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

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Charles Borrow, Demoerntio candidate fer
clerk Of cOugty killed Isaac Mitchell; there
Were eight In the party; recognized COrt
Smith, Robert Wilson, Calhoun Hampton.
and = man named Mcdonald in the party:
dare not go back to the parish, because
CHARLES Barrow has said he will kill me If
do, and think he would.
To Senator MsDonald-I was about
twenty yards of when Charles Barrow
killed Isaac Mitthell; ! did not 20 before
she corOner'e jury because thought l
would be killed IL did; have never told
any white people who the parties were be-
fore to-day, but l told nearly ell the col
ored people on the plantation; did mot
tell Julius Green, because he knew the peo-
pie 40 well az did; he and i hid that night
IN the bayou; 1t was Willie Lane who drew
his pistol ON me; / wac indicted for false
swearing by jacob Mitchell, q Jew; they
did not prove it on me.
Andrew Duncan, colored, swoFn-T0 Sen
ator Wadleigh-Reside in West Feliciana;
was delegate TO the Republican State
Convention; after returned COrt Smith
and Bob Wilson came to my house and in
quired for me; after Gilbert Carter was
killed came away in q skif with Arm
stead and other Republicans; had q talk
with Charles Barrow afterward; he said
Carter was deed, and there was no use Of
talking about that, but every niger had
got to vote the Democratic ticket or pack
his carpet bag and leave the parish; told
him might have voted for him, but was
not going to be forced voted the Repub-
lican ticket at st. Francisville; Immediately
after left for the city, and remained I'M
til after Christmas; they wanted me to sign
q paper, to be published in the papers in
New Orleans, that E. l.. Weber, George
SWaze, J. w. Armstead, and other
leading Republicans were fraude, and
haA mo- tNg nf all ha
ETC.; told them could not sign
such lie; they told me If did not do 1t
the bulldozers would come after me; they
said that on rainy nights it was very COM
Portable for me Co be in bed with my wife
and family, and that that was the time
they might be expected; after that every
rainy or cloudy night would 90 ont and
sleep in the woods; the 1913 Society were
the worst bulldozers in the parish; they
wore the badge 298 on their coate; the col
ored people believed that they were Or
ganized for the purpose of doing violence
to them, and to carry the election tor the
Democrats.
Cornelius Smith, COlored, sworn-TO SEN
ator Wadleigh-Lve in the third ward,
parish of West FelioiaRs; was United States
supervisor at poll No. in that ward on
election day; thirty-ive minutes before the
hour for closing the polls, two sixteen
shooters came in, one with Charles Barrow;
felt uneasy about counting the vote; they
brought in their gune and put them on the
table; one pulled dirk out.
Adjournment till P. n.
EVENING SESSION.
John Davis, Jr. (colored) testified to in.
| timidation and violence in West F'eliciana
Henry Cudden (cOloredl testified to 9
| similar condition of affairs; never heard OF
| but one Democrat being injured during
/ che examination. that Nraa Th0Tnaa q Wat
heard that he was shot while bulldOzing
one day while walking on the road two mer
came up to me with guns and ordered me to
| halt; they said they wanted TO find out about
| the burning Of ginhouBes; / told them
knew nothing about it; they said they
/ would take me to headquarters" went
| with them q little wy and came upon q
| body of armed white men, mounted and dis
mounted; they had about twenty colOred
men standing in row, and stood me up with
the rest; 3 coloFed man named EbenezeI
| Schuyler was brought in wounded; he had
been taken, and while riding between two
of his captOrs, another man riding behind
had shot him in the back; We were all lei
go except jew named Deutache and col
ored man named Juba Glasper; he wal
hung, but cut down in time to save his life
the night West was killed saw . body o.
armed white men pass out on the road on
which he was killed; they shouted, "We'rt
the bulldozers that hold down the coun
try;" West had the reputation of being 6
b1lldozer
7. w. Talton (colOred) testified that thu
election was quiet, but the Intimidation has
been done previously; on the sixth of Jan
uary, 1876, was visited by Regulators
said they would hang me to the highes
limb they could find; have seen bulldOzerl
riding about the parish by day and night
the effect was to terrOrize the oOlOred pee
pie; the. eolored people regarded thu
298 society about as you would re
gard q rattlesnake; they believed tina
the 29S society laid all the plans Whic
the bulldozers carried out; l was compelle.
by the bnlldOzers to swear to vote the Dem
ooratic ticket; the man who administered
the oath is now in this room.
To Senator Mod man who aG
ministered the oath was Justice of tn
Peace Hamilton; did not regard the oatl
as binding; the fact of his being here ha
had no effect on my testimony; l ha'
trouble in regard to my bond when l wa
elected sheriff; ] gave bond with suretie
which were approved by all the authorize
except the clerk of the court, Mr.. Howell
who refused to approve 1t, and the thirt
days ran out; / was appointed, and CAV
another bond, in due form; q man name
Ellis made affidavit that the figure who
he signed for had been raised from 5000 |
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the clerk; the Judge charged him to kee
it carefully; i was placed under arres
when the cause came on for trial, ha
witnesses to prove my innocence, but Il
clerk said the bond had been mislaid an
could not be found; the case was then di
} missed.
To Senator Wadleigh-Thus by the 10
J of the bond was unable TO have trial
the case on its merits, as desired, and ali
lost the office to which was elected.
: Robert j, Hewlett, colored, sworn-R
: side in West Feliciana; have been free stint
J 1858; was willed free by my mistress; q
} the owner of property which cost me $3.50
t was member of the police jury; myse
and three other members, j. s. Van Trum
} and Messrs. Hamilton and Green we
! forced to resign; the committee said y
3 | were incompetent; we had effected redu
7 ton in parish taxation of five mills; q
| committee exposed their weapons with SUI
: freedom IS to have great weight on n
} mind on the subject Of resignation; ha'
4 seen a good deal Of bulldoziRg; the prom
{ nent bulldozers of the parish are Charl
!; Barron, John j. Barron, Cortland Smit
4 Robert Wilson, Mr.. Hamilton, Calho'
1 Hamilton, John w. Smith, George Low
: and Joseph Towns; | could name who
? 60 Wpen full of them; Charles Barrow to
I; me Joseph w. Armstead ner none of tn
Q crowd could exercise any more power
t that parish.
f acted as spokesman when the police lur(
\; were ordered TO resign; there were Outsi
r the courthouse on the occasion from six
a to eighty men, mostly young men from
9 country,
Il