Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-11-27
THE MISUNDERSTANDING CASE.
Investigation by the senate Sub.Cor .
mittee.

New ORLEANS, November 26. Before tn
L. s. Senate committee to-day, Charles S
Abel, formerly chief clerk of the returning
board, testified concerning the proceedings o
the board Never saw Kellogg in a secre
session of the board.
Vincent Dickinson, the member of thu
Packard legislature referred to by Dreifus a:
being flush the day after Kelloggs election
denied the statement made by Dreifus. Wa.
not paid or promised anything for voting fol
Kellogg. Tom Murray came to witness and
wanted him to acknowledge or state that he
had been paid for voting for Kellogg, MUIR
ray giving witness to understand there was
money in it. Witness declined the offer,
preferring to die poor rather than join the
noble band of Louisiana witnesses, who pre-
fer lying to telling the truth.
George Swazey testified that he sent Mai
Burke to the parishes to look for testimony
against Kellogg. Saw Bernerd Williams in
Washington, but never saw him in Governor
Kelloggs room. Never made affidavit against
Kellogg, consequently Kellogg could not
have given him $500 to go back on the aft
davit as sworn to by Williams. In Washing
ton, Murray told witness he wanted Janitor
Ladd's place in the custom house, if not, he
wanted the republicans to pay him S250O to
keep his mouth shut, as he could make that
u
member of the Packard legislature from
West Felcana parish and received about
800 votes; the democratic candidate received
about 1900; witness was declared elected by
the returning board; he and others made
affidavits about bull doing. General and
systematic bull doing was carried on in the
parish, during which 76 colored people were
murdered and whipped because of their po-
litical sentiments, and forced to vote the
democratic ticket. NV own relations were
allowed to vote for me; am satisfied that if
no bull doing had been allowed the republic
cans would have had about 900 majority in
the parish Witness testified at great length
as to the outrages committed by the whites,
and referred to the killing of Weber and an
other republican who returned to the parish
after election. Witness concluded it was not
safe for him to return though his family lived
there; have not been in the parish for two
years. Delaney and myself slept in the
same bed on the night the witnesses ar
rived in Washington he did not go to KEEL
logg's room that night; don't think any of
them went there. Witness never received
any money from Kellogg or any of his friends
as an inducement to vote for him, nor for
any other purpose.
Gen. Thomas c. Anderson testified that the
made by Bernard Williams, that
he (Anderson) had employed him as a de-
tectve to go to Washington in the interest of
Kellogg, was false. Gov. Kellogg was never
present, to my knowledge, at the executive
meetings of the returning board don't think |
Kellogg's name was signed to any protest ex-
cept the general protest made by the electors. |
Cross examined by Senator Hill-Whness |
he had been charged with murder |
ing respectable citizen in West Feliciana;
witness insisted that the objection to him was
on account of his politics.
Aristide Dejoia, a member of the Packard |
legislature, testified: Harris never paid me |
any money, nor did l receive any money |
from any one to vote for Kellogg Flana-
gan's testimony, so far as it relates to me, is !
untrue.