Daily Los Angeles herald., 1879-01-18

on Oglesby, and the vote stood, Lo.
gan 50, Oglesby 26. Logan was there
fore declared the caucus nominee.
1t will require 103 votes to elect.
The Teller Iavestf q stion.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 16.-Before
the Teller Com mittee Abram
Thomas, colored, of the Bliss Plan
tation, Tensas Parish, testified that
during the late elections he met a |
body of armed whites who chased |
witness. That night the same men
came and took Charley Bethel, a
colored man, out of his house, shot
him and cut his throat. Witness
don't know the parties; was fright
ened away; is now working Oh the
river,
]. Ross Stewart, a prominent col
ored politician of Tensas and a
member of the Legislature, testified
that threats of violence prevented
the Republicans from nominating
ticket. AT the Democratic Con-
vention Col. Reeves made n speech
saying that he would make no
threats, but that the white men
were determined to carry their
ticket and that all opposition would
be quietly removed. The ticket
was to be carried if they had to 20
through fire. H. made motions as
of one firing a gun. The next day
u committee of three came to my
house. They told Bryant Nicely
and myself that any opposition oil
our part would be looked on as a
deelai alton of war. In regard to
the establishment of the color line
by negroes, the witness explained
that he got friends to support him
for the office of Sheriff. They sign
ed paper to that effect, but instead
of putting my name on the paper
they simply wrote, T" A colored
. man, This was the only fact upon
which was based the report
that L had persuaded negroes to
promise to vote for none
out colored men. 1t was on this re
port that the whites announced
that Stewart and Fairfax had
drawn color lines. On the contrary,
we nominated ticket composed oI
white and coIored people. After
wards it got so hot that we had to
take the negro names off the ticket
and nominate q full white ticket.
This was the Douglass and Band
ticket. A. b. Burchart told me
prior to the attack on Fairfax, that
Peck and Register had agreed to.
gether to regulate the parish. The
intention of Peck was to take all
the negroes to Catahoula and keep
us until after the election, but
nothing was to be done to us. We
, were to be fed high and returned
safe after the election was over.
asked the protection of Judge Cor.
dell. He told me he was unsafe in
the parish himself and l believed
him. Two days prior to the elec
tion overheard Judge COrdell say
that white men had only to 60
around with shotguns on their
shoulders and all ordinary negroes
would be sufficiently frightened;
such men as Stewart, however,
would have to be killed. l got
warnings. My wife heard that on
+ the night before the election was
, to be hung. I at once left the
house and fle over the levee.
, Heard my dog barking and looking
,, over the levee saw the Sheriff and
25 men at my doors. My wife say;
they asked Tor me. went Ovel
+, into Mississippi. The witness
: gave the names of fifteen negroes
!, alleged TO have Leen murdered.
4 Kequired TO step Down and OuI
! BOSTON, Jan 17th.-Chas. De
m0nd, Treasurer Of the Massa
!, chusetts Home Missionary Society
! has resigned ty request of the Elk
!, ecutive Committee, who publish q
notice chat this action is made nee.
essary on account of recently dis.
covered msIfeasance in office. He
had made al Unauthorized disposal
! or invested the funds of the Soci-
ETY.. The committee decline to
make public further particulars,
claiming that they do not know
whether the Society has lost any.
, thing by the operations of De-
mond. The amount at risk ranges
from $4,000 to 100000. II Is said
that Deinond had beeu speculating
; extensively in Western real estate
and had sold securities of the So
ciety and invested the proceeds in
Western lands for the sake of the
conn issions.