Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-01-09

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kleCti0n ffau0s, nufocrs anu puii'
dosing In Louisiana-fhe Teller
Committee.
NEW ORLEASs. Jan. SAT the meet
ing OF the Teller Committee j. N.
Mitchell. OF Tensas parish. was recalled.
and testified concerning the armed bands
from other parishes and from Missis-
sippi. He heard . great many things,
but knew the reports were greatly eIas.
eera.ed: Ho said: "In fact. II you In.
quire risidly into many Of the stories.
you will find not q word Of truth in any
Of them. Armed bands did some things
which I could not approve. They threat.
snod Bland and Douglass with attack.
heard the leader OF the militia. Captain
Cain, say The white man shall fuls.'
There Is hostility between the negro and
white man. / will not try to disguiss
this fact. Show me . negro who votes
the Democratic ticket and I will show
You = hypocrits or q fool"
Fleming Branch (oolored). OF Tsnsas.
was the next witness. He testified a.
follows: I was at Fairfax's house. 90.
tobsr -. when Captain Peck's party
came. / knew Captain Peck. They
came over the level on q trot. I was In
. with Fairfax. when Peck rushed
In and fred twice at Fairfax. who ran
out the back door. Another negro.
named Senator, standing there, was
shot down. Peck knslt upon hip and
fired Ave shots into him. Mr.. Kemp
grabbed at mo. and Mr.. Goldman shot
me through the right arm. WITNESS
barred his arm and showed where q tissh
wound was made Peck was shot and
killed by some u In his own party.
Fairfax did not fire q shot. Peck was
killed BY his own msu. This was the
first trouble that occurred In the parish
last ear In this disturbance Senator
was killed, Kennedy and mysslf wound
ed, and Fairfax escaped. These were
all the people in the house at the time.
I aud u number OF colored people took
refuge in the bushes, because We were
frightened. Fairfax was an upright man
and q Republican. / suppose he was
attacked ON account Of his politics.
Daniel Kennedy was the next witness
sworn: Is q resident OF Tsnsas parish.
After narrating preliminary facts, witness
stated that Fairfax knew In the afternoon
that the body was about TO visit his
house, and said: "I was told by my
boy, who came up from Waterproof"
When the party came they said they
wanted Fairfax. Witness story CORES.
pended with that Of Branch. He was
shot while looking out Of the window
trying to recognize the assailants. A
buckshot passed through q window.pans
and entered witness shoulder. Wit
ness got out OF the house and ran home
through n corn held. and after having
his wound dressed took TO the woods.
There were several others In the woods.
They had all heard that white men from
other parishes were inquiring for them.
aud they wanted to hide themselves. On
the Tuesday following the attack on
Fairfax. killing OF the negroes began.
Some eighty negroes were killed alto.
gether. I ran away and came 10 New
Orleans. Have been here eve since.
I was acquainted with many OF the per.
IONS who were killed. II was rumored
eighty were killed. / have never heard
that anybody was called to account for
the shooting at Fairfax's house.
Viola Wallace (colored) was then
sworn. She is a resident Of Tensas.
Witness testimony was similar to that
Of Branch and Kennedy. She was In
the house at the time OF the disturbances
and the killing Of Willie Senator. II
was reported that eight colored people
were killed by bulldosers. Witness
named Ave o. those killed. l only saw
one Of tho negroes after being killed.
This one was Charley Bethel. lie WAS
shot aud had his throat cut. This was
after tho Registers men came and while
they wsro in the parish. This was
about two weeks after the attack on the
house OF Fairfax. The Register was
also Sheriff.
Rebecca Ross (colorsd) sworn (: 10 .
resident Of Tensas. and was present at
the disturbance in Fairfax's house. Wit
ness testimony was corroborativs OF the
three previous witnesses, and testified
that she came away because she heard
that white people said all the colored
people at FairfaI's that night would
have to leave.
George Ralston, o planter, testified
that he ran for the Legislature on the
Independent ticket In Tensas. He al.
ways affiliated with the Democratic par.
ty. The candidates on the Independent
ticket were all Democrats. Witness
stated that the outragss In the parish
have had a bad effect on laborers and
many OF them have left. Witness had
but little personal knowledge Of the out.
RACES.
+. G. Ruth (colored) Of Tensas,
stated that he was aJustics Of ths Peace.
Hc saw the body Of q negro boy who
was killed by q party OF armed men on
October 10. Two hundred colored men
In his parish were forced 10 join the
Democratic Club and then received Ger.
tificates emitting them to protection.
Witness testified TO other acts Of lawless-
ness.
Il. j. Walker (colorsd) stated that
from fear Of personal trouble no pub
lished q card In the parish paper advis-
ing the negroes to support the regular
Democratic ticket.