, 1879-04-02

OtttE hDHttt Week, Httu D1f lilo l.ffs tthf NJ
s!nrcl, this present month, I went h.ek tn my
from by the uan,o Of Davis. md llu said 10 INC,
"ueorEc; arc yn:t 9ol,'g TO- rcnnin on on ny
know wl,e'hsrt va. o. not, a!,i hr sal, "Wel!,
,t.at means gong.h And tlssn lln sai.l, "Gcuree,
luyu heard st,mc ii.-- d. hai things nhout
"a s ~ s,ld ., "we' Aan: M; nav. % % Tt 5 n5s
thinua t'nt made n,u mnd," n','l lie Fnii: ave
toys,"-.tIn,t is, the white mcn,-" aro coinE ~
hayu' nectIng t!t:s evening", bnt | aIn't got
tno 70 is!l yon no t WI tsi ,rH S9tt toioT .',n
to tll,. house between 10 mud II u'clurk," null
from hts rash sncaIs!'lg w1ultln't meet MN;
md tntik thu bo:t IN the l3tlt fnst uni went
boa, lanlud Mt brunswick Point, with. nayy:re.
yaycrs tn prevent NY uettinE III shy hoat, w.
went IN ,ip The shore ali c;c down 70 ,,,nv ,s
Tie hoAt, md Mr.. Davis nt,d tl,rso twn mcn
spent. MI day ou the litt, nnl 15.h hunting lnr
! aml Ind 10 ret i rolnrctl nnn. d Constable, BY
the name vi An,ircw jacksnn, 10 bring my wtfe
| tn St. Louis for tle; want to 10 to KnNsns;
| whcn the Presidential election was they would
not nllnw mo 10 vote hueallsu wanld not vote
| the l,rlnueratie ttekrt; would mt 20 bnrk 10
| the South; hnyu no use for tic South; have
| the money to ret to Kalisas.
! KDwAf,p LEoNARD
! testified: My aye is 9i; have been living IN
Warren County Miss. Tor Tue pust four years,
lad rot it; but tln1u't get It; tlit white pco.
| pie tnko MI Ut Il away; i hal twenty acres of
iant; paid 200 pounds Of lint cotton for tl,e
iroil @ Tic whites down tliern is bad; Il tic eoi.
| orcd people talNcd baclS u tAc whites they
| would SHOT them down; left the South b.
co..so / could not i,alio !yng; y got ha't
take ali my rotton for it aid stiIi
iao'' M vote @ ,9c1o rnltss / voted "a
they wanted me- 70. T!my would XII me- Il |
"By Gift you dou't walk close md do whet
yon arc told to tu, yotl will COMO uD misslnE."
bHl Cnshtng, \ wnite mnr,, 1na,sn this thrcht TO
mo in 18Th. On the fSth OF peccmber they put
| IL town Oh Mondas, in ylcksDnre, and tl'e msn
/ I'LL Went In, md the whites cann with their ak
teen shouters, ,t'l Just shut md Killed every
negro they saw. 1saw thctn shoot nutnber Of
u dozen or So. They Killed thern BECAUSE they
wcrc Republicans. Nothing was ever DOM to
then, for thc killing; never arrested In 1870,
gn me 10 5 sf s q a} M 70 sIF 1 nsySpsS yssp wsrs
mud when they had rot toEether tho white
people came MNa ra'sea q row there, aaa the
colorea people, raI' out Of the Court
House. and tH "htes nh,,,s shsol
/
them .myseif, nnd tho whites went
out un tlIr strGet nt,l would slluot ut every col
orcd uan they sa". A eoorcd nun was afraid
a ti'y yy s' xod s een eoc "sf 5 9H' iii @ s Sf L
a'l on areo,itt Of being Republicans. . It Is isn~
possible fur 4 negro to voto ttlu Republican
tftkut down there. | ain gnIng to Kansas. Tic
white peonlc didn't waat US to eome away;
could away from them; llal u horse anu some
hogs, uni ihcy took my horse awny; lIiu't
own Them anything they claimed | owed. A
man canlc nnd took ny lorss asay hy foscei he
step nc getting OH il,c boat; i've or xix whites
ra,nu mnl told t,s Captain ot the bont MT TO
taku any away from TINT place, anu tho Captain
Ind the money i.e would tako them right AloMG.
