The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-14
THn NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRAT, TUESDAY, JANUARY Ia 1870

| tine tDWn. he HHhWM0u bHh1 He WUulu. set
| that the people of Waterproof we're not hurt
as long as he was with bis people, but he was
going TO leave and could be no longer respon-
sible.
10 Mr.. Carneron-Heard that the colored
man fMitehsll. who was charged with being
| one Of the two who burned Mr. wise's gin,
was arrested by Sheriff Register and while
| he was being taken to st. Joseph he was
hung.
J. r. WATSON
sworn Reside In Tensas parish. Was COM
missioner Of election at st. Joseph on the day
Of election The election was fair, peaeeable
and quiet as quiet az ever saw. Sunday
morning, after the death Of Capt. Peck, |
went to Waterproof with Judge Cordill and
two others, and spent the day. In the even
town we met q band 81 about five hundred
sides Of Tie e. road. They halted US.
and after some talk with their leaders
they allowed us TO pass. The ilrst party
VIE met was near Fairfax church, aud the
other three-quarters Of o mile. further, off, at
Bass lane, Sheriff Register left st. Joseph
the same day With posse. There was great
excitement In the parish ut the time about
yellow fever, and strict quarantine was
maintained. / WAS myself arrested for at
tempting to run 1t.
Was with the posse which went with Sheriff
Register on Monday to Bass lane. The
negroes. ] am positive, commenced hiring hrSb.
They fired a number of times at the advance
guard. The boys dismOunted and fired back,
and the negroes broke and run. Some OF our
boys chased them down the lane. | did not
see any of them killed.
To Mr. Cameron Was In the advance
guard. After we were fired on we waited for
the main column TO come up. ] suppose
some fifty or a hundred shots were fired at
,is. saw them firing We were about three
hundred yards from them at the time. We
did not return the fire. The negroes left the
~,
main body ycame up Judge Cordill sens two
men ahead to tell them that 1t was sherif's
posse, and to lay down their arms and they
would not be hurt. 1t was then they com
menoed firing on the main body. Our boys
fired back. I don't know how many there
were. | heard that o number were wounded
and some eight killed. We could not find
any killed, although we inquired along the
road and In the country.
10 Mr.. Teller-The sherff's posse on Sun
day was composed Of about sight men. The
negroes we met I'm the road from ST. Joseph
halted lis, but did not otherwise disturb us.
TO Mr. Kirkwood- i suppose that the sher-
IFS posse started from St Joe because 1t Is
tho county seat Of the parish, and the sheriff
has his office there
10 Mr.. Cameron Viewers store house
was broken open on Monday Ivy n Fairfax
crowd. They said they were after ammtni-
tion, and took all there was there
r. .. sHAFER
sworn-Am o resident Of the town Of st. Jo4
snth parish Of Jensas Am a planter Was
ID the town during the campaign. The cleo
tiOn was quiet and peaceable. Know nothing
personal OF the Waterproof riot. Never
heard any objection to the quarantine The
petition asking the police jury to pass the
quarantine ordinance was signed by persons
Of both parties. The citizens OF vt. Joseph
decided that for the proper maintenance OF
the quarantine 1t was necessary to employ
some one TO command the. guards and the
body themselves. [ was given command and
paid. II was known that a contagious dis
ease had broken out on and run through two
plantations. killing both white and black, and
we quaraptined The town against all out
sidefs, white and black.
10 Mr.. reler-We guarded all the roads
leading to the town. The quarantine became
inefficient about the time Of the election. Ed.
Brown, q colored man, reported that there
was an intention on the part OF the negroes
to break through the quarantine, and In proof
that they did mean something was called
to the upper line on tho day following, and
found there q body Of colored men, num-
bering about twenty, who were very
much excited, and j was told there was O
much larger armed body beyond Thorn and O
short distance away. The quarantine was
raised In time TO permit people on the out
side TO come In and register, and when 1t was
raised messengers to announce the fact were
sent through the parish. Saw several armed
bodies Of white men in Sc. Joe after the Fair
fax and Waterproof troubles. They came to
st. Joe for the express purpose OF being placed
under the authority Of the law, and each of
them was plaeed In command Of deputy
sheriff.
Senator Garland said that there were four
or five witnesses more from Tensas parish,
but it was believed that they were under in
dictment, and they were In consultation with
their counsel for the purpose Of deciding MS
asked that under the circumstances the com
mittee give him until to-day to close the tes-
timony. The extension Of time asked for was
granted, and the committee adjourned until
o'clock this morning.