The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-01-24
THE BLAINE INVESTIGATION.
MORE TESTIMONY AS TO FRAUD, VIOLENCE AND
INTIMIDATION IN THE SOUTH CA1SLINA ELEC-
TON.

MORE TESTIMONY AS TO FRAUD, VIOLENCE AND
INTIMIDATION IN THE SOUTH CALSLINA ELEC-
TIoN.
CHARLESTON. s. c., Jan. %, 1879
The frst witness before the Teller committee to-
day was c. G. Hnyne. colorcd republican, who tes
titled to the beating of Freeman, the stufIing Of
ballot boxes at the Palmetto Engine House and the
rejection of colored voters in the Eighth ward.
J.J. Young, colored republican. who was super.
visor at the Thirtytwo Mile House poll testified that
when the ballot box opened an excess of 34 bal
lots found all of which democratic tickets
the surplus votes drawn out and all but We
wore republican votes. The witness only two
tissue tickets voted. Witness testified that tissue
tickets had been used by the republicans primary
elections In Charleston years ago.
A REPUBLICAN LEADER THREATENED WITH DEATH
The next witness was Sam Lee (colored) repub.
lican from Sumter. who testified that early in the
canvass. at precinct meeting at Swimming Pens. he
notified that no organization of the republican
party would be allowed there; witness insisted and
twenty armed white men threatened to shoot him
aud then rode of. Witness described the interference
Of the democrats with the Republican Convcn-
ton at Sumter. when there was disturb
ance, but nobody was hurt; he next described
the Rafting Creek meeting where the democrats
insisted being heard, and told him that If no did
to sumter; he was Knocked down, taken in buggy
to Sumter and told that IL he would not promise not
to call another republican meeting in the county he
would be killed. at the Hampton meeting he i'll
treated for asking Governor Hampton question but
Hampton rescued him. The meeting on October IL
described at length, the witness claiming that
the democrats had cannon to intnidate the negroes
and that one OF the guns loaded with ten pcnny
nails; the election was quiet. but there were 2l5
names more on the democratic poll list than there
were on the list kept by witness; these votes. he
claimed, tissue tickets which had been voted in
the large democratic ballots the extra the
list he told, taken from the Auditors books
On crossexamnation the witness testified that hs
was candidate for Congress in opposition to tho
regular republican ticket in 1874. and during tho
canvass had charged the republicans with fraud,
ruption and intiniidating the negroes no admitted
that he not at the meeting of October IL
and that loaded anvils were often fired of to make
noise at political meetings. he knew that IL had been
proposed to hold JOINT meeting on October ~.
THE SUMTER AND RAFTING CREEK MEETINGS.
j. II. Stewart coored). school teacher called.
and corroborated the testimony of Lee to the RAFT
ing Greek meeting, the meeting on October II and
the fraudulent voting at the election with tissue
tickets On crossexamination he admitted that both
he and Lee had made speeches at Rafting Greek with
out interruption, and that IL known before Oco-
Der IL that democratic meeting was to be held at
Sumter that day: the democratic meeting was
held at the depot some distance from the republican
meeting; heard shots fired during the day; heard
that leading democrats did their best to prevent
difficulty.
HAMPTON AN IMDEcuE.
T. j. Coghlan twhte), republican. aged sevcnty-sx,
was caled:-He spoke ut the republican meeting ON
October II: had never recognized Hampton Cow
ernor and considered him an imbeciIe; after tho
meeting he called the republicans together at the
Court House to keep them out OF trouble: the demo
Gratis threatened to kill him; some red shirts ap
preached him and he drew his pistol and babe them
keep or The witness corroborated the testimony Of
Lee and Stewart as to the election.
At the invitation OF Collector Baldwin the Teller
committee aud attaches this afternoon visited tho
points of interest In Charleston Harbor the Revc-
nue. cutter Moccasin. They disembarked at Fort
sumter and attentively examined the plan and site
of the national jetties in process of
tion with which. 1t was evident they were favoraby
impressed.