The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1879-03-22

DcuOCIdVlC patty uGu SW6lIOWOu up
the Greenback party and had adopts
ed a greenback plank. He asked me
to advise the negroes to join the
Democratic party. I told him that 1
could not 60 to those whom l had
told to vote the Republican ticket to
now vote the Democratic ticket.
l never told Mr.. Genus that If the
Democrats did not cease to bold night
meetings there would be somebody
Knocked in the head.
/ was present at q meeting In the
town Of Natcllitoces on the fourteenth
Of September. There was a meeting
of the executive committee Of tho
Republican party in Mr.. Breda's store.
The report in the VindicatOr came
out and said that l had said the
whites would have to stop night
hawking or 'somebody would get
hurt. This is false.
P. BREDA.
I 1.-Two in Natchitoches parish and
have since tue war. was at the
Republican meeting in that parish in
September, 1873. We had, my broth.
er aud myself, started to go home.
We had not gone ECO yarde when we
came to a body of armed men.
l asked why the public streets
were blocked and was told that it
was nore of my id business. I
circled around the town and got home.
The men in the armed gang were w.
". Breazeale, w. 0. Breaxeale, Jules
Messi, Emile Prudhomme, Dick Elem.
ing and Samuel Hyams.
When We got home We went hunt.
lug on a neighboring plantation. Ny
brother and myself went to the quar-,
antine station to learn what was 90.
ing on in town, and learned that
Blunt was captured. We heard q
party coming aud I recognized John
Trichel in it. They asked for my
house and then they started for it.
We followed. They seemed to be
satisfied when they found out where
it was.
The message was brought to us
that we must leave the parish or eur.
render by Mr.. Drsoguet. He said
that We must leave the parish.
Mr.. Dranguet is my mothers broth.
er. voted with the Republican par.
ty 10 the last three elections. I
would have voted for J. Madison
Wells at tho last election for Con.
gress. l was coroner for two terms
in the parish.
Cross examined by Lusenburg. l
was present at Q meeting held in my
brothers Office September IA. There
were about twenty-four there. re-.
member Blunt, H. L. Briggs, Lewis
and others were there whose names I
cannot recall.
1t was agreed that there should be
q meeting; that the twenty. first
would be a good day for it. It had
been published before that the Dem.
ocratic convention was going to make
nominations, and was going to meet
the same day. 1t was discussed, and
it was concluded that, as We were to
meet at q different place, it would be
prudent.
1t was thought that the twenty
first, being Saturday, would be a
good day, for people could get away
from working their crops.
l was at the meeting of the twenty
first at the quarantine station. The
station was to prevent ingress and
egress to and from the town. It was
here We held our meeting. There
were $50 or $50 present at the meet.
ing. l had q pistol ut tho meeting. l
cannot say whether my brother was
armed at that meeting or not. | saw
no arms on any person there. l live
q little over a mile aud q half from
the station. The quarantine station
is nearly three.quarters q mile from
the courthouse. The crowd my
brother aud myself met in tho road
did not follow Us.
Mr.. Dranguet came to me on Sun
day morning, the twenty.second, and
said that be had something very i'm"
portant to confer with us, and be
said that We must leave the parish.
heard q rumor, q long time after
it took place, that there had been
firing on the quarantine guards.
l heard of no intended attack on
the town by tho negroes after Blunt's
capture. do not think there was
any intention to make an attack.
Z. A. BLUNT.
know James Genius, and had .
conversation in his store with bin 90
the campaign of 1879. l used to 90
into bis store, and be would cay that
if / would attend to my church and
and mind my business l conld live 10
the parish. I told him that wss sold
out Of the Radical party. Mr.. Genius
said that l ought to 90 into The
Greenback party. He ssid I hsd to
90 nto the Greenback party or the
Democratic. l told him l vas no
Democrat. He told ne that I could
remain In the parish II I would Join