The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-02
@. Were you In that crowded position the
time when they rode up to you? a.

@. Were you In that crowded position the
second time when they roac up to You? a.
Yes.
@. Wasn't those men that rode up only try
ing to vote? A. They didn't show like it.
u. Didn't the white men demand of You to
door and We In the other; they had q door of
their own.
q. Didn't DR.. Maxwell and Captain Waller
tell you all to come back and vote? A. Yes
Mr.. Waller did the third ime
q. Who said You shouldn't vote, then? A..
DR.. Maxwell said we shouldn't vote u itepub-
lican ticket there.
@. Did you hear him. A.. did.
q What time did you finally leave the
polls? A.. Shortly after 8 O'Clock We left the
polls finally.
o. How many were there of your a. About
3OL
Q. How many Of them had not voted' A.
About ;TI to my knowing had not voted.
Q. Where did you 80 when you left the
poIlsi A. l went straight l,onls.
q. Did you 20 back to the polls any more
@. Do you know of your own knowledge
that they didn't 90 buck and rOtcF A. do
@. How do you know that al OF those col
orcd people Intended to vote the Republican
ticket! A. | gave them tie tickets.
q. Dill Or. Maxwell tell you AL you should
moi vote there that day! a.. Yes: he said
there wasn'tn Rad ticket :oted at the Court
House, and there shouldn't be one there.
Q. Did you ever see Democratic tickets CIV
en- TO negroes that they didn't vote: A. No;
cratic tickets In my life: I meyer look for
tlem, and ] am afraid OF them.
q. 10 you now of your own knowledge
that alt Of those cOlorcd men intended To vote
the Republican ticlietf A. No more than
what they said.
@. Any colored Democrats down your way'
A. There is one. to my knowing.
Q. pon't you knoT there were n eood many
1857 a.. / heard so: don't now
q. Don't you know that II great many voted
IL in ISIS ut Greenwood! A. l have heard
@. Where was DR.. Maxwell when he told
you you couldn't vOtcf A. Was on the
ground, don't exactly know where; wasn't
In the office.
| O. Who was present when nr. Maxwell said
this? A. a good many people; l don't know
G. Did ID. Maxwell tell you you shouldn't
vote between the time when you first COM
menced voting and the last time when you
were run over by the horscsf A.. Yes.
TEN Or FIFTEEN WHITE MEN RIDE OVER TWO OK
THREE HUNDRED NEGROES CHARLES JAcKsoN's
STIRRING RECITAL or TIE EXTRAORDINARY RACK
wAED CHARGE OF TIE LIGHT BEIGADE-THE DIsPEE.
SION tF TIE AFRICAN puALASx.
Charles Jackson, sworn. Examined by Cap.
lain Eaton.
q. What poll were you at on the day of cleo.
lions? 4. greenwood.
q. Did you wish to vote Republican or
Democratic ticket? A. Republican.
q Why didn't you vote? 4. They wouldn't
let me; Il crowd OF men came down the Rail.
road, ran their horses over us and ran US away
from the polls.
q. How many white men were in this
crowd? a. About ~ or ID; may bc more In
first gang.
Q. lIow many did they run away from the
polls? A.. Between ~ or 3tL
.. Had these 1o or 3OJ voted? y. I don't
know.
q. Where did they 80? A. They scattered
all about; We we're in q pen, jumped over the
ralings and scattered III all directions to Keep
from being run over.
q. Were the white and colored men voting
In the same rlacc? A.. At the same house,
but the white people went in orc door and the
culored In another; we crowded around one
Of the doors.
q. Could the white people so in the other
door without passing through your crowd ?
Q. Were tho coIored people allowed to go In
the door where white people We're? a.. !
heard So, but don't know.
q. Did these lncii come back again 0ftc,
they were run away? A. Yes, sir; they came
buck.
y. What did they come back for? A. They
came back to vote.
.. Did they vote? a. They were starting
to vote when the second crowd CAME, o
! mounted mel.
! q. What did this second crowd doe A
They rid rOu!iu behind Us; Stood there awhile
said we shouldn't vote mother ticket there
and charged on us; when the iIcrscS wouldn't
charge ON W., they backed them ON us.
q. What did you Go turn? 4. We went
Oft and scattered about.
q, DO You know how many were prevented
from vUting? A. About 10.
q. Did any one prevent you from going in
to the while folks door" a. No, l never
tried.
&. Could you have gone through and voted
if you wanted? A. never had Il Thought o.
going through there.
z. Iludn I Il gooi m:ny co'ored men votet
before your crowd got there? A. | dom
q. What time did you reach tho polls? a
About two hours after Sanrls,.
.. We're the colorsl people not voting wher
you got there? y. Yes, SIR.
q. Don't you know that other colorcd pco
pie went through the white folks door uul
voted? a. / heard OF 1t.
g. lia n great many Of the colored mer
vote alter you got there: A. Yes.
q. The second time after YOU GOT back how
long did you rcInalh ut tue polls? A. Abcu
= hours.
q. Didn't Il great many vote between tht
time that yOur crowd first went OF and can'
lack? a. No.. didn't many vote.
q. Was the vote undistulb bed from the tim,
you first went of and up to the time you came
back the second inc? y. Yes.
: y. Dlunta great many rO.c a!ttrtlIcy cam
back the second TING? y. y right smart did
Q. Was any white people allowed 10 20
through the co!orcd peoples door? A. Yes
the cylnrcd men had tog;vc way.
q. How do you know That yU cOlOrcd pco
pie d!dn't vote there that day? \. l don
know OF MY own Knowledge.
q. DO YOU know oi your own knowleds(
how many colorcd people did not VOC? A
q. Do YOU know Of your own knowledge
vote the Republican ticket: A. 1 do not.
q. Where did you so when you left TIT
polls? a. ! went on lUmc.
q. What time did YOU leave the poll final
ly? y. Between ] ana = o'clock.
Z. Did you 20 back to the polls that day
q Then you don't know OF your owr
knowledge whether those mcn returned tc
tlc polls or not! A. | don't hnOI.
y Do you know all colorcd Democrat:
down about Greenwood a. | don't know
any; | heard talk Of some
q. DO you know my white Democrat,
about Greenwood? a. | don't, only what
hear them say.
about Green a.. / don't Know onl,
know what | heard them say.
p:ELEE's PROTOCOLS PEELED WITH A PISTOL AND TIE
PEOPLE DID NOT PREVENT TIE PUNCHING.
Moses Feelcr, sworn. Examined by Cap
tain Eaton.
@. What POLL were you at on election day
\. Greenwood.
@. Did you vote a.. No.
O., What ticket did you want to vote Re
publican or Democrat! \. Republican.
q. Why didn't you vote? a. They woulC
not let us, the white People.
Q. What did they 90 to prevent you? A
They rode into the yard where w were. ant
rode over us, and we had to get out OF tho
way.
@ How many colorcd men were driver
awnyf a. Over 800.
Q. Had they voted! A. No.
q. When they came bnck did they vote
A. Some of them did.
Q. Did they all vote? A. No.
Y. How many didn't vote; a. DontknoH
the exact number. but not many.
Q. What prevented them from voting the
second time: A. White men rode like they
were going to ride over us again and com
mcnccd knocking some and said they SHOULD
not vote.
Q. Did you see the white men strike any
A. l don't know who they struck, they