New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-02
THE SENATE OonIn1I1rEE.



VestigetiOn of the Ouachita case. The first
witness was Emily Sloan.
To Senator Howe--Lived across the road
from Henry Pinksto1'h house In Ouachita
parish saw the men when they went there
and killed him heard them ask for Henry;
broke in the door heard pistol shots there
were no guns got frightened and run I'm.
der my house; Pinkston's house was q few
steps from the h0use; after leaving my
house went to the Clubhouse; went back
to my house about daylight; heard my dog
grOwl and went to see what it was about |;
saw Henry PinkstOn's body lying In the
road fat on his back, dead had several
pistol shots in his head ! did not see the
child.
To Senator Saulsbury-The body was
lying about five steps from the house.
William Logw0od, colOred, sworn--Was
stopped ON the road while attempting to go
to Monroe to vote by armed white men;
they were W. II. Lewis and Joe Mitchell;
Lewis said ''yOu God damned niggers have
had your way long enOugh;" they lodged
ane in the calabo0se,
Colonel Clayton Hale swOrn--Am cap
lain Of the Sixteenth Infantry and brevet
lieutenant colonel United States army; am
tati0ned at Monroe with my COMPANY;
ave been there since the twenty third Of
tptember; there was q company of the
hirteenth Infantry in Monroe on my ar
tal, under Lieutenant Henry NJ. MeCaw.
4; sent ten men to Bastrop; had about
( ify-six men under my command; q great
my complaints were made to me of dis
tPances and acts of violence, but was q
| Wkess OF only one; that was at st. James
, Opel on the third of November; Re-
; pqican meeting was held, and went
: WA detachment Of eleven men to pre-
sen the peace; crowd of people, white
= AnNolored, were on the ground; the white
+ metwere on horseback, marching about,
!. IS Valry; first saw them ut Phillips
: Plaftion placed my commend about one
( nunPd yards from place of meeting the
o nrsqPaker was cOlOred man named Asst
Woo4c0uld not hear what he said heard
mis- sements denounced as id lies, and
l. him 9 id liar; the colored people
If eeemqalarmed and commenced surging
it oaek here were twenty or thirty white
10 men peing right up TO the wagon; some
10 were living revOlvers; Q colUred man
n JumpeentO the wagon and drew q
70 reVolvq ordered him down, and he
is got dOf told the white men that their
y acee WScaloulated to produce breach
y OF tne Pr, and WAS there TO preserve 1t !;
as the orc Nnnally Quieted and the meeting
le prOceeo% ithOuE further serious Interrupt
k nOni tnedy of armed men paced my
commanf1 my return to Monroe, and
stopped Pr Phillips house; had sent Q
"a detRenmfl II troops under Commissioned
nj cer 20 Ph Republican meeting in the
"a parrish. oyNuest, rs believed they would
n otherwise disturbed; considered that my
q. duty unoeH general instructions to pre-
serve tnS zee; my command never at
IN tended q Llcratic meeting, as had no
IN reason " I'VE such meeting would be
AZ 0lsturpeui / thought disturbance
de PrOOADle 81 have sent detachment; q
large nump9 e0lOred men came TO Mon
oF roe from I'D to the seventh of No
vemoeri PRIZE many eff the N brought
ha tnelr guns u about the sixth Mayor
Endom lss9eq PROCLAMATION setting forth
ma that armed pad occupied Monroe, and
an commanding Ia to leave: the mayor
srs came 20 me an d he believed there were
III arms IN LOWE distribution to the col
IA Ored people, sl ished me TO assist him:
an promlseo 70 70; went with him TO
AN Mr. OVsrepn p hulattO man, who kept
colOfeu pOaEu louise; there were bout
ara ISO coloFeo meta Mr.. OveEton said he
no mad Two guns +. Hamlet, the sheriff,
On WHO DOahueu WIN, had two, and prob
on ably most Of bNardera had one. tound
"a altOgetner VEINS in the house; in
me OVsrtOn sIo,o were none; wen to Mr..
One Valley MOOre's, Ser oolored boarding.
ee. house; he said thabsd acme arms on bis
Az placei they Delon colOred people who
~ mad come IN from country, and feared
ew they mignG % 1ed on the road; told
US Wnefe thTy 1der pile of lum-
nah per- mayor Ehdol plared there was a
all whole Grsehal Cne 1und altogether at
The the Two noussS, wv pieces, nearly all
a. OLD tasnloneo shouehhiuk they would
IN have been as dang6 the nerson iiring
jon- them &c 10 the perse N al. took nosses.
- sion OF the guns any them in the Wis
o1r per achooln0use unu rd; Sheriff Ham
pur' let protested agains Ing the arms. a.
~ the colOred pe66SS . be lett without
W protection; promised kha guDs should
eH'' be returned after tlet tong nosa4ssiob
Of them for fear Of onsrdes aaiging
Two them; returned to g sbortIv aftar
axes Mayor Endom came aga a said no nod
Law information that there tsrma aeOreted
ting in the cellar Of the hOuaS n sFSrevrster
{ as Republican candidate Aaidential alec
egis- tori; proceeded with hin MI Brewster
An to the lattsr,s house; sek every Toom
the and did not find an arm hind. Mavor
loup- Endom expressed himse Aaad with yha
nent search, and said that he nviDced tbs
arms could not have ID ren without
my presence without fgkvor Endom
requested the presence OF % Monroe on
'5HI eli ction day; declined to ID Am n s;obt
AssS of the pole; it was eonce M that she
roads out from Monroe Wckatad IN
=, the day of and previous aIsctior.
1ens, when with Mayor EndOn ,binS for
Wy arms, cOlored men told hif Inc Enaw
e SOII it was not safe for them at omea in
!. a the country; that he knew zion and
~ 91n Parker and their men weree mo tbe
W. .. roads, and that his tEndOm'st hsnlad
l lsi provisions out to them each no. m.
eOru' dom made no reply; believed md he.
- lieVes now, that the cOlOred nma tn
HESU Monroe solely for the purpoee a and
mot to create q disturbaneei "A was
Noye stationed in Monroe, and at saat n
uon' the mayor moved my troops wn n
protect goods during the proc a ds
s ~ " structive fire; since the election Amt,
'n Dol have been made to me by color IA n
having been driven from their theI
in consequence of having voted NH
.s s lican ticket or of having glveI oDy
D'nerS since; very many complaints We X
me before tine election by tt M
people-probably every day. N,
three and acts of violence; have Nd IA,
ny &C of but few Of them; on the tVti
nef OF of September Aaron Turner, Geof
strlet; lev, Ned Mitchell, Andrew H@
anu Lee Pool came to me and eOmplaF
l s;,.St they had beth driven from the plaY
IiE Inv Joseph T. Swan for attending me-
/. Inc dressed bv Mr. Packard; on the ele
8 resi- October sent a detachment of trOd
b JOIN William r, Hardy, district attorn
60 sur deaired to take the dying deelart
was ~. Eaton LogwOOd; understood that
reSlhce through the ChRuvan swamp was
' S LoRwOod'a brother informed me
lse " stopped and searShedi as the pers'
had shot L0gWoOd and killed rilln q
son threatened to return and NJ
work, had aguRrd placed over
II hve the eleventh to twenty-nrsI OF
Orter, 3 when he was removed to Monroe
18th his | Guarded while in town; 9 color
street, named Burrell called on me on the
I'd into November, accompanied by tW
he'd mp, colOred men, who stated that Whli
Q hands way to Caldwell parish with he
tickets were stopped by a[ms Sa. ~