Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1877-01-27
rived information of such facts in my answers
to the inierrogatUries in chief.

j. +. KELLY.
The remainder of the testimony consists q
afIi,layi,s of these witnesses. and IS IN SUBJ
stance, mere repetition Of the testimony
already published; therefore, we conclude
with the following affidavit, which purPorss
to have been made by Gabe Roberts, bat
which he did not make, and the one append,
ed thereto, TO show how m,ich better opinion
some mca have Of themselves Than others do
STATE " LOUISIANA,
Parish Of Orleans, ss,
Gabriel Roberts, being duly sworn, on oath
states that he was the duly appoinsed COM
missioner of election at and for poll ], ward
5, in the parish of Richiand, in the State Of
Louisiana. at tine late general election, held
on the 7th day Of November, 1876; that as
such commissioner Se performed the duties OF
such iice, and Il conjunction with his CO
commissioners held ami conducted sand elec'.
ton on the day aforesaid and at the poll and
precinct above named
That IN the said day of election al and near
the said poll there were acts Of violence,
threats, nIenaces, corrupt influences, ard in
tim mida,ion, which tended to prevent and did
preSent 4 fair, free, peaceable and full vote
Of all the qualified electors Of said parish.
That facts relating thereto are As follows ::
On tue morning OF the election there was a
body Of armed democrats at my poll who
kept what they called spot>book. in which
they took down the names of all the men
who vote,S the republican ticket, and read
tte,n out in a loud voice, and teid them they
/ would be spotted. They often told colored
men that if they voted the republican ticket
hey would not give them work; that their
vote, If so cast, would start war and they
woul. all be driven out Of the country. The
measures and acts of intimidation caused
about - or 100 coore6 men % come within
sight Of the poll, but were afraid 10 come for
ward and vete, and ,hoy went away in
body without voting, as they were afraid that
if they came forward they would receive
bodily harm. Navy others were so intim'.
dated that tlIpy left the neighborhood of the
poll for fear that il they voted the republican
ticket they would be spotted, and thus the
republican ticket lost bv these acts of intirni-
,ia,;on IT'S or 200. When the csu.tiaa coI;.
menced the democrats crowded into the
room and Sept all the tally-sheets. There
was a difference between the number Of
two more tickets than names. The tily
sheets were revised and corrected by he
democrats by their own count After ,hegte-
por; was made ont aud the tally sheets cons
. pieled, I was obliged to sign the report and
tally sheets without knowing what they con-
tanned | was also compelled to sign an aiii
davii that everything was formal and peace
able. | signed these documents because
\ 4. "A \ IL I,aE lnI
was threatened that my life would he
taken if l.told the state Of terror that reigns
in my parish and been also told that for obey
ing this summons would he killed on my
return to my parish. For many weeks pre-
vions to the election there were armed bodies
CT bulldozers rode throughout my parish AMI
wayl in the nighttime, and warned all col
ored men that if they voted the republican
ticket they would tie slaughtered and whipped
or driven from the parish, and by these acts
OF violence aud Intimidation many color-d
men who would have voted the republican
ticket were afraid TO vote at all, ami many
others voted the democratic ticket Tor fear Of
their lives or oi bodily harm.
By ,ue above act, Of intimidation, threats,
acts of violence, ard corrupt influence the
republican iIcke. hcs lost at least 800 votes
that they %ou,d have got il there had been
free, fair and full election without any intimi>
dation. and should have a clear majority OF
$50 votes. GABRIEL ROBERTS.
Subscribed and sworn before me November
-, 1876.
F. A. WOOLFLEY,
CoaamissioRcr Uaifed S.Ges Circuit
Court, District of Louisiana.
Here comes the affidavit Of I'VE, three re-
specfa6ie citizsns,' that the above statements
are true, while Gabe Roberts goes before the
congressional subcommittee and swears that
they are false, and that they are different
from what was read TO hi n when his sigma
,ure was procured:
We, Samuel c. Moore, ]. II. Nettles, and
! Cyrus Lanirum, three respectable ciiizens,
| qualified ell ctors oi the parish OF R'chland,
do under oath dcpo-e and say that we have
kpowletla of the facts stated in the Dregoins
sfi,lavi, of Gabriel Roberts, and that the
same are true.
~ SAMUEL C. MOORE.
J. II NErTLES.
CYRUS LANDRUM.
Before the appeared this day Samuel T.
Moore, j. II. Nertles and Cyrus Landrum,
who are personally known to me to be re-
spectacle citizens, qualified electors. parish OF
! n ibsu a fll