The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-02

then asked To name ali the parties he saw with
arnis on the twenty first OF September, which
he did.
the white man In moral and physical courage.
The negro ia doce and easily managed unless
bad people work up his bad passions, and is
liableto commit acts which are Infamous.
There are some men In the parish OF Natehi-
toches who are anxious In fanatical way
either to get office or to lead In social way
who cause trouble with the negroes. They are
the bad advisers.
| WIN. II. TURNEAUD.
I reside in Natchitoches and have since 1866
was In the town September 81, 1873 IN
Democratic convention. | am clerk OF tine
Seventeenth judicial District Court. was IN
The convention, and some party came Id anu
said there was Republican meeting In tne
lower end of town, and 1t was the intention to
break up the Democratic convention. IL was
said that speeches to this effect were made.
A motion was made TO adjourn the meeting TO
see whether the report was true or not; The
crowd left the courthouse and went up Second
street and turned out st. Denis. remained at
the courthouse nearly all the day, with the
exception Of the time required to get my din
ner | saw no one armed when the conven-
| ton broke I'D / believe was the only official
| left In the court-h house. | left 1t that evening
shortly after dark and went home In the op-
posite direction from the quarantine station.
| / heard of firing down at the dirt bridge.
The report was brought to my house by out
sides parties There was considerable con-
| sternaton caused by these reports. 1t con-
tinued during the night and the succeeding
day, which was Sunday. There was a general
disposition on the part of the citizens to
guard the town. The guards were generally
organized into squads, which were under a
leader, and were posted in the streets. know
| of a accommodating party which went south of
the city. ! saw Mr.. Barlow on that day; he
was In front Of the courthouse, talking with
me. 1t was about p. m. We talked there
| ba a. nj ftilI u hal an
| hour before Blunt was brought In. He then
| went to a building across the way. He was
| not armed. | know Mr.. j. M. b. Tucker, one
| Of the defendants. He was present with Mr.
| Barlow. Mr.. John M. Tucker was there.
| They stopped, talking with me half an hour
| or 30. They were bringing Blunt Ia. | did
not see Tucker and his crowd afterwards.
| was elected by the Republican party in
| gether anywhere. | never knew Of any vio-
| lence beforehand up there.
Cross-examined by the United States dis
| trict attorney and no new facts developed.
| Witness said he had given all the names OF
those he recollected seeing on the twenty
| first He was put through long examina-
| ton by Leonard as to the personnel of the
| party that escorted Blunt to the court house,
but the witness could not Identify any OF
them.
REDIRECT TO MIR. BECKwITH.
l remember seeing Frank Reggie in the
courthouse 1t was about fifteen minutes
after Blunt was brought in.
"A recess Oh Ten minutes was theh taken.
DIR. z. 7. CALLER
sworn. reside in the parish Of Natchitoches
was present at the Democratic convention |
simply as a spectator was not present at
the time the convention was called to order. |
| got there only about II o'clock, when
heard the report that the negroes were |
advancing on the town. Cannot say the re-
~ IN, 70 t ,,5n ~ aaD,i ioi'
nant ~ nronurad arnns oio uelsol iiiini
%'oard oor,e frina, T. +ho ,o,,,o, v,ort 20 ~
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~ rnorn a. ~ f Iiu ~. H. tomn
,n "a, t me- tha3 isens - ny LOW
mont sa ~ armad rnan IL tba w. 'nti1
after ths remo,ts Iyare ornnla+od ont ~
80, 81, ii h ,"por 20 49, 10 LIZ . wouC ~
~ ou'1 ~, l1 ~, va 81 a. puo ulu
d dns -, Nv ., ny ~ vi. Levy mere hor
star o1 IN ni nanuant wy VIII ~ 1at oay
n,o onon tho tnt;a mtuI uowh W tne
oodg'oh hC e,itC Ci r IneIe "ds
- di 1 ~ Ilieis. ney were ol
sei t " uispeise aHu wv ~, wv s6fy SLOWLY.
no Gaey plWhe up, tney saiu ne II see you
, we II coi9 't;oh Jomsny tnese re-
iill no wele Inaue III hIedoenihs loueS. L
hn rn ~ ~ gtesnenI between Ihe gentlelneh
mere i pfescIL " ahy otners 70 interfere p0lltl-
ca "a p VIII ME. pIuLC OF any one else. was
a not o nj iJao WILL ne M p niu
wv see vi. Levy, yuuB8 IletSoh OF WI. Gar
Islhalh aoo1g blun., OF saalldihg between any
ouo vi tne 9lttte vi onlteu STATES. ii sucI
a ieai I ny oeeit ulaue py any one snoulu
nave 4earu ~ AZ the Iime tne conventlon
L meG ! had heafd hoJnng OF :. Madison
y, WINS 81 tahuiuacy ior congress. heard ABOUT
IL III octoper iast'
EXAMINED BY MIR. LEONARD.
It was not until October that first heard
Of the candidacy of j. Mad Wells. / saw #
in some Shreveport paner 7 read and sinh.
scribe to the Natchitoches Vfndicfrior, In the
meeting Of the convention there were between
100 or 200 present. Some one moved to adj
juurn, and a report was circulated that the
negroes were preparing in the lower mart of
town. 1t was this report that oceasioned the
excitement and the people To arm themselves
After / armed myself I went down to tha
station. I remember Joe C1n-
ningham went along. There were about ]
TWENTY-FIVE men who went down there did
not see any guns in the street at the time the
convention adjourned 7 did not soc any
punC In tho bandc 81 tho 1sn no,,rooo T CO