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of them were tllrowcd out, or they asked
them to get out.

swcr. Captain Of the Eighteenth lntan-
Try.
q. Where were YOU stationed on the
day of the last presidential election PA.
At .Abbcvillc Courthouse. I went there
in the latter part of September, and re-
manned there until about the 18th or 18th
of November.
Q. How many troops had you with
vou:-A. I had my company, or most
of nv company about twenty men.
G. Had you my other companies be-
sides your 0wn?-A. No, sir.
. q. Lieutenant Barnlart was of Your
company, was he not?-.A. Yes, sir.
O.. He was detached on election-day to
Caihoun's Mills "A. Yes, sir.
G. Were you present at Ahbcville
Courthouse on the day of the election?
"A. Yes, sir.
@. Were you there all day?-A. Yes.
@. How near the polls were yOu?-A.
I was about the town several times dur
ing the day, but not nearer to the polls
than from here across the street until
after the voting. l went to both polls
after the voting.
q. Were your troops stationed near
bv?-A. They were in the nciglborhoOd
incar the depot, about two or threcsquares
of.
q. They were near enough to be
brought nj on short notice, l supposc?-
A. Ics, sir.
@. What was the condition of affairs
at Abbevillc Court House, with respect
to violence, on the day Of the election ?
a.. There was no violence whatever. 1t
was very quiet there.
q. Did you see any disturbance what
ever about the polls?-A. There was Il
fight between two men, a black man n
a white man, but it didn't amount to
anything more than a fight between those
two.
@. Is that all the disturbance OF vio-
lcnce that you know Of there that day.
A.. That is all that | know of.
Q. Was there any report made to you
of a request for the assistance of the
troops?-A. There was a request made
by the United States marshal OH account
of this fight.
@. Did YOU 60 up to invegtigatc ill.,
a.. The parties came down to camp. /
asked the marshal if he had any arrests
to make, and he said he had not, and l
didn't think it was necessary to go, rs the
thing was quoted down Immediately.
@. With that exception, WAS there any,
request made to you for tho assistance OF
the troops?-A. Not ut all.
@. Did you sec any intimidation OH
either sidc?-A. No, sir; there was none
so far as l could SEQ.
@: Were YOU present at or in the
ncighborhood of any public meeting pre-
yious to the election "a. Yes, sir:
there was q public meeting held there
sometime previous to the election. ]
don't know how long. Both parties had a
meeting at the samo timo III different
parts of the town.
q. Was there any disturbance by one
party of the othor?-A. No, sir no dis
turbancc at all.
@. No attempt to break up either
meeting by the other party?-A. No,
sir; not that I know of.
Q. Were you present ut or In the
ncighborhood Of any other meeting of
either party?-A. No, sir; 1 don't TO-
member any other meeting.
q. Were you ever called upon in any
way to furnish protection to a meeting of
either party PA. No, sir.
@. SO far as you know, h was the
condition of affairs in that place as to
peace and order during the time you
were there PA. 1t was a very quiet
town while I was there, generally speak
ing.
@. Were you called upon during that
time to furnish protection to any ono from
vioIcnce?---A. No, sir.
Q. And you didn't do it PA. There
were parties in camp who were there for
protection, according to their W state
nlent, but L have no personal knowledge
of why they were there. They came to
camp and remained there.
q. When was that PA. That was, l
think, the day after the election.
@. How long did they remain?---A.
Some Of them were in camp abont two
days. They remained there all night.
G. How many were there Of such
persons, all told?---A. I suppose there
was sometimes a dozen OF them there.
@. They came after the election, and
remained n o iwo nights and then left?
IA. Yes, sir.
@. You had command Of tho only
military force in the county PA. Yes,
sir.
@. If any necessity for troops had cX-
listed anywhere in the county, YOU were
the person on whom the demand should
have been mado?---A. Yes, sir; in that
immediate vicinity. There were two de-
LOwndeSville and one to Calhoun's Mills.
@. Did You receive any report from
Lowndcsvillc PA. 1 received 4 report.
@. How was it there rs to peace and
ordcr?---A. The officer there reported
that the election was very quiet.
@. Had you any demand made on you
while YOU were stationed in that county
for troops at different places on account
Of violence or breaches Of the pcace?---A.
Not on account of violence or breaches Of
the peace.
@. Well, for any other reason PA.
Do you mean demand from officials?
q. Ncs.---A. l had no application
from officials at all. The only thing was
that parties camc to me, II have not got
their names,) Just previous to the election
and wished ME to send a detachment to
Bordeaux. ! did not send it. / reported
the matter to General Kruger, who order
ed this detachment to CalhOun's Mills,
which was near Bordeaux. He had Or
dered it there previously.
q. You had no requisition made OH
you anywhere by any marshal or officer
the request that you did receive was from
private persons, and you reported that
request to your superior officer and nc
did not see fit to comply with it?--A.
Well, the order was changed, on the rep
reservations of persons in that. part OF
the county. 1 had original orders to send
Il detachment to Lowndcsvillc and to a
= place on the railroad, and my orders were
changed to send them to CalhOun'S Mills
instead.
by Mr.. LAwRENCE:
@. The persons to whom you gave
protection just after the election, were
they white or colorcd?---A Both white
and cOlorcd.
@. Why did they claim your protcc-
tion?- "A. Ono of them was Il deputy
United States marshal from Calhoun's
Mills, who said that he had been NAL
:, treated there.
@. You don't know whether Hurd
was there?---A. lie is tho man that ]
speak of now.
@. What did the others ask your pro.
lection tor?---A. They had difficulty
with people in the town, and they seemed
to think that they were not safe in town,
so they came and remained in camp.
@. How many white men and how
many colorcd mcn?---A. The only white
men that remained any length of time
were the two Guilins. .
@. Those persons who came to your
camp were all republicans, were they not!
"A. l understood SO.
Q. Did they say whether they were
apprchcnsive Of violence?---A. Yes, sir
they said they were afraid to remain /; at