The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1876-12-07
Monstrous Atrocities.

Monstrous Atrocities.
There arrived in New Orleans on the
Goth, number of witness from Qua
chita parish, who presented most
pitiable spectacle, and whose stories
are so awful that persons who can not
see them, and hear them tell their own
tales, would be justified in increduli-
| ty. They were brought down by mil
itary escort, with United States dep
| uty marshal, and there was no little
difficulty in getting them away from
the parish. Among them is Ben James
the United States deputy marshal, who
was shot while carrying the ballot-box
to the Logtown polls, on the morning
OF election and left for dead. He has
two bullet holes in his head, two in his
the hip. Another is Eliza Pinkston,
whose husband, Henry Pinkston, and
whose baby was murdered by the bull
dozers OH Saturday preceding the cleo
ton. Eliza was present and saw her
husband cut all to pieces in his own
house, and his body dragged out and
shot full of holes after he was dead.
the baby was killed in her own arms.
She has bullet wound in her breast,
which passed through the lung and out
of the back, a deep cash in the neck, a
bullet-wound in one leg, a cut with a
knife from the hip almost to the knee,
and her head is covered with wounds,
one of which was given with the butt
end of pistol, and the other with an
AK. The cords in one of her feet were
also severed. She was left for dead,
and how she has survived so long
seems TO be 4 miracle, as for almost
two weeks she has been almost con-
stantly hunted by the Tilden men who
killed her husband and babe.
Henry Pinkston is represented as o
celored man somewhat different from
the majority in that he seemed incapa-
bic of fear. The bull-dozers had been
to see him several times to get him to
join Democratic club, but he has
openly declared that he would do moth
ing of the kind, and, when threatened
took no pains to conceal his contempt
for the bulldoZers, and said that he
was afraid of none of them.
On the Saturday night before the
election Eliza states that she heard a
body of horsemcn stop in front of
their house, and man came to the
door whose voice she recognized, and
that he was Brewster, Republican can
didate for the legislature, and that he
had made arrangements to have him
Pink ston) safely conducted TO Monroe,
where he could vote the Republican
ticket on election day. "She said: mo
you are not Mr.. Brewster. Henry is
not here" Then they broke in the
door, and one called out Gag him! God
damn him Gag him! And the room
was filled with armed men, who with
their knives stabbed her husband till,
as she said, his body was filled with
holes, and the blood dropped like wa
ter upon the floor. They then dragged
him out, and shot him great many
times afterwards. A man said to her.
ELIZA put down that baby" She said,
'If you kill me, kill my baby too" A
man then with his knife cut the baby's
throat, at the same time cutting Eliza's
hand, which was thrown up to guard
the child. She was then cut and shot
and left for dead. When she came to
her senses she had not a stitch of
clothes left on her back, and she went
to many of the colored peoples cabins,
but most of them was afraid to give
her shelter, for fear of the vengeance
Of the bulI-dozers who were hunting
her. Her story is almost beyond be-
lief, but her wounds are there to testi- |
fy more eloqucntly than words.
James Henry Coleman, "a colOred man |
was under the house when Pinks ton
was killed, having, jumped out of the
window. After the men left who kill |
I'd PINS ston, he crawlcd out, but was
taken OH the road by the same party. |
A rope was placed about his neck and
ragged down to the river, and he |
Delives that it was the intention to
brown him, but shot was fired, and |
-he party for some reason galloped off |
md left him.
Joe Sheldon has bullet in his breast
md his hand is all shot to pieces. He
states that this course was taken to
induce him to join Democratic club,
md that ne was shot two weeks before
he election. He did finally vote for
Cilden and reform at the Trenton poll.
4 man named william Howard, who is
leading Democrat, aud who de-
bounced Congressman-elect Leonard
md Attorney General Hunt, the Re-
publican candidates as liars at Re-
'ublican mass meeting previous TO the
lection. Sheldon had refused to join
Democratic club and masked men
lad visited his house during his alb
ence. On his return his wife told him
bout it and urged him to join the club
S nearly all the colored men around I
here had done so for fear of losing
heir lives. He left home again, and
Fhen he started back he was met on
be road by this man Howard. 1t was
dark night, but the lightning occa-
ioEally made it bright. He saw the
ian fire into the air twice, and he was :
fraid. The man asked him who he
Ias, and he told him, he said: Don't
i'll me, Massa Howard, I'll 60 with
c right now and jine the Democrat
lub." Howard said nothing. but COM
Fenced to fire at him until he fell.
fhen lie revived he crawled to a col i
red mans house, who was afraid to
It him come in, and he tainted again j
e was laid OIL the back gallery for i
eaa,
There are sepera. other witnesses IN {