New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-30

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Judge Spofford-No, sir.
President Wells-Should not the dupli-
| cate copies be in the boxs If they are not
| in the boxes We can not receive them here.
Judge Spofford- are originals filed
| in the box according to law.
Mr., McClOin-I don't believe the law re-.
| quires them to be put in the boxes.
President Wells-Better bring the box
| containing them.
Mr. Morey-Do understand that all the
testimony in regard to contests from l;e 1ne
President Wells-Yes, sir. Friday even
| ing, by four o'clock.
Mr.. McGlOin-It is impossible for US to
get our testimony in from some OF the
parishes.
President Wells-I can't help it. said
several times that the time should extend
only to this date. Now l extend it to Fri.
testimony, and the board now extends 1t to
Friday, at four o'clock.
Mr.. McGloin-You know you didn't open
the contested parishes until late last week.
and the testim ony from some OF these par.
ishes it is difficult to get here.
President Wells-Webster must go over.
Governor Palmer-We suppose We are to
have copies of all the protests and returns
| fled9 Will the board direct the secretary
| to examine our copies and see if we have
! them all, and supply such as we have not!
General AndersOn-That will take an i'm.
mense amount of labor 1t will compel us
to commence with Ascension, and 60 clear
| through the whole list.
Governor Palmer-I won't ask the board
unless it is perfectly willing.
President Wells-We can not furnish the
copies The board will now 60 into execu-
| tive session. Put your witness on the stand.
have declined to hear further testimony
ON the part of the opposite party. But one
witness will be admitted into the room at
| time.
Colonel Zacharie-How many witnesses
are we to havey
| President Wells-TwO.
Colonel z acharie-You allowed the other
side to have three yesterday. 1t is but
| lust to us.
General AndersOn-You wish to rebut
| the testimony OF only oIe witness, the
Mr.. McGloin-We have equal interest in
| the others.
General Anderson-I think that two
President Wells-Confine yourself to the
| ruling of the board. There will be but one.
Colonel Zacharie-We will protest.
President Wells-Enter your protest.
Mr.. McGloin-Let it be understood that
| We want to contradict all the witnesses, and
not only Mrs. PinkstOD.
| Mr.. Abell, the secretary, informed the
board that he had received the letter from
| the police.
| President Wells directed that General
Anderson should read the communication.
The letter was dated New Orleans. Nc
vember %, 1876. and was addressed to
| Colonel w. F. Loan. chief of police. Ser.
| geant Chaumette reports that at about
eight o'clock Yesterday Mrs. Eliza PinkstOn,
residing temporarily at No. 222 Gravier
street, had been waited upon by three gen.
llemen-Hugh Jennings. Samuel Young
and Joseph Swami; that certain questions
were propounded to her IN regard to the
murder Of her husband: that they asked
her if they were white men who murdered
her husband; she answered yes, as it was
moonlight she recognized them; that one
man put his hand upon his pistol, evidently
| intending to draw it; Mrs. Pinkston gave
| the alarm, and the police were immediately
on the ground, but the above named par
| ties made their escape; not, however, until
| they had questioned woman, named Cora
| A Williams. stopping in the same room
| with her.
Mr.. McGloin-Are you going to put that
among the records!
Mr.. White-W,ll you alio " me! If it is
not an intrusion, may suggest to the board
that they return that communication or
allow the gentlemen to file an answer to It.
President Wells-We don't receive it.
Mr.. Brown-I desire to make one state
ment.
President Wells-f We are to permit one
statement We will have to have dozen.
Will YOU he pleased to be seated.
Mr. McGloln-Yes, sir; but the commu-
nication has been read, and it is the duty of
the board to hear the gentlemen in answer.
President Wells-Sit down.
RxHI kon had
We should like to have the right to answer
President Wells-Sit down.
Mr.. Stubbs-I simply desire to say that
two parties were there.
Mr. McGloin-I eaw these two parties IN
the room.
President Wells-This matter is not be.
fore the board, and we have nothing to 90
with 1t.
Mr.. McGloin-It is for the purpose Of
prejudicipg by-standers.
Pre- sident Wells-You can prejudice the
law or the courts.
Mr.. White-I move that the letter be
stricken from the record.
President Wells-It shall be so strick an.
Colonel Zacharie-Will you allow Mr.
Stubbs to be heard for two minutes!
Mr.. Stubbs-I won't take one minute;
desire to state that two of the persons
named in the letter were with me; there
we're twenty or thirty gentlemen in the
room with us at the time; the two gentle
men designated as Young and Swami were
with me up to one o'clock at night; don't
know anything about the other gentleman.
President Wells-Gentlemen, is your wit
ness whom you desire to examine, mere.
Colonel Zacharie-Yes, sir.
Charles Tidwell, of Ouachita, one OF the
witnesses in rebuttal to the testimony OF
Mrs Eliza Pinkston, was then introduced
bv the Democratic Conservative committee,
ard the interroqatOries prOpOunded to him
bv General Anderson. Hs testified as fol-
lows:
NV name is Charles Tidwell; I am q
farmer; l live on Oaachita river, about
twenty miles from Monroe; nave known
Eliza PinkstOn for eighteen or twenty years,
having raised her; her character ls very
bad: knew her in Alabama; she belonged
to nv family; knew Henry Pinkston; l
did not know much of him; / have known
him for about two years in q general way;
he was very quiet negro; his wife came to
nv house about five o'clock on Sunday
morning and told me that tour or nve ne
groes had ccme to her house and killed her
husband, and beat her nearly to death,
and killed her child; and after
it got daylight went down there and saw
him; he was dead; asked vhat had been
done With the child; che said she had laid
it in the cradle, but the child was not there;
don't know anything about any threats
having been made by Henry Pinkston, only
what the negroes said what she said; my
negroes told me that there had been such
conversation in the field; did not hear it;
when l left Alabama Mrs. Pinkston was
there in jail; don't know whether it was
for stealing or fighting; it was the cause OF
my leaving there without her; as under
stood this matter from the niggers, Pink
ston had bad fight with nlgger called
Alexander Brooks; did not see the fight,
hut 7 h q va haon told il waa a very bad one: