The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1880-02-27

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A Sample Of the Exodus Investigation.
wAsHrsGroS. February H.
The Senate Exodus Committee re-
sumed examination Of witnesses this
morning. L. 4. Loftin, from K~inston,
N. c., was called and corroborated the
testimony OF previous witnesses regard
ing good treatment Of colored people by
whites in North Carolina, and stated
that white Republicans generally in his
county (Lenoir) are opposed to the ex-
0dus Of the blacks.
j. III. Russell, an undertaken from
indianapolis, testified that up to JAN
uary 20. or within a period Of two
months, there had been Inferred at the
expense Of the county in which the city
OF indianapolis is located from twenty
five TO thirty men, women and children
from among colored emigrants who had
arrived at Indianapolis from North
Carolina. They were all buried as
paupers at an average expense TO the
county Of five dollars and fifteen cents
each. From reports brought to him by
men ia his employ and from his own
observation he could say there was
great destitution among emigrants in
Indianapolis He mentioned an OK
IRENE case that he saw himself, having
visited a house to attend TO the burial
of one Of the children, where a family
Of nine lived in a small hut. having but
two rooms, and where there was no
furniture and nothing for q bed but a
pile Of straw and blanket. He thought
1t a shame and Al outrage both on the
emigrants and the people OF Indiana TO
bring these poor. destitute people 70
that State. He believed the people OF
Indiana generally were opposed TO it,
but thought some leading Republicans
were assisting the movement for polit-
ical purposes.
james +. Baker, Of indianapolis,
Democrat, and Clerk in the State Aud
itor's Office. was examined. and testified
that he had an interview with = colored
emicrant from North Carolina named
Heath. in which he deceived Heath by
representing himself as a Republican,
and that he induced Heath 70 make a
sworn statement, which was produced
and identified by witness. Heath in
this statement says, among other
things:
We have been Instructed % get away from
North Carolina by the lst OF next June uScO.
SO that our numbers Will show In the next
Witness spoke Of this statement as
one ..of the first darky afidavits cap
tured,- and gave testimony which
showed that Democrats had practiced
similar deception upon cmigrants in
other cities.
Scott Raw, editor Of the ~Shelbyville
Und.) Democrat, testified that there
was but one other newspaper, a Re-
publican journal, published mt Shelby
vile. and which had never opposed the
exodus movement. but, on the con-
trary. had encouraged immigration to
Indiana by setting forth that there was
a good demand for labor IN that state.
The opposite to this he believed I 2 DC
the truth as regards the labor demand
He produced and read q memorandum
Of q conversation he had with a lead
ing Republican Of the county on the
25th Of January last. The paper was
admitted in evidence. and was as fol
lows:
had conversation with Henry :. ,Hyers'
exlrhnirman % the Republican central 'om'
mitfcc Of shelby County. January =. ~ INC
city ~ shelby willie, in the presence n biMaIu
small AMI George NJ. Goulding. Two %, ".
leading merchants OF the city. ~ which bhers
said. .Thcre il no Disgusting the iact' isay
the exodus movement of coiorcd men 70 "
diana - 4 political movement % the nepMv
hcan party. as I know Il - hc = TACT; ~ ~
t.nd 10 carry Indiana with the ad 81 tns
negro vote, and IL the Republican party nag
taken my advice six years ago they ~ouM
have set the movement ~ ~. ana p',uHn
,hc,n here long arn. We intend 70 nriNi
eight thousand " them into the state ~ TINS
for them u vote this fall. and will place tneu
f-. CONGREGATIONAL di4ffiCfa. Wulit " II
D ra,hnr expen-ive. II Is cheaper for the par,
shan ~ he compelled 70 buy votes On the ga,
7 ~ election. a. we have always had 70 90,
4 askcd him III he was in a position 20 knuv
whether IL was an organized effort % kcpun
I loan managers 10 bring them into the rtat'
= for political purposes, and he said ~ was; an
(: man prnduccd n letter with the heading ~ w
= pcn,hlir,n state Central Committee printe'
.,If,, n nut refused 10 read its contents.