The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-11-29
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.,,,Ii,l, Atrocities outdonc In

INC G9ohAAs q,
NJ, vhcle Christian world is Justly
-, s.1,ttbe terrible atrocities commit
'Iy, 'ISr l,o.,icnl Turks upon the Christians
stRnl,,ri.. II So intense has this feeling
S..'ms y, -" ia Eoglaud thati. has overcome
". D,luraI and traditional anti'ku''ian
s.I;n, w Of ,h.. country. The British pe0,
,'"r" y. r",ve.,iug their supposed commercial
i",,,s.S r." in the East, have naniles'ed a de-
,",o see Russia visit some adequate pun
Ibnso, '%r on the Turks for their hend,'n
.,,,l,ie, to the Bulgarian insurgents, ln'
I.al 4, the whole civilized world h1, ., been
S a,0n.,I to such an extent that Europe
,.1 Am.,Ic. are practically ia sympathy
,o[ ,o.5,, with Russia, Tho feeling Is !nA'
Turkey i, no. ct to retain ia her sovereign Tp"a
:, ,I over any portion Of Christian Europe
.15 pSso 'soaII li BE- driven back into Asia; 1t
/, no. unlikely that her expulsion from
Europe will be the final result Of the
D,,,sn. threatening attitude OF affairs IN
i. Dauubian princIpaIi'ie''
Tbi, much by va! Of preface 10 a
.b,p.er Of cruelsies just coming to light
in The South. 1.-THE record furnished to
= c:..,,,.d CoumerciuI BY Mr.. Red.
s,lJ and to the Chicago Tribune by the
Nav Orle,n. correspondent Of that pa
NJ, turns out to be true, there will prob
M, bs such rcvusiou Of public feeling
IN he North as will very seriously IN.
,.rl. the Democratic majorities in the
IAN, Stated that voted for Mr.. Tilden.
Ai,.r giving one very terrible story from
,eolorel woman named Eliza Pinkston,
xbo,s husband and child were killed be-
fore her eyes in the parish Of Ouachita,
and who received several severe wounds
an b,, own person, having been left for
d.,lip her cabin, Relfeld goes on to re-
mark "a follows;
ouo,, people reading this terrible story
vii mai 6rlieySit. | don't want to believe
i, and you'd rejoice to sec 1t overthrown.
Rnthsre was such man ~ Henry Pinks'
ian liz can not now be found. And 1t
y,II h. observed taat names and particu'
ltr, are given with such distinctness IN the
Aaflsyit that the story eau he retuted Il not
true. ,.,L.,,,
i.aI marty that would want to proht by such
barbnrityi The Presidential election seems
70 ,urn upon these disputed parishes II
thsy have been cIrriel BY such means, |
Lont belisye Samuel J. 'Illden would want
TO profit By II, II the exact facts assuming
Ihs Republican stories to he true) were
brought before him.
"AS a citizen, | would like for \ million
oEdOlarS Government money, II necessary,
10 be spent in tho five disputed parishes In
getting the erd4 truth. How many Killed,
how many whipped, how inany compelled
to sleep in the woods ut night, But, say
The Republicans, even that would not get
the whole truth, for the people would be
Afraid to testify. Very well; then buy them
homes elsewhere and move them out.
lElve no stone uuturuCl TO get the truth.
Let the country have the truth, and il the
republicans have been lying and howliug
blood and intimidation when there has
seen none, let us know II; and II the DEM
Ocn,i have carried the election in those
Parishes by campaign Of blood, let WS
EnOR il.
with all the misfortunes that attend the
present Presidential complications. there
sill one good grow out OF it. Light will
shine in upon these parishes, aud the hid.
lea things will be revealed. Both parties
10 Congress will have committees down
here before the end oil next month. so ]
an Informed, and so hope. OF course,
when the object OF each party is to build
up the party, we shall have majority and
minority reports, but, bet Eeen them all, We
shall GET large amount OF truth.
The particular case-Ihat Of Eliza
PipkMOn-reierred to by both Redfeld
ADD the correspondent Of the Chicago
Tribune Is set forth in the following affi.
llVit:
".an Of Lou!ilApA, Parish Of OuArhIta:
Personally appeared before me, the un.
lsnigusd, Ella Plnkston, who being duly
iEOra, says, that she lived at LideyillG's, In
The Island, and that she and her husband,
H.lry PlukSton, were in bed at their house
ab1re, In the above parish, State Of Louisi.
Gaa, on Saturday night, November 4, 1876,
Aal about ) or 1 o'clock 10 tho morning,
some men came to my door and called
H;nfy PinkStOu; said they were his Yam
kte friends aud wanted to take him to
N'nrOe said, 'Dr. Young, you Is no
Yankee Nr. Logan spoke next, and said
Doctor Young Is not In the parish, and !
nd, Yes he Is, there he is jumping back
When said this, Mr. Logan broke the door
G9psa aad they came into the room, Dr..
Young, Billy Parks and Mr.. Logan-the
reason know him, | saw him at Mr. Ltde.
VlIleS otteu-Mr. Iherbold, Frank Durham
sad another Durham, Peter Cleveland, and
asre was more, but did not know thUm,
except Back Baker. When they rushed in
tas house the frat thing that took place
taey grabbed Heary PinkStOn. Dr.. Young
aud Captain Therbold said, You vote no
~ Radical ticket here. Logan said,
Fal I'D veil over his face. Buck Baker
SAID, She knows you, attend 10 her: and
tasy commenced shooting and cutting me,
"; Young after shooting all the loads ont
SI bis pistol on Henry, struck ma on nv
aead with The pistol. | was shot In the
otta't and in the leg, my throat was cut
11i N! jaw, anl | was cut on the head
SII3 All axe In three different places: my
4EsI strings were cut into by Frank Dur.
Ssl' They tied handkerchief over henry
rak'toa'S mouth, They cut his -otfr
E'og weaken him, Odd id him, so
1Su get him. After that they took him
VNlg the mOOnShine and shot him until he
NasAi. lie begged them not to kill
aI, aai said h0 would vete the Demo.
TAi' Llcka. But they said, NO, Cd
.ESlyou, when Brewster spoke you took
y,s!o1' hat and hurrNhe1. We are going
SyaTe yon hurrah for something else.
@ nave been pretending to Us long
S.GIsa AldWe are going to Kill you. lie
Nv lG!ned the Democratic club to save his
~, NV laey cut my chlld's throat from ear
TM asked them Please don't, do not
w w ny baby, one yOar Old.' They took my
~! aad cut it, throat, ard then shot me
'@'sT my baby in the lake.
her
"ELIzA% PISHsToN.
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"Hhy Of November, 1870.