion Rhodes had stopped and told
me goodbye the night he was killed
said he WAS going to the swamp: they
/ brought him back tied To Il horses tail
| he was groaniug; the moon was shiniu.
and conld see him plainly. My hnshan,
WAS in the curn-ticld near 10y and h,
came in next day and then went t,
| Munroc and waited till came. They
hunted for him three days and night,
after ne left.
The blacks i'll my ncighhnIhuod wcr,
| Republicans. hut were afraid To vot,
the ticket because the Democrats Wen,
armed around the polls. The white,
hunted for Jim ThomaSSon and others
kcch"ld said rs we were going To tn,
Republican meeting that he would Grip
pie every male child in the parish if h,
did not carry the parish. Ahram vii
liam>. my tathcr-in-law. living near me
! Ia FL
| | VAS whipped. SAW him the mex
morning lying in bed all bloody. Tn,
men who whipped me said they wante,
my husband hccau~c he wouldn't go il
their club: Walter Logan was the nnl,
one who Violated me : my little girl
ten years old. WIS in bed at the time
this WIS the Saturday night before ,lrr
ton on the murnlu" attcI the whip
ping | went down to the hnl.h of th,
bayou and SIM fresh carth piled thcI,
like Il grave: told Colonel Dickinson
they had buried Rhodes there. but tn,
coolcd people we've afraid to cNamin,
the grave.
On the day that Brewster and Goran
spoke at GradN'> kcrbold and his " hol
company were there. on the east side q
the house: there were 40 of them al
the day of election saw kcchold an,
other companies pass my door. all arm
ed said they were going to the polls
that night they came back and Stoppc'
ut Coles store. and brought ont Il buckle
of whisky and treated the colnIcd men
Have been in New Orleans ~ DAYS
waSsummoncd here 10y the United State
Marshal: had talked with Brewster
4.
about testimony. and made affidavit
before them; they read the question
and ! answered them.
Witness WAS then closely intcrrogatc,
III reference to the affidavit printed il
the Sherman report. and stated that Sh
had given answers therein contained
except that Rhodes waS dragged bchin,
his horse as he was fastened to his horS
, 10y Il rope under his arms: his stomacI
was cut open: could not fall becaus
the rope held him up: has since bee
here; Hugh Young came to see me
sad he had been here three weeks. an
wanted to know how things were Il
home asked me ont on the gallery
asked me if | knew who had whippe
me : told nim did. but refused to tel
him who they were told me had bet
ter mind how | talked, and thought h
was going to draw Il revolver; when h
left followed him down to the door
Joe Swan and DIR. Young hid there
they lived i'll Ouachita saw all tire
of them Il few days after in front of tn
Custom House.
How the Presidential Question will b
Decided.
= When case is appealed from
United States Circuit Court to the Su