New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1877-01-19

ward said that any colOred man who voted
the Democratic ticket could not live IN the
ward; went to another ward to vote the
Democratic ticket.
To Senator Wadleigh--Live two miles
from Captain John j. Barrow; l am under
indictment for murder; my trial has not vet
con of; Mr.. Fisher, Governor Wicklitfe's
law partner, is my counsel; my bOndsmen
are Marshal Cotton, John j. Barrow and
James Stephen; they are all Democrats.
To Senator MeDonald-I am charged with
killing white man.
Charles L. Fisher, sworn-To Senator
McDonald-Reside in East Felicisns; am a
lawyer and Democrat; was secretary of
the Parish Central Committee, and presi-
dent of the First Ward Democratic Club;
think there were between 900 and 1000 col
Ored members of Democratic clubs in the
parish.
To Senator Wadleigh-Know Colonel
Frank Powers, have understood that be is
q Republican; believe l subscribed $5 in
October, 1875, to buy hin horse; all the
signers, believe, were Democrats; wanted
to buy him q horse because he was at the
head of body of Regulators, and it was as
reward for his services in stopping the
stealing of seed cotton, and the burning of
ginhouses by the colored people; he was q
Democrat when he got the horse; think the
regulating, as to burning stores was done
in the night time; the stopping OF burning
ginhouses was done in the day time; do not
belong to the 298 society; did belong to the
Knights of the White Camelia, in 1868;
know R. G. Sterling; reported to the Auditor
the fact that certain persons held his receipt
as tax collector, who were reported by Ster.
ling as tax collector; think the amount was
500 or $780, Sterling was q Democrat.
DR.. MoCrindell reoalled-Witness pro-
duced long memorandum of inquests
which he had held as coroner, which were
offered as evidence.
Senator Wadleigh objected to the receipt
of the documents, as it did not purport to
be copy of original records, and the re-
cords could be had. He desired to know
who the iuries were, and the testimony in
the different cases. He did not propose to
blindly accept the verdicts of bulldozing
/ corOners' juries.
Senator Mcdonald took the memorandum
and questioned the witness as to each par
| tieular case, but Senators WRdleigh and
Mcmillan would not allow any question to
| be put the answer to which depended upon
| anything but his personal knowledge, and
which could be proven by official dOcu-
ments.
D. A. Weber recalled-To Senator Nc
| Millen-Am familiar with the region of
country in the neighborhOod of the Flower
and Fort places there are plantation roads
leading from one to the other; do not think
it more than three milee; from 1866 to 1873
the police jury of West Feliciana parish
was exclusively in the hands of the Demo
cratic party; during that time parish in
debtedness Of over $26, 600 was contracted;
there was no check upon the police jury
expenditures; one acted as auditor and the
other as treasurer; money was paid with
out sufficient vouchers; since the police jury
has been in the hands of the Republicans
the financial affairs of the parish have i'm
proved greatly; think that with the amount
of money the school board had to use the
schools were better sustained than in any
other parish in the State.
This closes the West Feliciana testimony.
The committee then adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman.