The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-08
TELLER's COMMITTEE.
~nuE TALES ABuUT THE ELECTION IN
rATCMITOCHEe AND TENsAs.

rATCMITOCHEe AND TENsAs.
The Teller sub eon,mittee, appointed to
,nveatieate alleged otstrages during the re-
asnt election. assembled yesterday morning
AZ q o'clock, in the surveyors %. Madison
Welpsl office at the gustom-House. After
eome discussion, which, resulted In no decision
az to the course the committee would pursue
in the investigation,
.. B. 5REDA
ru.a r,,,t on the stand .nd testified as follows !:
lam an attorney at slaw and reside in, and
three miles from the cpunty seat OF the parish
Of Natchitoches. ! ara thirty-seven years Of
age. was born there, asld nave lived there all
INV life. The population Of Natchitoches is
about 2l,000, Of which, about two-thirds are
negroes. Was In thesC Confederate army from
,ss2 until the close af the war. Joined the
Republican party ins 1871, and have taken
part In all the electicsns up tothe time was
driven from homo in September last.
In the last campaign, there being no organ
ization Of the parry, : meeting to perfect one
was called for the swenty-first q Septem-
Ter. and for the saHr3 day meeting q the
Democratic Parocslial Convention was
called. There werT about one hundred
and fifty persons present at the Republican
meeting. Witness arlsl others made speeches..
After the adjournment and while witness was
on his way home, be. and his party, CONSIST,
inr 81 two others, wee stopped by body q
cavalry. Witness end companions turned
back and went homes
Witness was advised by G. +. Draznett, who
was the mayor If tsle town, to leave, or ne
would be killed, aud sae and MS brother ielt
Witness read several articles from the
Natehitoehes Vniicstor, denouncing himself,
his brother, Blunt arsi others.
Witness. after some discussion and vote,
was permitted to resi- a document which he
entitled an agreeneI:t
The document is yritten In a confessional
manner, as II enlanating from the Bredas,
and states they nassed the negroes In Match,
itoches ON September 81, and endeavoreo
to incite them to viAient measures, such as
burning the town CT NatchitOches and out
raging the people; taat the Bredas, in conse-
otience OF their aetios1s. forfeited all claim to
human treatment, brit the law-abiding people
had generously alIored them to leave town
without doing their injury. The document
concludes by stating5he BredaS were sorry for
their past actions Gnd would hereafter be-
have themselves an consideration i o. s1s
promised to allow the Bredas to return and
not to harm them.
Republicans, although law-abiding, are
slaughtered like sheep. Was member Of the
left after he found ost the object OF the organ
cEoss:ExAMINED.
By Mr.. Garlan6-fiave been Judge and dis
trict attorney OF thesparish. As q member OF
the X. w. G. / took cath not to allow any one
with black blood in their veins the privilege
OF voting. / am OF the opinion that the par
ish authorities knew OF the outrages In the
parish.
A. f. BREDA
sworn-His testimony was, at the opening.
In substance the ssfne as given by the pre-
oodinsr vvifuoca CyptstiutIiuu he said.
My uncle told mysister that II we did not
leave the parish we swOuld be killed; 1t was
the intention OF the democrats to 90 It, Have
not been particularly active In politics. Never
made but one political speech; it was In 1876,
/ think. on the thirteenth OF October There
was a coiored man who had been charged with
larceny One night band Of masked men
went to the Jail and demanded the keys, end
they took the man Dat and killed him. day
or two after that snade my speech, stating
that men VINO wDrlln commit such crime
could be only blood-shirsty hounds and enc
mics OF the Republicans In the parish. My
prosecution was not personal; 1t was for pollt-
Cross-examined Ey Mr.. Garland-There
were none but ReEaIblicans driven from the
town, and consequently we looked on 1t as pO-
lltieal persecution. was coroner the same
time my brother Spanish Judge. My uncle,
who brought Us the Information about the re-
port that we were III the parish, was not on
friendly terms with :is. He would not speak
to my brother, and. to me only on business.
/ think little hypocrisy was mixed up. In his
warning-he wante0 to find out whether or
not we had left the parish. / was member
OF the Knights OF the White Camelia, l was
subp9naed to come before the United States
grand jury in November last, and have been
here since the twents first Of December.
To Mr.. Teller-N early all the white men In
the parish belonged to the Knights OF the
White Camelia. 1t continued In existence
until it resolved itseE into the White League.
1t now exists rs the 2y8 This organization
Is a secret political baby.
To Mr. Bailey-I Rave heard the 29S drill.
! do not think it Is q 1urlesque organization,
like the Sons of Malta.
organization because only Democrats and
white men belong to- it, and have been told
that none other coulG join.
B. A. BARRON,
white, sworn-I reside in the parish OF Match
itoches and in the Stown of Natchitoches.
During the war | vas In the Confederate
army / was mustesed in in 1862 and re-
mained until the end Of the war. / have been
holding office most OF the time / have been In
Natchitoches. / was5eleeted sheriff In 1874
On September II the Republicans met In the
parish for the purpose OF organizing for the
campaign. ] presided at the meeting. After
1T was over went cut and saw crowds Of
men and some excitement. I advanced to-
ward my home and met the Bredas gallop-
Ing their horses. / called to them, but they
sV1ua.s hVb 5tOp COI5tlUueu Oh my way, duu
found body Of armed men drawn up across
the road. / went back, and / was told by
parties that the men were after me and after
tne leaders OF the Republican party.
lett the town and fsmained away ten DAYS
heard that this same mob had made some
arrests. remained sometimes In house
but most OF the time IN the woods. After ten
days / went back to tae town, and Mr.. J. G.
Cunningham who Is Sn the same ward, sent
for me and told me that Blunt and the
Bredag had been cCynualIad tn leave and
asked me II did not: know that orders had
= been issued also for rae to leave. told him
fl / had heard SO, and that had come to town
to find out about it. He told me to never
mind, to remain and ne would call the com
mittee, known as thzs advisory committee
OF which he was chaiEman together and see
Ii he could not make arrangements for me III
stay. He was taken SICK and so was /, and ii
was three week after before the COMMITTEES
was called and he told me that could not re-
main.
He told me had togo, because they the
Democrats did not want any Republican