The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-07-17

,rard Rains and G. M. Barrow never made
threats against my life, as the atfldavit mas
!, ~ ia i never told the man who wrote the
aaiS3.dayit that they did; ! told the man that
he gentlemen said our officers were
TOO COwARDLY
au.o.t ,ovvbreekers: that they 1.-THE regula-
ty1, Il might even kill me, and the officers
D ol1ii 10 too cowardly to arrest them, 1t the
.nsSg3davit had been read to me as | find 1t here
I yganid NOT have sworn TO 1t; no eonsidera-
fion was held out to me 10 make IT. vas W.
saoid yniteage and per diem. l know that the
Rerublicaus here, the leading Republicans
4nR ,i1tpn IN all hope of carrying the parish
ne tba coored men were joining the Demo-
sssatin clubs think they joined OF thelf own
eaenrd / have seen three or four hundfed OF
fhem in procession, and large numbers OF
them attended Democratic bafbecues WIN
their families Mr.. Weber told me That thtey
were after him to make protest put ne ul9
not like to do it, as he had tod Mr. Leeh anu an
other gentlemen that the election was talr
and peaceable. Ny family Is stu IN West
Feliciana, and regard 1t as my residence; L
am working In st. James. / nave hearq An
drew Johnson, Ryland NOrthrop, mos. stew
art Valentine Edwards and julius Green
who made affidavits. say that they were
changed; that they contained more than they
had said, / knew John Harrison; he Is dead.
don't think that he was dead in the fall OF
1876. am not positive;
TO Mr.. Blackburn-The leaders OF the Re-
publican party in 1876 in the parish were Il. Il.
Weber. d. A. Weber, Swazey and myself.
THE GoIoRED MINISTER'S,
most of them. had joined the Democratic
Marty This had great influence with the col
ored men. think that the promises by the
Democrats regarding the schools had great
weight with the COlOred people.
IA Mr.. Cox-St James is about seventy-fve
or eighty miles from West Felieiana. / think
i have been back to West Feliciana since last
year probably fifteen or twenty times, | have
not been back there during the past three or
four months / have been a member OF the
school board. | was member from 1873 TO
1876 / was O member of the Legislature
from 1878 TO 1876. ] was constable and justice
of the peace [laughteT,l The dissatisfaction
with the handling Of the seh9ol thu lhq bo wa5
Ilaughter.l The dissatisfaction was caused
by the fact that we
HAD TO PAY
the Indebtedness Of a previous board under
WaTmoth. and for that reason we could not
keen up the school. do not think that al
any time the eolored Republicans were
afraid because of their politics. know q
number of them who joined the Democratic
party who were not afraid may nave sac e.
at times that the colored people were In 9
state of terror during the raids OF armeC
men. | knew they were not organized for 20
litical purposes. ! never had to sleep In tn
swamps in my life, | did not tell th'
The afTidayit has it that / ha,
been compelled to sleep in the swamp, o
that | had to abandon my property, l. ap
peared at the CustOm-HOuse and was sworn,
believe, In the usual way; there was nothing
said to me after ] was sworn; the converse
ton or questions were before made the ali
davit sat beside the man who wrote tn
affidavit; he asked me questions and Wrot
down what | said. The way the presenC
of the crowd had a tendency to prevent tn
cOlored men voting the Republican ticket wa
this: The colored men
HAD PROMISED TO VOTE
the Democratic ticket, and they would nc
have liked to have broken their promise
when the men to whom they were made weT
present at the polls.
Mr.. Cox then crOss-examtned witness q
some length regarding his testimony touch
ing his affidavit given in response to the d
rect examination. He elected no new fact
and did not succeed In changing the charaC
ter of the evidence.
FIRST time in four or five months ! saw hiI
as was coming down on the Gov Allen aftt
being summoned. | was subppnaed by M
st. Martin. He did not speak to me about IN
going to testify to to any one. | was new
given to understand that l
COULD MAKE SOMETHING
Z if testified as I have done. l have no e
pectation Of making anything out OF my tie
ia MIR. stenger-The man Gilbert Carte
who is mentioned In my affidavit as havln
been killed. was member OF Dem0crat
club The other man, Isaac Mitchell, ais
mentioned as killed was a Republican.
was said they we're killed because they b
Iunged to o band of cOlored men who were
kill white men. Two white men West al
Aaronstein) were killed by colored Repub
cans
A. j. Reynolds recalled.
To Mr.. Blackburn stated when on u
stand before that Mr.. Weber had told me thu
wanted him to file q protest. had no 9th
conversation with him about 1t. He new
told me he had filed protest
ANDREW DUNCAN (CoLoRED) SWORN.
To Mr.. Stenger-I reside in st. James.
went there last September in grinding tin
lived In West Feiciana during the eleGtl
of 1876. / belonged to the Republican part
Iypted the Republican ticket at the electl
OF 1876. A good many colored men had join
Democratic clubs before the election.
noticed this first when | came back from
Republican convention held here. l TIL
there was perhaps 400 or 800 joined. In
held public meetings and attended Democrat
meetings. / never attended any OF the me-
ings myself, but | have seen fifty, sixty oil
hundred colored men at the meetings.
The colored men, those with whom | talk
in reference to joining the Democratic part
told me that
PARTY;
that they did not like the way they We
carrying on.
Shortly after the election marshal cal
Ip to the parish and ] came down here wi
him. went with him to the Custom HOus
there were about fifteen or twenty otht
with ME. / was sworn before making a
statement. / don't know who swOre me-
was asked questions, and the answers W.
put down. After the paper was finished
was given me to sign. It was not read to 4
i couldn't read it myself | do not know b
TO read | supposed that they put In
paper what told them. Witness shown
affidavit above spoken off, l can't read.
Mr.. Stenger read 1t to him.
/ deny that | said that there were arm
organizations patrolling the parish in 1875
did not know 1t was 10 the affidavit. l Wol
not have signed it II had. l did not
them to put in the paper that Democra
clubs we're organized by threats. did
know It. know Gilbert Carter was kill'
he and / were raised together. He told
he had joined Democratic club. He did
tell me that rope had been put around
,nnnIy to mako him iOin. or that he had to |