The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1876-12-07
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| following interview, which is given as
nearly as possible in his own words:
My name is Zekial Glover. 1 live in
East Feliciana in de eighth ward, pigh
Clinton, bout ten miles from dar, on the
telegraph road leading to Osyka; l was
born and raised dar, on Levy Doty's Plan
tation. rent bit of land from w. NJ.
McAdams and worked in saw mill.
Bout ten o'clock Saturday night fore
de election a man came to my house, he
was John Norwood, he tole me he wanted
to see me for no harm but on very tic'lar
business, said he was fren TO me, asked
me to step away piece from de do, cause
ne dlden twant any one to har what he was
gWlne to say; L stepped bout twenty feet
from de doah, and he gan talkin' to me.
While we was talkin' lot of men rushed
up with
STICKS AND PISTOLS.
and one of em said Cd d-p vour
radical soul, we've got you now: we'll fix
you tonight" Dey grabbed me and
made me go with 'em about fifty yards
into de timber One of 'em asked de
others if dey wasen't afraid I'd run off.
Dey said dey'd fix me so as I couldn't run.
| made no distance; 'twouldn't have done
any good; dey would have killed me dead.
Dey tied my hands together around de
wrists. Dey took me to beech tree
Doctor w. r. Roberts says "lets hear
Zeke's testimony awhile fore we whip him."
tole 'em my testimony was | diden't
know what dey was gwine to do with me,
dat Id always voted the republican ticket,
and diden t know no other one to vote.
L tole 'em l diden't know zactly what
ticket Id vote till de time I'D come. Den
John Norwood said: ave came hereto
--# WHIP DIS NIGER, . ~--. ..
and don't let us question him any mo-
One of 'em asked me if I'd rather take
500 lashes or be hung, and l tole 'em I'd
rather take de whippin dan be hung. Dey
| said such - radicals as me ruin
ed de country. Such another John Gair
crowd. (Gair was a member of the legis-
lature, who was killed, and whose sister,
in-law was hung about a year ago because
he was republican, Dey stripped me
naked. When I come out of de house l
was fixin to go to bed, and had nothin on
'cept my shirt an drawers. Dey tied me
to beech tree, cut beech limbs all round,
an
FIVE OR SIX WHIPPED NE AT A THE.
Dey said had never been whipped befo'
in my life, and l could stand 500. 1
hollered. Dey whipped till l tainted and
couldn't stan. Den dey said | was play
in possum, and dey laid it on agg&.in. l
tainted while l was tied to de tree. l
cant tell how long dey whipped me; dey
whipped me awhile, den sat down and
rested, an whipped me again. l can't
tell how long de time was. When a
man is in misery he thinks de time is purity
long. My wife tried to follow me, but
dey left Jim McAdams, son of old
McAdams, on the road, an he
DROVE HER BACK.
Old McAdams owns de place I live on.
He knew l was gwine to be whipped. He
said "bulldozin" was one Of the greatest
things ever invented. After dey got done
whippin', dis Doc Roberts talked to me
awhile, an tole me it was best for me not
to report it, as I'd see trouble, and the
next time dey got me deyd put rope a.
round my neck. Some of 'em said dey
musen't forget to go up and kill ole John
Brooks. He was on Miss Amanda Wood
wards place. Dey also talked of killing
Gerard Nighton, Franklin Davis, and
Frank Davis,-dats de ole mans SON
cause dey wouldn't jine de democratic
club or vote de democratic ticket; dat
I'D DIE FIRST.
Oats de why dey whipped me. /
knew all do men dat whipped me- Dey's
all my neighbors, lives close by me- Doc
Roberts he tends sick folks. He lives in
de eighth ward, half mile from NE.
Alexander Doty don't do nothin', but
drinks whiskey and loafs round the grocery.
William Fest lives alongside me- He's
on dat side of de fence an l ON dis.
John Hart lives close by me. John Nor
wood worked in de saw mill with me.
William Brown lives near de saw mill.
Jim. McAdams is son of de man what
| owns de place live on. Dey went and
lef me be. My back was
| ... -..s.. ALL BLOODY, ....
and so was my shirt when | got hum.
My wife was skeerad mos to death. lief
hum de same night an tole Brooks and
Nighton TN de oders dat dey was after
EN- ap' dey had better get out. Dey didn't
catch 'em dat know of. Den | went ..
Clinton, whar de United States Sojers war,
an ] had TO slirmish roun' so de bull do
zers wouldn't see me until l got in Lieu
tenant De Gray's back. do. He showed
Cap'n Rogers an Cap'n Rogers zamined
me an sent for Monahan an Wedge, two
boss bull-dozers, what tole Cap'n Rogers
dar was no bull-dozin' in de parish. Dey
showed 'em my back, an Wedge asked me
who done dat, black or white? l tole i'm
white. De cap'n asked me if I'd go and
make affidavit, and de lieutenant say dey
would kill me if did Den de cap'n give
note to de sergeant, and stayed with
him until | come down de river with cap'n
Rogers sojers. / heerd nothin' bout no
affidavit since.
| CAN 7 GO BACK DAR,
dey would kill me. / will send for my
wife as soon as she gets de crop in. I
raised an acre an half of potatoes, five
of corn and five of cotton, bout three an
a half bales. l s'pose my wife i'll try an
save de crop. dunno what ill do now,
nor whar I'll go, but | darstant go back
dar, dats sartin. | nebber did uothin'
to de men dat bull-dozed me, nor dey to
me till dat time.
DIDN'T VOTE AT ALL,
as dey would kill me if dey caught me.
De colored men would have all voted the
republican ticket if dey had protection,
but dey was skeered of de bulldozers.
De cullud men had to lay out in de woods
afraid of bein' bull-dozed befo' elecshun
day, an dem what voted war forced to
vote with the democrats.
| Glover, by request took off his shirt.
His body from his neck to his knees pre-
sented sight that was more eloquent
than words. His back and sides and
thighs were
CUT AND TORN,
and white scars on the black Eesh cross
ing each other here and there, proved with
what zeal the advocates Of "Tilden and
Reform" in Louisiana sought to carry that
state. There is nothing exaggerated in
the above narrative. The man told his
story in staple unprotending manner,
and with the modesty Of hero. In his
humble way he was hero. He was tor
tnre1 for being a republican. He suffer
ed for Opinions sake And still demo-
Gratis have the affroHtery to assert that
there was "no intimidation" in Louisiana.
OF course not. He was "only 0 d-n mig
ger, anyway"
AARON M'KENZIE,