The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-01-10

1t, but now about 500 negr0es know the road
there, and VIII vote there n $780,
h w hSss ws S s. ssa armed f but e
was not there. Some time afterwardsF lama
gan was shot, and Mr.. Hollingsworth told him
that II Flanagan died his blood would pay
for II. Was afterwards advised to 20 to Ii
He then got back the night after the cleo
tion. when he was visited ut q friends house
BY some Of the commissioners, who told him
that the ballot-box had been taken from there
Went to town and found great excitement
The negroes got very much frightened and
went to the woods, and stayed there two
weeks. and came neal. starving to death,
but didn't. Their fright was occa-
stoned By raid Of white men on q Sunday.
1t was thirty-tive miles from .home'. to the
poll ut Black bayou. The white folks We're
1.-THE bayou had been high we could not
have got there In q week, even II we had taken
the Maria Louise.
Witness (Manifesting great astonish-
ment ut the honorable gentleman's ignorance)
That was q steamboat sir.
To Mr.. Garland--Left the parish because Mr.
Rombey advised me to do IL. Jim Austin shot
sherlif On the Republican ticket. There we're
no arms seen on election day, and there were
no threats made. 1t was as pleasant as IL
could be. It was after the election that the
trouble commenced. There was another box
where an election was held by the regular
commissioners, who did not meet US. They
were not there ut the time the law said they
should be, and we elected others. The box
with the regular commissioners was one hun
dred and fifty yards from where we held our
election. The regular commissioners told us
that we were az the wrong place, but we
thought It was q political trick; and then
they told US all right, to 20 on, and II there
was anything wrong 1t could be tested at
It was all pleasant and nice, and We held our
election and they held theirs.
Among the men who came to the church
was Carroll Vance; he 10 the man who stepped
over my head when they went through the
ett and Cobb, and the rest can't find the
place." This crowd came from Bossier.
To Mr.. Cameron--We had the registry
book, but the regular commissioners had an
other. Game down on the Danube and was
The boat drifted down and got to a certain
place. don't know the nafne and landed, and
saw q great row OF men standing back on
the hill with shotRuns, and when the staEe-
plank was pushed out ! saw five or six men
with Winchester rifles. They came on board
and one Of them said to me, Where are you
going YOU long legged s---of q b." and /
said. II am going to. New Orleans from
Shreveport that man Leonard down there
subppnaed me, but / am all right, sir"
Witness In telling this did capital piece Of
acting, Stimulating great fear, and bringing it
out In such trembling, scattering, frightened
voice, that the mirth Of the committee was
and they laughed heartily, the Re-
They took the two men, and when they were
taking them of the boat the clerk Of the boat
asked II there was any warrants, and one Of
the white men said eyer" and took out three.
The clerk looked at them, but did not read
them. and said they were all right and the
The committees took q recess Of one hour.
At the expiration OF the hour the committee
VERNON MOORE (ooLoRED)
Reside In Caddo. Was at Caledonia during
the day Of election. During the morning the
colored men were scattered. They scattered
man when he said bis name was on the books
that he was id liar. and pulled his pistol.
The cOlored man ran, and yelled, Look out
boys; look out for yourselves" and then the
colored men scattered. They were called
them vote, because s- they said their names
we're not on the books, or they were too
young. They told me my name was not on
The books, but 1 got studying about it and
said was going to vote the Democratic tick
In the evening eighteen men came into
town armed with rifles and shotguns. Billy
Jacobs and another white man after while
got to scufIiing in fun, and one OF them fell
against negro man named Bob Williams.
He started to run and Billy jacobs pulled
put his pistol and commenced popping at
him. Then everybody hallooed for his six
and the eighteen men rushed
for their rifles, and the firing commenced.
Saw several colored men killed. Bob VIII
liams was among them. Henry Boyd and
Dir. Bob Moss said before the fight COM
that they only wanted to get five
or six niggers. The bulldozers after that
rode all over the parish, but did not catch any
colored men, as they had all left, or were in
the woods.
Came to this city on the Danube; saw Clark
and White taken off. When the boat landed
saw crowd Of men on the levee, and saw q
young man / knew loading his shotgun.
About the time the boat landed the men came
about the boat, but Mr.. Charlie Jones ran
faster than did and caught me. Nat Cash
told him / wasn't Lot Clark. They got
Clark and White and took them of. In the
Nat Cash, Jim Boynton, Henry Boyd and
Bob Moss. Don't know what became Of
Clark and White after they were taken from
the boat. Some pipes were put of at the
landing where the men were taken, for q
blind, suppose, because they were consigned
to the White Hall place, q mile and half
above.
MONROE BROWN (CoLORED)
was next on the stand. Resides In Caddo
parish. Was at Caledonia on election day.
The fuss started about shutdown and when it
commenced | started off. / got to a corner
and Bob Williams was shot down right down
by me. He was running from the polls. That
night another man was killed at Bill Hutch
in9s' store. 81 Thomas was killed that night
too. I left the same night and went to
Shreveport, and from there / came here
Was on the Danube when Clark and White
were taken off. Told about the same story of
The capture as the preceding witnesses.
JOHN BLACKMAN (COLoRED).
Reside In Tensas parish, about 8 miles from
The town OF Waterproof. Was told by Mr..
VIM. f. Rely, white Democrat, that the
Democrats were going to kill him, and the
best thing he could do was to get out OF the
way. Went. to the woods, staying there dur
ing the day and returning home at night.
Rely finally sent for him and told him that
he had better leave the parish, and he left.
Saw q number of armed bodies of men, in
cludiHg the crowd with Capt. Peck, which
made the attack on Fairfax's house. This 1
body came from Catahoula parish; recog-
nized Dave Bowmans sons, Marthy, DIR.
Rusher, Frank Bovee, Willie Harrington,
Frank Jnnpa and Rillv Fultnn In the pa rty