Mexico weekly ledger., 1877-01-04

and that the election had not been fair and peace
able. (James's testimony was previously given
before the Returning Board ana is published IN
Senator Sherman's report.) A certificate, sign
ed by two ply sicians, stating that Eliza Pink
stop, the colored woman who testified before
the Returning Board, was physically unable to
appear before the committee, was received and
fled. Another physician testified that Eaton
LOCKWOOD, whose deposition was ordered to be
taken, was so badly injured by gun shot wounds
thatfhe could not attend, and his injuries were
likely to prove fatal. Jane Logwood, wife OF
Eaton, testified that on about the 1st of Septem-
Der, Capt Theobald, with 81 armed men, came
to their house and inquired for her husband,
who was nottnere; The0bald said he had heard
that Logwood wanted to arm the negroes
and whip his company after searching for him
some time they went away. On the 10th. OF the
side; her husband took his gun and ran away;
witness then went to the door and met her
brother-in-law Primqs Johnson, With his baby
in his arms, who said, Oh, my poor sister,
Pm killed. !" and fell down and died. (Here wit
ness burst into tears; after a moment she con-
tinued) He was shot in the side; did not see
the men who did the shooting; johnson was sit
ting on the lumber pile in the front yard when
shot; he was a Baptist minister; her husband
was shot and wounded; after ne returned nome
doctor to dress his wounds her husband asked
the troops at Monroe to protect MN, and they
guarded him for IL days; her husband had four
balls in the shoulder, one in the arm, and one in
his side. Cora Williams, colored, of Ouachita
Parish, testified that she attended a Republican
meeting four days before the election; her hus.
band and Henry Pinkston were together, and
Pinkston cried, ''Three cheers for Brewster:"
the same night Pinkston was killed; witness on
the same night was terribly whipped by Theo-
bald's CON pany of bulldoZers; and her father
in-law, Abram Williams, was also whipped the
same night. Marion Rhodes came and babe her
good-b by the night he was killed; the blacks IN
that neighbOrhood were all Republicans, but
were afraid to vote the Republican ticket be-
cause the Democrats were armed around the
polls. Andrew Mcleod, colored. of Ouachlta
Parish. testified that he Wcs shot by the buH-
dozers; received two buckshot in the back. one
in the arm, and one in the hip; Captain Theo-
bald and some of his men come to the house all
armed; Theobald said, ID you, think OF
Dinkgrave, and if you can get well enough to
creep, you mad better leave Louisiana"
James Gallagher, aged 80, a native ofIre-
land, testified before the committee on the 2lst:
Lived in Ouachita during the election on Mr..
Whited's plantation; Whited was a Republican,
and several squads of bulldozers visited him to
force him 10 join the Democrats; finally they
stampeded all the hands, and Mr.. and Mrs
Whited and the witness fed to the cotton field,
where they lay out all night; was at the polls on
election day for about three hours; every thing
Wasiquiet, but all on one side, as they were not
allowed to distribute Republican tickets; when
the officers adjourned at noon the Republican
vote was announced as 81, but when the polls
closed at night it was announced as 2S; the lille
clubs rode around at night, fully armed, and
terrorized the colored people; the me-
groes disliked to join the Demo
r. Hail, formerly of Terre Haute, Indiana, and
in the United States Army, testified: Had lived
for two years in Ouchita; previous to che Atm OF
there was a report that the negroes were organ
iZing on the island, and the whites thereupon be-
gan organizing rifle companies, and every white
man was waited upon by a committee and
urged upon to join; the said they
were appointed by the Democratic Executive
Committee at Monroe; these rifie-clubs would
.il~ $1,000 20 ~.-IN n~R EEnAf into fhn nnfrrn
quarters. Witness corroborated Gallagher's
testimony in regard to the bulldozers'
treatment of Mr. and Mrs: Whited ard
they were looking for a negro named Jesse
Briggs, who had refused to alloW a colored Dem
ocranc preacher to preach IN the church Of which
he (Briggs) was q deacon. Witness further tes-
titled that he had seen negroes forced up TO sign
the roll at Democratic meetings.; was appointed
Commissioner of Election at Poll s, together
with two others; n Sir. scarborough stood near
the polls and scruiinized the tickets of all the ne
groeS; heard of the murder of Henry Pinkston
and child, Primus Johnson, DR.. Dinkgravc and
James Jackson, and the shooting of Eaton Log
wood, Geo. Shelton and other Republicans; no
white Democrats were killed during the cam.
paigA; after the election witness was requested
to come to the school house and take afidayits,
and being a Justice of the Peace did so; a num-
Der of negroes signed affidavits saying that they
had voted the Democratic ticket without fear or
reward, but some of the negroes said it was
hard for them to swear to 1t. witness said that
he was interested in Il plantation for which he
paid $4,000 rent, but did not intend To return
to Qua ;hita, as he was afraid to do so; DR.. Young
and two others brought him affilavlts to sign
after the election. setting forth that the election
was fair and peaceable; he declined positively
to do so and was advised by friends to leave it he
could not sign them, and SO he did leave. George
Il. Hamlet, Sheriff of Ouachita testified: Am a
native of Ohio and have lived in the State since
1878; all was peaceable in the parish until the
election In May, 1919. when the Democrats
organized, and by means of threats and intlmi-
tiation succeeded in e~lecting their candidate for
NJ 1Vnr hV II majority Witness rave a hiGfnTC
OF the organization of the rifle clubs, of their
riding about by night and terrorizing the ne
groes, and gave the names OF those who had been
killed and wounded or whipped and driven
away from their houses. Witness said that the
Democrats had charged him with having or
ganiZed the negroes to fight, but that it was IN
Irue; his life had been continually threatened,
but notwithstanding he had organized the Re-
publcans in the last election, being protected by
witness said that the houses of a mum
Der of white men on the island had been
fired into at night; as Sheriff he went to
investigate the matter, but failed to find
any of the guilty parties; had no dea who killed
DR.. ID nkgrave; the rifle clubs furnished a posse
to pursue the assassin; the officers of the parish
were all Republicans, but no indictments or In
formation had been filed against the authors of
the disturbance, because the party in p)wer were
unable to enforce the law; the whites were armed
and would not obey a summons; knew nothing
except by neresay of the killing anu whipping of
the parties named.
On the 22d, a vote was taken on the Eeso.
lutien of Senator Mcdonald, requiring the Re
turning Board to produce the original records of
the vote of the State for Presidential Electors,
and it was defeated by a party vote, the Repub-
lican members stating that they were ready to
agree, at a proper time, to any motion that
would throw light on the subject, but thought
the resolution impracticable at present, mas
much as 1t would embarrass the labOrs of the
Board. W. r. Hardy. District ttor-
fed to general intimidation and
violence by organized bands previous to the
election; among those killed We're b. Ii Dink-
grave, James Thomas, colored, Primus John
son colored, and Fred. Bynum, colered; among
the wounded Were Eaton Logwood, colored,
Henry Burrell, colored. and several others,
while MANY colored men We're driven from their
homes. stephen Wood, supervisor at Poll ;,
Eleventh Ward, Ouachita Parish. testified that
his house had been fired into and he was com
PEELED for several nights to sleep in the woods.
Other witnesses testified as to Republican meet
ings having been disturbed and broken up by the
bulldozers, and that colored Republicans were
driven from the polls.
John Culper, icolored, testified before the
Senate, Committee on the Esd: Resides in Qua
rvota1 tho Damocratjc tioEnt On account If