West Feliciana sentinel. (St. Francisville, La.) 1876-1877, 1877-02-03
A CARD FROM JULIUS GREEN.
WEST FELIcIANA, La,
January gath, 1877.

have been made by me before Commits
soinner Woolfley, in the city of New Or
leans, on the 10th day of November last,
and as said affidavit is, in many material
points, at variance with the spirit of
what l did say, and puts me in a false
position with many of my follow -eitizens,
1 beg of you to publish the following:
81 did not say that l went to the 3rd
ward poll to vote on the day of the late
election, but that passed within about
four hundred yards of said poll, but did
not stop. did not state that the Demo-
Gratis had charge of the poll and would
not allow the colored men to vote, nor
did say that colored men were rushed
up and forced to vote tho Democratic
ticket. No person said a word to me at
that poll, so it is false that stated that
vote the Democratic ticket, nor was I
molested or Threatened at any poll. Ibid
not state that l met Democratic pickets
on the road and that 1 was halted and
ordered back, and that L lodged them
and came to town and voted; on the
contrary, I came to town without mOles-
tation and voted without any attempt
to influence me. l did not state that
other colored men told me they had been
arrested, carried to the polls and made
to vote the dem. cratic ticket. Nothing
could be further from the trLth. l did
not say that republican tickets We're not
allowed to be distributed at the poll, and
that Democrats stated they were tired of
damned Niger rule, &c. L was not, as l
have stated above, closer than four hun
bred yards of the poll and that only in
passing along. l did say, iii answar to
the question, why did not vote at poll
No. 3, that had not been out in that
neiGhbOrhood, since l was shot at, and
did not know whether / was safe or not,
In regard to the statement about men
calling at my house about II o'clock at
night, II April, 1876, it is substantially
correct, except in the following points,
l was not at home when they came, but
was returning home, and seeing them
near the house, sat down in the corn l
did not say they were led by one Dick
Harbour, but that the voice of the
spokesman resembled that of Mr.. Har-
bour. They did not threaten to kill me,
hut did say to my Mife that il l stated
that had been called upon, they would
see me next night. l did not say that l
csigned because they threatened to kill
me, but 1 said 1 resigned because 1 did
not care for the office and because some
OF the people had requested my resigna-
ton. did not state so or 60 armed men
rushed into the room at our session of
the Police jury of May, 1876, and de-
manded our esiGnation on the spot, or
that we would be shot. l said that some
bows had met me at the foot of the steps
and said that if did not resign mi ht
be filled full of holes, also said that no
MAN had threatened me. l further stated
that Dr. Dederick told me that the tax
payers did not want me for Il Police Jul
ror, and advised me in Il very friendly
manner to submit to the will of the peo-
pie and resign. 1t is utterly false that !
stated that pistols had been drawn on
me.
In regard to the circumstances occur
ring on the night of the killing of Ike
Mitchell, I said before Commissioner
Woolhey, that eight men halted me on
my way home that ran and was shot
at by them; that my wife tainted; that
| they went to my house and asked for Ike
A.i:chell and a girl at my house showed
| them Il1e's house. L saw nothing and
said nothing of what happened to fhe
Mitchell; 1 did not say they beat him
| and then shot him dead in the road. Ike
Mitchell did not die until the next
! morning after sunrise. did not recOg-
nize any of the parties who were in the
crowd. I did not state that the Demo
| Gratis carried the Parish by intimidation
of colored voters or anything to that
effect.
Above, I give my utterances as they
were given before Commissioner Wool
flew, and show those portions that are
falsely attributed to me. 1 denounce the
pretended affidavit as printed, to be al
| uumitigated fraud and falsehood, and
believe it was manufactured for politica
and party ends.
have no enmity to the people of my
Parish, and 1 request them not to be in
fluenced against me by the misrepresen
tations of {. false and fraudulent at1ida
Wit. attributed to me.
Yours respectfully,
JULIUS GREEN
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