St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-12-08
Barbarity in louisiana.
4 ColOred WOman's story.

Barbarity in Louisiana.
Colored Woman's story.
NORTHERN DEMOCRATS SHOCKED AN
INDIGNANT.
NEW ORLEANS, La. November -.
The Returning Board began takin
testimony to-day i'll regard to intimida
tlon cases. The first witness was Eliz
Pinkston of Ouachita Parish she ties
titled that her husband was taken ou
of bed by IL body of armed men, WIN
were not disguised. and all of whom
she had identified and recognized. He
husband was shockin"ly mutilted an,
then shot To death for attending Il Re
publican meeting and cheering fo
Hayes and Wheeler. Her child wa
murdered while in her arms she. til,
witness, was hamstruug and had he
thigh ripped open. her throat cut. an,
she WAS shot. 1t seemed miraculous
how she lived. but she had sought tn,
protection of the Board and was lrough
hthcr under guard. Her TESTIMONY
MAS varied and terrible. Mr.. Stoughtol
was worked up to tears. Governor
| Palmer declared Il question of humauitl \
WAS involved. before which the question
of the Presidency dropped into iu>iy-
niticancc. Mr.. Smith of Iowa accused
the Democrats of decciVing them. Th,
witness then gave the names of hcl
/ prosecutors which included prominent
! planters and professional men. This
incident has caused intense excitement
here.
] | |
| Committee from Ouachita. named h,
| Eliza Pluk>tou as ON, of the murderci-
of her husband and child. was arrested
ut o'clock this evening 10y the police.
and locked up.
TRYING THE BULLDOZING GAME ON MRS.
PINk>TON AGAIN.
NEW ORLEANS. La. November -.
Late last night three men from Ouachlta
one of whom WAS Il brother of the man
Implicated i'll the murder of the negro
Pnk>ton. 10y the testimony of Eliza
Pink Stou. made their way To the cham
Der where Mrs. Pink>ton WAS in bed. il
this city. and drew a revolver on her
She escaped down stairs and hid in the
kitchen. An alarm wa> made. and the
police appeared. and the parties r>cap-
either murder or kidnap her. Mrs.
Plnk>t"n'> testimony has made Il great
impression here.
WHAT l. SAID OF THIS BRUTALITY.
New Orleans Special I" the New York Times
If there ever WAS Il doubt of the sue
cess of the Republican cause in this
State. that doubt was set at rest to-day.
The session of the Returning Board WAS
the most important vet held. and some
"t the evidence given waS 50 conclusive.
and proved all the charges of violence.
murder. outrage and intimidation against
the Democrats 81 oVerW helminglV. that
the Northern representatives of MI
Iildcn NOW here have abandoned all
hope either of securing the vote of the
State. or breaking down the case of
thtl opponents. The appearance of
the poor woman. Eliza Pink>ton. Great
ed IL marked sensation. She was un-
able to walk, and had to he carried into
the meeting room. Her entire body is
covered with cuts and wounds. There
Is Il terrible cash across her face. She
has three deep wounds in the breast.
and the muscles about the joint of her
heel have been cut, 50 that her foot
hangs limp and useless. She was very
weak and tainted while she was being
examined. Still she gave her testimony
III Il clear and straightforward way. that
carried conviction to the mind of every
impartial nearer. She Sworc positively
that Il patty of armed white Democrats
broke into her cabin at the dead of
night. shot her husband to death, telling
him as he died that he would vote no
more - Radical tickets: then they |
cut and wounded her us described, and |
finished their horrible crime bv taking |
her baby from her arms, cutting its
throat and throwing its litcleSs body |
into an adjoining pond or lake. Gov
nInor Palmer of the Democratic Com
mittee WAS particularly moved by the
pool woman's statement. and requested |
he Board to waive its rule and allow
l free and full croSS-eXamination. Sen
ttor Sherman. on the part of the Re
pubiicans. joined in the request, and
he Board allowed the cross -examina-
ion to go ON. One of the local Demo-
'ratIc lawyers conducted it in the most
manner, but to no PURPOSE.
Mrs. Pinkston told the same story over
md over again. There was no dis
'fepahcN III any part of her several
Tonight. seeing the effect
Ter sad story has had, the Democrats
ire trying very hard to weaken its
orce, 10y declaring that the crimes which
lie Sweais to were committed bV ne
yroes, who hated Pinkston because he
lad ut one time voted the Democratic
Icket. They have number of wit
lesSes here who they say can prove
his. They do not deny that Pinkston /
md the child were killed as related
nd, of course, they cannot deny that
he woman WAS terribly wounded. In
Iced, she is now ut the point of death.
5 1t likely that in such il condition she
Would swear to IL lie ? She has abSo-
nteIy no motive for telling anything
'ut the truth, and her testimony is
Imported by strong circumstantial evi-
ence which cannot be refuted. To-
morrow, however, the Democrats will
make the effort. with what success the
eaders of the Times will be fully and ,
iirly informed.
New Orleans Special to New York Tribune.l
iiel story was more terrible than hel ,
'ounds. She lived on the island in .