The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-02-27

mined aaiion banEsAd. THE remark was not
answers on thelid not follow IT up. He made
made TO me al extenuation Of his position.
come remare had mad nothing to do with the
He said III time he spoke WITH me on he mat
affair El that he had nothing TO do with II. He
ter he Barron when no made the remark
said Tho conspiracy to run off Republican
abplrp.
hknow Jas. n. Hill: have known him for q
number OF yeats. One of the two mon saw ht
the quarantine station was John O. TwtohelL
and the other did net know. It was not Jas u.
BIZ. j saw the man Mt $3.50 or o'clock et nlRht'
This wns on tho twenty irat--the day went,
hunting. / w8e armed when | eaw the men, ]
kept about tw nty steps behind them. Theg
went opposite my house, and atoppea mn q
talked several minutes ana then Went towHIus ~
town and went home. ! have not found out
since the visit who The strange man was
JOHN LEWIS tcohoREDl.
called md sworn On the twenty first Of sep-
temhor 1874 VIZ arnalnent phflan , 4, .har,
for nina years was AZ ono time elected TO tho
City Council, and IA 1875 Was elected 70 the
Ippislnturc. | would have taken part In the
last campaign had been permitted. but was
run oT rom home. Witness Then testified ns
TO what had occurred Mt the meeting Of Repub-
lcabR on the twenty.ilrst. His evidence
same as That given by the preceding wit
nesses. Continuing. he made o statement
which was. In all important particulars, the
eame as that given by him to the Teller com
approach of n body of white mon and Demo
Gratis, no went into The woods In the rear OF the
house and saw the men 90 into bis house and
search Tor him. Col. VIM. H. levy was one
Sent ettor to Judge Plerson asking. What
do you gentlemen want that we should 10 COL.
plerson returned On answer by Mr.. Johnson.
that he had nothing to do with the matter
but that could take my chances with Blunt ny
the court house " leave tho parish, l did not
take the chances. left the parish the next day
and came direct 10 Now Orleans. On tho way
stopped 1T the residence Of Gov, Wells IN the
parish q Rnpido5 ! anW ~ 1he par,y ,, VINO
ErneHt Mason, Joseph Charlevlle. Landry
Charleyillp. Mr. Callers brother. Il have eince
been Informed that he was not there. but
know nothing about that; | saw him to the best
The Court What was his name-his first
Witness William Caller That is all to the
best of my recollection,
TO the District Attorney The men were
am registered voter of Natehtoehes. IT had
have been allowed to do 1t. / would have voted
for aud supported J. Mac Wells for Con
gress,
BY Mr., Lugenberg-I was born In Toronto.
Canada West. / came to the United Btates In
1866 first went to Cincinnati. came to this
ss y ss ss Whsa VIZ IL se or
ing OF the twentY-ilrs we were aware that the
Democrats had called ono Of their convention
for the same day. Our call had no connection
with the one made BY the Democrats that /
know or. have known the gentlemen whose
names have given as being at my house for q
long time They were there. Judge Chaplain
was there also. After lenyinR the parish i
came to this city. and have been here over since.
! was n voluntary witness before tho grand
Jury, and gave. In substance, the Ramete1 J.
mony aa have given here. / have known Col
VIM. Il. Levy FOR Il long time. almost rs long ~
have been In ih9 parish and Lea cannot pc mis- mis-,
went to my house aud searched 1t. COL Levy
was standing near the corner of the feuee
Col. Levy remarked that | was In there, by
@ ID playing 'possum. lie had lust come down
the street. He came by himself. SO far as l
saw. He was on foot. did not state before the
Teller committee that he was on u horse or on
The manner In which the witness gave his
testimony was very dramatic and, no doubt, In
tended to- be very impressive, but he rather
A recess of ten minutes was taken. and after
the expiratio-, OF the time
AUGUST MICHEL (ooLoRED)
was called. Was born and raised In tho parish
OF Natchitoches. Am about twenty six years Of
age. In the month Of September 1878 was In
Nntchitoches. doing whatever could. know
JILL H. INK uo III wg ana VIM. NJ Levy WI heard
conversation between them In regard to the 20
litical campaign. ] "a. not remember the date,
themselves. | heard Mr.. Levy. and he was
talking about their going to have meeting;
and Mr. 0osgroye t9 h him We must ,h stop
party while the meeting is going on. There Is
a way to stop them-make them leave the par.
,ish" The was before Blunt left the parish. but
/ did not go 10 the Democratic convention
meeting In Natchitoches. / heard talk OF 1t.
They said they were meeting In the court
house. saw armed men in the town on the
morning of that day. | saw L. Tausin and Mr..
j ules Mason with arms. was hauling wafer
from the river to the church when saw them.
Mr.. Tausin. when / saw him. was going In the
direction Of the court house. There were sew
eral men with tuem, saw q company coming
t..r.K flrafa Il a mi fhn Thnpn
were about hrty six IN the crowd. There may
have been few more know Joseph P. John
SON l a. n9t know What Gfiioe ne holds. am
son registered me- was not at the court house
tho day | saw the men going t. The court house.
4 voted on election day AZ Na,chitoches. have
always BEEN and am still n Republican, had
to vote the Democratic ticket. because they told
me / had to. vote II or tase the consequences
Mr.. Charles Grenaux told me this. He wont to
the polls with me. forget who gave nae my
ticket.
CROSS EXAMINED.
BY Mr.. Egan--I do not know whit age Mr.
fGronaux Is. | cannot say how long | have
known him. / do not know whether he Is TWEEN
ty-one. As near as / can come to 1t. he Is eigh-
teen or nineteen years old. did not go TO the
not know why 1t was called. Mr.. Cesgrove said.
I'VE must have our meeting, and We don't want
to be lnterfered with by The other party. II they
do interfere we must drive them away" l saw
no armed eolored people on the day of the
meeting, / know nouhlng OF eoiored people FIR
or Breda on that day. know them both. They
have both frequently been candidates for office.
j know Mr.. Ambrose Drblieux. He was candi-
date for sheriff Mr.. tn ker was a candidate
last year but God knows what for; don't. He
was elected parish Judge know Mr. Cosgroye
He was one of my iav0rite bowers once. | did
not ask MIR. Dehieux for mis- ticket on the day OF
election, and 1 did not ask any one Of the De-
bleuX's fora gun on the twenty first of Septem-
Der 10 protect the town. / do not know who
was a candidate for Congress on the day Of the
last election.
Witness produced badge, which had been
given him for his protection by the Democrats.
but which he did not ask for.
GREEN EDWARDS tcoLoREDl
sworn. Have lived in the parish OF Natchi-
toches since 1870. Was at the meeting on the
twenty-arst of september. After the meeti ng
adjourned | went and hid In the bushes. be-
cause W afraid there was such an uproar.
The whites had risen against the blacks; that
is, the Democrats against the Republicans
After the meeting was over a squad OF white
men came down with guns and pistols. and We
had to squauder. ] squaudered:. | knew Mr..
Cunningham, DIR. Caller and Mr.. Ungentin.
The crowd which came to the meeting | don't