would not 70 hack South ngait; they would
Kill me II went back. ! llavu wlfo uNd two
children With me- / havo not money With mo
to ret to kallsas.
| THOMAS CAHNoLL
testified: Ny ago fs 90 years; l:havc been living
for the pastfew tears In Washington County,
Miss; didn't make II living down there; was
farming; the whftc folks trentcd me 50 bad that
! left There mud cnmc lip hero; tho white people
down South uru nll Democrats; about two weeks
ago two golorcd inon we're sitting on the bank
III the Mississippi River, not far from Green
vilsc, IN Mississippi waiting for the bnat to como
on mud take tlle,I' up tllc river to kansas. a
nicncctl to tals to them about their golug away
ths catlIng lan arnong tic whites was o,io Char
Iie smith; nntl they killed oMu of the colorctl
rn.lsu he was.ted 10 70 10 Kurs,s, Attrr tl.s
meetings unl suy, We won't Let slr. "Ni.:
COR" layo M anysh!n5 so ns to keuu them t!sG
pie vote the Republican ticket. would not
lut It's conc to tho polls, and would Use
nrms to prevent ua coming there. About six
months ago tlio Senator f.om Washington
~fr
IN tic place Of him, but the whites would moi
allow us to vote unless weyotch tho Democratic
ticket. They bulldozet The eolorcd lnon at the
c!eetlon to great extent; an going to Kan
sousl, because cau't get .ny, rights there. Il
1916 ra,aed furty.eight bales of cottot,, n.lt
only got $50 for Il. becnuse ta1u whites chuatCt
lne out of IT.. They would not nl'uw us to ex
press Our r1ghta cyGn wleu We knew them. Twt
culorcl men ta Grecngilic, Aliss.. were waiting
to take ta,e Helena aio,ig WITH so1ne VI 49, mi
eoniu white men eai,lo up with Constable Ailt
said TO Them, You owo us. aud they said the,
Them, n',d wien thu iielena eaiae lip thu whit,
tolks persua,.cd illu Captain uf tho bout so ts'
would not allow uF OIL the bout, nNd went Of
sone IT, xs no caro ya %fe sa, mn,
Elno children along with me. have not none,
to got to kaMsas.
John CUMMINGS
testified: l mn 80 years Of agc; have been lvlnt
lii Wasren Cnunty, Miss, for the past ciEh
yeuts, farming; madc II very poor living: re-
! ecfycd bad trcatment tl,ero from the whites
they would nut Let nlo yoto; tile men Ut til
/ polls told MO they would shoot mic II yptc,
illu Republican ticket; tllcy sall II l did no
yoto tho right ticket would vote no,lu ut uil
the white reoplc had pistols With them at II,
polls: l saw four men Killed ut Republican
mcctlny At Vickshlsg; wo had beun In tn
! house heur},g specrhes, ar.. iour men cnlnu Il
the hack sloor a'a! snid, :. Gst out Of here, al
, you T. s--- ot b." and fired right tut
the crowd uiRl killed four Of tic co!orcd lncn;
don't know wiIu thuy were; ttlut wus IN Dcccu>
Der, 1917; lwas aEraLu u vote thu Republican
tlcket; NIL thu negroes South are Republicans
i or Tie 'noss, ul tl.em; \ hays hear'
0! otlIer colorea mel, bolns killed fur pptit!sl
, rcasons; ubout forty wcIo killed out OH III
Jaekson road, unu nbout four on tho Vaile
roaa; tl!eso Iaur know Of myself; one OF lnc,
/. was q minister. After they wern killed the
+ would not be allowed to be renewed, but tllo
, wero left there mud tho buzzartls cut them np
,, | 'rh.s WIS about thu sumo time tn 1877. wan
TO 70 70 l;a1,sas On tart,. 'rne white peonl
I stup{lrd NIL te colNrcll poDple they could tr0n
!. lCaving tho 8nuth; they used force to prcyrB
. ,hcm getting away. Yhero nre 400 or 500 up n