New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-17
Mr. noWR COaAaIlTTEK.


1919
Senators Howe, Oglesby and Salisbury
resumed the investigation Of affairs 10 East
Feli0inna yesterday morning At eleven
O'Clock. The first witness called was Wash
ingtOn Ssunders, eolored.
TO Senator Salisbury -Reside in East
FeliCiana, fourth ward; the c0lgred people
in my ward generally joined the Democrats
clubsi ct frat they we're very reluctant. e
they had never done anything of that kind
before, and they were Republicans, but af-
ter 8 while they got used to IL; they ex-
pressed themselves satisfied with the Demo-
cratic ticket; there has been better feeling
between the white and col0red people for
the past few months than for year and .
half; the election was rs quiet as any one
ever saw; the "Jones difficulty" commenced
on Saturday; and "some other white gem
tlemen" went over to see If we could not
settle it; the sheriff and John Gair spoke TO
the cOlOred men and told them they had
taken q wrong coarse; the ool0red men put
down their arms, and q body of white men
went off and made compromise.
Charles Robinson, c0loTed, sworn-To Sem
ator Saulsbury--Reside in East FelicianR;
voted the Democratic ticket of my own free
will.
Joseph Maxwell, Roderick Damn and Gov
ernor Jones, all cOlored, delivered them
selves of similar testimony.
Isaac Perry, colOred, testified to the
whipping of five coIored people in one night
in his neighborhood in East Felioiana,
among them his mother; they called for
him, but he got away; he was obliged to
sleep in the woods and cotton fields for
weeks TO keep away from the bulldozers;
the pretext for whipping two Of the colored
men was that they had stolen q pig from
William GlaspeR, another colored man; the
latter was whipped because he denied that
they had stolen the pig. witness had been
school teacher from 1871 to 1876
Louis Jones, col0red, sw0rn-Live in the
fourth ward, East Felicisna parish; have
voted the Republican ticket ever since l
was free up to this year; this year did not
vote; have heretofore taken an active part
in politics; was afraid to organize Repub-
lIcan clubs; was told in October, a year ago,
ia the night time. to have nothing further to
do with politics; they came to my house in the
middle of the night to tell me; there were
Eve Of them that l saw; think they we're
white men; in 1874 was president of Re-
publican club in my ward; l called the club
together on d Saturday evening; at noon
that day three Or four men came TO my
house and said that the white men had
been down to Bayou Sara on account OF
some trouble, and we're mad, and said that
they were going for old Jones; they were
going to get him at the club meeting that
night; they said they would not dare to 90 to
the meeting without their arms; they
came together, but the white men did
not come; 90 the colored people all went
home; as they were getting ready for
church Sunday morning the c0lored people
came and said the whites were coming
again; they came together again for the
purpose Of protecting me; sent out word
| to the white men that we had better have
| q compromise, and all put de wn our arms
| and 20 home; We could not make living
that way; IL was so agreed; the eol0red
| put down their arme; on Monday the whites
came again with the sheriff, and then the
| compromise was made.
Charles Williams, oOlored, sworn-TC
Senator HOWe-Reside in East Feliciana
Allen Mari and myeeh were whipped OF
/ Captain Joe NoFwOod's place week attel
| Christmas, 1875; they whipped Allen Mari
| al to pieces; they come to my housei said
they would not hurt me; took me up the
road and told me TO take of my coat; thu
captain man said they could not strike me
but i've licks apiece, and the last one only
three; there was little MANTLE meanes
man 1 ever saw-whO wanted to whip me
more; the captain man said he guessed thu
little man had never whipped black maj
bef0re-thAt he acted like aG-d id fool
the captain man said, "Boys, we have go
no charge against this man at all; its tot
bad to beat up fine looking man like him;
they gave ms twenty-three lashes; the
were 80 disguised could not tell who the.
i were.
Judge E. f. Dewing put in evidence hi
report to Governor Kellogg on the break
ing up of his court in East Feliciana in 1879
Adjourned till ten O'Clock this morning.