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

he would be Governor Of Louisiana and he
would not forget me- | told him that |
couldn't swear to anything but what was
right, and he asked me right then If | was not
run away from my parish and my home and
| / told him no. | do not remember what [
told them / could swear to- Jos. Armstead
was not there when / signed the paper. |
don't remember that he signed to prove it
was me. / remember that there were eolored
men who, at 8 or 10 o'clock at night, would
come and rap at doors and tell the people to
get up, that they were Regulators. ! never
knew of any white Regulators. have heard
Of white bulldozers. | never believed In them.
/ have gone around with colored men myself
to the houses of others and given them a
rally. and scared them up. We told them we
were bulldozers. We dressed up in womens
clothes. We would laugh about 1t next day
| understood that these things were what
caused all the talk about bulldozers. We
BUnLDozED MY BRoTHER-1N-1Aw.
We called for cool water, and he got I'D and
said Yves, marster." ELaughter.l He did
not know our voices: thought we were white
had just got up dreamy like Laughter |
We laughed about it next day.
| To Mr.. Stenger-I know Mr.. d. A. Weber.
He told me that he was going to count the
votes fairly and squarely, and give it to the
side who won. The day after the election he
told me the other side had won. Mr. Weber
told me afterwards that
MIR. SHERMAN HAD GOT HIM TO STICK UP TO
MR.. PACKARD,
and that he wouldn't need anything after
, this. He said that he had done everything
that he could for Mr.. Packard and Mr.. Hayes
and that he and | would be taken care Of.
To Mr.. BlaCkburn-The Col. Powers
spoke Of was Republican.
To Mr.. Cox-l am sure that Mr.. ID. A.
, Weber told me what have said. Mr. T.. l..
, Weber did not tell me that that was what he
had said. | have had no conversation with
: Mr.. Weber about 1t.
Mr.. Cox-Well, now Is it not strange that
/, you can remember this conversation, and for
get what you said you could swear tO2
Witness-No, sir; | was promised to be
taken care of and | was not, and / did not
care to remember. Laughter
Mr.. Cox-That failure to take care of you
. affected your memory
A.-Yes, sir. Laughter
9 Mr. Oox-WelI, now will you not make one
more effort to remember what you said you
9 could swear to?
q Al cannot remember.
4 THOMAS STEWART (CoL oRED) SWORN.
; To Mr. Stenger-T left West Felciana
g where had lived, before the election. | went
g to St james. [ was subpmnaed In st. James
s to come to the city | came down with Arm
d stead and Duncan and several others. We
II went from the boat to the Custom House, and
J. were shown into the ROOM They swOre me
[ and wrote an affidavit and asked me to sigI
q it, They never asked me any questions.
y THEY NEVER READ IT TO ME.
l, They told me to touch the pen. | held III
20 my hand after that and was sworn. dont
~ know who held the pen
% Mr. Stenger read an affidavit purporttne
70 to have been made by witness in November
70 1876
Witness then denied in order the statements
In the affidavit or that he had made them
1T They were to the effect that there were
ss threats and intimidation of cOlOred men, which
re- prevented them through fear from joining
Republican clubs. He never knew, of any. I'll
It did not know and did not state that hOus'
D. in which he and others were was surrounded
L. by men and that they were taken out and on
Is man had rope put around his neck. H
O. never saw man hung. "The folks told some
le told them anything. | was not present whel
m Gilbert Carter was killed. Gilbert Carte
er joined q Democrat club He never organizes
II. o Republican club. / never told the people a
Nv the Custom House anything of the kind.
as did not state that the Regulators were OF
ar ganized to support the Democratic party. Q
that was threatened. II had known tina
these things were in the affidavit | would NJ
have signed it, / would have objected rigE
X away. These people
- WERE PUTTING UP THINGS ON ME-
,r. Mr. Stenger-Don't you think that if yo
10 had gone through these horrors that your fac
lie would have been blanched white and you
It Witness I would have been deat
to Examination resumed by Mr.. Stenger-
nj knew d. A. Weber. | never had any polite;
Ii conversation with him. Mr.. Barrow woul
entice us to join his club He said once thu
he had 100 c0lored men join one night. Thel
he was large meeting near Bayou Sara, eolore
ey and white. There was another large meetin
er at Laurel Hill. There were about 1900 presen
rer COlOred and white, and q large number OF co
ored women, Gov. Nichols spoke at tn
meeting.
To Mr.. Cox-I am going on twenty-fiy
years old. | was bred and born in We
,at,,L
on called myself q Democrat Of course i
w. tended to support him. He said when
on asked us to join that all who felt disposed
led join could do 1t, and those who did not net
, L not. He didn't compel them. Armstead
The my brother-in-law. He didn't say anythir
NIX about my joining the club. They didn't te
l9y me what was coming to New Orleans 10
TIC they said was summoned by l.. B. JenB
et- Nobody told me what was to do when | g
here | asked Armstead and others what v
were coming for, and they said they didr
,ed know. | got here on Monday and staid uni
w, Thursday. saw some men writing, and tn
they would
AN GALL OUT THE NAMES,
of the men to sign them. I did not he
ere them ask any questions. The colOred mt
were all sitting there, and they would CO
me them I'D to sign. I never heard them al
it'll any questions | asked them what was in Il
SCI paper, and they said they
nY DIDN'T HAVE TIME To TALK.
Laughter [ didn't know why | signe
ere They called me up to sign my name, anC
] 1t did IT, They called me to sign-that l W
ne. subpGnaed there. | don't know who tC
low them about me. I heard talk of bulldoZil
the In the parish, but l never saw any OF 1t.
his heard that they were stopping cotton ste'
ing.
]. W. ARMSTBAD RECALLED.
ned Witness was shown the affidavit made
!. Andrew Duncan, and on being asked If 1t W
uld his signature attached to it as q witness, ga
tell he did not think it was. He did not thi
ATTIC that he signed or was called on to sign.
not did not think he was present when Dune
ed; signed.
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