Richland beacon., 1877-01-13

Frank Moore has tie letter NOW; | viii ~
to produce il and attach to this affidavit Co.
lionel Moore also demanded Of me my promise
not Ia Issue the tickets until tuesday, No
vember :, 1876. Til, was Monday, No
vembcr Is. | then the same day, went home
10 ward four. and the same NIGHT a baui #
armed LH.l-dOzer>, tAI5ly or forty strong. went
about the said fourth ward. TevI>Iting colored
men al their houses, aud also IN the fifth
ward they tore OF the boards from the resi-
deuce OF SAID coorcd men >huI mt their
yards and killed their dog>, and shouted Uut
that everybody next day must vote the demo>
cratic ticket ana if they did not they would
get something more the next NIGHT. On tie
next day, November =, the cOiured men at
the poll OF the tusgIh ward wee 81 terrified
that few of them had the courage To- vote the
Tepubl can ticket. sam Draper, Wash Wa->
ner and their meL, all cCiored, came 10 the
poll, and, finding It was dangerous fer them
10 vote the republican ticket, Ihey went away
TO tnd some other pol where they could vote
with safety. Two oi the commissioners at
the poll Of the said ward (iourth) We're
democrats. and the ;hlfd wa coiorrd man.
my SON, who had no ccntrpi or VOICE ~ the
arrangements for the election. a dcmCcratIc
commissioner received all tie v"tc>; he had
the box placed where the vo;er could not
pat his own ticket in. Mir. 4. L. b |
Cooper, the CruUcrari: commissioner, who
received al the tickets, would open them, So
that he could read how each IIan voted.
his was protested against ~ me; ] was
bo Ii a constable OF election and a. deputy
United States MARSHAL, bu, the commissioner
would not de>i>t A white democrat. Nr. l.,
u. Duh. stood near the luli aud Erpt a spot.
booS. IN which wa- marked low each cOlOrcd
man voted. DIR. Evan, Bill Ellington, Ben
Newbury, all white democrats, came near
the polls on the sand day, 1th November,
with shoj-guns. Mr.. sam. L. Mo- re, a while
repub lean, who was present at the SAID
po.l, told me that he, Moore, had been Told
there that he could not vote the republican
ticket and he, the said Moore, did not vote
al all The few cUiured men who voted the
republican ticket al That pol felt Ike they
were TI>kIug their hives TO TO 80 aud the
great majority of the culored men ia the ward
either did not vo;e al all, or were compelled,
under the influence Of threats and the acts vi
intimidation belure mentioned, to vote the
democratic ticket against their wish and con
science.
On the day Of election, at said poll an ward
1, a colored man named Whteiield, living on
Mr. Jos Dukes plantation. had a republican
ticket in his hand, which he voted. Mr.
Duke SAID, you have voted that ticket, now
90 home and take yourself away from my
place: the nan voted the ticket. and Mr..
Duae immeda;eiy disch rgcd him from his
employment
Mr. Mcintosh and Mr. Shirley, both white
democrats, said TO some men iu their employ,
Il ri. MI
for you tonight Aud the men had 10 aban
don their houses. such a condition OF things
as above rec.ted as regards ward + existed in
all portions Of the parish. There Was no
sense Of safety among white or celored
publicans and all merely for politics. Rich
land parish is next to Oaachlia and MUrehouse
parishes. and the railroad runs through Rich
land to Monroe, and the people OF Ouachita
and RichIand are passing to and iIo e'ery
day between the two parishes, and the muir
ders whippings. and other outrHgeS rel orted
as occurring in Ouachita, for political reasons,
were freely talked al IN RIchand, AMI had
the effect to ii.crease the Intimidation in Rich
land, bringing about condition # terror
which made free election impossible.
Mr =. II. Toler, chairman Of the demo
cratic committee OF tie iai!,h, and a deiDO~
cratic candidate for the legislature, said 10 ne
last Monday week ,la' II Mr. sam. {. Moore,
q wLite repubic1n Of Ri.LlanI, were To be
appointed to any office, NJ. Moore, would
never 1--we 10 get into the Oilice. ! believe if
there had been far, free. aud fall election,
the parish worlt have gone republican 10y AT
least one hundred aud .iIiy majority. ! tairk
| know nearly every coored man in the
parish, and aa'cng them all | only know one
democrat | i-el.eve ii,at all tue rest wouli
have voted the republican ticket If left to
themselves. | believe 1t would have cost
many lives To attempt 10 organize republl-
can club ia Richlsnd parish during the late
canvess. II l had openly elerlO.ecrcd for
the republican licse, on election day.