Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-11
Eliza Pinkston Again.

A New York Herald correspond
ent interviewed Eliza P:nkston,
who told such terrible tale dur
ing her visit to the Louisiana Re-
turning Board at New Orleans in
1876, and obtained the following
affidavit:
State of Mississippi. county of
Madison.-Eliza Pritchard, WON an
of color, being duly sworn deposes
that her name has been Eliza
Pinkston; that she has since mar
rled man named Pritchard and Is
now residing at Canton, Miss. /;
that, as Eliza Pinkston, she did
appear as a witness before the
Louisiana Returning Board atNew
Orleans, La, in November, 1876,
and as such gave testimony that
her former husband, Henry Pink
ston, had been killed, and she her.
I self seriously wounded, by certain
Democrats Of the parish of Ouachi-
ia, on account of the Republican
politics of herself and husband.
Deponent further deposes that she
was induced to give such testimony
by certain Republicans-namely,
0. H. Brewster and one Dink-
grave, by promises Of reward, and
she was in fact paid therefor the
sum of $500, which she received,
and after taking $50 therefrom she
allowed the remainder to remain
on deposit with Brewster, but has
failed to obtain such amount from
him, although she has repeatedly
demanded the same. Deponent
alleges that, at the time of giving
said testimony, she was In weak
and PROSTATE condition, in
duced by suffering from wounds
and by having her fears played
upon by intimidations that the
Democrats were intent on murder
ing her; that she was readily in
duced by these persons of superior
intelligence to give her testimony
a coloring so as to show that her
husband, Pinkston, was killed,
and herself wounded on account of
her political opinions, when the
facts were tlat her husband,
PinkstOn, never took any part in
politics and had In no way given
any offense to any person on ac-
count of politics; but deponent be-
lieves and did believe then that
said murder was in no wise con-
nected with politics, that she did
not then nor does she now know
who were the persons engaged in
said murder and wounding, but
there Is every reason to think that
1t wasa celored man who had twice
fought her husband and had been
by him worsted. Deponent further
deposes that she was brought from
her then home in Ouachita parish
to New Orleans, and was instructed
to testify and lay all the blame of
said killing AMI assault upon the
Democrats, and was instructed to
pretend that her wounds were more
serious than they were and that
she could not walk when, in
fact, she had walked each day con-
siderable distances and ascended
long flights Of stairs without as
sistance, and on the day she was
carried into the room Of the Re.
turning Board on lounge or sofa,
after being conveyed to the place
in carriage, she was able to walk
and did walk part Of the way up
stairs to where the Returning Board
was sitting, but she was induced
to let herself be carried into the
room to make it appear that she
was worn out and could not walk.
Deponent further deposes that,
previous to her giving her testi-
mony before the said Returning
Board, she was visited by John
Sherman and others OF the visiting
statesmen and introduced to them
as such, and that she walked be-
fore them and they had ample op.
portunity to see what her condition
was and that she could walk
around. That, during the time she
was in New Orleans attending the
said returning board, she was con-
stantly given money by different
Republicans and was promised a
support for life, which last has not
been given as promised. Deponent
makes this affidavit without fear
from any source, and without
promise of reward or other com.
pensatiOn other than a desire to
have the truth known. Her pres
snt husband also makes an afii-
davit confirming her statement as
the one told him before her mar