New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-04
THE wADLRIGH COMMITTEE.
Sixth Day.

SIGLn Days
The .Wadleigh branch OF the Senate com.
mittee met at halfpast ten O'Clock yester.
day morning, with all the members present
sworn.
To Senator MeMillan-Reside in East
Baton Rouge; last February q band Of
armed men came upon me q short distance
from my house; they had a rope, and told
me to come and put my head in the moose;
refused; they said they would shoot me if
did not; told them would rather be shot
than hung; they cooked their guns at me,
but did not fire; beat me over the head with
revOlvers till l was senseless; told me
must resign the Office of justice of the
peace; when l came to they said they had
made a mistake-I was not the man,
and to say nothing about what had
happened; it was NO disgrace to me,
but it would be disgrace to them; a col
ored man named Brown was taken out and
whipped the same time / was taken; both
he and / we're Republicans; voted the Re-
publican ticket in Baton Rouge, because /
was afraid to vote in the country.
To Senator McDOnald-One night a skel-
etOn was fastened to a board and put up
against my fence; it was drawn on paper;
there was complaint in the neighborhood of
killing stock; they told Brown that he had
been ordered not TO go into the woods, and
came; started for the bushes, when they
fired at me; knew the men; do not like to
give the names; some of them live in the
neighb0rhOod.
To Senator Wadleigh-H Have no property,
but have wife and two children up there.
Senator Wadleigh-Tou are compelled to
give the names if Senator Mcdonald insists
upon it. You are not to blame for what you
are compelled to do.
Sanafnr MRylOuald altar onuauIfiuo With
General A. s. Heron, said he did not
wish to place the witness in what he CON
sidered peril, and he would not insist
upon the names at this time.
To Senator McDonRld-I was beaten on
the head with both pistols and guns.
To Senator McMillan-The men who beat
me were white men; suppose they were
Democrats.
Burwell johnson, colored lad thirteen
years old, was the next witness.
Senator Wadleigh questioned the witness
as to whether he understood the nature of
an oath. He replied that If he did not
tell the truth the devil would punish him,
To Senator Wadleigh-My fathers name
was Paul johnson; we lived up the COmite
river; the last time / saw him he was read
ing his Testament; we all went to bed; no
one was there but my father, mother and my
self; the Regulators came to our house in the
night; they broke into the side window; they
said to my father, Don't bulge, God d-n
you; don't move, or we'll blow a ball
through you" he said: "Here l am; don't
shOot;' they took him out and tied his
hands; knew them by their voices and size;
my father bowed to me when they took him
off and said nothing; l bowed to him; j
never saw him again; don't know what
became of him, but have an idea; think
they hung him; we followed his tracks in
the mud in the road next day; he was ia his
stocking feet; the horses tracks were thick
az anything around them.
To Senator MeDOnald-All but two OF
three were masked; could tell some Of
them.
Lafayette M. Murray, colored, sworn-A
baud Of armed white men came 10 the house
OF my father-in.law, Jacob Kinchen, in
March last, and asked for my fatheF-in Law;
my mother-in-laW said he was not there:
they said she was q damned liar;
they took me out and told me stand on my
head till the world came to an end; told
them / could not do IL; they told me to see
how fast ] could run; l ran for the house,
and they fired over my head; did not think
y was very funny; knew one of them
Johnny Forbes,
Robert Robinson, colored, sworn-Llve on
the Wilderman plantation, East Baton
Rouge; my brother, Charley Robinson, wae
taken out Of his house last spring and hung
l was about half mile away.
To Senator MeDOaald-DO not know
what my brothers politics were; have
heard that he was Democrat; there wa
complaints Of killing stock in the neighbOr
hood; did mot vote myself ct the last elec-
| tlon; can not say What m politics are.
To senator McMiliAn- When last voted
4 voted the Republican ticket; lost conf
denee aftdr my brother was killed, and fell
a little afraid to vote.
j 2 Fufiow, col0Fsd, sworn--Was cleo
ton commissioners at poll one, ward seven
parish Of East Baton konge, at the lasi
election; on my way 10 the poll was halted
BY body Of men lrgstihed 70 general
naturalization IN the parish sud intsriaFenes
by the Democrats ct his pail
L. g. LIS Sage, sworn Resides In East
Baton Rouge; is a native Of that parish
there WAS an organization OF Regulators
formed 10 East Felieiana Tor the alleged
purpose Of breaking up she stealing sud
sale OF aeed COTTON which came into Bstor
Rouge and burned mp several stores, asRona
them Mr. Bates, g. Mount Pleasant pianfa
ton, Mr., Nick Wax. Mr. Scli1sD and
otbars; Witnessed The bnming Of a. Schlore
sfor6; there were pr0ha5ly 100 armed
men drawn up la 5ne when thai
took place: after these occurrences. aHo
bali \ dozen o0lofed men Eers killed; o
city election was held and ihe Democrats
carried N by ever 800 qsinty, The 9rsi