The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-03-27

T:Ge ;EnIs : ferBaiIve the BuII-iOzers
Have Let ,he southern Ne9rO-rer.
ribIe SuEcrinss OF the Negroes I'm.
der the Reign Of the Shot CUR
Sworn stst-merts OF SOme CT The
Victims Who axe Home-e,s ia st.
l.1uIs.
tG3Cb.-DemOcTst -
4 Globe DemaorCt req orter, accompanied
by notsry public, went ound Wednes-
day among the dupei d,rkies, who are
here in our city sub.isting upon the limited
charity Of their colored brethren, ard OBJ
tainei the affidavils given below, showing
the circumstances under which they were
forced 10 leave the South, where they were
living a life Ia death, watering between
the terrors of starvation and the muzzle of
the bull Goz ~ muskets. The unfortunate
colored men were found on the levee, in the
churches 1.-THE hospitality Of whose hard
floors and pews had been rendered TO and
accepted by ihem), and many in the streets
up and down which they are compelled 10
wander, visiting nth wasting hope for the
ultimate relief which ihsy firmly believe
viii come 20 them.
MANY OF THEIR STORIES
are most pitiiul, and it would be impossible
20 detail all the Outrages which they relate.
Those given are only a sample OF what
might he told were the testimony Of esch
man taken. While all acknowledge tina;
they have been brought Nor under false
7olors. not one seems to regret having
cleared the skirts Of his rags from the
bulIdl zing dislficta. and openly declare
that thew prefer The hA!dshipa and even
starvation Of their present condition to the
terrible daily ordeal Of doubt and fear
under which they lived in the South. The
dispositions will be found interesting read
ing for the general public, and will furnish
plenty Of food for The reelection Of states
men whose IToC!iyiiies run in the direction
Of reform.
LEVI CHILDs
said | an thirIv-thrse years old have
lived at Madison Parish, La, for the pas;
six wears: vas huntsnan, and for the
last tvs or three years inside a very rough
living: the white people down in that
country allowed the coiored people no show
At all: Whist you brought them tuey made
Won take trade for, and that at big prices
left the South because | couldd't make =
living there. and was afraid Of being shot
saw man they were after in the mex
house TO mine They had been in fuss
with him the day before. They came thst
night: | saw them; it was about four
months before Christmas 1873. There were
about seventy men.
THEY SURROUNDED THE HOUSE,
and were armed, aurpose, with Inuskeis,
from what | could sec; it was dark. j
heard them coming and, with some other
men got him away snd bid him in brush
nile in a swamp His lame was George
Hsge. After We got him away We went TO
the house. and they asked Us il be was
there, and We told them no. They then
told us 10 tell him they would give him
twelve hours to leave the parish, and twen-
" four 10 get ont OF the State. They
wanted TO sttsch bis yoke OF oxen for debt,
but be wnuldn't give them up. and they
threatened to kill him. He said he didn't
owe them ANYTHING lie left the plsce
RICH, away, and haven't seen him since
They were making up companies and kill
ing men in Gitferen; places, ard | thought
il didn't leave they would kill me, too
| intend TO go TO Kansas, bu: have 10
mesus to get there.
FREDERICK MARSHALL
ssid: NV age Is IS years. have been
living at Nstcbez, Miss, shout six yesrs
making cotton. | rented about ten acres,
for which | paid two bales of $50 pounds
each, and made tolerahle liyIrg for
awhile, until the bushwhsckers came in
and commenced shooting. Just before
Christmas, 1873, three or four men came
TO my house abont daylight to kill me, and
ran ont Of the way, and stsid out the rest |
of the night, when they went away. i
didn't know the men. They said they |
would kill me, and had a rope around my |
neck, and said they were going TO kill all |
the smsrt men, and told them | didn't |
know anything. | knew
MAY NAMED PAGE
who was killed at waterproof, La l was
present when they shot him, and cav him /
shot. Their also shot bow off the house,
come relation OF Page. They said Page
WIS ore of the smart men. There were
come fifteen or twenty white men in the
crowd that did the killing. Twas afraid Of
my life all the time, and that is why I left
the South. When you get to the polls TO
vote, the white men won't let the colored
men vote, and say, if We 90 to the box to
put the ballot in, they will shoot Us.
want to 60 some place where ! can work J