New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19


not know it unless they belonged to it.
DIR. X. II, Ry land, sworn-TO Senator Nc
DOnald-Resde in West Felicians; testified
to the peaceful character of the canvass;
the Republican leaders sought to create the
idea that they were afraid of being inter
fered with; they told the colOred people
that if the Democratic party succeeded
they would be reduced to q condition worse
than slavei y-"serfdom"-a new word
which alarmed them more than DulldoziDg;
the parish officials were conspicuously in
competent.
To Senator McMillan-The parish tax in
1875 was fourteen and one-half mills; the
State tax was the same; there was a reduc-
ton of five mills in the tax from the year
before, | believe; that was made by the po-
lice Jury; there has been q reduction in
taxes since 1872 and 1873; know DIR. Ster-
ling; he was tax collector in 1871 or 1872;
he was recognized as Democrat before he
was appointed, and since; shave heard it
stated that he was defaulter; never heard
the amount named; immediately after the
war the Democrats had control for several
years; the indebtedness continued to in
crease during their administration; do not
know whether or not the debt amounted
to about 900 up to 1873; / was mem
ber of the police Jury for about three
years; j. B. Collins was auditor of the
parish at that time; he did not issue war
rants frRudulently, but he did issue them
without authority; Collins was a Democrat;
l was instrumental in changing the manner
of issuing warrants; the indebtedness con-
tracted during that time has been called in
question in the courts; it is still in litigation
can not state the number of schools in the
parish; there may be three schools in st.
kranCisville; believe they are the best
schools in the parish; there probably were
schools in all the wards but one in the
parish in 1875; heard that an injunction
was placed on the school fund which pre-
vented the payment of teachers; the teach
ers we're incompetent; never visited the
schools; Enos Williams, q colored man, told
me he had been whipped; do not wish to
say anything in regard to the character of
John j. Barrow, as We are not Cd friendly
terms; while / characterize the general
conduct of parish officers by the Republican
officials ss inefficient, do not wish to be
considered as denOuncing them all; some of
them have been very efficient; consider Mr..
D. A. Weber, the tax collector, q faithful,
upright and efficient officer, and in his in
tercourse with me he has always acted
like gentleman.
Winfield Scott Darlington Hamilton,
sworn-To Senator McDonald-Reside in
West FelicisRa; am justice of the peace;
there was great complaint of stealing; did
not administer any oath to Tom TaltOn that
he would support the Democratic ticket; /
was under arrest at Bayou Sara for assault
and battery; could get no Democrat to go
on my bond, and E. L. Weber signed it;
when on my way home was pretty tight;
| fell in with party of young men; we were
drinking at Talt0n's store; am sure did
not administer any oath; was member of
| the police jury, which was compelled to re-
/ sign; there was no intimidation exercised;
belonged to the Union Conservative Club
of Laurel Hill; it was first called the Plant
/ er's Association; did not like to attend the
Ahn 1,,ay,
speaking, would say that they were not 60
ing to be ruled by carpetbaggers and seal.
lawags, and when they said "scallawags"
they would look right at me.
To Senator Wadleigh-C Committed Dick
Mills five times for stealing; he was MEM
ber of the Union Conservative Club; l was
turned out of the Planters Association be-
| cause visited E. L. Weber; don't know
| whether l signed the resolutions of the
Union Conservative Club; see my name
signed to them; sent letter TO E. L. Weber
/ warning him that his life was in danger; am
sure did not swear TaltoD can not remem.
| Der whether left this fact in uncertainty
or not on direct examination; am sure l
did not leave it in uncertaintg; don't think
] was expelled from the police jury because
| l was a Republican: Marshal Ney was OBJ
| eoted to in our ward as teacher because he
was deaf; there was an indignation meeting;
| / attended; perhaps he was appointed on
my recommendation; l believe him to be
competent.
Mrs. Amy Mitchell, colored, sworn-To
Senator Wadleigh-Am the widow of Isaac
Mitchell; am twenty.three years old; my
| home was In Bayou Sara; have no home
now; my husband was killed in September
last; eight white men came to our house
and asked for Isaac Mitchell; they said that
they came to break up this id Radical
hole; l let them in; they hunted after Isaac;
he had hidden under the bed; they COM
menced beating him over the head with
pistols; the three men who beat him were
Charles M. Barrow, James Dunn1ng and
Robert Wilson; they had masks on their
faces; during the scuffle with my husband
the mask fell off Charles Barrow's tacei
they then took him out and shot him to
death; begged them not to; they told me
then to take his body in; they asked for
Julius Green; they said they must get that
other fellow when they rode off; it was
about two O'Clock in the morning; they
came there and said julius Green must
come in town the next day and resign Of
police Juror.
To Senator McDonald-Refused to go uI
to Bayou Sara to testify before the ooroner'I
Jury because l was afraid to 60.
To Sen atOr Wadleigh-Was afraid TO &c
because Charles Barrow had told my
brother he would kill me on sight; ht
wanted to kill me because l told the namet
of those who killed my husband.
DR.. L. S. McCrindell sworn-To Senator
MeDonald-Have been coroner of Wes
Felciana for some time; examined the muir
der of Gilbert Carter; there were but twl
witnesses, Isaac Vessel and Charles M
Barrow; the verdict was that he came Il
his death from wounds inflicted by person
unknown; examined the death of lsaa
Mitchell; while on the way met two of tn
witnesses, Amy Mitchell and Leah Green
going to Bayou Sara in Mr., Weber's cal
riage; adjourned the inquest at the reques
of parties who we're charged with tn
homicide from time to time; the invest1gs
tion was urged by prominent men Of th
parish; Colonel Robert H. Barrow contrib
uted money to bring the witnesses into tn
parish; Amy Mitchell had gone to New Ol
, leans and refused to come back.
To Senator Wadleigh- Robert q
Barrow is father of Charles M. Barrow b
q contributed money to get Amy Mitchell
! the widow of the murdered man, into th
: parish to testify; am q DemoerRtj do nc
: consider myself Republican because Gov
ernor Kellogg appointed me; Captain Rol
/. ert II. Barrow is q particular friend {
3 mine; Charles M. Barrow is one of tn
! finest young men in the parish; j. d. Smit
was one of the cOFOner's Jurors; have see
!. in the paper that he was charged with bein
! bulldOzer; Henry Tucker, another Of th
q Jurors, was q cOlOred man who works on
? ID. Smiths place; r. Clendenin, anOthe
|. iurymAn, lived in st. Franoisville, min
' miles distant; believe he is friend Of Ba
q row; Frank Duncan, the fourth jurymal
q was cOlored man who lives in the neig
bOrhOOd; Colbert Banks, the last juryma
|. lives in the neighborhoOd; think the e0lOrC
+ men were friends of the deceased.
/; Witness offered in evidence what pa