The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-08-18

these people to Grsencastls and Terrs Haute.n A
general talk on the subject ensueds The number al
ready arrived and the probable plumber yet to come
| were discussed whit be presumed that Horton was
doing all this individual ACCOUNT On the contrary
| when General Convay's testimony was remembered,
duplicating Mr. New the chairman Of the Republican
State Central Committee the inference Irresistible
that the clerk Of this COMMITTEES acting under his
instructions in ascertaining how much money wss
likely to be needed in locating these people after their
arrival at Indianapolis in the close doubtful DEM
ocratic counties in the Slate In the light Of all the
proof no candid man can doubt tn ct Reynolds, the
msil.carrier, relied upon the Republican State Cen
he instructed to do and there Is just little
doubt that the prompt response TO the demand for
| source.
THE PosT-oFFICE DEPARTMENT TAXES A
| HAND.
What next, however, do we md as evidence Of
political scheme coonize negroes in India the
Federal Official In the State has taken active in
terest in it. The Post0nice Department. aud the pos
tai service generally seems to have been placed at Its
disposal. This is most natural The Departmer ut has
agents every railroad and officials at almost every
Station in the United States Its means for prornot-
Hg aud facilitating emigration like the under
consideration vast and widespread and they have
not been idle in this instance The post master at
Indianapolis ColOne. William r. Holloway, one ofthe
most efficient Republicans in the State, put his hand
| to the work. A colored man by the name Of, A W
Heath, fspm benor County, North Carolina, reached
was seized with desire to visit Greencastle. When
he arrived at Greencsstle he met Moses 7. Levman,
4 ", d.
ness extended to him told Lewmsn that he had come
over in the mail-car free OF charge. This GRIM
inal violation the Law on the part Of the mail
| agent In that car, but IL appears that Heath had
equipped himself before starting with authority
for ali his movements. Colonel Holloway had given
will be found on page Isl Of the first volume Of the
evidence. On one was written, "Union depot, mail
office, Reynolds" This twas direction to the negro,
who could read and write, to call Reynolds at the
mail Office in the Union depot for start. On the
other paper written the following tl4 a
Postmaster Laugsdale, and Mr.. Clay, colored, ct
| Greencsstle, Putnam County, on the Terre Haute
Railroad: Private. Tell these gentlemen more are
| coming" .f g.. ~ ..-l & = E. tisi1
And the back OF this paper is written. in we'll
known hand, Holloway, p. M" Heath was thus
commended by Holloway postmaster, to his brother
| postmaster Langsdale. and to Mr.. Clay q colored
preacher engaged in sending false and sensational
circulars to the South to ndace coored emigration
Indiana. Heath was also Instructed to tell Lsngs-
dale and Clay that more were coming, and the whole
thing was then marked private" "Tell these gen.
tlemen more are coming" Yes; more were coming,
ana Colonel Holloway and all his prominent political
associates at Indianapolis not only knew the fact
he here states, but they were engaged in bringing
negro, Heath, appear to have emanated from one
who ignorant of the colored emigration Indi-
| opposed to its SUGGEST The very reverse Is
true. They prove concusively that there was plan
( arranged conspiracy organized, whose future OPP
erations were known to the writer, and that he
engaged with others in laborine to advance the
They shop that Ldngsddte, an his open and shameless
arordl in his paper thut negro eoloa0n secessary
and proper "a order 10 defeat the denocatic pary IN In
dand had full confidence Jealous co-operasion
Of the prominent leaders a his party Instead of
their condemnation, he reeered confidential teords Of
'cdrm encouragement, Prrate Tell those gentlemen
more coming y r
Let Lese ,0aiokwOrs a .etarious conspiracy % out
rage the people Of Indiana, deboHch her ballot Iox aud
degrade her lGboring and ,roreR by assocat0H
Ieih The pdWper hacks Of The of such plo as Ibis
are aoays kept Nth the utmost co>e, bst here and e
fact circumstances ipiH escape concealBeaf, in The
light Of which everything Is al once made clear.
FURTHER MODEL WORK IN THE CIVIL SER
M VICE. su fllrs 81
But to proceed. At the fair and beautiful city of
Terre Haute, my own home my neighbors aud friends
are blessed with United States mail agent vhoe du
ties the same those performed BY Reynolds at In
danapolis. he transfers the mail between the post
Office and depot. He has found IL consistent with his
Government duties and with the Instructions of bis
supeors engage very extensively Ia the business of
negro importation int vigo and surrounding ceun-
ties. Being Of that race himself he has been used
decoy to induce others in large numbers to light down
in that of Indiana The service appears
have received general orders this subject through
out the State Early the we overlook
Walker, the Terre Hsute mail agent, working with
zeal which blinded him TO the truth and shou ed him
intent the scheme that he cared but little for the
correctness of his representations On page 90 ofthe
first part of the printed testimony will be found three
letters from him. obtained in the Of Cap
tain Wal the President of the Washington Emigrsnt
| Aid Society.
In one Of these letters, addressed to Mr.. Adams
former secretary of the society, and written in No.
vember last, Walker holds out bewidering induce-
ments to the emigrsnt. BE makes and repeats the
statement that "there never was such demand for
farm-hands and isborers of all classes prevailed
at that time in Indiana. He says that farmers were
paying from SIS to $50 per month and board Speak
ing Of the great coal mines ia Western Indiana he
saws IN AT within thu last few DAYS nrior 70 vrr,tn
this letter he had received for At Least
five hundred miners and that one mine alone At tbst
| time two hundred men could get work The miner
\ he said coud mako from 81 50 10 IS ner dav. with
an enicino refarence 10 the aonaty of ths raca. IN
| the schools Of Indiana, his letter concludes.
/ ,rnortsnt statan,ant. - - - -'''O'--.e
| II 80 ro;nt 20 sain. orts M;..orr; ,,h;,h a, -.
hundred and sixtyfye miles from here and matia1g
arraneements TO get refugees TO come this wav but
/ this is q ny;va "a aoet,a- : ~ =
| T.Sa- r. - = -, a.. ..o..., -.
tnited States mail has no TO s
Of dntv witbont ofcisi jesye grsnted1 I nresnr,s
Waksr dif3eul,- In ohtaining snc iaaxe ,hen4
| I.s. L - -! -. - q 500 NJ. -.
s-rx;ng b ai m s ~ A., - - ns ~ "a 80 $500
hour to hour AZ erre Haute ar absent in saint Ios
Arranging for negroes 10 come this yay he was sti
| IN the emnIov ~ RannhIican administration and
| nndsr nav ort ~ tb M -, bi;e trsas, T--' INV
III ~ "a 70 49, - Pao.is $50 20. -,