The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1876-12-08
TIRE PINKSTON BUSINESS.

su SAAAoAS "uS;ISlu Sll0 CNA{VSQ
leading white citizens with the murder
OF her husband and infant. Eliza was
produced to show Democratic outrages.
and appeared us one unable to walk.
we submit her testimony below, ON
cross-exatnination, contradictory In
many strong points of her own state
nents made previously:
Mr.. .McGloin-What day did YOU sav
the thing occorred-the killing Of your
husband?
Eliza PinlSston-I am poor colored
girl what don't keep the day Of the
month; l don't know nothing about
that.
My husband was very much liked bv
the white gentlemen. Some folks did
not like him much because no voted
the Democratic ticket mt tho last cleo
tion. Him and ] had falling out
about it. 1 told him would leave him
II he voted that way again.
Everybody thought Il great deal Of
him until they tried to get him to the
Democratic meetings. He was well
treated until after they had the big
dinner. They didn't like him then.
he wouldn't so down there. He said
ne liked his cotton and his wife better.
There were some forty men around
my house the night my husband was
murdered. Billy Armstrong, Captain
fheobnfds, DIR. Young, Billy Rhoaties.
Captain Steele, Mr.. Logan and Phillips
were among them. Mr.. David Young
struck mo on the head with a pistol.
There were two colored men in the
crowd. When l heard the men were
gone run down TO the house of Mr..
iluWeil, just As naked as a now born
babe. Oh, l was almost crazy about
my child. When I got to Mr.. Tid-
wells house l said, "They have killed
Henry;' and he says, "Who? pr and r
says, ''Dr. Young, Mr.. Logan and thew
all.' He says, "Was they white or
black men" l was SO scared Of my
life run down there.
After was cut down 1 runned away.
When the men loped down towards
Armstrong's house, + got up and turned
over, and i went to the bed, and my
child jumped from under the mattrass.
where she had been to hide from them.
and she said: "Oh, nanny, deys goin'
to come back!" And den 1 kent right
still and heard dey was hunting for n
shovel OF spade, and den heard one OF
thom say: "By God, this woman IA
gone" 1 peeped through the crack and
seen they looked scared, and dey stood
on their horses several minutes and
den went Off; den started to running
and some of them saw me and chased
me; went up to Mr.. Tidweips house
aud stayed all night.
Mr.. McGloin-CUuld you run?
Eliza Pinkston-Weli, ifyou'd seen
1 know Alex. Brooks; him md my
husband fit in Ouachita City; both were,
hurt Henry bit Brooks finger nearly
off, and Henry got cut in the bncl<. My
husband was on good terms with
Hrooks after that they drank, smoked
and chewcd together; drank out of tho
one jug. Dny say Brooks made threats
agiu my husband, and 1 took It on my
self and went aud asked Brooks, and
he said, 81 am too much afraid Of him
to say that; never said that"
Q.-Who told you that brooks had
made threats against him q?
A.-An old man named Pompey
jackson; not Ponpcy Jackson, but
Ponipey, an old colored man that lives
on the other side OF the river. 500
l never killed Aunt Rose sl,e did
in my house, but did not XIII hor.
rever was accused OF killing her. peo.
ple might have said 80. People, Won
know, say heap of things.
The Atlanta Constitution has inter-
viewed Ben Hill with reference to his
alleged Senatorial aspirations. Mr.,
Hill says he is ~ candidate for the
United States Senate, and wants no
other position in the world. He saws
the people OF Maine have sent MIR.
Blaine to the Senate for max ing the
Andcrsonviilc charges, and he believes
the people os Georgia will send him
there for rcfuting those charges and vim
dicating the honor and manhood Of tho
South. Mr.. Hill apprehends that the
Radicals will bitterly contest MIR.
Lanlar's scat, and says he wants to be
there to help him get it.
The total receipts at tho Centennial
Exhibition from all sources, from May
10 to November 10, may be stated ap-
proximatcly as follows: FROM admis-
sion fees, $3,Sf3, ,72f.43; from concession, i,
$500, 900; from percentages and royal
tics, $205, 5,0l0.70-grand total, 81, ,30s,-
1924. The Chinese Government has
presented to the United States the gem
erai chronological and Industrial cofiec-
ton in the Government building at the
Centennial Exhibition. "f'