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A COMMANDER FOUND, AND THEN LOST
-"wALKING STICKS PILED Up Al
GATE-A QUESTION OF vERACITY
BETWEEN II PREACHER y TIL
CAPTAIN-pRoFEssoR MARK McBRIDr
AS A MATHEMATICIAN.
WEDNESDAY, AFTERNOON, Feb. q, 1851.
Mark Mcbride, sworn. Examined by Cap
tain Eaton.
Q. Where were you on the day OF election
A.. At the polls at Magnolia.
Q. What time did you get there: a. a,
half past six.
q. How many were In your party? a. a
q. We're you in a large party of colorcd
O. what did you do With those sticks
Did you keep them all day? a. No, sir; We
q. Why did you colorel men come in &
large body together? a. We cumc in alarst
body to he together.
q. Did you have any particular reason fol
coming in Il large body? 4. TicrcaSon was
We We're all one people and wanted TO stay to
gether until the election adjourned.
q. Did you come for the purpose Of max
ing any disturbance or!uss? A. None at all
Q. Did you conc for any otherpurposc thai
that Of voting? A. Just TO vote.
Q. Did you all vote? A.. go voted.
Q. How do you know so voted? A. Jus
as soon as the Supervisor said lie cOulI no
keep ths}Sst. we put up three men to do Tho
countf6SyyI WAS not one of the three men.
ne. OF your own knowledge do you know
know 1t.
@. How do you know 1t? A. Because
counted them myself behind them.
q. Were there any that did not vote? \
Vas % fp nv En0wtcJrp-
Q. Why did these y not vote? A. Because
there was shooting. .
Q. Who WAS the shooting done by? A. BY
a crowd Of strangers to ME.
q. Did you vote = lore or after the CROWD
came? A. Before the crowd came.
lOhicc;ed TO by counsel for Col. Alike" on the
ground tina the foregoing estimopy!-S :rreie
vant and not contlned|totne proof Of the facts
alleged in the notice of contest.l
Examined by Mr.. Calhoun.
Q. Iid you have n stick? A. No, sir.
9. lou stated that you were with the
crowd. did you have q stick A. No.
@. Did you come with that crowdo OF color
ed people! A. did.
q. Where did you put your stick wher
YOU went into the yard? A. At the gate.
Q. Was there a palins around the yard
A. No. sir; there was q fence. -,
@. Did you pile them all in n pile! A. Al
in n pile. / gave the command TO lay The
Q. What did you bring those sticks for
4. To walk with.
O. We're the sticks freshly cut! A. new
or examined them. and don't know.
have sticks? 4. A good many had them.
Q. Where did you all stay the night before
the election: 4; stayed At home, =, ~,
40 Ill., ..4pI- Nt,t W..
Haskcli's; / caught up with them.
G. Where had they campel the night he
fore! A. I 90 not know I was not will
q: Where do you llve' A. At Mr.. Thos
@. Who was in command of the crowd
4. 30 one.
@. Were they marching in line: A. No
sometimes two and sometimes three deep.
O.. How many were In the crowd A. ;
good many; I never counted them.
@. Did you go on TO the polls with them
A.. did.
@. Did you sreihat crowd of colorcd pcopl
stop just in front Of the door Of the house
where the box was: A. did: .
q. Did you voting immediate
ly: A. In about half an hour after we go
@. Were the polls open when you first 60
o. Everything quiet at that time: A
@. You were allowed to vote without An,
hindrance? 4. Yes. sir. 49,.
crowd arrive there! A. don't know be
tween l and . O'Clock I suppose the first crow
of white men came.
@. Did you see the Abhevillc crowd? A..
don't know the Abbeviilc crowd from any 9th
cr crowd.
@. Did you see more than one crowd come
O. state how many were In the first an
how many In the second crowd? A.. ! can
say l never counted them: / can't, guess
There were three crowds came thai day
don't know how many in my crowd:
Q, Did You see each crowd as they cam
q. Can YOU give me any idea of how man.
men were in each of those crowds? a. No
sir; I can't.
@. Can you say how many white men wer.
ut The polls when you got there? a.. Yes, g
O., How do you know? \. l counted
@. What made you count them? A.. illus
counted to sec how many people were on thu
ground, black and white.
Nobody. WV ~ ~
q. Let me hear you count 100? A. TIT
witness counted up TO 90 when he became con
fused and could 20 no farther. After some
prompting he succeeded in counting up to l1
and would hawl out 10, 50. 30 and 100 in a lout
and impcrtiuent way in the face of Col. Cal
hOun.
Q. Why did You all come together? A
Because We are all one people; lowed to &c
together and we voted together.
Q. Did you vote straight along? a.. Yes
sir; nobody prevented.
O. HO did you ascertain that o mer
! didn't vote? A.. counted them: they didn'
come. up to the polls; they came in another
crowd.
@. Do you know which way they were go
ing 10 vote? 4. do not.
g.. Were those - men standing together
a.. Yes, sir.
@. Where were they standing? a.. Outir
the road.
G.. How far from the box: a. 100 yards.
q. Did they come in the crowd you came
with that morning. a. No, sir.
q. We're they cOlnred mcnr A. Yes.
Q. What time did they reach the polls
a. About 3 o'clock.
q. Didn't they come sooner than 3 O'Clock
A.. No. sir.
Q. Where dldthcy come from: A. Idon'
know.
@. All hat came with you had voted? a
Yes.
Q. Wasn'tthere more than % In that crowd;
4. Not hat l counted.