The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-10
THE TELLER COMMITTEE.
rmE INJECTION IN CADDo INvEs11.
GATES.
Thira Day.


0ATBD.
Third nay.
The committee met at o'clock .. m. yester-
day, all the members present
WA. d. ROLLINS (wHITT1
was called and sworn. Have resided In Tensas
parish for eighteen years. Was candidate
for justice Of the peace on the Independent
ticket. Have always voted the Democratic
ticket Never saw any violence or outrages
committed during the last campaign. Saw
the body of men under command OF kinney
and McCan when they visited New Town.
They were armed with shot-guns and rifles.
The independent ticket was straight-out
Democratic, and the opposition Or st. Joe
ticket had scallawags on IL. Heard Judge
Cordil's speech on the night before election.
He said that Rollins II suppoeo he was allld-
ing to mel and Bland had told the negroes
that he lCordill) was the cause Of the bull
dozers being In the parish, and II there was
any trouble on election day they would not
touch the negroes, but hold us personally
TO Mr.. Garland-The Independent ticket
was the better Democratic ticket.
I'D. M'GrLL
was recalled and interrogated regarding the
quarantine regulations, and the authority by
which they were established. He said that
mittee, with power to act, and they had estab-
lished quarantine against persons coming
from the river and against infected places.
Shortly after 1t went into effect the town OF
II was reported that there was yellow fever
On the Wetherby place. and q great
many people In the town believed It. The
impression among the colored people was
that II was got up to keep them out Of town,
% that they could not attend their conven-
ton, and this was the cause Of much Of the
trouble and dissatisfaction OF the colOred
people Of the northern part OF the parish.
They thought that they were kept OF town to
prevent their holding their convention. He did
not think 30, but they did, and an angel from
Heaven could not convince them to the con-
trary. II know" he said, "that many people
In town did believe that there had been deaths
me Wtsnerey pacs from yeow evsr
and panic and dread about the fever. The
quarantine caused more dissatisfaction than
the Fairfax trouble"
TO Mr.. Garland--A strict quarantine was
kept up against the river. Our friends and
rotations On the opposite side were dying OF
the fever, and there was intense alarm and
excitementin the country.
LuoIEN BRAND
recalled. He was Of the opinion that the st.
Joe quarantine against the country was q
Republican convention: There was no strict
quarantine In the parish until the Democratic
executive committee lhad nominated their
ticket.
country was Guaranteed. It was reported
generally around the parish that there were
thirty or forty cases on the Wetherby place.
and that the people there were dying like
A copy of the New Orleans DEMOCRAT
Of October % was shown witness, and he iden-
titled the following as O copy Of q card signed
by himself and by the others whose names arc
appended:
TO the Citizens. both of Tensas Parish and State
OF louisiana:
Gentlemen-It is whispered and blown around
that the undersigned are. negro men. aud have
drawn tho color line and taken sides with tho
M. nor never viii BE- to sec O. q Cordiil ana
John Register occupy and mold Office ever U.S.
We claim that they were nominated Illegally
tive committee Of this parish; that the great
executives sight never had the power. nor could
thsy give tbhemse e the lower e nc%inatS
GUESSING this matter we were waited on by the
leading. colored men Of our parish, and request.
ed and Dragged To n0mtf ate n clean White ticket
81 our, best citizens. and they would pledge
themselves 70 vote for it; and, II we
s ras t e. d0 black hsn they w0u sS % sy
we're bound to have revenge on Cordt and
Register. Gentlemen. our white people met in
We all had large families. and OF course We
we're very careful what we did. We came to
this conclqsion. that II we nominated . ticket
balance Of parish officers white and Of the best
men In the parish. we then could swallow Fair
Jdr tcoloredl for three months ia CONGRESS-. II
accessory. rs the great executive (eightl had
swallowed Cordill for two offices and Register
for one. Gentlemen. we thought then and do
viii for too years more But we Save hssp
these whispers tout eau c find the mani. 30 wish
70 state for al whom IL may concern. that we
are white men. never We're Radicals, nor never
VIII be among US. and we claim to be gentlemen
OF the first water. and II any man. let him be
they are liars aud slanderers, and We are ready
at any time o-prove the same at the mouths
Of our rifles. Below you will find a copy OF our
Is Douglass. 4 Rollins.
/. Bland. Col. Il Warfleld.
A. Bland Dr. Robert Percy,
G. B. muir. DR. John r. Weatherly.
VIM. Forshee. A. +. Chumm.
and many others.
The card was refused by the paper pub
lished In the parish, although the money to
pay for 1t was rendered. 1t was then sent to
the DEMOCRAT and was published by that
paper as an advertisement.
ELISHA WAKEFIELD
recalled Testified that Mr.. Kinney. the dep
parish, had told him and others of his party,
that he had warrants for the arrest Of one
Walker and other colored men. and that he
{witness) and his friends had informed Mr..
Kinney that they would not permit the ar
rest; that on two subsequent occasions he
(witness) and his friends had erected barri-
cades or built forts OF cotton bales to resist
and repel an attack which they believed was
contemplated by Mr. Kinney's forces.
J. q. Loosely
resides In Tensas parish. Was one OF a
sherihs posse summoned by Sheriff Register,
which left st. Joe some two or three days
after the Fairfax affair. There were about
eighteen men from st. Joe and about twenty
five from Franklin parish, under the COM
mand OF - Trezevant, In the posse. The
posse under command OF the parish Judge
went In the direction OF Waterproof When
about IL miles from st. Joe, on the Bass place,
1t was reported that the advance guard OF two
men had met a squad of negroes and were
hiring on them. The order was given to ad-
vance, and the advance was made. Half OF
the men dismounted and commenced firing
on the place, where it was said the negroes
were massed. They were in their quarters,
and whQn hn xrhf rod paJ