The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-09
THE TELLER COMMITTEE.
MORE BULLDoziNG sron1Es.


MORE BULLDOzlNG STORIES.
Second Nay.
The Teller committee reasseHbled at
O'Clock yesterday morning and resumed theil
investigation.
I'D. MGILL,
who was on the stand when the committee
adjourned the preceding day, YVES recalled
and resumed his testimony, as follows
was told that Bland might be slected, but
would never fill the Office. Militia came In
from the surrounding parishes, / believe
they were State militia. Col. Floyd King
told me they were his men. Col. King was q
candidate for Congress. There was Repub.
ucan ticket in his district. Madison parish
adjoining Tensas, went Republican by q large
majority.
The negroes were armed, and there were
wild rumors Of women and children being
were offensive, but after the demonstration
they were badly scared, and many Of them
went to the woods, but they returned In two or
three days and went quietly to work. After
this 1 think our friends went Beyond the
bounds OF justice and undertook 10 do some
bulldozing. They tried to bulldoze gentle
men. There was anticipation Of trouble
between the two factions. saw Col King on
the road with a number Of men, and he was
making them speech! %e only hesrd his last i
He told me that he was only out In the inter-
est OF peace, and that he was going to st.
Joseph, and had been told that 1t was not safe
for him to 60 alone.
tween the whites. The colored people were
not In it at ALL Both sides did a great many
things which were wrong. King told Doug
lass, one OF the opposition leaders, that he
was not acting as Q politician, but entirely In
an official capacity, and promised that he
would not take sides In the parish difficulty.
Mr.. Douglass told me afterwards that King
had given up his command and that his sue
ecessor had ordered the troops OFT OF the
parish. Douglass and Bland were accused Of
banding the negroes together, and they tried
to publish card In the only paper tn the par
ish explaining their position but were denied
the space. This led to personal aaimositios
and difficulties.
Douglas and Bland then determined to
hold meeting to set themselves right but
they were kept out OF town by the quaran-
tine. Afterwards they called ona for the
Weathersby place, and ] understood that #
not to go. but went, and called UP some OF
the leading colOred men who were at the
meeting and advised them to 60 homo quiet
Iy; that I was afraid that II they did not
went, but others, urged by Bland, remained.
/ went on my way home and met the buggy
brigade; turned back and followed them;
there were about twenty-five, armed with
for the sheriff. They were going to arrest a
negro, Wash. Williams, who Yves at the
meeting. They made no arrest, but after
visiting the meeting returned: They were In
command Of Deputy Sheriff Kinney.
Witness then corroborated the testimony OF
his son, J. P. McGill, as to what occurred the
night preceding the day OF election
CROSs-EXAMINED.
By Mr.. Garland Register, the candidate
for sheriff on the regular Democratic ticket,
changed sides too quick for me. He was q
Republican only the year before MI. Kinney.
once connected with the Federal army. had
always previous to the last election looked
upon him as Republican. He was supervisor
OF election under Kellogg That js why /
thought he was Republican; because no one
but Republican could get Office under KEEL
logg. l know nothing personally about the
Fairfax troubles, and do not believe all
heard about it, and do not care about re-
peating 1t.
1 had no trouble with the buggy brigade;
we just had a jolly time. There was no trouble
on election day. I want to say, gentlemen,
that, far from volunteering testimony, was
very 10th to come here, and tho District At
torney has letter from me begging him to
let me off from attendance; and 1 would be
very much greved, indeed, II anything have
said should getany OF my friends into trouble;
and, gentlemen, II you can do anything to-
wards making us friends and pnttfng q stop
and prayers OF the women and children, at
least.
FLEMING BRANCH (C0LORKI).
Reside in the parish of Tensas. Have here
tofore affiliated with the. Republican party.
Know Fairfax He resides about fourteen
and halt miles from st. Joseph. He is a
preacher and leader OF colored men In the
affairs Of the world. telling them what they
should do In politics. was at his house on
the twelfth Of October, when the trouble &C.
Between and o'clock on the night Of the
tenth, Mrs. Ladd saw men coming over the
levee and called Fairfaxs attention to them,
and by the time he got to the door they were
at the steps. They came in, and seeing Fair
fax standing at the kitchen door, the leader.
whom they called Capt. Peck, said, "Here he
is" and commenced firing at him. They
passed me by, and / was afraid that they
would come at me next and rolled under
the bed.
They did not get Fairfax, but there was
another colored man whom they shot, and
when he was down they fired six ehots into
The bed, and shouted: No boss it amt Fairs
fax. It's me! and crawled out. Mr.. Kemp
got hold of me, but after scuffle got away
and turned a corner, and the first man saw
was Mr.. Goldman, and he fired at me and hit
was the only time was hit, but O. ball went
into my vest pocket and destroyed $40 In
notes "A lot OF bullets went through my
clothes. ! recognized Tom Vernon before |
came from under the bed. They fired there
but did not hit me; the ball only went
through my pants. Fairfax got away. They
did not say why they came No shots were
fired from the house. There were fourteen or
fifteen men in the crowd. 1t was moonlight
night, and the house was all lit ur.
oRoss-ExAMINED.
vr~ NJ OAKLAND r did not Gapt pnnlr
shot. He was shot after l left the house. |
think it was by one of his own party; | could
see everything from my place under the bed.
1t was bright moonlight night. Revolvers
and shotguns and sixteen shooters were used
by the white men to do the shooting. I was
In the room when was shot. 1t was square
room with one bed In It. Capt. Peck did not
follow Fairfax from the house after firing at
him. There had never been any difficulty be-
tween me and Capt. Peck. should know him
well, because my mother nursed him.
TO Mr.. Bailey--When Capt. Peck and the
others came into the house parties on the out