New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-29
Answer-I live in Monros, Ouachita par

Cn0 parish OF OuoCnlC0 Cnl6 year IL ~
where were said companies locateds
knowledge; one on the Bayou De Sair, ont
on the islsnd of Ouachita, and one il
Colony and one in the city of Monroe; there
is another down the river, and at Cubs
Landing ahd Log Town.
QIeslion-Did you see any of these com
panies receiving their arms9 If SO. wher
and wheres Was it at any house or on the
road?
Answer-I have seen the company at the
city of Monroe receiving their arms, some
time in May at the Monroe wharf boat
honse, on the bank of Bayou DeSair.
Qaestion-Did you see any of said rifle
companies riding over the parishf II so
when! Was it just before the elecuons
Auswer-I have. / have seen them rid
Jig before the election and since the cleo
ton on Bayou DeSair, and around the vi
cinity.ot Monroe.
Question-Were you arrested By any
armed company! II so, where was it and
about how many were in the company thai
arrested you3
Answer was arrested on the evening
of November 4, below Cuba Landing The
company that arrested me numbered abou,
thirty odd. more or less.
Question-Where were you going and
what were you doing when you were ar
rested
Answer-I started from Monroe on the
morning of the twenty-fOurth with nun
ber of Republican tickets, about AGO.
was on my way to Caldwell. was to de-
liver the tickets to one Robinson.
Question-What did they do with you
after you had been arrested!
Answer-They took me from Ouachita,
or over the line, Caldwell, over into Cald-
well line. They bad me then to dismount.
and they searched me, and then got hold OF
the tickets that had. They then gave me
the tickets back, and brought me into
Ouachita parish.
Question-What did they ask you for
when they had taken you down the road,
and what did they take from you!
Auswer-They asked me that question
again. They asked me for papers could not
exactly say that they took the tickets away
from NE, because they did not take them
away from me; but they made me give them
to them.
Z aestion-What did they do with you
afterwarC!
Answer-After they bring me on the
Ouachita line, no; after they had got the
tickets: they kept me there in the inside fos
about an hour, and then they turned the
tickets back to me, and they bring me
over into Ouachita and out of Caldwell.
aestion-How long did they keep you
after they took you up the bank on the road
on the bank of the Ouachita river, and
what did they make yOu do during the
time!
Answer-They kept me from about half
past five or six o'clock until two the next
morning; they took them (the tickets out
and had me use them up and built a fire.
Question-What did they make you
promise to do during this tine.
Ans~or-Woll fhay- noGo mo 'nrOfni "a
enough. They made me burn the kepub-
lican tickets that had, and made me prom
ise to join the Democratic club.
Question-Did you destroy any papers
you had, and if 50. why did you do so
Answer-I did; l destroyed about HOO
Republican tickets. did it because 1 was
afraid that would have been murdered if
didn't destroy them.
Qaestiou-What did they say you had to
do to save yourself! What DID one OF
them say to you!
Answer-They said that the only iva
ton that had to live was to destroy them
tickets-burn them or throw them into the
river.
aestion-Did they give you pass to re-
turn to Monroe! II SO, who gave 1t to you!
Who was the pass addressed to, and to
whom did you deliver it at Monroe! Did
Captain Hale take a copy of it,
Answer-Yes, sir; one A. A. Lacy, di-
rected to Colonel L. Richardson; showed
the pass TO Captain Hale, OF the infantry
post at Monroe; l took a copy of the same,
and then delivered the pass to Colonel r.
Richardson.
uestion-What did the person cay to
you to whom you delivered the pass at
Monroe,
Answer-He told me that was all right,
that would cali on him this afternoon and
see him; that was Sunday evening that he
delivered the advice.
Ouestion-How many colored people did
you see when you were under arrest, and
what did they say to you!
Answer-I bell ave there were about eight
or tan; they told me themse Ives 30 join the
Democratic party, that they had to do
me to do go.
uesticn-What was the general feeling
of the colored people in regard to voting!
Did they wish to vote the Democratic or
the Republican ticket! What was the rea
son they gave for voting the Democratic
ticket!
Auswer-The general feeling among the
colored people there was all to vote the Re-
publican ticket. They had to do this way
to save themselves. In fact, was told go
by many of them.
Question-Was tho Republican party
we'll organiz sd at the time Dinkgrave was
killed in Ouachita parish,
Auswer-I thought it was. l thought
there was three or four clubs in that vicini
ty. There was one organized down the
river, and another on the island, aud an
other in the Colony, and one out in the
numbered very strongly.
Question-Was Dinkgrave a prominent
anu leading Republican. and active in Or
ganizing the party up to the time he was
Answer-Yes, sir; he was one Of the
strongest Republicans, and very active in
organizing clubs. l believe he organized
each one, and there were ten.
Judge Spotford-That is the question OBJ
jected to. We have sent for our cross in.
rogatories is that it is question suggesting
its answer; besides, it is rumOr.
Judge Ray-Tbe interrogator!es are not
in court.
Colonel Z Zacharie-It is leading question.
President WelIs-We will take the an
swer under the objection.
Judge Spofford-It has reference not to
fact, but to rumOr.
Question-Did you hear it rumored be-
fore DR.. Dinkgraye was murdered that if
he did not stop organizing the party that
he would De killed
Answer-Yes, sir, have heard it in the
and rolling about the city Of Mon
roe.
Question-Do you know of any other &C.
tive Republicans in the parish Of Ouachita
having been killed, or shot, or whippedl
If SO, state the names of the parties killed
Or whipped.
Auswer-There was Primus johnson, q
very active Republican. He was killed.
J ames johnson, one Of the tirst-clasa, good
He was shot, bat then he was
q strong Republican. Another instance is
N arion Rhodes. He was killed, and Ferdi.
land Bynum. There was Eaton LogwOod,
shot and wounded. William Lewis was
wounded and shot, Spencer DickensOn was