The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-15
TEILER'S COMMITTEE.
4 DULL DAY-TnE GRIsr MILL CHIMES
SLOWLY.
seventh nay.


ator Garland said that it had been decide
mot to place any more Democratic witnesse
from Tensas on the stand, and WAS ready t
proceed with the other parishes.
The first witness summoned was
ERWIN CRAIGHEAD.
Have resided in New Orleans for about on
year. Am connected with the New Orlean
Times. i was sent to st. Mary to inquir
into the destruction Of the returns, but NOR
particularly into the attack on Newman, th,
clerk OF the district court trusted not *
much to interviews as to observation.
found that on the eighth OF November tn,
FSheriHs returns therein were destroyed Thu
same day Newman was visited by Willie
Wilson and the returns were demanded
Newman, however, met him with pistols, anC
mentioned the visit it would be bad for him
Newman, however, did talk about il. and
Sam OF the opinion that the visit on the ninth
was for the purpose Of getting Newman out
Willie Wilson. Witness told the story OF the
attack on Newman, as learned BY him. NJ
was In substance the same as that told by
preceding witnesses.
It was reported that the object in destroy.
dng tie returns was to give the Governor an
opportunity to appoint the officers OF the
parish.
MINos T. GoRDY.
Have resided In st. Mary parish for four
FEARS Was sheriff during the last campaign.
The recorders Office, where had deposited
The returns, was broken open and the returns
md ballot boxes were destroyed. The safe In
which they were was opened BY being broken.
But two persons could open it, the look was
mot In order. One OF the persons waB the re-
acorder had made duplicate of the returns.
"A sent TO the Secretary Of State certified
statement OF the votes Of the parish. The
election was peaceful. My returns show that
n nhntn tIAl tYanFr 4ntS ktnfrr
selected. There were two Republican tickets
IN the field and some candidates on euch were
selected.
Examined Newman's house after the At
tack. Found the latch on the door broken,
hole In tho mosquito bar over the bed, and in
the wall at the head OF the bed, made appar-
entity with rifle ball. The floor at the foot
OF the bed was covered with blood. IL IL sup
posed that the brother Of Willie Wilson was
one OF heattacking party. He was reported
next day badly wounded, and subsequently
died, He was quiet inoffensive and gentle-
manly man. No one saw him going to or
coming from Newmans house. / have made
particular inquiries to ascertain whether or
not any one had seen him.
The judge OF the parish court and the dis
trict attorney are Republicans. am the
aSherifI, and am Republican. There has been
no proceedings instituted against Wilson.
The three parishes in the district are all Re
publican. There was no Democratic oandi-
date for district judge. There were Demo-
AssIuLiC every OLIlGe III the parish,
They received but about one-third Of the vote
cast, and there is no doubt that they were all
defeated. There were two Republican candi-
dates for every office. 1t was generally i'm
derstood that none but Republicans we're
elected. The day the returns were destroyed
there was q rumor on the street that there
WIS an intention OF making away with them.
The ruTnorS did not indicate who were to de-
stroy them. do not know what interest
Wilson could have had In the destruction of
the returns. Nothing has been said about
prosecuting Wilson, either before or after the
attack on Newman's house. Newman told me
shat he did not identify any OF the parties.
Newman stated positively before the COM
1nittee on Monday that he had recognized
Willie Wilsol.
~. sHAFER
,recalled-The town of st. Joe was auaran-
tined about week or ten days before the
fact that delegates to the Democratic con-
ventiOn were admitted to the town only by
the additional one that on the day preceding
" my business called me to the country. I
take not, was in command during my abb
sence. Mr.. Saxon was secretary of the exec
utfve committee / returned about the time
the convention was held. l never left Mr.
Saxon In charge at any other time.
CASPER DECUIB.
Reside in Pointe Coupee parish. Am Rep
sresentatiye OF the parish, l canyassed the
parish. We elected Republican officers Of the |
parish with the exception OF the sheriff and |
i've police jurors. There were no disturb |
ances during the election that I know OF. |
There. We're some before and some after 1t. |
Heard OF some colored men being whipped. |
As sheriff OF the parish / arrested thirteen |
white men for the offense. It was reported |
Mat they were whipped because they were |
bad men In the community, and because they |
contemplated forcing the quarantine. The |
men arrested were placed under bonds by |
the Parish Court. The grand jury could not |
Ind any witnesses against them, and nothing |
j was ever done to them. The vote ut the |
last election was 1900. l was elected On tho
Republican ticxet by 60 majority. We ran |
Conservative Democrat on our ticket for |
sheriff. and the Democrats ran Conserva |
tive on theirs for the same position. The |
candidate on the Democratic ticket was |
elected and now holds the office. |
Heard OF both white men and black men |
being killed. Heard that five colored men were |
hung. A white man was killed by colored |
constable. The constable was indicted by the |
grand jury and arrested. He, however. made |
his escape, and Is still at large. A negro man |
who had killed white man was taken from |
Jail by band OF masked men and killed. |
This was on the first Sunday in December.
To Mr.. Bailey-!The hanging Of the five
men heard OF took place In July. It was re-
B. Archer. The affair, they say. was done
Eegularly. They appointed q jury of twelve |
men; counsel for the prosecution and one
Tor the defen6e were appointed. and the men |
were tried and found guilty. The jury and !
both counsel were white. Some OF the men
who made the arrest refused to countenance
the proceedings and left.
CHAS DENNIG
ssworn-I was United States supervisor at
Greenwood Caddo parish, on election day.
The commissioners of election would not ad-
init me to the poll; they told me there was
enough In there. / saw the count of the vote.
There were some names on the ticket they
did not count. asked why they did not, and
they said because they were in the wrong
box.
l was at Caledonia the day after election.
Saw the bodies of two colored men. Under
stood they had been killed the day before.
They had been badly eaten up by hogs or
something else
To Mr.. Cameron-One Of the commissioners
al the Greenwood poll was a colored man.
10 Mr.. Garland-I was appointed United
States Supervisor on the Recommendation Of
Mr. Leonard and Judge Boarman. live In
miles from Shreyenort