The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-01-13
~EVOlA ILL., NATCHITO(,HES, 1. JANUARY Is. 1871
COngreSSlOnommlttee.
NIGHT SN.
Friday 20 Deer, 1876.

ll'uay ~ l)0cr, 1910.
Isaac O. Wjnfrcqk of Vernon
Parish-Resides insville. Clerk e,
of District Court. Lived the re- =;
turns in office from rvisors ; have +,
them with me. 'bo)ls in the 4;
parish. Exhibited cdatcd return II
showed total : ~
HAYES AND Win. 20 p
T1LDEN AND Hicks .647. Il,
Consolidated staen. signed and n,
sworn to by Thos'ankI;m super r
visor of Registra produced for D
inspection. Welluainted in Ver' h
non, is conycrscn,h the conduct tt
of election. EIeo was free anu lf
fair generally. one vote cast d
for Republican tit in the parish h
this year two. ,Kt of no inform /
alities amounting \,uch. Always {
been a Dc~0'ratiprish since or
ganization. {
Geo. L. Smith reiN vote
J.B. Elan y GAO I"
Thomas Franklin (r&l) Super:
visor of Registration fior, rccog.
ni,e the statement of 3ts produced
by the clerk. Did notem but one
to Returning Board. httally sheet
also. Sent by hand bNol. TaSada
of Rapidcs parish. Sedonly protest
of ten voters who had tcd without
papers bnt who swore their having
been lost. Sent no otlr protest.
Dr.. A. P. Breda-.ives in tins
town since 1887. VS. born here
Have not taken activ,part in poll
tics. Voted the Republican ticket
at last election. Am brther to b'eua
elected judge. Have been coroner
aud treasurer of the prish. AS 10
the condition Of thing here, as to
peace and good order -beeb unreso'
lar. Number of deaths iDce coroner
lst inquest on Walker Smith, cora
killed on the Hale pace, Is miles
distant. Don't know tie reason VII!
lie was killed. I'd came to his deat'
from personal quarrel, white. 3D. l;
miles from hese, personal cropping
difficulty. 4th man unknown, fo"n'
in the river. 5th one DR.. Harrison
died in Jail. 9th Henry RoblDs'- =
ayilepee. .zth IWgisSne, killed accident
". 10th Charles Bel, colored, kiIle'
by mob. James Ests, colored, kill
ed in Natchitoches by means of a pis
tol in the hands Of james King. III
T.. l.. Pierson, murdered, murdere
unknown, shot at bymore than hal
dozen persons, had TO wounds. Z
IT.. Pierson was a mellber of the Leg
islature was white man an Re
pnblican. Trials IF some Of tn
murders have been Hid. Sometime!
! no arrests. f. L. Prison and Chas
Bell no process. Non for Chas Yer
+ uier. Was not Gale? upon BY Crane
a Jury on this case. = EN- no police il
: this city for the Id year. Expe
e ,rience since beinga Republican
G would not say sad. Am considere
h the meanest man in Il parish. An
# only called upon w''clothers canno
y be fomnd. Requires >tience and al
r. legiance TO the gcnat governmer
st to be republican, Have bee
d. threatened vicionslyIn account I
liz political principles, lch as "bett'
look for Blunt, Bda, Ezernae
. would he killed at aHtime." Alte
50 tercation with Horton who came
my store with Henl rifle in cor
pany with another nip who also hi
Henry rifle. Askedhe not to sho
him in the back di not intend
shoot him anywhere. Had no busine
with him. He then id he had be
,d offered $500 to kill 1 eda. Witn'
then said to him, wlta he knew i
better he would tie his gun a
S., shoot the man who ha told him tn
Present brothcr-in.l& and MIX
Had never said any tip, about sho
ing Horton. Heard he vas here
the purpose of killing Republics
What he knows now,t links Hor
a murderer by pros'sion' "
know when Judge Brda will ret'
TO Mr.. House-Hoton did kill
<, man, a Democrat; wdnded John'
~ Has not been threatc ed b. male
m female. Has been hreatene"
lN directly. Cannot naIe parties
VI tacl,es 10 Importance these tire
= No bodily harm bed offered
lieves there is a disp$tion to ee
of Radicals. See the ilesi OF VI
Gator advising the annihllat'on
Radicals. Vindicatt contains
l. &c world aunihilate. 1dt the ID
~ VI cratic party because he though
Id would be made oa or In
was a member of a lhrty to XII!
and icals, such as s. Parpp, Burdick,
Lib This was the programme OF u
,. VIC. Ceased to lea pemocra